Kokoro's Gensokyo Journey: The Lost Masks

There's a lot of Rabi-Ribi DNA in here beyond a heavily inspired UI and powerups: the world is non-linear and loops around, it's bullet hell and there is much suffering to be had on Lunatic difficulty despite having fewer patterns, bosses have scaling progression, and 0% run is possible. However, Kokoro's Journey is more bite-sized, being roughly 1/4th the length of Rabi-Ribi. Even though there are many similarities, there are still noteworthy key differences, particularly in combat: [list] [*]The tutorial is much more pronounced. Whereas Rabi-Ribi just throws the player into bullet hell action and let them figure out hidden/unexplained gimmicks on their own, Kokoro's Journey outright explains the damage buff gimmick, has a game over tip for immunity to contact damage during melee, Focus Mode (slow walk + show Kokoro's hitbox) is openly shown in the control scheme, and an NPC explaining that magic can break certain walls and can be angled is introduced in the beginning. [*]The tradit...

It's a Rabi-Ribi inspired bite-sized adventure. Perfect length for a weekend game with some fun additional challenges for the brave. In my humble opinion, there's Noh way I can deny this was worth the money.

If I could give this game a neutral, I would. It certainly is far from broken but is very meh.

Can't really think of much to say. There's some rough edges here and there, but overall, I enjoyed this game a fair amount as a fan of bullet hell/danmaku Metroidvanias and would recommend it to anyone looking for a similar experience to Rabi-Ribi.

Its a short game that has a lot of Rabi-Ribi DNA built in.

I don't think I can add more to what the reviews here already said, so I'm gonna try to keep it short. The game is a Rabi-Ribi inspired Touhou fangame, with excellent level and boss design. Don't let the simplicity of the graphics fool you, the game was made with a lot of effort. You can see it in how much care there went to the mechanics of the game. A small example is how enemies don't deal contact damage if you melee them first, which is something that might seem small but does wonders for the flow of the battle. I think the game's ONLY disadvantage is that it's a bit short, but if you are one of those people that go for 100% completion, the in-game achievements will keep you busy for quite a while, probably for dozens of hours. Shoutouts to the game dev for making such an amazing game!

Tiny but fun game. Its very clearly inspired by Rabi-ribi, but thats not a bad thing. And you play as Kokoro, so thats a huge + for me.

It's fun.