Absolutely breathtaking, Gensokyo in Minecraft

[Legion]

No idea what it's from.
Cannot figure out why it all seems to be set at night.

 

[evilneko]

Ghibli is overrated anyway. They don't deserve recognition.

I'm not sure why I feel so content posting something so controversial.

well no one's going to string you up for having an opinion (even though I wholeheartedly disagree with it ).

Speak for yourself.. I'm getting the...ropes--wait, what's that you say, captcha?

captcha: burning oil

...good idea, captcha!

BURNING OIL FOR THE INFIDEL! RAWR!

In all seriousness though I too am quite surprised at the lack of Touhou fans here, in a gaming community.

 

[Rawne1980]

Seriously, why the fuck do I never check who makes a thread? This has got to be like the third time I've accidentally been glued to the trainwrecks that are this persons threads.

It got me as well bud.

I try to avoid Liliths threads like the plague due to nearly all of them involving JRPG's, Anime and how the Escapist forum goers suck because we don't talk about "good" things.

However I saw Minecraft and there are usually some fun videos come from there with some whacky ideas so I flopped on in.....

Behold, a thread about how the escapist sucks because we don't talk about good things and a mention of some obscure shooter a lot of us have never heard of.

But on topic somewhat...

Millions of views on Youtube is not impressive...

Here is a cat with over 40 million views, now that is impressive.

 

[WanderingFool]

Im familur with Touhou, in so far as its a bullet hell that I will never touch... mainly because of the term "Bullet Hell." Now... why should I be impressed?

 

[Aur0ra145]

Me and a friend build a 1:1 ratio reproduction of the USS Iowa. Also, this was in survival mode, so we actually mined all that stuff, then we cooked it into smooth stone, then placed it.

The first picture only shows the front half as the ship was so long you could barely see the stern when standing next to the forecastle. We had to modify the view distances to get a complete picture of the ship.

 

[Slayer_2]

If this is true, and I still assert that I'm being trolled. Well... I didn't realize it were possible for my opinion of the Escapist to go any lower.

If you want to look up what it is, all the information is in this thread. Therefor I don't need to tell you anything more. It is arguable the most famous shooting game in the world. Or certainly one of them. And I am one of several million hardcore fans that have been following it religiously for probably around a decade or close to it.

Just because we don't know about some Japanese game, doesn't mean you need to get snippy. Surprisingly, not everyone online is a crazed Japan fan.

One of the most famous shooting games was Doom, and later Quake. Neither game looks anything like that. Clearly many people here do NOT get what game you're referencing, where as anyone who didn't know either Doom or Quake would have to be either 10 years old, or very unlucky.

On a happier note, that work is pretty crazy, mad respect to the creators.

 

[NiPah]

Wait what? Somebody made Ghibli in Minecraft? The Texture Pack must be quite nice.

Yup

Original video had all the music, but that was removed .

 

[flaming_squirrel]

Seriously, a world from a bullet hell game. There is something VERY wrong with that.
Not only is it a terrible, dead genre, but why ever would such a game need a backstory of that magnitude?

Wait what? Somebody made Ghibli in Minecraft? The Texture Pack must be quite nice.

Yup

Original video had all the music, but that was removed .

This on the other hand is an awesome idea. Not quite middle earth but still very cool.

 

[Volstag9]

I'm going to be "that guy" and stay on topic.

That was an interesting video. I don't have the time to sit through a 45 minute YouTube session but from what i saw, I was very impressed. It reminded me of that Middle Earth video from a while back. And people say that Minecraft is stupid. (Not sarcasm)

Spoiler

Yes, I have heard of the Touhou series. I have never played it. Not my cup of tea.

 

[II2]

Cool video, but I'm not familiar with the setting... I had to wiki Tohou and Gensokyo before I knew what you were on about.

 

[V8 Ninja]

That's pretty impressive.

However, I simply cannot care because it's based off of a Japanese bullet hell game. Nothing will make me say otherwise; I can literally not care about anything relating to a bullet hell game, specifically whatever nonsensical mask that the one-man development team has tried to cover such a game with.

