Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost review – Step into the mesmerizing world of Gensokyo, where rhythm and danmaku collide in a symphony of chaos! This officially approved Touhou Project derivative rhythm action game lets you unravel mysteries in Story Mode or jam to iconic Touhou arrange tracks in Free Mode. With multiple difficulty levels and a stunning soundtrack, it’s a dream come true for fans of bullet hell and rhythm games alike.

Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost Review Pros

• Decent Anime graphics.
• 12.31GB download size.
• Rhythm action gameplay.
• Lane settings for Kagura and Danmaku (individual) – note speed, top visibility, bottom visibility, mirrored, random, outer random, layout, note tap sound, center line, tap timing sliders, measure, expert mode, tap accuracy display, note skin (four types), lane BG transparency, and set the display position of the elements.
• Volume sliders for each menu option, like main menu volume, sound effects, and in-game volume.
• Speed sliders for adventure text and novel text speed.
• Kagura and Danmaku each have their own controls, you can also remap them individually.
• Two game modes – main story and free mode.
• The gallery is where you can view any unlocked images and episodes.
• Two screen layout choices – standard and touchscreen.
• In-game cutscenes and dialogue screens can be skipped, fast-forwarded, and set to auto-scroll.
• The groove gauge is what you need to fill in order to finish a level. Great hits fill it up, and bad hits reduce it.
• Notes are either tapped or held.
• Opening the tutorial pop-up manual.
• Before a song, you get told the name, BPM, difficulty, and info of the track, like the artist’s name, etc.
• Earn points and get a rank at the end.
• Combo counter for hitting notes consecutively.
• The scoring and ranks feel lenient on the lower difficulties.
• World map level selected, with each location having several songs within it.
• Before starting a song, you get told your mission requirements, and if a stage has a gimmick, which can be good or bad.
• Buy booster items like double exp or double score, etc.
• Earn credits from playing and spend them in the shop for boosters.
• Four game difficulties – Easy, Normal, Hard, and Lunatic.
• Plays best with a touchscreen.
• Fantastic art and character models.
• After pausing, you get a three-second countdown.

Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost Review Cons

• The settings are very overwhelming and not worth touching until you get in the game and you get a better idea of what they do.
• Takes a lot of getting used to the controls, even when remapping them.
• You don’t get a playable tutorial.
• No accessibility options.
• Music will come down to personal preference.
• Tinkering with the lag and input delays is very tricky, more so if you don’t know what to do, but you know it needs tweaking.
• There is so much DLC, and the game loves to remind you of that fact.

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Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost

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