Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is a study in Scarlet

By Jenni Lada // 10.3.1610.3.16

Games take us to different worlds for various purposes. Sometimes, we get to explore how certain mechanics or powers might work. The journey could be a means of helping us deal with complicated concepts. They could even be an opportunity to let loose with some unbridled carnage as a form of stress relief. Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity does some of those things, but is best approached as a means of learning more about a character.

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Review: Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity is an introductory experience

By Jenni Lada // 9.28.1610.2.16

The Touhou series is famous for its shoot’em ups covering various incidents in Gensokyo. These aren’t the games that have been localized and released on PlayStation 4s outside of Japan. Instead, we’re getting a series of spin-offs. NIS America brought over Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet, a versus battler where each fighter had bullet pattern attacks, while XSEED took a chance on Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity, a beat’em up with RPG elements and projectile-spewing enemies.