Cho Aniki was a much better shooter, for many, many, MANY reasons.
Cho Aniki was a much better shooter, for many, many, MANY reasons.
So can you only use one hand when you play?
I really, really, really, really, really want to get this game eventually.
I probably played it some time around 2000, when I found it at a friend's house. I was like, "Hey, 3D R-Type". I had a blast with it, but I probably only got as far as Kishi did because of the limited time I had with it. The parts I remember most are the boss fights, which I'm struggling to describe right now so I'll just say they're awesome.
Shooters are difficult by nature, but I didn't think Einhander was overwhelmingly hard, or at least the parts I played. Good, solid fun.
Same here. I could deal with that big mofo spider thing in the tunnel in level two. I could deal with that damn smaller spider thing in the tunnel in level 3. But as soon as I hit level 4 I simply couldn't get anywhere. The boats that would come up from the water would find a way to hit me. I think once I managed to get to the end of that section. Then I had to fight a submarine miniboss which instantly schooled me sending me back to the beginning of the stage. That was the end of that.Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryűkishi
To hell with Battletoads and Double Dragon.
THIS is the ultimate team.
I have to agree that this is the best game in it's class. I love it. I do think this is the best shooter, although I haven't played that many more, just the Psyvariar games, Castle Shikigami, Ikaruga, and maybe a few others, but before Einhander the last game of this type I really played extensively was that old Raiden game.
Did I hear you say that you could unlock other vehicles in Einhander? I did not know that and I want to know how you did it.
And by the way I am proud to say that I am the only person I know to have beaten this game. I did so in the most dramatic way possible. I was in Costa Rica, oddly, and a family in this small town had a bootleg copy, so a bunch of kids watched as I played. So, I started it up not expecting that it would be the day of destiny, and proceeded all the way to the part where that ship takes off from the earth (the second to last level), and thought to myself, "I'm gonna lose it soon, I'm out of lives and continues." But suddenly, it all clicked into place and I got all the way to the end on my final life. A big crowd of tiny spanish speaking children cheered as I celebrated my great victory.
It wasn't so much that Einhander was hard as that it was LONG. Easily the longest shooter game I've played. I wish that it had made a lot of money so Square would make more of them. Another game that was left out in the cold world of underrated greatness.
Fiction Is Reality.
To get the first secret ship, you have to get 15 bonuses during your playthrough. You don't even have to beat the game on the playthrough, so long as you get 15 or more bonuses.
To get the second secret ship, you have to beat the game on Hard Mode without using more than 2 continues.
The first secret ship is one of the Poliez! ships from the first level, instead of getting gunpods, each 5 gunpods you pick up will enhance it's machine gun capability, eventually giving you a max of 4 maching guns blasting in front of you at all times. Also, depending on which gunpod you last picked up, on top of the machine gun, you'll also get another unique stream of fire. (I.E. The spread makes two 45 degree diagonal machine gun sprays to the top and bottom of your ship)
The second secret ship is a red version of the double-gunpod ships you fight in the last level, before the boss. Each gunpod you pick up for it will instantly have max ammo. Totally devastating, that is, if you can actually do the requirement necessary to unlock it.
Doubtful...
You are committing a major act of treason.
That game was effing hard...so awesome it was. I never beat it, but got really far.
I like Kung-Fu.
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