This is probably my favorite Touhou game since Touhou 8. The gameplay is as solid as ever, and honestly even game me a lot more challenge than usual, with stages 4 and 5 always giving me a rough time. Reimu, Marisa, and Sanae are all a blast to play, though I'm still struggling a bit in getting the hang of Sakuya, and the ability card system is one of the most interesting and impactful additions to any Touhou game. The can provide such fun changes to any run and change how you go about playing said run midway through. They can also be good at giving yourself more leeway, or more challenge, or being able to make a specific build that fits your playstyle the best. Sure, there are some card combinations that can COMPLETELY break the game if you know what you're doing, but that's all part of the fun. Overall the game's been a blast to pick up and shoot a few runs at before putting down, even moreso than most previous games, simply due to this card system. It's just so fun to mess around with.

Special shoutouts to the game's story and thematics, as they're stronger and more upfront than usual and have some pretty interesting things to say about environmentalism and capitalism/markets as a whole. Great fucking game.