Touhou Luna Nights Is Brutal

[@darklx3750]

So who's gonna tell him he didn't fought the two secret bosses

[@placeholderplaceholder3448]

Also he was missing like most of the max HP/MP/Time power ups, but arguably that makes getting as far as he did slightly more impressive.

[@Aisubun]

I still haven't beaten Reimu lol

[@fareast0752]

no.

[@PoopCop]

Probly a weeb

[@xianad2electricboogaloo399]

THERE'S FUCKING TWO????

[@ValcristhCR]

Indie not fighting the true ending boss is such a shame, so much of his suffering was avoided.

[@CrowitzerTheHoloFan]

in any game that stars a side character, most time the true final boss is the main protagonist of the main series.

[@americaonline3835]

to be honest, i finished Reimu on my second try, late at night, so i don't see her as a difficult challenge at all

[@qpasas]

and dont forget the pain

[@murdockcain1894]

Reimu, one of the secret bosses in this game, is legit one of my favorite bosses in any metroidvania I've played. You should give her a try if you've got the time! She's also, like, way harder than the last boss, so hold on to your butt.

[@ED-gw9rg]

Hold onto the what?

[@DerpyTC]

@@ED-gw9rgI love imagining what they said before it was edited

[@d00mnoodle24]

You should try ender lillies then

[@ED-gw9rg]

@DerpyTC My reply was just a Lego Movie reference lol

[@murdockcain1894]

@@DerpyTC I edited it within seconds of posting, just to fix some typos. Sorry to disappoint.

[@troyadams2457]

Ah Luna Nights, a gateway to the suffering of actual Touhou

[@jedimike7622]

Can (kinda) confirm, Dio Maid got me to at least look into Touhou.

[@lololollololol629]

@@jedimike7622 What got me into touhou was the music lol, haven't actually beat any of the games once I've only tried the 6th game I think..

[@plainlake]

I got that this was from Touhou when In heard the "U.N. Owen Was Her?" at 14:43. An "actual banger" as some old weeb would say.

[@Boomblox5896]

@@plainlake Oh you sweet summer child. You haven't even begun to hear all that Touhou has in store.

[@AshAsmodeus]

@@Boomblox5896 I dunno; I'm quite familiar with Touhou but "bad apple" and "U.N.OWEN was her" keep being top favs of mine as well...

[@rexilerlight]

This game lets you do the anime thing where you teleport behind someone and have like a thousand daggers thrown at you But fr tho letting you completely stop time, including the bosses as a main mechanic, makes this metrodvania somewhat a unique experience Since its a fan game, there're definitely some rough parts of the game but the bosses, the enemies and all the sprite animations are so well done~

[@Keiken0]

I mean the Jojo part 3 manga might have introduced the stereotype, but Touhou 6 made it popular

[@lordofcinder8884]

You literally play as dio za wardo

[@CloudSS-m1l]

​@@Keiken0The JoJo part 3 anime made it popular lol

[@ghosthuntermike2592]

I do like how the running animation is based off of Alucard's. Really shows you where the inspiration came from.

[@griffinjones6378]

Legit half the level designs are ripped straight from SoTN.

[@ghosthuntermike2592]

@@griffinjones6378 Dang, it would be cool to see a sequel use more original ideas.

[@miciso666]

Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- as well. same devs :)

[@fatcat1250]

Look up Scarlet Symphony. Another castlevania tohou.

[@RuneKatashima]

@@ghosthuntermike2592 You're talking about Touhou. The entire IP is unoriginal ideas. (That's not to say it isn't good.)

[@solaariel2692]

