Artifact III Judgment: Conarnar (Cirno et al)

Artifact III Judgment: Conarnarnarnar(Cirno)

To start us off I really like the player options, especially the explanations behind them.

The first half of the stage is fairly straightforward. The fairies with orbiting shields of ying yang orbs are interesting, I guess.

The midboss fight with Tewi is another two variations of her usual curving pattern from the photoshooters (this is a term now) but it's fairly fun to play through. The dialogue is also hilarious.

The second half is more of the same but with different patterns. Are these fairies forcing ying yang orbs (AND EACH OTHER) to protect them or something?

The dialogue with Cirno is amusing due to how brief and matter-of-fact she's being. Anyway, off to the boss!

Nonspell 1: This is certainly Cirno like, but adds wall bouncing which is honestly enough to show that she's using the stopwatch. A bit on the easy side compared to the stage but I like it.

Spell 1: A bit of a stretch in plenty of ways, but I like it. Fast paced dodging/streaming. The spears miiiiiight be borderline too fast for a first-time player but I find them acceptable.

Nonspell 2: More of the same Cirno theme with a bit of variation. The fact that only the white bullets bounce makes it a lot less scary than it could've been. Otherwise fairly bland.

Spell 2: That pun makes me want to kill you <3. As for the spell itself, neat. I think it can be more interesting than just spam, though. There's a lot of wasted potential. Here I just noticed the clock concentration effect, cool. It would be amusing if the clocks stopped the player too.

Nonspell 3: This last non is fine like the others. Would be more interesting if the waves overlapping, forcing you away from gaps where there are already white walls.

Spell 3: The constant timestop is kinda jarring, but it helps dodge through the pattern in a way similar to Youmu slowing time. The pattern looks neat and presents interesting ways to dodge, so I like this one a lot.

Nonspell 4: Same old, same old. Not bad but not very interesting like the above three. Even the bubbles bouncing would make it more intriguing.

Spell 4: Curious. Very curious. The freezing of player shots can truly make the freeze 'perfect', I guess. Random all around like Perfect Freeze was in the original game, but the freezing of Sakuya's knives makes it more interesting. I think this may by far be the easiest spellcard but that doesn't detract from the fun aspects!

Overall, the script is rather clever and has some cool ideas. However, the danmaku just feels rather bland. Maybe it's all the blue. This earns a solid 7 and a quarter. Use the quarter to go buy a soda or someth- wait, it's 2015.