>>50139813
Thanks, I'll come back with an answer.

>>720622089
I had enough of the BoTW Zelda setting with BoTW
That sentiment went further when the first Warriors spin off of it came out and instead of being a fun spinoff celebrating Zelda's history like the original it was a shitfest that chugged hard on the Switch.

Then ToTK came out an Nintendo did the autistic fucking shit they do where its a direct sequel but it can't be TOO direct of a sequel because people might play it first and feel they missed out so it's trying to be it's own things while rejecting what happened in BoTW and having characters who should clearly know Link not know him at all.

Now I'm left just not caring. The flashbacks in ToTK didn't leave me caring about that past. If Nintendo follows through with their promise of not changing the story then we know what happens. If they don't, it's not going to be altered in an interesting way - it's just going to be THEY WON AND THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER :) like the previous Hyrule Warriors.

If they're going to make more Hyrule Warriors, just fucking go back to the first game's formula and add more characters. Capcom Zeldas have a wealth of potential like their incarnations of the Goddesses, Onox, Veran, Vaati, maybe Ezlo. There's a shit ton still not done yet.

BoTW honestly has to be to me the least interesting Zelda setting which is ironic given how much they've tried to flesh it out with plot.

Good:
UM - I'll say this right out of the gate, Chimata's theme just gets stuck in my head. I don't even know why, but it does. UM doesn't have the greatest soundtrack, I'd say it's one of the most "it does it's job" tracks of all time in Touhou when you're actually playing the game (mostly, it has one of the best stage 1 themes, same with Extra stage theme), but it does have a lot of unique tracks that sound actually quite great when you listen to it on its own. Perpetual Snow of Komakusa Blossoms doesn't sound like much of anything in Touhou ever, it's like a song you'd find in a Karaoke, but it's nice to listen to. Fortunate Kitten is a pretty fun, meme-y sounding song. The stage 5 theme and the Megumu's theme right after are actually really great, probably the best in the OST. Lunar Rainbow is also one of the weirder ZUN compositions, it's like the modern version of Makai City Esoteria. And then Immemorial Marketeers just, in random parts of the day, gets randomly put in my head and stays there. There's a ldecent amount of eh tracks in UM though, in particular stuff like Takane's theme (it sounds... too lethargic?) and Misumaru's theme (I never found it to fit this ancient, knowing character). Overall though, I still quite like the OST.
UFO - UFO is kind of like my position on MoF, but instead of just half, I only really like a 3rd of tracks, and the 2/3rds I don't care for that much. Fires of Hokkai is one of my favorite stage tracks of all time, At the time of spring is one of my favorite stage 1 tracks of all time, and Captain Murasa is just a fun song. Most of the tracks though are just, fine. Heian Alien is a good kind of intentional weird, but I'd say ZUN has made better intentional weird before and after this. Stage 3 theme and Ichirin's theme is pretty forgettable. I like Kogasa's theme, but the stage 2 theme is pretty eh. It's just one of those things.
HSiFS - If UM is one of those games where most of the tracks don't get elevated much when you're actually playing the game but I can listen to it well outside of it, then HSiFS is almost the complete opposite. HSiFS has one of the best timings ever when you're actually playing the shmup, things just fit really well and stuff like THAT moment on stage 4 is amazing, but I find myself not listening to the track much. Almost every kind of track found in HSiFS can be found better in most games, but when paired with the game itself, it's like 2 tiers higher. And by almost every track, I mean that Concealed Four Seasons is quite great.

Decent:
PoFV - PoFV tracks are quite weirdly... somber, even for characters that don't fit it. Oriental Dark Flight is a great example. Higan Retour also has that feel, although it's a bit more understandable. Some people really like Eiki's theme, but I've never been that impressed how grand it sounds. Overall, it's just serviceable. It's also a Phantasmagoria game, so it has the nerf that it less original tracks than most games. I will give PoFV this, however: it introduced Wind God's Girl. And Forsaken Doll, to a lesser extent.
TD - TD OST is just what I'd consider to be peak average for a Touhou game. Now, there are some standouts, like the very popular Desire Drive, Rigid Paradise, and the menu theme might be my second favorite menu theme of all time, but my biggest problem with TD is that most of the tracks just kinda feels like its lacking energy. I understand that most of the game basically is set stage on a cemetary so it has an excuse to be a bit more quiet, but the game's story and plot doesn't really portray a more quiet approach to the track imo. Like, a track that's titled "Let's Live in a Lovely Cemetary" I would expect to sound a bit more fun than what is shown.

And the two mainline Windows I haven't played:
UDoALG - It sorta sounds interesting, especially the erhu stuff, but I don't really know what to feel about it yet. However, considering the Phantasmagoria game nerf and what I've listened to so far, I'm guessing this'll just go in the decent territory.
FW - 20 sounds a lot more interesting. It's a piano-heavy soundtrack, very rhythmic. Some songs sound creepy, some songs sound sad, some songs sound sad creepy. It's one of the least bombastic Touhou soundtracks of all time, but that kind of makes it special, and it seems the plot for the game makes sense for it to be that way. From what I've listened to, this'll either go in the good or in the great territory.