What do you remember about Einhander, and how you think it compares to other shoot em’ ups from the era? Gain early access to my videos by supporting me at www.patreon.com/xygorgaming OR through TH-cam membership by clicking the JOIN button above!
@@rgbcrafts obviously you so, otherwise you wouldn’t have said it to begin with. Am I crazy? Why would you make a declaration if you don’t actually care.
This is one of my favorite games of all times and good luck finding it at a used game store. I recently found the rom online and play it on my phone on a regular basis. Takes me back to when I was playing this as a teenager on my PS1
Einhänder being a monster in World of Final Fantasy and as a boss in XIV warmed my heart that Square didn't forget about it. World of FF also had Xenogears as a superboss.
I had a copy of this game since the year it released. Easily the most underrated and under appreciated title on the whole Sony Playstation roster. This game was an absolute masterpiece that i still do runs on to this day.
In my humble opinion, Einhander is one of the best shmups ever, and also one of the best PS1 games, Squaresoft games, and games ever made in general. You're right, though, it is pretty dang difficult.
I think it’s a great shmup…like, incredible. but one of the best ever? Maybe in the top 50, but even for the ps1 there was stuff like DoDonPachi and Syukyogeurentai (terra diver) and TFV and R Type Delta (which is pretty similar to Einhander in presentation). I love the game, but seeing so many people here proclaiming it as one of the best ever just seems like it’s getting a little more praise than it should, even though it is outstanding.
Love this game. I also wish they had tried another Bushido Blade. A PS2 version could have been amazing. It was such a cool mechanic to have realistic melee fighting. Try the first and then the second and it will show you just how good a PS2 version could have been. I also enjoyed the combat system for PE andVS.
I think this was a fair and unbiased review. I saw no mention of overly positive or overly negative aspects. This is greatly appreciated. So, what do -I- think of Einhander? I think its a fantastic game. Do not judge it by other criteria of what a shooter game should or should not be, simply appreciate it for what it is.
Rented the game so many times as a kid, amazing OST. Wish I would've picked it up before it went crazy pricing but its a great play, however you can nowadays.
speaking of developers working outside their genre, Polyphony Digital who makes the Gran Turismo games made a fantastic 3D shooter called Omega Boost for the PS1
@@abemontes2518 AHA that was the name of it. I used to have that too, it was a lot of fun. Like a lot of my games, it disappeared over time, and I only have a few extreme classics still left.
Ohhhhhh boy is this game frustratingly difficult lol. You hate it a lot and love it a lot at the exact same time lol. The difficulty was the only downside. Ive played this game so many times and man buy the Japan only release of the soundtrack was the most satisfying soundtrack purchase ever. Best video game soundtrack of all time I’d argue.
*This is my favorite game. I played it in the early 2000's and I still play it to this day. I'm biased, but nothing will ever come close to Einhänder.*
My favorite part of Einhander are boss intros, they are just pure badass, especially Drache and Spinne. There's something magical in combination of distorted German, industrial noises and giant machinery entering the stage.
Ohhhhh this video reminds me of a square beat'em up I loved...googling it now. Oh right, it was The Bouncer. It was crazy weirdly story driven for a "punch all the things" game. I remember it fondly, I wonder if it holds up?
As a FF fanboi I was definitely confused by this release. I am not much of a shmup person so I still have never tried it. I always wondered what kind of RPG game would be made with that kind of name lol. Thanks for the videos!
My favorite memory of Einhander was the whole entire game itself, especially the story which is very much reminiscent to Mobile Suit Gundam at times, especially with the world-building and mecha and ship designs.
One of my teenage "hidden gems" memories, I remember playing this a lot during a short time in life. I don't know what made me quit it really, maybe it was the plethora of other games available at that time, but the memory of this cool game with a very cool name will forever be with me.
Einhander was such a treat. I was already a Square fan from the various RPGs they had released up to that point so I was willing to give their games a chance. I was not expecting such a robust shooter with great weapons, mechanics and secrets. Getting your first Juno or Flash made you feel so powerful..... Till you realize that your strongest damage option is the propulsion of your ship when you change speeds. No reason to have that other than to make players notice and push them to try other things. Tho the most memorable bits to me was the entirety of stage 6 and 7. Fighting the Black Ghost, then Monitor followed by the story beat a rage against the machine in a literal sense then what happens after. I still remember it to this day. That and the boss theme Shudder is amazing and I'm still shocked they never noticed the F-word in the rap sample.