If it makes you feel any better Luna Nights was my first Touhou experience and I also had no idea what was going on or who anyone was; now I can name most of the 100+ characters. Some notes/advice on the game: • As many other people have mentioned you missed the extra stage, a whole new level unlocked after the final boss with 2 new boss fights. There is also a boss rush mode, unfortunately the earlier bosses don't have increased stats, so they die in a few seconds. • 1000 Knives is a pretty terrible ability to use while time is frozen, because you can only throw a limited number of knives while time is frozen, so that ability loses most of its damage. This mechanic is actually a small nod to the lore, where Sakuya (the player character) doesn't have infinite knives, so she has to use her time powers to go around gathering her knives once a fight is over. You can do the same in game, if you miss a shot you can run over and pick up your knives for a mp refund (or generate mp by jumping once you have the double jump ability). • The floating sword skill allows for passive damage but devours mp, and has a bad mana to damage ratio. • Grazing enemies/projectiles (getting close to them without touching) can restore hp, if time is frozen the graze range is increased and it restores mp instead. • The enemies are most either a reference to castlevania enemies, japanese mythology, or from Touhou itself. My favourite is that the "lizardmen" enemies are a reference to Tupai; Remilia's (boss 4) pet Chupacabra. • You can farm enemies to collect gems for stat boosts, you need a lot for any noticeable effects.

[@CritHit]

I mean, you can cycle 1000 dagger spam set them up in time stop, let it go, rinse repeat.

[@ziul123]

spamming 1000 daggers both outside and inside time stop is the easiest way to s rank boss rush lol. you lose nothing using 1000 daggers in time stop because it uses time, not mp, so after your time ends you can still use it in normal time

[@akiraigarashi2874]

If you use 1000 daggers while time is not stopped, it also allows you to graze through attacks. It's pretty op

[@hsalfesrever3554]

The holy light sword is one of the main reasons I was able to beat the final bosses, what I would do is during moves like the land mine, drone, and saw attacks I would stop time and let the sword deal with said mines, drones, and saws, as they count as enemies so the sword will attack them, while I threw knives at the actual boss

[@VacantPsalm]

4:41 Those are the most pogged out skeletons I've ever seen. 6:07 That is strait up a chupacabra, and is canonically a pet of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

[@Hifuutorian]

Pogged out skeletons lmao

[@Atang44]

this proves that anyone will eventually be exposed to touhou at any point of their lives

[@SavageGreywolf]

I've had Touhou Luna Nights in my Steam library and on my to-do list for ages now. I really should play it already.

[@pon3d120]

I’d say “the devs know about it” is pretty obvious for a mechanic they made, but there are some games where proper use of basic mechanics makes the whole thing trivially easy.

[@gamecavalier3230]

Him calling Marisa "Maid on a broom" caused me indescribable amounts of pain.

[@HyperVanilo]

She does dress like a maid, it's the witch hat and the broom gives her witch impression

[@manomarmanomar5344]

Same

[@muha0644]

She's not a maid, she's just an ordinary magician!

[@stephaniejohnson5361]

to be fair she looks like one without the hat

[@Hazel564]

true@@stephaniejohnson5361

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Saying Touhou is brutal is like saying magma is a bit too hot, as Simon Whistler put it. EDIT: No...what the games actually are....are LUNATIC.

[@internetlurker1850]

And yet they are STILL one of the easier japanese bullet hells

[@NateTheScot]

Touhou Luna-Tic.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

​​​@@internetlurker1850 Exactly. Which makes gamers like TheAnimeMan say its harder than Geometry Dash. Tbh the Cave shmups are much more difficult. But still...if it's that easy, post a 1CC of Touhou 11. We're waiting!

[@internetlurker1850]

@@v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Unfortunately my skill is comparable to a fairy's

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

​@@internetlurker1850Same here except replace fairy with Stage 1 midboss.

[@EGE4owo]

I CAN´T SCAPE FROM TOUHOU FOR GODS SAKE

[@rexmckey1604]

Better accept your fate friend.

[@whome9842]

Need to learn to dodge those bullets.

[@Raidou_]

remember to graze the bullets for extra points.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Touhou is no escaping from! We'll chase you until you succumb.

[@ChargeQM]

Once you're here, you're here forever. The Great Hakurei Barrier is designed to keep us humans inside...

[@williamcote4208]

Welcome to Touhou… and enjoy your stay. It’s extremely easy to fall down the rabbit hole. Take me for an example: the music was enough to make me fall down the hole deep enough to never get out.

[@Penguin-1966]

"You got CHAINSAW Throw a chainsaw upwards." needs to be on a shirt

[@algomi9280]

I swear when I saw that fairy with a cannon my first thought was, "Bitc**S loves cannons". but I'm sure the reason why this game's story is lacking is because, it Touhou Project, which means, you are supposed to know the story.

