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Aqo[il]
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Israel183 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-24 14:27:24
April 24 2011 02:04 GMT
#1
Hi TL! Man it's been a long while since I posted here.

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TLDR:
This post is an invite to play the game online. Come to irc.rizon.net #hisouten. If you're new to the game regular players will help you learn the basics quickly.

Game Download: [url blocked] (unrar and play)
To host online games you need to open a port. Joining others does not require opening ports.

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Full post:

I used to play SCBW regularly, until SC2 came out. Now I play other genres, mostly FGs. I still like SCBW, but I think it's nice to play other things as well, especially as a competitive 1v1 player ;p

So TL, I'm calling you to play Soku. Lets go! Why play soku, of all FGs? Well, the main reason is: The game is easy to pick up, you'll be able to dive right into it, without having to spend hours on practice just to be able to do basic moves. Since many people reading this probably have zero experience in FG, don't worry, it's not impossible to get in. High level play requires doing advanced stuff that will be harder to learn, but a new player won't be completely clueless on what's going on.

And for people who already play FG, it's a very unique game that's not very similar to other games of its genre, so it's a whole new experience. It has some mechanics that make it very different than most FGs.
And it's just a ton of fun ;p

Gameplay video:


This game is for PC, and it has built-in netplay, i.e. you can play it online with others without needing to start doing weird tweaks with hamachi or anything like that. Just type in someone's ip and play with him.

Come to irc.rizon.net #hisouten and lets play! Note that on some hours of the day the channel is very active, and on others it might be very quiet, so don't be discouraged if you see nobody talking or on the contrary, many people talking and nobody notices you.

Just say you're a new player and regular players will be willing to help you get into the game. Only note that, due to lag, European players usually only play with EU, north americans with NA, et cetera, so some people might not want to play with you simply because it'd lag. In these cases, they would refer you to other players who are in your region that you can play with ;p
Make sure you turn off uTorrent/Skype/Downloads/ etc before you start playing.

Where to get the game?
Mirror: [url blocked]

Does this have singleplayer?
+ Show Spoiler +
Yeah. If you want to play with the CPU before jumping into netplay (which would be a good idea, to learn the game's mechanics and pick a character), you can play with the CPU. Just note that the AI isn't very smart, and is very easy to beat even on the hardest difficulty.

Also, note that Hisoutensoku is an expansion to Hisouten. You have both games in one package. To play Hisouten, open the SWR folder and run "th105e.exe". (the reason it's called "swr" is because Hisouten is also called "Scarlet Weather Rhapsody"). Make sure you run the "e" version, since that's the one which is English. The same is also true for "th123e.exe" i.e. Soku.


I don't understand this game! How to do anything? How to edit my controls?
+ Show Spoiler +
The first thing you want to do is learn your controls. In the menus, use the arrow keys to move around, Z for "Ok"/"Yes" and X for "Cancel"/"No".
The controls ingame are those:

Movement:
- Up: S
- Down: X
- Left: Z
- Right: C
Attacks:
- A (melee): B
- B (bullet): N
- C (bullet): M
Special:
- Flight: Spacebar
- Switch Spellcard: D
- Use Spellcard; V

You can change those inside the Profile option in the menu. If you create a new profile for yourself, don't use the "Create new" option, use "Copy" on "profile1p". To choose the profile you created with your name, go into VS Network in the menu and use the "Select profile" option. (to select a profile for player2, hit "C" inside the character select screen, but you probably won't need this).

Each profile also has a spellcard deck for each character. Modify those as you wish once you learn what each spellcard does. The reason to copy and not create new for your account profile is because the create new will give you bad default spellcard decks.


Okay, I know my buttons, but how to play?
+ Show Spoiler +
The game has some mechanics you should understand to play:
1. Canceling. Anyone who plays FGs should be familiar with this. For people who are new to FGs, canceling is a technique where attacks come out faster (the reason is that you skip their recovery, but I won't get into technical details here). To do canceling, simply use attacks in an order from weak to strong. i.e. A->B->C->Special->Spellcard. Note that while bullet canceling always works, melee canceling only works if the melee attack touched the opponent (either hit or got blocked), so you can't cancel A->B if the A attack missed. An important thing to know is that you can cancel bullets into a jump -> allowing you do to air melee right after bullets.

