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Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity
Released On: Sep 20, 2016
58
7.2
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
58
25% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
25% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
58
25% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
25% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
A magnificent game that has taken me completely by surprise with its quality. A mix of 2D and 3D platforming, RPG, and adventure gaming blends with a gorgeous art style to form this hidden gem just waiting to be uncovered. All the while familiar and unique, Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is a game that all should give a chance, enjoyable by the most hardened veteran gamer down the most green of newcomers.
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is an entertaining blend of genres that breathes a palpable life into bullet hell games, taking them from a niche variety to one more accessible for casual players.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
7.2
71% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
19% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 User Ratings
7.2
71% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
19% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
As others said, very much like top down Ys games. Lovely graphics, amazing soundtrack, great fun, very easy to pick up and play, no Jedi hand muscle memory needed, just good old hack and slash. Included in 700 games on PS Now at £9 a month, so if you finish in 3 days it has cost less than a quid effectively.
Great game if it is your type of game. Think top down Zelda but scrap puzzles and add more baddy mashing,
I love the Touhou soundtracks, really underated.
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PlayStation 4
This is a great adventure game on PS4. It has a kind of vibe to it that something like Ys or Zelda 2 had to it. The levels are all cute and interesting, the two choices of character at the beginning make for replay-ability to see the events through the eyes of Remilia or Sakuya, and the game overall is just downright fun. It takes the top down style action RPG similar to the Ys formula and puts it's own flair and charm to it. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a good modern RPG that has a more classic adventure feel to it.
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PlayStation 4
This is it Touhou fans, this is where it begins, with a pretty middle of the road action adventure game. It may not be the bullet-hell salvation we were all looking for, but it's a good start, and hopefully paves the way for more Touhou games in the future.
There’s certainly an able amount of fanservice in Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity, but it simply wasn’t built to be much more than a knowing nod to a friendly audience, rather than a genuine ambassador for one of Japan’s most beloved gaming brands.
Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is overly simple to the point of providing no challenge. It’s not broken but almost every element could be improved in some obvious way to make it more interesting.
For a series that only has a niche following in the West, Touhou really needs to put its best foot forward to win over a bigger audience. Unfortunately, this fan-game spinoff of the doujin series is not it. While not particularly terrible,Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is about as middle of the road as you can get with an action RPG, and as such does not leave a good impression as one of the few English representations of the 'Touhou' series.
The level design is dull, the platforming is simplistic, the graphics look a few generations old, the RPG elements are basic, the music is forgettable, the enemies are pushovers, the difficulty is turned all the way to easy – I'm honestly at a loss for words.
Beautiful game. Charmed me into the Touhou series. The music, art direction, and presentation was on top. However, a few environments are as dull as others are lush. Gameplay is arguably enjoyable. It is more of a casual ride, enjoy the flowers and lighting as you mash attack and an occasional special. If the dialogue and visual presentation don't thrill you, you may become bored. Otherwise, gameplay and presentation blend into a very fine cup of tea.
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PlayStation 4
Fantastic art direction, level design, soundtrack. Cute and entertaining story. Gameplay is addictive and rewarding. Above all, the atmosphere of the game is highly appealing. An excellent way to dive into the world of Touhou.
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PlayStation 4
for me the best game in Touhou franchise, hope the franchise can receive more games like this one
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PlayStation 4
The fastest way to describe Scarlet Curiosity is as a budget Ys: Oath in Felghana clone with Touhou characters, with all the good and bad things that entails.
The gameplay is fast-paced and mowing down waves of enemies is satisfying, but the small variety of enemies gets a bit boring after a while. There's a wide variety of different environments and areas, but the randomly-generated loot means there's not much to *do* in those areas other than just run to the end; there's no point to exploration. The soundtrack is great, but there are voices and the sound effects and sound design are otherwise nothing special.
In a nutshell, it's a good game, but not a great one. You'll get 10-15 hours of play time out of it, and it's fun while it lasts, but you'll be ready to move on by the end. That's reasonable for the budget price, though. I'd recommend this to Touhou or Ys fans -- although if you haven't played the Ys games, you're better off playing them first.
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PlayStation 4
The game is good only up to chapter 12, interesting, colorful and varied levels, then comes the boring monotony. And most importantly, these lazy developers made the same levels and rivals for Remilia and for Sakuya, why did you have to do this? it just killed any sense of playing for the second character. The game is definitely not worth the time spent on this incompletion.
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PlayStation 4
Summary The world of Touhou comes alive in this fan-made action RPG. As the infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid Sakuya Izayoi, match wits with a cast of colorful characters, overpower enemies with signature skills and spell cards, rough up a few fairies, and unravel a plot odder than they could have imagined.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
- PC
Initial Release Date: Sep 20, 2016
Developer:
- Mediascape
Publisher: XSEED Games
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