[@michaelcalvin42]

I understood that reference.

[@ChargeQM]

It's Touhou, the story is secondary to the gameplay. It's all a game anyway, even in story.

[@Hedge_the_Hog]

No, the story is lacking because it's just lacking. The characters are already existant, but they don't matter here. Meiling just guards, Patchouli is just in a library, Remilia is the vampire, and Flandre is a killing machine. Basically all the story is: they felt bad about Flandre being locked down in a basement for everyone's safety, so they decided to create alternate reality where she could "play" safely by being the final boss. It's that simple

[@krispee5842]

There are a lot of things I don't expect on this channel. I REALLY did not expect to see Touho here.

[@NicoNicoNessieSub]

Encountering touhou is inevitable. You cannot escape

[@sassyMcpussy]

why not ? its an indie metroidvania after all!

[@manjiimortal]

I don't know much about Touhou, but I do know those games are bullet hells, so in that regard it appears to have lived up to its name.

[@NicoNicoNessieSub]

There's non bullet hell games that are canon in the series such as Hopeless masquerade and urban legend in Limbo. Not all the games are bullet hells.

[@Slawa_Saporogez]

​@@NicoNicoNessieSub The main ones are.

[@theemeraldenderman3007]

5:13 That one is not a maid on a broom. She’s a magician…on a broom……with thieving tendencies……

[@hafirenggayuda]

No, just "borrow"

[@cartooncritique6625]

A magician? And here I thought she was just a witch. 😄

[@theemeraldenderman3007]

@@cartooncritique6625 honestly, that might be just a translation thing because she fits almost *all* of the criteria for being a witch. She’s got the hat, she uses mushrooms in some of her spells, she lives in a forest that’s known in Gensokyo as “the Forest of Magic,” and she rides a broom (which she doesn’t actually need to fly). So it really might just be a translation thing where the Japanese word probably translates to either magician or witch depending on context perhaps. Take that with a grain of salt because I idk Japanese nor did I search up the translations.

[@Ace-Intervention]

@@cartooncritique6625she is but uses the title magician

[@fatcat1250]

@@theemeraldenderman3007 You can't really mistranslate magician and witch unless it's a rewrite called "localization". But in tohou, iirc, people with magic abilities is called a magician, hence she's called a magician, despite the witch theme.

[@excalibursonic32]

What I learned from this game is that slowing down time is actually better than stopping it. Grazing while time is slowed refills your Time and heals you, so it's pretty op for bosses. I only stopped time to get out of the way of some really nasty attacks.

[@lazydelibird]

Some attacks are more cooldowns or resets where you get to heal back a portion or even your whole hp bar. One of Remilia’s attacks is the one that always comes to mind.

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

As a huge fan of the character at 4:43, I had a stroke when you called her a "maid on a broom", especially since when I showed my sister the game a while ago she said the same thing

[@HyperVanilo]

He is half wrong actually. In Touhou 6 Sakuya knows Marisa is a magician but she also thinks if Marisa was also hired to be a maid

[@levifoster5639]

You're a stronger man than me. When I reached the final boss, I said to myself; Well, I think i did pretty good to get this far.

[@Demonologist013]

That isn't the final boss there are 2 more after her.

[@Jimmy--Little]

why did you quit there?

[@Ace-Intervention]

Normal final boss Not the secret real final boss

[@fatcat1250]

Do it like him and record your gameplay. Studying boss patterns with your own recorded footage instead of just tackling them over and over is a lot more efficient and less fraustrating because it gives you time to cooldown.

[@sukamii]

>anime >is Touhou >Maus is playing a Touhou game >Is playing the Touhou metroidvania spinoff with Sayaka weird day

[@sukamii]

also, yeah makes sense to be confused. This is a spinoff to a franchise with like 20 something mainline games.

[@error_idiot8329]

This is one of my absolute favorite metroidvanias. Like second to only Bloodstained ROTN. The time mechanics are incredible, it looks so damn good, and the music absolutely jams. My only problem with it was that it ended and I want more.