2. Flight. This is unique to soku, and you don't have this in any other FG. If you hold down the movement button (by default, spacebar) while holding a direction key, instead of walking or jumping, you'll fly in that direction. Note that flight consumes energy from your 5 orbs, so don't fly for too long, or else they'll get depleted. Those same orbs are used for attacking and defending, so if they run out, you're in for trouble.

3. Blocking. Like any FG, to block, simply walk backwards. If somebody attacks you while you hold back, you will block that attack instead of getting hit. You can also block in the air. Also, on the ground, there are two types of blocking: high and low. To low-block, just hold down+back. Some melee attacks hit high, while others hit low, you must block them correctly. For every wrong block, you lose an orb of energy. If they are depleted, you can't block, and you get hit.

4. Grazing. This refers to the act of flying through bullets, also unique to Soku. While melee attacks have to be blocked or else you get hit, you don't have to block bullets. You can simply fly through them, and they won't harm you. Note that some bullets go away once you graze them, while others stay, so pay attention when exiting graze. When in doubt, just block.

5. Border Escapes. Simply called "BE", a BE is when you hit the movement button twice while blocking. If you do this correctly, you characters will lose 1 orb of energy for 13 seconds, but in return you will get into a jump or flight mode instantly, without waiting for your blocking to end. This allows to get out of a sequence of attacks that would be otherwise difficult to escape witout getting hit. To BE upwards, you need to hold the down direction while BEing.


How to play this online?
+ Show Spoiler +
One person has to host, and the other has to join. If you're the host, use the first option in VS Network "Server Setup". It will ask you for a port - make sure that port is open. If you don't know how to open ports in your router, google it, it's not hard. http://portforward.com

Once the host opened a room, anyone can join it. The host should give you his ip and his port, in this format: 50.23.23.111:10800 i.e. port:ip. Copy his port:ip with ctrl+c so that it's in your computer's copy memory (called clipboard in official terms) and then just select the 5th option in VS Network which is "Connect to IP from clipboard". Good luck, have fun!

If this is unclear, the players on irc.rizon.net #hisouten will help you out in getting it to work. Also, come to #hisouten to find plenty of players to play with from all over the world. Most people are already very experienced in the game, so bring more people from TL to have people on your level to play with, and then the regulars will help you both improve.


How can I pick a character I like? Are they all balanced?
+ Show Spoiler +
Don't pick suwako. It's a joke character. Everyone else are good, the game is pretty balanced. Some might feel easier at first, but once you learn to play each one correctly they can all do well.


*****
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Adeny
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Norway1233 Posts
April 24 2011 02:44 GMT
#2
Hi. From what I can gather this is also called touhou 12.3 right? It certainly looks fun. Does it have native joystick support?
Aqo[il]
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Israel183 Posts
April 24 2011 02:48 GMT
#3
It has some support for it, but it would probably be better to just use XPadder or Joy2key externally. (I use XPadder for PS3 controllers on PC, not sure what's the best for an Arcade stick).
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Yiruru
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada690 Posts
April 24 2011 03:03 GMT
#4
Nice! I'll give it a try after Exams =] Used to play IaMP and SWR on NetPlay, totally didn't know a new one came out @ _ @
Malgrif
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1095 Posts
April 24 2011 03:09 GMT
#5
not gonna lie, i came here to correct your spelling of sudoku. oh well
for there to be pro there has to be noob.
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
April 24 2011 03:44 GMT
#6
On April 24 2011 12:03 Yiruru wrote:
Nice! I'll give it a try after Exams =] Used to play IaMP and SWR on NetPlay, totally didn't know a new one came out @ _ @

Hisoutensoku isn't new by any means.
Shinshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada1237 Posts
April 24 2011 04:11 GMT
#7
Oh your on TL I totally didn't know that xD.... too bad your EU T_T
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Yferi
Profile Joined April 2010
United States90 Posts
April 24 2011 05:20 GMT
#8
For anyone who wants more info about this game, a very good site: http://hisouten.koumakan.jp/

