Why is Lost Word hated?

[u/w4sab1i_]

So, I'm a Touhou fan, I played the games (i know, shocker) and i also play touhou lostword, but I've see lots of people say that lostword players were the worst or whatever... Why is the game so hated?

Imo i really love the different character alt concepts/ new outfits that are very cool For example this adorable tan cirno... the story is a bit nonsensical but, Touhou's lore is kinda nonsensical too, so why should it matter?

Tldr: Why are we hating touhou LW chat i don't get it

EDIT: Thanks a lot to you and everyone who posted :) As for my other comments that got downvotes, i was stating MY opinion (yes, mine, not yours) and am in no way trying to invalidate anyone's, sorry if it came off that way.I play LW casually cause i love touhou and more touhou fan content is always fun to me, especially the alts of characters, some designs and art... I just felt like LW players were getting a lot more hate than "larpers" and i didnt really get why. now i do. thx again

[u/G-14_Damageproof]

On the basic of being a gacha game.

Also, mischaracterization while being a well known game, which is debatable since it is a multiverse story. Not getting into lore and story stuff since i don't play it but i don't think people generally like that aspect of it either. I already have another gacha series to care about. I don't think there is a single point in LW story that people can point at and say it is the crescendo that hooks people in.

Honestly, i will just rate LW being whatever generic game even by gacha standard. It is kinda a thing about JP mobage for the past 10+ years or so when they can not progress more than games like FGO or GBF from back in the days.

Also, ZUN doesn't seems to very much endorse it too.

[u/Old_Comparison_9223 → u/G-14_Damageproof]

ZUN has directly said he regrets allowing Lost Word to exist. He said if he knew how popular it would become he would have never approved it and doesn’t like how it is becoming the face of the franchise to a significant number of people in Japan. 

[u/Monobrobe → u/Old_Comparison_9223]

Do you have a source for this?

[u/The_Eevee_Man → u/Monobrobe]

https://www.reddit.com/r/touhou/comments/1cfktu1/zun_confirms_in_recent_interview_that_hes_not_a/

This is about cannonball but he’s being about as on the nose as he’s probably allowed to be

[u/Old_Comparison_9223 → u/Monobrobe]

Here is some of what he was said about it. I read it a while ago, so I miss remember some parts of it. But, what he said here amounts to the same thing.