>>717412706
I agree. 1cc'd th8 Normal, captured a few spells on Lunatic as well as Extra and it was a boring mess of bullets. Sure there are patterns, but then what? The presentation is compete utter crap. Kindergarten-tier spritework, stage background is no better than a video. It's not interesting, it's not visually compelling. But to think it's probably one of the last decent th game technically because after the engine update, the scaling got fucked and bullets became wobbly for my machine.
ZUN music only sounds good if you haven't heard anything other than his music.
But it's a good starting point for your first shmup 1cc. I think I managed to 1cc Normal in 3-5 hours while making posts on /v/hu in-between spells/segments.