[@tsugu9146]

Oh shit this game's one of my favorites Stay awesome Maus (There's an secret area and boss btw)

[@Jimmy--Little]

if you like this one you may like RabiRibi on steam

[@Pay-No-Mind]

Yeah the main character didn't crawl as a baby, she just sat there until one day she stood up and walked 😂

[@ChargeQM]

That sounds like Sakuya. The very image of perfection.

[@moonmun]

A maid's life is always difficult if you got... quirky Mistresses. 😂 Thanks for playing this game! Always so fun seeing it being played.

[@secrom36]

you still have to fight the two extra zone bosses, they give you the best skill in the game "run"

[@internetlurker1850]

I am here to introduce Every Single Character that is shown in here Sakuya Izayoi - Head maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, she has the ability to manipulate time and is quite the jojo reference, she is loyal to a fault to the point she's called the devil's dog, the devil being Remilia. Mecha Luigi - That is ''Nitori''(quotation marks due to the plot twist at the end), or rather, a mech used by Nitori, she is a kappa, and an engineer. She is friendly to humans, but the fighting games show very well she isn't friendly to other youkai. She's also pretty shy, until she isn't. Wack enemies - All enemies that appear here are youkai, including the bosses with the exception of Marisa, youkai being a kind of japanese supernatural being, and like a lot that has to do with Japan, they are weird. Very interesting though. Although, in Touhou every supernatural being, from vampires to werewolves, are youkai. There is speculation even gods can be considered youkai. This is the reason for the apparent inconsistency in enemy style. Hieda no Akyuu - A girl that has the power to remember everything, even her past lives' experiences. Unfortunately, every single one of them is cursed to die at age 30. Hong Meiling - The guard of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. She's known for being lazy, but that is fanon stuff. She's actually extremely powerful canonically, having a heavenly god as a rival and having no weaknesses... except for the fact she is mediocre at spellcard duels, which is what the entirety of Gensokyo uses to fight. Oof. She's also Sakuya's friend. Maid on a Broom - An ordinary magician, Marisa Kirisame. she's one of the main characters of the source material, she is known for her sass, general crazyness, borrowing things for an extended period of time(her entire lifetime) and as one of the very few people I can remember in Touhou that became very powerful through effort and effort alone. Patchouli Knowledge - Scarlet Devil Mansion's librarian, but really it'd be fair to call her the library itself(in fact, her title even is "The Unmoving Great Library"). She never removes herself from it unless absolutely necessary, and is a massive nerd. She is immensely magically powerful, being able to control the five chinese elements and also the sun and moon, but due to her lifestyle she is very physically weak and she has gained several illnesses like asthma and vitamin D deficiency, and this can hinder her quite a bit. Remilia Scarlet - Lady of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Her powers are charisma, elegance, authority!.. and also controlling fate itself and several vampiric abilities. She is the one that owns the mansion, self-centered, even wanting to conquer the moon and blot out the sun for reasons such as "I deserve it" and "The sun is generally inconvenient"(she has already has methods of not suffering from the sun, she just didn't want to have to), but she also treats her subordinates surprisingly well, one of the reasons for them being quite loyal to her. Flandre Scarlet: Little Sister of Remilia. She lives in the basement, Remilia thought she was dangerous so she told her to stay there, and Flandre did. She's not locked, she just stays out of view, and actually quite likes it down there. She has the power to destroy anything, and is a bit socially awkward due to the hundreds of years of not socially interacting with anyone. She is also known for ran ran ruu.

[@Mana7Origin]

Ah. Touhou Luna Nights. If you know Touhou, it's a fun story. But even if you never heard about Touhou, the gameplay itself and music will capture your heart and senses.

[@cdunlap0008]

Touhou is normally a brutally difficult bullet hell series of shooters. It getting translated into a Metroidvania works well but is only a tiny look into the true horror of Touhou

[@VinceMouse]

You can beat that downward laser attack from the witch on the broom during time slow, you just need to treat it like a 3D object, and slide under it as the thick part rotates to the 'back'.

[@comyuse9103]

things like that are absolutely amazing and more games _need_ to do it to make it a mechanic people can actually take advantage of.

[@Bonestheninja]

12:00 Everyone loves the puple key.

