The soundtrack was killer, and made merc'ing shit all that much better. Plus, the whole mechanic behind Einhander - being able to salvage weapons from enemies, switch their shot direction, and store them in the gun pods, was revolutionary, and all-around AWESOME.
It was released for the Japanese PSN in 2008, but I don't believe it has gotten a western re-release as of yet :'(
Dude I believe you - I've seen some of the black label games going for much more than greatest hits versions. Even moreso, the PS1 longboxes are going to be pricey as shit in the coming years.
It was - and the soundtrack was fucking fantastic! I loved the pseudo-3d perspective, and how it would shift as the levels progressed - it was a really interesting entry into the world of shmups from the kings of jRPG's.
I'm a total shmup whore, and I played this and immediately fell in love with it, it's definitely one of the best, and it's a shame Square hasn't and won't do anything else with the IP :(
Thanks a ton! I appreciate that a ton, and thanks for the welcome! Glad to be seeing familiar faces as well as meeting some new fellow gamers in this big new city of PixlBit :P
Thanks for watching! And it's a pleasure to be here :) We've got plenty more episodes of RR coming out, and once the podcast from 1morecastle comes out this week, I'll post a link to it here so you guys can all here my guest hosting job :P
Haha, they're called "Meshuggah" but you can't help but call them "Fucking Meshuggah!" the same way you can't help but say "Dude, it's fucking RUSH!"
Glad to be here! It's nice to have a bit of a head start - not just trying to meet a whole bunch of new people, we've got a nice hefty chunk of the most active 1uppers here, so it's nice and familiar!
That is, if we can convince Konami's execs to stop putting a gun to Kojima's head and forcing him to keep making Metal Gear games :O
