Einhander is a 1998 side-scrolling shooter from Square, the Japanese game company famous for Final Fantasy. It's one of their best games, and you may not even know it exists. Until now, that is.
Square Enix suggested they might remaster more games from their storied archives—here are the classics we’d like to see get a new coat of paint.
I would definitely enjoy a Xenogears remaster. Recently finished Legend of Dragoon again (this time with platinum trophy) and would love to dive back into Xenogears with Fei and the rest of the crew.
It needs more than a remaster though, I hope they can turn disc 2 into a full game..
I wonder how they would even handle a xenogears remaster
Would they give it to monolith soft (the original developers) to handle, and more then likely make it a Nintendo exclusive, cue the endless bitching from Sony fans...
Or will they do it themselves, thus not finishing the original story as intended
"... and more then likely make it a Nintendo exclusive"
I would think it'd eventually hit all the platforms much like the Front Mission 1st Remake. That way no one would be 'bitching' regardless of your platform preference lol.
They don't need the original people , they already have the foundation of characters ,world and lore to work off of.
Honestly it's not that big of a game if you really examine it by modern standards , it's how they present everything that makes it seem so grand especially with how epic the story/music is . SE have good writers that could incorporate post release lore of perfect works and such if they ever remade it from the ground up.
Square Enix classics? dont they mean Squaresoft. Square Enix dont make classic games, just games with pretty graphics, no heart & soul, boring & over stuffed with woke Gen Z cockiness.
But while were on the subject i would love too see a remaster of Front Mission 3.
They already announced a Front Mission 3 remake. Doubt they'll also do a remaster.
I will get the remake but i still want a remaster cos with all remakes they lose a lot of the original magic the original game had.
Pretty sure its going to be a remaster of the game, similar to what's been done with the first two games, not a remake.
FF7r is certainly more a remake of FF7 than a remaster for instance.
Now, if they did Gun Hazard remaster...
Yeah they call it a remake like "Front Mission 1st Remake" but I'd consider it more of a remaster as it doesn't change any of the core gameplay but basically just sharpens up the graphics. I think they added a couple of new features also but I still think it's more of a remaster.
Like @Godmars290 suggested, FF7Remake fits the mold of a remake since they 'remade' the game from the ground up, changing the battle system completely, and retelling the story with a lot of different elements added.
But I guess they can call it what they want since they're making it lol.
Exactly. SquareSoft merged with Enix shortly after Final Fantasy X and it has never been the same.
Nobody wants NFT's in the gaming world...but they do want Einhander.
That is a very small list and I'm sure Square-Enix has more games than that under it's belt that could use a re-release (no FF Tactics or Valkyrie Profile? Front Mission? Parasite Eve? Secret of Evermore? Brave Fencer Musashi?). This could have been a much better list as Square-Enix owns lots of great old games that they haven't touched or made use of in recent years.
I (Robin Ek, TGG) was just informed that MegaDriver has released their shoot-em-up inspired Metal album "For Great Justice". So that means that you could enjoy some really awesome shoot-em-up Metal covers from games such as "Thunder Force IV", "Salamander", "Gradius III" and "Einhänder".
So what would it take to make a worthy, on this level, side-scrolling shooter now a days?
I've always wanted to try this game, as I'm a huge fan of 16/32 bit shooters, but I haven't found it for a reasonable price.
I should just buy it anyway, considering how hot the retro game market is now. It's not going to lose value anytime soon.
I still have this game. Good stuff.
God-tier shooter that is only second to Ikaruga........
it´s a 10/10 for me too!
amazing game it is so classy and perfect, at least my memories are