[@cody1o3]

great video as always, but MAN every time I hear the song at 15:15 it reminds me how amazing furi's soundtrack is and makes me want to go play it again. such a good game.

[@alrightalright4585]

The outro song doesn't just slap, it beats me within an inch of my life. Gah what a banger.

[@Nsk.0]

I love when indeimaus pick a song on what is relevant on what he's doing "my only chance-by the toxic avenger" while he was fighting the final boss 15:22

[@charleswaggoner9467]

Thank you. I never managed to look the song up after watching a vid and never posted a comment askin for the song. Now sittin here at work i was determined to get it, sadly i cant have his version of blinding lights on Spotify.

[@taylornoce8373]

You’re a true hero for this. Thank you!

[@SmeegForBran]

Thank you so much for this!

[@kasenibaraki3770]

This game was my gateway into the larger Touhou series, so it's very close to my heart. It was fun watching you enjoy it too!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I love this game, the timestop and graze mechanics are so cool.

[@bf2man106]

After buying at least 5 different touhou fumos seeing indei upload a playthrough of luna nights is a gift from the divine lol

[@spicy1615]

Luna Nights is unironically one of my favorite metroidvania's ever, the time stop/time slow mechanic and graze mechanics are so fun it's surreal

[@spiderhame8418]

Maus is such a good guy, not abusing his time powers nearly as much as he could have. How inspirational

[@Thewolfeng]

My brother, final boss, My Toxic Avenger - My Only Chance, Maus knows how to lean in and get serious time with the proper music theme. Props and great video as always.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

You finally covered 2hu here!

[@sekira4516]

0:31 eh dw about it for this one Indeimaus, it's Touhou. Almost nobody fully gets the story for this series.

[@FlameReaper]

I bought the fear of blood shirt and I absolutely love it, nothing like repping one of my favorite horror characters and indeimaus merch

[@madengineerkyouma]

Sakuya is the best Jojo reference.

[@jedimike7622]

She really is. DIO but maid, so *almost* better.

[@Jimmy--Little]

its better@@jedimike7622

[@HyperVanilo]

In reality only one spell card is a Jojo reference

[@madengineerkyouma]

@@HyperVaniloHalf her character is a jojo reference. She can stop time and she attacks by throwing time, like DIO. Also, whe works for a vampire, and DIO was a vampire.

[@HyperVanilo]

@@madengineerkyouma She is working for a vampire is not a Jojo reference, she is not just stopping time she manipulates time and space

[@RobbertRobbert12345]

Bro didn't even realize there's another area and two more bosses after Flandre.

[@DmytroBogdan]

Your editing is so unique, rarely see such on youtube

[@TheKayzor]

I've had this game on my wishlist for like a year, gonna grab it for sure next sale!

[@pancookieplays]

holy shit joe zombie, haven't thought about it in years. First few episodes were kinda normal right? Guy becomes zombie, starts eating people. But then it gets like, holy shit big anime fights and deep lore and the animator just went nuts with it

[@nazi534]

That Remilia lazer is pretty brutal. You can stand centered on Remilia and jump and float down to avoid it.

[@zzzmeta4555]

Reminds me of the secret to dodging in Touhou games. It becomes easier to dodge if you don’t panic and keep your movements tight and not erratic. Generally staying in a set area and barely moving is the best way you can dodge, and watching the video I realized that they emulated that mechanic well

[@nazi534]

@@zzzmeta4555 Yeah. That's the case for most of them. Plus, you get health back for taking those tighter dodges. It really rewards risk, but only if you don't use the time stop.

[@VinceMouse]

You MIGHT want to use the shop more after seeing this. But also, collecting gems passively powers up your stats, if you didn't notice, so keeping a lot on hand is helpful.

[@cluprsidt2267]

Heads up dude! There's two other bosses in the game you didn't beat, which actually brings the game to a proper close. So glad you played this game though!

[@HunterPlate05]

13:49 the split second Mana Khemia student shop theme caught me off-guard. I was not ready for a nostalgia whiplash like that

[@JeDiArmon]

Every time I watch an Indeimaus vid I remember why I enjoy them so much. Always so well done. TY Maus

[@h0nterr584]

aw, you didn't play the rest of it. still awesome that you played this very cool touhou game.