If you're looking to do more videos about off beat, atypical genre Squaresoft games, check out Racing Lagoon. It's a JDM street racing RPG for the PSX in the same vein as Initial D or Maximum Tune. Was never released outside of Japan, but a fan translation was fully completed and released a couple of years ago. It's hard to get into until you start upgrading your cars and the character art is very....... 'interesting', but once you get past that it's actually a really good game, with a killer soundtrack to boot.
I Don't know why people kept dunking on square's game back then.. Einhander and Ergheiz were two actually good game (the first better than the second).. maybe if they didn't pick german names people wouldn't even be able to type properly, it could have helped.. Made me wanna replay Einhander now, great shoot em up!
I was never able to get my hands on a copy of this gem. I played it through a demo that came with the PS1. And it was only first level, but from i remember, it was an amazing game.
I love this game! I just got a Polymega and just uploaded and was playing it recently. It looked great, but in your video everything looks so crisp! How are you playing it to look like that!
5:32 one could say that Square was trying their "one hand" at the genre, and that they "single-handedly" produced a great game. Okay, I'll see myself out.
I had a demo disc with the first level on it and played it to hell and back. I loved this game but could never find a copy growing up. Now I have to shell out a couple hundred bucks to actually own it.
So grateful you covered Einhander! A memory i treasure is the transition to the satellite boss after disabling the rocket. The song change and frantic intro as you're gaining altitude to pursue, the beat starting up as it soars overhead past the sun, oh it's one of the most memorable boss introduction in my entire gaming life.
What do you remember about Einhander, and how you think it compares to other shoot em’ ups from the era?
Gain early access to my videos by supporting me at www.patreon.com/xygorgaming OR through TH-cam membership by clicking the JOIN button above!
As i mentioned below a lot of odd games came from squaresoft back then, have you ever heard of and/or tried Racing Lagoon?
There is no better shmup OST on PS1 than Einhänder.
@@rgbcrafts yeah, that’s just not true lol
@@opaljk4835 whatever dude. Nobody cares.
@@rgbcrafts obviously you so, otherwise you wouldn’t have said it to begin with. Am I crazy? Why would you make a declaration if you don’t actually care.
I still have my copy of Einhander. It’s one of my prized games in my collection!
Same! Fantastic game honestly, unlocking the Red Astrea was not easy!
Played the demo of this and Intelligent Qube over and over. Wish i would have gotten the full game.
It was worth it!
I love the soundtrack for the game and the mechanic of the weapon pods. The boss music especially always got me pumped up.
Yeah, great music in it for sure.
This is one of my favorite games of all times and good luck finding it at a used game store. I recently found the rom online and play it on my phone on a regular basis. Takes me back to when I was playing this as a teenager on my PS1
Einhänder being a monster in World of Final Fantasy and as a boss in XIV warmed my heart that Square didn't forget about it. World of FF also had Xenogears as a superboss.
Damn I fcking love this game, the soundtrack was pretty sweet too, this and Raystorm is probably the best Shmups on the PS1.
Great shooter overall! I agree that Raystorrm is also fantastic!
I had a copy of this game since the year it released. Easily the most underrated and under appreciated title on the whole Sony Playstation roster. This game was an absolute masterpiece that i still do runs on to this day.
This thing was difficult as f****, but one of the best in a genre dominated at the time for Sega
True!
In my humble opinion, Einhander is one of the best shmups ever, and also one of the best PS1 games, Squaresoft games, and games ever made in general. You're right, though, it is pretty dang difficult.
I think it’s a great shmup…like, incredible. but one of the best ever? Maybe in the top 50, but even for the ps1 there was stuff like DoDonPachi and Syukyogeurentai (terra diver) and TFV and R Type Delta (which is pretty similar to Einhander in presentation). I love the game, but seeing so many people here proclaiming it as one of the best ever just seems like it’s getting a little more praise than it should, even though it is outstanding.
Love this game. I also wish they had tried another Bushido Blade. A PS2 version could have been amazing. It was such a cool mechanic to have realistic melee fighting. Try the first and then the second and it will show you just how good a PS2 version could have been. I also enjoyed the combat system for PE andVS.
One of the best, if not the best shoot 'em up in Sony Playstation.
Agreed!
