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Yes I played this game and it was fun. This game is far from perfect but this is a fun game.

> ZUN should retire
Classic, similar thing may be seen on some imageboards too.
> the danmaku design is terrible
Yeah, it looks like ZUN is somewhat out of ideas, he tried to add new bullets but it doesn't help a lot. At least the patterns are more fair than in similar games and Western and Japanese Lunatic players are having fun trying to dodge them. Stage are more fun and Nina is more fair version of Hecatia.
> the music is regressing
Motifs are still somewhat good (maybe except final boss but that may be another Chimata), but soundfont is very different. There is also a problem that (as maceknight say) SD-90 wasn't used in full game at all, it was only used for tracks which were in demo. I have already seen a theory in Japanese community that ZUN's SD-90 became so old that it doesn't work. That may be the reason why there were no ZUNpets.

> the new characters are unremarkable
Somewhat agree. (the last boss looks too Len'en-like). ZUN may be out of ideas here too. I liked Nareko, Nina (and mostly her look, her personality is meh). I know that some artists and fans really liked Yuiman. The other characters are has okay.

That you for your posts. It would be interesting to read more about Chinese Touhou community.

I haven't played the game yet, but I have dug a bit.
-The character designs this time were mostly okay imo. First boss is forgetable, 2nd boss looks like an harpy, Nareko is adorable, 4th boss looks really good, last boss is overdesigned (not that bad, but still), and I do want to like the bivalve girl. Compared to MoF (TH10) that's bad, but compared to HSiFS (TH16) that's better;
-The music was like a 5/10 to me, not something good but not actually bad. I feel like I gotta play the game to properly judge it, but I sincerely didn't like most of the songs of TH20 so far. I do have the feeling that it's regressing compared to other games, yes;
-I don't have an opinion on the danmaku;
-As for ZUN retiring and passing the baton to someone else? I do like the sound of that.

Alright, besides the expected complaint about Ai, have you seen any other unusual takes from the chinese that you may not find on even the Japanese fans or /jp/?
...and yeah, now that you said it, Ariya does look like she belongs in Lenen.