[@bingoviini]

Welcome to the Touhou project A game series mainly run by it's really dedicated, talented and weird fanbase Originally started as bullethell games, but now include basically every single possible genre you can think of And now that you're in, theres no way out and trying to understand the world is futile, beacuse it's just too convoluted and/or deep So just enjoy the professionalism and waifus, beacuse theres a lot of them

[@Builderguy2001]

* Originally started as an ATARI BREAKOUT GAME, transitioned to a shmup (shoot-em-up, and a bullet hell game), and then had a few fighting games.

[@bingoviini]

@@Builderguy2001 did not know that. Thank you for this information

[@spiceforspice3461]

@@Builderguy2001 Touhou 1 and 2 both released the same day, so it wasn't really a shift in genre as much as it was a decision to go with SoEW's gameplay over HRtP's gameplay.

[@Builderguy2001]

@@spiceforspice3461 I was actually unaware of this fact. Thank you for informing me. A good deal of development time would have been required for both games, so why were they both released the same day? You would think the earlier game (HRtP) would be released after its completion and the later game (SoEW) in a similar fashion. Maybe it's possible they were developed as personal projects, which only were properly released once he felt confident enough in his work? (I'm not sure where or how ZUN released them) Either way, I'm sure that the development of the two fundamentally shaped the direction and style of Touhou.

[@astinwillier6808]

Just bought a malenia shirt! I am stoked to support you brother!

[@Mankey619]

Super cute and super fun. I definitely gonna put this on my list of metroidvania games.

[@jacksonbaker5265]

Really appreciate the Furi soundtrack at the end. 'My Only Chance' is one of my favorite songs great choice 👌

[@millennialboomer6780]

This Touhou metroidvania looks sick, might have to pick it up

[@b.w.s3165]

so is nobody going to mention to him how this is a fangame not trying to devalue this game in any way, but that should put into context how passionate the community can be

[@BattleUnit3]

Who would win? Ancient Holy Sword or 1000 kitchen knives

[@saterdei]

Awesome video, this looks like a seriously hardcore game! I love your edits though, these videos are so entertaining to watch. Putting this game on my masochist wishlist, thanks :)

[@TheKazDDD]

14 minutes since the video was posted and the stock is already sold out again... love your videos Indeimaus!

[@irshkashirkle]

@8:23: Hey, thats the Deadbolt OST! Id love to see a playthrough of that

[@Last_Man_Alivv]

Love the Furi music as always, but have you tried the dlc character for Furi yet Inde? Also, loving the merch!

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

My mood when Touhou is mentioned even last remotely: 😊

[@Hanshin43]

Hell ya man. Amazing job on this one. Glad you enjoyed it. See ya on the next one.

[@laserNU]

Damn Maus, Joe zombie was my life back in the days. The 3d animations in it were stunning and the plot was even better :P love your videos!

[@Nyghtking]

I had a moment like that bridge thing where you could see what you had to do but were having trouble doing it. For me it was playing one of the sack boys games and I got to a part where I was under water and there was a short hall way with one saw on the top and one saw on the bottom moving back and forth, I could see that I was suppose to float up to dodge the saw at the bottom when it was coming toward me and then sink down to the bottom when the saw on top was moving toward me, but I just couldn't manage to get my body to do it despite seeing what I needed to do.

[@ovelhadogelo]

Post Indeimaus didn't noticed he can't take damage from some sources if the time is stopped - like Remilia's lasers. Also recovering HP by barely dodging attacks without the time stop is just top notch. Since it's a Touhou game, it needs to have those "barely hit" moments. Also I think there's actually another boss you have to defeat. I though you already played the game, then I got hit by the Mandella Effect. Welp, always a pleasure to watch Luna Nights being played.. now "go back to Vados".

[@ssholum]

It's cool to see a game I've actually played before on here! Now you need to check out a main series game. I suggest Subterranean Animism, since it was the first one I brute forced my way through... on the lower difficulties.

[@Aramakie98]

There really aren't enough games with chainsaws

[@re.i5673]

this may be off topic but i was recently trying to find that joe zombie series again thank you

[@i_omor.]

