Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002)

by Team Shanghai Alice
Genres:Adventure, Indie, Shooter
Themes:Action, Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story:Embodiment of Scarlet Devil features two playable characters to choose from, with two Spell Card types each. Reimu Hakurei can cover a wide area of the screen with weaker attacks, while Marisa Kirisame relies on her speed and power to make up for her thinner attack spread. The bombs show different behavior and damage depending on the character and type chosen. Unlike its predecessor, Mystic Square, Embodiment of Scarlet Devil comes with an "automatic item collection" feature, which allows you to collect all items on the screen by moving to the top of the screen if you are at full power, as well as a counter-bomb system, which allows you to avoid a fatal hit by using a bomb immediately. Though there are six total stages in the main game, playing on Easy will end the game after Stage 5.Show more
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user avatar@Rpilot64user avatar@Rpilot64
February 03, 2025
The first three Touhou games in the Windows era , Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002), Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom (2003), Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night (2004) are some of the most influential games from the Japanese doujin scene. They’ve become iconic in the danmaku shmup genre, and become the basis for thousands if not millions of fanworks from games, songs, illustrations, literature. They deserve to be preserved, and be more widely available. They’re an unforgettable, difficult, beautiful experience. I trust the GOG team will do these games justice.
user avatar@Selv1ouruser avatar@Selv1our
February 03, 2025
The first Touhou danmaku related game I played 7 months ago. It was my introduction to the touhou characters after playing Hisoutensoku and it is totally worth it. Took me 2 weeks to 1CC this game lol
This is the first game for Windows. It is a mankind treasure. Not only that, but this game is also the best game in the mainline Touhou game. Anyone who would like to start playing bullet hell games should come to play this.
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