AoCF Gameplay

, often abbreviated to AoCF, is a fighting video game developed by Twilight Frontier and published by Team Shanghai Alice for Microsoft Windows in 2017. It is the latest fighting game in the ''Touhou Project'' series, being a continuation of the extra story mode from '' Urban Legend in Limbo's'' PlayStation 4 port, released in 2016.

''Antinomy of Common Flowers'' ports for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch port were announced in May 2019, and released on April 22, 2021.

Gameplay

''Antinomy of Common Flowers'' is a fighting game in which the player will attempt to deplete their opponent's health bar using various moves, such as basic punches and kicks, as well as more complex special moves, which require special inputs in order to be performed. Spell cards, special moves that are considerably more powerful than the regular special moves, can also be used by charging a meter through damaging the opponent, which once full, allows the spell card to be activated. Each character in the game has a total of three spell cards to choose from. ''Antinomy of Common Flowers'' has no ground, allowing for complex aerial movement.

In ''Antinomy of Common Flowers'', the player will control two characters in any given match. The 'master' is the main character that they control, and can temporarily switch to their 'slave', who can be used to quickly extend combos. Additionally, when the player takes damage, some of their health will be retained with a white bar, and when playing as a slave, the white health will slowly increase. Taking damage while playing as the slave character will decrease the player's 'occult meter', and if it is emptied, the player will be forced to switch back to the master, until the meter increases again, which will gradually happen by default, but it can be increased faster by damaging their opponent.

In ''Antinomy of Common Flowers'', the player can engage in single matches, either against the AI or with other players online, play a training mode in which they can freely test their attacks, or in the game's story mode, wherein the player will fight many enemies in succession, and can unlock new characters by defeating them.

Plot

As part of the Urban Legend Incident, a phenomenon called "Perfect Possession" occurs, in which people have their mind and body completely taken over by somebody else. Reimu sets out to investigate the cause of the Perfect Possession.

Characters

In ''Antinomy of Common Flowers'', all characters except Joon and Shion are available from the start in the game's versus mode. In the story mode, the player is given preset master-slave pairs, more of which are unlocked by completing the game with specific characters. The game has a total of 19 characters, each of which have their own stage.
* Reimu Hakurei — Miko of the Hakurei Shrine. Her attacks are a mixture of regular melee moves and ''danmaku''. Reimu is the first character available in story mode, with Kasen as her slave.
* Marisa Kirisame — Human magician. Her fighting style is reliant on her high speed.
* Ichirin Kumoi — A youkai monk. Though she is slow, Ichirin is able to perform ''danmaku'' through the control of her partner, Unzan.
* Byakuren Hijiri — Youkai magician and the monk of the Myouren temple, a Buddhist temple that accepts yokai.
* Mononobe no Futo — Taoist and shikaisen who can manipulate feng shui. Her attacks use her speed, and plates to inflict damage.
* Toyosatomimi no Miko — A saint whose design is derived from Prince Shōtoku. Her fighting style is reliant on the Occult Special Move, which can strengthen either her projectiles or her melee attacks.
* Nitori Kawashiro — A kappa and engineer. Her various weapons allow for multiple types of ''danmaku''.
* Koishi Komeiji — A satori who was shunned by humans, and closed her third eye to seal her power.
* Mamizou Futatsuiwa — A bake-danuki from the Outside World. Her attacks involve sending out small tanuki to perform ''danmaku'' for her.
* Hata no Kokoro — A menreiki who is incapable of facial expression, using a variety of masks to manipulate her emotions instead. This corresponds to her fighting style, wherein her attacks will change depending on what mask she is wearing.
* Kasen Ibaraki — An ibaraki-dōji and one of the Sages of Gensokyo. She attacks using her pets and her arm, which she can detach from her body.
* Fujiwara no Mokou — A human who gained immortality by drinking the Hourai Elixir. She uses close range attacks, many of which contain fire.
* Shinmyoumaru Sukuna — An inchling, whose Miracle Mallet is capable of granting wishes to other inchlings. Her speed and small stature allow her to perform melee attacks with a bowl and needle.
* Sumireko Usami — Human magician from Kantō who can visit Gensokyo in her dreams. She is a zoner who uses her ESP to create rubble and projectiles around her opponents.
* Reisen Udongein Inaba — A moon rabbit, who can manipulate insanity in humans.
* Doremy Sweet — Baku who can manipulate dreams. She can steal "dream souls" from her opponents, which will increase the damage of her spell card.
* Tenshi Hinanawi — A tennin

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