Contains character combos, spell card info, game mechanics, etc etc. According to http://hisouten.koumakan.jp/wiki/Diagram, Suwako is actually C tier. Cirno & Alice are the worst o.o

I don't really play it much, but it's a great game to bot-bash in after getting owned in other touhou games
Yiruru
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada690 Posts
April 24 2011 07:06 GMT
#9
On April 24 2011 12:44 Lucumo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 24 2011 12:03 Yiruru wrote:
Nice! I'll give it a try after Exams =] Used to play IaMP and SWR on NetPlay, totally didn't know a new one came out @ _ @

Hisoutensoku isn't new by any means.


Still newer than SWR >.> Sorry for being old!
Aqo[il]
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Israel183 Posts
April 24 2011 09:09 GMT
#10
2009 is relatively new ;p

Also, the latest tierlist for this game is:

S:
Yuyuko

A:
Youmu
Remilia
Suika
Iku

B:
Reimu
Komachi
Tenshi
Marisa
Aya
Reisen
Yukari
Patchouli

C:
Utsuho
Sakuya
Cirno

D:
Alice
Sanae
Meiling

E:
Suwako

And a good Alice player can beat a Yuyuko, really.
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Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-24 10:03:43
April 24 2011 10:00 GMT
#11
On April 24 2011 18:09 Aqo[il] wrote:
2009 is relatively new ;p

Well, it's definitely not old but it's not like the game came out recently. SWR was released 2008, so...yeah.

Ah, btw: I don't understand the appeal of the game. Saw some matches and when both players are really good, they can last forever. You can easily block all things which is kinda boring.
Xswordy
Profile Joined December 2010
United Kingdom425 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-24 14:10:37
April 24 2011 13:32 GMT
#12
Looks pretty fun , gonna give it a try right now as it's sunday and got nothing better to do.

Edit: This is awesome , can't believe I didn't know about this earlier . Also thanks for the instructions as I'm not that into fighting games.
BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-24 17:07:59
April 24 2011 17:05 GMT
#13
download limit exceeded :<

edit: scratch that dling now :D
Kaal
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Djibouti2514 Posts
April 24 2011 22:07 GMT
#14
I'm about to start streaming me vs Caller on my stream~

Expect me to scrape him with Meiling then him switch to yuyuko in rage~

www.livestream.com/kaal

Or you can click over there -->
darkrage14
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada173 Posts
April 25 2011 04:35 GMT
#15
Just joined this game thanks to this thread :D. It's pretty awesome, I also played against Caller_ (add me :O). The community is rather helpful also.

I'm trying to learn Remilia Scarlet and man I need to work on my approach.
Aqo[il]
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Israel183 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-25 08:42:26
April 25 2011 08:33 GMT
#16
Here are some combo videos:

FMD Combo Collection: (funny long combos)
+ Show Spoiler +


More practical things that can be used in matches:

Komachi:


Aya:


Remilia:


Alice:
+ Show Spoiler +

Meiling:
+ Show Spoiler +

Youmu:
+ Show Spoiler +

Sakuya:
+ Show Spoiler +
Reavers. Lurkers. Vultures. Defilers. Corsairs. Vessels. Why did they remove all the cool units from SC2...?
Beforrrr
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium94 Posts
April 25 2011 13:22 GMT
#17
awesome!!! xDDD
go pro
QQplay
Profile Joined February 2009
United States229 Posts
April 27 2011 03:16 GMT
#18
i play iku! i'm no good at fighting games though
Aqo[il]
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Israel183 Posts
May 05 2011 14:44 GMT
#19
Hey what's up people? Come and play the game, there's plenty to advance to ;p I just played today with two people and tried out a new card deck with some skillcard I didn't use before, I played the same character and it felt completely different. There's so many to explore. gogogo~

Should I create a thread for this in the general forum? looks like making this as a blog wasn't the best idea
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