eh **** it i’m throwing this in

Touhou Series

Genre: Shmup, with emphasis on pretty bullets

Story/Premise: Not that important, but basically X happens so you go and find out why and stop it.

Gameplay: You control a character with a tiny hitbox, and the bullets have small hitboxes as well. There are many bullets in formations which are aimed at you, away from you, or in pretty patterns. You shoot at things until they die or go away, and avoid the bullets. There are other mechanics which are just fancy and don’t really matter to the overall point. It is extremely difficult, but I’m drawn to that kind of game where it’s pure skill and very little luck.

Graphics: The bullets are colorful and pretty, and the backgrounds are nice. The portraits leave a lot to be desired, but whatever, right?

Music/Sound: It’s a lot of clbumicalish stuff with other genres mixed in. The sound fits the game quite well, with portions set to the music. For instance, at one stage the enemies get more and more intense as the song gets more intense, until the song crescendos and the midboss flies in, throwing star-shaped bullet formations at you. It’s ****ing great.

TL;DR: difficult but fun

to be honest the touhou series isn’t my favorite game but it’s definitely got a lot of replay value for me and i’m still working on it after like 8 months

or something insane like that

i don’t really have a favorite game but american mcgee’s alice really sticks out there for some reason