The amusing thing is that as a Roguelike of the Mystery Dungeon ilk, Genso Wanderer didn’t even need to try to have a narrative. In short, it’s very hard to stay awake during the game’s narrative moments, even though the character design is quite gorgeous. But, since the Touhou “series” has everything from weird platformers to bullet hells, and very little cohesion between them all, it’s not a series that 99 per cent of people will ever be that invested in. If you’ve somehow managed to keep up with the loose affiliation of games under the “Touhou” banner, then you might be familiar enough with the characters and world to care when they start talking to one another for half an hour at a time. That narrative is the biggest crimp in Genso Wanderer’s style. Touhou Genso Wanderer isn’t quite the perfect portable roguelike because it has ridiculously long story bits, but for the most part, when you’re on the train looking to kill 20 minutes, it’s much more tempting to reach for this game than, say, Octopath Traveler, also released this week. You’ll jump from one dungeon level to the next in a matter of minutes, and that makes it ideal as a pick-up-and-play experience. These games have relatively limited gameplay loops, and tend to move quite briskly. Roguelikes – and I mean proper roguelikes, like Mystery Dungeon games, not the nonsense “roguelites” that every indie gave gets called these days if it has a random element in it – work better on handhelds. Thankfully, I’m here reviewing the Nintendo Switch version, and it has been well worth the second dip. To make this more clear if you’ve already played the original on PlayStation 4, you don’t need to play the Reloaded edition. There’s some light touch improvements here and there, and the “Reloaded” edition offers more characters, story events, and all the DLC, but to suggest this is somehow a remaster or “improvement” on the original game is pushing the boundaries on the terminology a little. I like Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded even more, even though I’m not convinced the “Reloaded” is more than a “Complete + Nintendo Switch port” edition. In a departure from prior Genso Wanderer titles, you can now equip up to 10 separate weapons, 10 separate pieces of armor, and 10 separate charms, all at the same time!Īnd this equipment strengthens more than just the player.Related reading: Our review of the original Touhou Genso Wanderer on PlayStation 4. ◆Mega Variety Equipment System - Load up on tons of weapons and armor! Raise your partners' ranks and bring out their latent abilities!Ĭustomize and set skills to suit your own style of play! In this game, partner abilities grow stronger with Skill items. ◆Partner Skill System - Master various skills, share them with partners, and power them up! You can create optimal party comps, or you can throw all that out the window and make gimmick teams like the Scarlet Devil Mansion Team, the Green Hair Team, the Little Sister Team, or whatever else you feel like! In addition to the usual main party led by the player, you can assign your partners to entire other teams with their own leaders, which can then act separately. ◆Oversized Party Formation System - Form teams and bring them all in to conquer dungeons! Prior Genso Wanderer games restricted the player to exploring alone, or with a single partner, but no longer! This game lets you bring in tons of partners all at once.īring in everybody you've recruited! Or just bring in the characters you like! Blaze your way through dungeons with the power of friendship and overwhelming numbers! ◆Oversized Party System - If you can't hack it alone, bring the whole gang! Lead tons of your favorite Touhou characters at once and conquer the impregnable Lotus Labyrinth! Overwhelm your enemies with strength in numbers! Now you can bring dozens of partners with you on your dungeon crawls, in addition to other quality of life improvements that make the game's systems and controls smoother than ever. The dungeon-crawler RPG Genso Wanderer is now a game with an Oversized Party System that pushes the envelope of the roguelike genre! This is a dungeon-crawler RPG with an absurdly large party size! Venture into dungeons with a huge party of your favorite Touhou characters!
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