Also, I find the OP's aggressive offense against people for not knowing the series and the OP's massive defense of Touhou's supposed rabid + enormous fanbase both disturbing.

 

[II2]

Touhou.

Well LilithSlave, I came here with no knowledge of the subject and now have some understanding of a greater phenomenon at work. I don't think it might be as pervasive an interest as you believe, but it's adherents make up for that with their fervor...

I find the internet and cyberculture in general fascinating for these pocket universes and hyper-dense microcultures of interest blown open to macro scale accessibility, globally... Makes me feel a bit like I'm living in the future I contemplated in the past.

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Since you seem to know this stuff, humor a bewildered outsider an inquiry: how the hell do you get all that Minecraft topography from this:


???

Is it based off the scrolling backdrop (such that you can see between the lasers), or is it from some extended fan story, cartoon etc?

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For what it's worth, having examined it, Touhou really doesn't seem like my thing, but I'll concede that the Minecraft work is really cool and I like watching the boss fights on youtube, but I wouldn't enjoy actually playing it.

 

[Elate]

I, literally, have no idea what you are talking about.

Then you've just lost your right to ever play video games again.

I'll be taking your license to play video games now. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Tou Hou, that's the bullet hell with the obnoxious fan base isn't it, who consider it the best bullet hell ever made, only because it's impossibly hard?

Yeah I don't hold it in high regard, and also only know the name, nothing about what you're talking about. His creation is impressive, though frankly I think the LoTR one is much better.

 

[Charli]

Nope, genuinely no idea what it is. In fact you mentioning it is the first I've ever heard of it.

If this is true, and I still assert that I'm being trolled. Well... I didn't realize it were possible for my opinion of the Escapist to go any lower.

It is arguable the most famous shooting game in the world. Or certainly one of them. And I am one of several million hardcore fans that have been following it religiously for probably around a decade or close to it.

Hey hey...psssst. Tell you a secret.

It's a doozy.

Spoiler

Not everyone plays shooter games.

AMG right?

Seriously your condescending attitude was entirely unnecessary in this thread. Stay classy.
So in that regard instead of creating hype about something you've just alienated people who might of otherwise been interested.
What the hoo har.


As I am someone who DID know what it is, I'll just go ahead and say... 'okay yeah it's nice' but minecraft projects don't inspire me too much.

 

[darron13]

I've heard of Touhou, but never looked into or cared for it, hell I'm not even here for the video.
I just find this conversation oh so entertaining.

 

[Gearran]

I, literally, have no idea what you are talking about.

Then you've just lost your right to ever play video games again.

I'll be taking your license to play video games now. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

I'm with Wayne here, no clue what you're talking about. Also, you can take my video game license once you get past my shotgun and crowbar.

 

[axlryder]

Millions of views on Youtube is not impressive...

Meh, I'd say a few million views is fairly impressive. If you can consistently garner a million views with your videos, you can make a living off of it based on that alone (presuming you put them out on a fairly regular basis). That's something.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

Yeeeeaaah, I'll be honest and say you lost me at "Touhou", OP. I know of it, but I like my Bullet Hell games somewhat manageable. I've played a few Danmakus at the behest of a friend and honestly? That's just masochistic.

Plus, there's a... plot, to all this? Something like a plot, at least? Goddesses and girls and pseudo-Japanese places and... stuff? Shooty bits focused on cute girls in colorful costumes?

Yeah, no. Nice work on the themed Minecraft build, though. I'm still much more partial to Ikaruga, and I really don't get why you seemed so surprised that some people wouldn't have heard of the Touhou series.

To put it bluntly, not all of us are named JewWario.

 

[Chiasm]

I had no idea either that "Touhou" was a thing. or even that their were other games like this out there. As few as I knew only 1942 was like this.

 

[Pegghead]

I, literally, have no idea what you are talking about.

Then you've just lost your right to ever play video games again.

I'll be taking your license to play video games now. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

No...just no. Don't be one of those people who thinks you aren't a "real gamer" if you haven't done x y and z. Besides, fandom's a funny thing. Just because Red Dwarf has a plethora of fans and a running sub-culture doesn't make it so well known as to be something I can start a conversation with anyone about.