Touhou Genso Wanderer: Foresight Review (ShinyRaichu94)
I was excited about it. But when I look at the videos of it, I was like "Man, what happened here? Who are the developers trying to impress?"
- The older entries (Including Fushigi no Gensokyo 1) has these charming 3D cutscenes. Foresight is the 3rd sequel of the Genso Wanderer/Fushigi no Gensokyo series and it doesn't have any 3D cutscenes.
- The artstyle is fine. But, it doesn't feel quite as charming as the artstyle from the older entries. RIP Reimu with a massive bow and Alice with noodle hair.
- Most of the story is basically the arcs of Touhou 6-8. This is basically Nostalgia Pandering. Kobuto V did this, Azure Reflections did this, even Touhou LostWord did this. This is like how the Mario spin-offs only being like New Super Mario Bros. by theme. It's like we're in the "safe" era of Touhou fangames.
- This game mostly uses characters from Touhou 6-8, some from 16 and 18, and barely any from the others. The worst part is that they didn't include all of them. Like why does Chen appear in the dungeons, but Ran and Yukari are nowhere to be seen? Why did they have all of the characters from Imperishable Night, but left out Mokou? Why did they have Suika and Miyoi, but not Yuugi or Kasen?
- Even the bosses didn't save this game. The older entries have something like Utsuho in a form of a giant raven, a possessed Flandre with a giant vine monster, or Kisume in a giant flower that can shoot a huge laser. But in Foresight, they have something like JUST Remilia, JUST the Prismriver Sisters, JUST Yuyuko, JUST Kaguya, or JUST Yuuma. They didn't do anything to them. It's just the official Touhou characters with no changes or modifications to them.
Then, when I actually get to play the game, the gameplay and difficulty are not really as bad as I thought. The gameplay and difficulty are both alright. Not quite as brutal/unfair as Genso Wanderer: Reloaded.
It would've been a better Genso Wanderer game if they have an original story, charming artwork and cutscenes, and a great use of characters and bosses like the older entries.
Genso Wanderer Foresight is an alright game, but it's also disappointing.