Valkyrie of Phantasm
Story
A meteorite suddenly crashes into Gensokyo.
A crack appears on its metallic, egg-like surface, and small particles of light shine through the cracks, and they scatter all at once, in all directions.
Eventually, they reach the most powerful residents of Gensokyo.
One of these lights reaches Reimu Hakurei. It engulfs her, as it transforms into what looks like a suit of armor.
A name echoes in her head, and she repeats it out loud,
“Valkyrie Arms…”
Sensing the beginnings of an incident, she sighs and looks off in the direction which the light came from.
She floats up into the air, and is gone in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but a red trail of light behind her.
“My body feels so light…”
Flying faster than ever before, Reimu realizes that her armor—her Valkyrie Arms—are to thank for her newfound speed.
Who gave her this power, and for what purpose? To find the reason behind it all, Reimu hurries on her way… but it doesn’t take long before someone stands in her way.
“Looks like I’m not the only one.”
Standing before Reimu is another girl, similarly clad in a set of Valkyrie Arms. They were both granted the same power, and they both know what must be done…
And thus, a high-speed danmaku battle begins.
Valkyrie of Phantasm is based on the Touhou series,
but has a brand new original story with the creators’ own interpretations of the world and characters.
This is a Touhou Project fan game developed by Areazero.
Game System
■ Basic Actions
- Attack: Perform a close-range melee attack
- Shot: Shoot bullets; hold for rapid-fire
- Spell: Cast a powerful bullet pattern spell
- Step: Perform a quick evasion
- Boost Dash: Dash mid-flight at high-speeds
- Guard: Put up a barrier to block attacks
■ Special Actions
- Accel Drive: Power up temporarily (raises movement speed, motion speed, and attack power)
The increase in stats depends on the number of charges in the Drive Gauge
Level 1 to Level 3 + Level MAX
Has burst effects
- Accel Drive Spell: A powerful spell only usable during Accel Drive
- Ultimate Spell: An extremely powerful spell only usable at Level MAX
- Charged Melee Attack: Has a guard-breaking effect. Shatters the guard and staggers the opponent
- Rush Attack: A mid-range charge attack
- Side Attack: A high-speed flank attack (take two steps at a right angle and attack from the flank)
- Backstep Attack: Do a backstep and then attack
- Boost Dash Attack: A powerful strike dealt after a Boost Dash that staggers the opponent
- Step Cancel: Take a step to cancel the idle time in between attack actions
Number of Players
Early Access version: 1-2 players
※Multiplayer requires online play
※4-Player battles will be added in a future update
Game Discussion
Steam User 8
given that it's still in early access, this is a pretty decent game for most Touhou fans
Steam User 2
Getting into this game, I was in a Touhou rush and wanted to play different kinds of Touhou fangames really badly.
I was skeptical about buying this game as I had doubts it'd be fun as it looks-- or that it looks as bad as it can be; because admittedly, judging from the trailers, lack of reception and overall what this game has to offer-- something felt off about this game where I can't exactly describe it.
It felt like "a polished unfinished game" or how I would like to describe it, "a well-crafted working mod for an entirely different game". While it is now in a "full release" state, it really felt like on both paper and face-value, it's a tech demo of what could've had more.
I see a lot of comments that Sky Arena is arguably a better game and comparing them side-by-side, that does seem true as the overall feel and style of the older game kind of works much better than this, I've seen old clips of Valkyrie of Phantasm where before they had the concept of the Valkyrie armor with the old maps seemed like a muuuuch better game compared to now, and I still feel like that's a little true.
So I hesitated at first but after a full week of debating, I decided to bite the bullet and try it out firsthand.
For the first few hours, I was still left skeptic, I even wondered if it's a good idea to continue past the two hour mark of trying out the game in fear of me suddenly feeling like this game doesn't have a lot to offer and I'd rather refund it until I pushed through in hopes that I start to grow on it.
Luckily, I have.
It's one of the most fun games I've ever played in a while with a combat that may feel a little restrictive and limited, to the point figuring out combos and ways to play, tinkering with the abilities and spells made it much more addicting.
While it's not exactly the game with the most booming community, regardless, it does seem like the people that support the game is still responsive and does take their time to enjoy it with others as well, playing it online against other people was one of the most enjoyable things in this game.
I'm not a big fan of competitive games especially online games since I consider myself to be more of a casual, but I can genuinely see myself getting addicted to playing the online mode of this game with a bunch of friends.
It's hard to recommend this game to a non-Touhou fan and to the majority of the public, but I can genuinely see this as a very fun game to try and suggest it to anybody who would like a taste of a more action-y different spin to the Touhou IP.
The story is subpar, it's not the best but it's not unbearable either.
The biggest selling point of this game, honestly, and the only reasons why I even bothered to try it is because Hong Meiling is a playable character and as well as Clownpiece, which are two of my most favourite characters.
Even moreso when I learned that the voice actresses of Yuuko Aioi, Nijika Ijichi, and Fern from Frieren is here- and I just find that really fun, knowing that some of the characters here are reminiscent of the characters I enjoy very well.
Regardless, I still stand on my comments about this game looking a little "clunky" and "weird" at times, where the game feels like it was something made on the Dreams game or a Roblox remake; but the gameplay is enjoyable enough to look past it.
It's still hard for me to decide if it's better to be left alone or to be recommended, but I think most people can find the enjoyment out of it if you were to lower your expectations coming into it.
Steam User 2
The game is decent from my experience so far: Its like dragon ball sparking or xenoverse, The online is DEAD, Remilia Scarlet best girl
FUCK meiling in this game and FUCK Lieutenant_Soap4
Steam User 0
This game has a great cast of characters with fantastic voice actors that suit each characters unique personality. I enjoyed listening to the character interactions in Story mode and thought the incident idea was pretty cool and unique. The Power armor weapons they fight with all look pretty cool and I think are well designed. This game's soundtrack is also amazing! Seriously ALL these tracks JAM.
I also think that the combat is enjoyable and easy to pick up and learn. Once you get the hang of the controls it feels good to play.
I do hope to see more characters added as DLC and would also like to see some more stages added to the game. It's a Good game.
Steam User 0
Really fun Touhou battler
Steam User 0
Honestly, just an Overral fun game
Steam User 0
Very fun game. Great visuals and graphics