Touhou Lensed Night Sky, Kaseigai

“As a Touhou fan game, it does pretty well in the music department itself, jumping across different genres to set the stakes right, remixing stuff from the source material alongside original tracks.”

“The sound design is outstanding; the music in this game is genuinely stellar, and we still haven't even heard it all!”

“Music's phenomenal, with a nonstop OST of beautiful melancholia or absolute slammers.”

“I'm bawling my eyes out having just truly completed the story, a game I will not soon—or never—forget.”

“There is a ton of plot going on that you won't be aware of after finishing your first playthrough, and though I don't want to talk too much about the overarching story, it's surprisingly heartfelt and melancholic.”

“Lns subsequently exploits this replayability in its story design, lending new insights into the events of the game each time you clear it.”

“A game that is very good even with its problems, as every problem was charming or hilarious or both.”

“There is also an entire set of bad endings for each character depending on where your run ends, and they range from funny (Reimu loses to a random fairy and sends her to resolve the incident instead) to depressing, but each one helps soften the loss rather than slapping you with a simple game over screen.”

“Also the music and art is utterly incredible, the humor, and the writing too, literally no misses in this entire game.”

“Soundtrack and graphics are both amazing; character portraits are very expressive, and the redesigns are cool and feel natural because the characters are aged up a good amount. Some favorites for me were Sumireko and the Stage 7 boss—they both get really good expressions too.”

“The art style reminds me of Wonderful Waking World in that the character portraits are stylized with colors that pop.”

“The character art is also pretty great with a slight pixelated style, and it looks great with the visuals. Some bullets and even the drops you need to pick up blend into the background, but this issue has been acknowledged.”

“Finally, the roguelike nature of Lns lends itself to plenty of replayability, just so you can see what new kind of silly, busted build you can unleash on your foes.”

“Lns subsequently exploits this replayability in its story design, lending new insights into events of the game each time you clear it.”

“Every stage, and every boss, has a unique ending specific to the character you're playing as - this is yet another thing which adds to replay value.”

“Though there are some slight optimization issues in a few parts (especially one part of the stage 6 boss with the Sumireko path) on lower-end devices.”

“It's in early access for a reason, and I do see at least a couple more months of balance patching and performance fixes to make it a project I could truly recommend to anyone.”

“Still a bit unoptimized; this is especially noticeable with a ton of slowdown in the late game (the stage 5 boss was probably the biggest instance of this).”

“The last time I was this engrossed in a Touhou fangame was 'Artificial Dream in Arcadia' back in 2024, and the last time I was this emotionally moved by a Touhou fangame was CTC which came out back in 2006.”

“No, I'm serious, the epilogue made me feel some emotions I was not expecting to feel here.”

“There is a ton of plot going on that you won't be aware of after finishing your first playthrough, and though I don't want to talk too much about the overarching story, it's surprisingly heartfelt and melancholic.”