This game is almost great. Its sprite work is wonderful and the music as always goes hard. The cast is super fun and it really lets some of the less used characters shine, especially Jo'on, Yuugi, and Murasa. Every character plays dramatically differently, allowing for a lot of creativity when blasting through the boss rush esc story mode.
This game actually carries a story mode unlike the mainline games and its really good! Seeing the same events play out in order, learning more about how the different factions in Gensokyo are dealing with the oil spill really ends in a satisfying way. My favorites being Jo'on and Shions dream of scamming people with oil and Okina just throwing Flandre at the problem until she brute forces a solution.
The thing that kills the game for me is Totetsu, her second phase fight is so insanely obnoxious and unfun that it kills the momentum and mood of any character who has to run through it. Other than that a pretty good time overall