Thanks for restocking Indei. Now I got them all. These shirts are metal af

[@zacharygarnsey3990]

WOOOOOOO more Indie!!!!!!

[@vallriah6972]

Thank God. I missed the shirts I'm so happy you prolonged it. Need my Melania shirt frfr lol

[@Irimu_]

Hell fuckin yeah! I've been waiting for this for forever.

[@edenkingdom4353]

Oh man, my favorite game. Glad to know you enjoy it. Really hope you will do hidden boss in this game.

[@firstlast6811]

I’m surprised youve never heard of Touhoe before

[@ContrabannedBooks]

I'm so excited for Shoctober spooky games!

[@letfireraindown]

I know I saw this go through my steam recommendations, but I never really looked into it. I'm thinking this will be my next purchase cause this looks damn good!

[@Qunia]

From the title I thought the game was Afterimage. Great game btw, I played on vacation.

[@Nick_the_human]

You should play Anno mutationem would love to see your take on it!!

[@rattlesnek3847]

I caught that deadbolt song at 8:10. Great game and soundtrack I'll have to look up if you ever did a video for it

[@DanaOtken]

Hm... yes, there are parts of the timeline you can only guess if you already know everybody. For example, a major hint as to what's actually been going on throughout is at the very beginning of the game: it's raining. If you didn't realize from the start how this is almost totally at odds with what you've just been told and how important the rain must be, you wouldn't catch Patchouli's admission she's responsible for the rain and that things were going seriously off-script even before your arrival: you may not be the "main character" of this story. I think the good part of this is that a decent and clear story is provided for you to follow while leaving most of what's actually going on off-camera in the form of supposition (rather than massive exposition dumps), but it does mean that you also won't realize there's no way the story could really end the way it initially appears to. This does have the plus of leaving most of the hardest parts of the game to Touhou players who will not only be looking for them but are the most likely to enjoy them the most. One really fun note about the gameplay: when Remilia implied she designed the "intended" game here around the idea that Sakuya wouldn't be able to use the "time stop" power, it's true. She really did expect Sakuya to make it all the way to her without access to that specific ability... and it is possible. Incredibly difficult, and not at all obvious at times, but it is within Sakuya's skillset.

[@Alcorenshi]

LUNA NIGHTS SPOTTED

[@Sybir.]

Always nice to see one of my favorite Xbox Metroidvanias be played more. Touhou is truly a blessing!

[@mzza]

What?! I played this game like 2 years ago and I was sure I only did it because indei had made a video about it. I'm losing it bros.

[@theonlysinisharm]

Luna Nights was my gateway into Touhou back in 2018, and I'm really glad I played it. It's an experience playing EoSD for the first time and hearing the original songs that were covered in this game. It was only a matter of months before I watched Bad Apple again and found that I could name every character.

[@diligar]

14:52 for those wondering, this song is Make This Right by The Toxic Avenger

[@akiraigarashi2874]

I watched a bit of your video and chose to play through it all yesterday. It's kinda short but pretty fun. Oh and the secret final boss is much tougher than all the other bosses.

[@nobody7204]

"The "nightmare twist" luckily only happened on the first boss and since then when I defeat one I immediately go to my previous checkpoint by paranoia

[@SubjectX07]

Man really hit me with the JOE ZOMBIE reference... gahd DAYUM. Right in my angsty early teens.

[@jamiesnow8190]

Thanks for the content! So dramatic!

[@aaverageweeb5660]

As a lore nut for touhou ever thing they say hurts me

[@lazydelibird]

But you gotta admit, if you’re looking for touhou lore. Luna nights isn’t exactly a good start. Since it assumes you have a basic idea of what touhou is first.

[@MemoiriaGodElcrin]

Ah a fellow touhou lore nut, I got respect for that

[@MemoiriaGodElcrin]

​@@lazydelibirdbetter than my opening to the series, my introduction was a terraria mod named "touhou mod" it was of much lower quality than the gensokyo mod, but I had fun with it

[@WindHero]

I noticed you used the time stop a lot, but you were missing out on the time slow. It's the easiest way to graze and get HP back, and makes some attacks actually easier to dodge than if you outright stop time.

[@Mushroom-Rus]

Song at successful final boss scene is "the toxic avenger-my only chance"