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2013 · Team Shanghai Alice · Adventure · Arcade

Double Dealing Character

The fourteenth main entry in the Touhou series of vertical danmaku shooters.

Released: 26 May 2013
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure Arcade Bullet hell Indie Shooter
Developers: Team Shanghai Alice
Publishers: Team Shanghai Alice
Series: Touhou Project
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Fantasy
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Time to beat: 1hmain story

About

Touhou Kishinjō ~ Double Dealing Character. (Japanese: 東方輝針城～ Double Dealing Character.; lit. "Eastern Castle of Radiant Needles") is the fourteenth main game of the Touhou Project scrolling shooter series made by the dōjin game maker Team Shanghai Alice. The demo was first released on May 26, 2013, at Reitaisai 10 and the full version of the game was released at Comiket 84 on August 12, 2013.

Double Dealing Character is the first Touhou title to be available online officially via digital distribution; all prior games were only available via CD purchase. On April 7, 2015, the game was announced for an international release by Playism, making Double Dealing Character the first game in the Touhou series to be released outside Japan. Double Dealing Character was also released on Steam on June 18, 2019.

›Story

Youkai are rebelling, and tsukumogami are turning up; no one knows what's happening, clouds are gathering, and a strong wind carries the sounds of a huge building. Gensokyo is full of the sounds of dissonance. The individual weapons of the three protagonists are starting to act oddly. It's their job to either take their weapons in hand and fight the youkai, or to cast their weapons aside.

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Gameplay

Double Dealing Character follows the gameplay mechanics found in previous main games within the Touhou Project series with a spell card based danmaku system. The gameplay theme is neither novel nor retro. It is a "2000's neo-retro Danmaku shooter", creating simple gameplay while removing a lot of the complicated game mechanics.

This is the first main game within the series that can display a resolution of 1280×960.

Story

Youkai are rioting and tsukumogami are turning up. Clouds gather, while a strong wind carries the sounds of a huge building. Gensokyo is full of sounds of dissonance. The weapons of the three protagonists start acting oddly; meanwhile, various youkai begin to rebel. It is their job to either take their weapons in hand and fight the youkai, or to cast their weapons aside.

Reception

Game Rant considered Double Dealing Character to be the 4th best game in the series, writing that "for gamers up to the challenge, Double Dealing Character will push you to your limits. Still, for those keen enough to learn the new rules and tricks, it should be worthwhile."