In your thumbnails you always look like your neighbor is returning the belt sander he borrowed but it’s broken now
I remember starting it many times and being unable to get past the train part.
Stage 3?
I think this was a fair and unbiased review. I saw no mention of overly positive or overly negative aspects. This is greatly appreciated. So, what do -I- think of Einhander? I think its a fantastic game. Do not judge it by other criteria of what a shooter game should or should not be, simply appreciate it for what it is.
Probably in the top 10 for the ps1 shmups
I've only ever heard of it back in the day. I never even knew what kind of game it is or how it looked lol
I wish more companies would take this risk...einhander is amazing
Besides U.N Squadron this is definitely the best shooter I’ve played in my life !!!!
It's the end of the video and still waiting for the answer to the question that this video is predicated on.
Watch the rest of my video library to find out!
(No, it wasn't a huge failure)
Rented the game so many times as a kid, amazing OST. Wish I would've picked it up before it went crazy pricing but its a great play, however you can nowadays.
I played the game back then, it was ok, I thought it was too short tbh.
Probably was, most shooters were though
loved it on my chipped ps1 came free was great
I loved this game and I'm not a fan of shoot em ups like this at all.
still got mine
Excellent!
Here is a gift to some of you: ä 😜
speaking of developers working outside their genre, Polyphony Digital who makes the Gran Turismo games made a fantastic 3D shooter called Omega Boost for the PS1
Oh man, Omega Boost was an amazing game. I played the heck out of that game. It's clearly underrated. I'd love to find it so I can play it on my ps3.
@@abemontes2518 AHA that was the name of it. I used to have that too, it was a lot of fun. Like a lot of my games, it disappeared over time, and I only have a few extreme classics still left.
Hard as balls even with cheats! But a nice experiment from Square. The music and atmosphere were cool.
You're right, it was tough!
Ohhhhhh boy is this game frustratingly difficult lol. You hate it a lot and love it a lot at the exact same time lol. The difficulty was the only downside. Ive played this game so many times and man buy the Japan only release of the soundtrack was the most satisfying soundtrack purchase ever. Best video game soundtrack of all time I’d argue.
Einhander was so good. This and R-Type Delta are wildly underappreciated.
Agreed!
*This is my favorite game. I played it in the early 2000's and I still play it to this day. I'm biased, but nothing will ever come close to Einhänder.*
My favorite part of Einhander are boss intros, they are just pure badass, especially Drache and Spinne. There's something magical in combination of distorted German, industrial noises and giant machinery entering the stage.
Still my favorite shmup n the PS1, along with R-Type Delta and G-Darius.
Right on, all three are solid.
Ohhhhh this video reminds me of a square beat'em up I loved...googling it now. Oh right, it was The Bouncer. It was crazy weirdly story driven for a "punch all the things" game. I remember it fondly, I wonder if it holds up?
Never heard of this. I love shmups. Why don’t they port it? I miss the days when Square was more than just Final Fantasy
Maybe they will evnetually!
I played the demo at least a hundred times. Loved it.
As a FF fanboi I was definitely confused by this release. I am not much of a shmup person so I still have never tried it. I always wondered what kind of RPG game would be made with that kind of name lol. Thanks for the videos!
Thanks, I think it's worth trying!
My favorite memory of Einhander was the whole entire game itself, especially the story which is very much reminiscent to Mobile Suit Gundam at times, especially with the world-building and mecha and ship designs.
One of the best PS1 games. If you beat the game on hard mode without dying, you unlock a Zweihander ship. 😀
So basically, I'll never unlock it! But I'll still have fun with it.
One of my teenage "hidden gems" memories, I remember playing this a lot during a short time in life. I don't know what made me quit it really, maybe it was the plethora of other games available at that time, but the memory of this cool game with a very cool name will forever be with me.
Definitely a hidden gem! Thanks for leaving your memories of it here!
awesome video, ty
Thanks for watching!
Einhander was such a treat. I was already a Square fan from the various RPGs they had released up to that point so I was willing to give their games a chance.
I was not expecting such a robust shooter with great weapons, mechanics and secrets.
Getting your first Juno or Flash made you feel so powerful..... Till you realize that your strongest damage option is the propulsion of your ship when you change speeds. No reason to have that other than to make players notice and push them to try other things.
Tho the most memorable bits to me was the entirety of stage 6 and 7.
Fighting the Black Ghost, then Monitor followed by the story beat a rage against the machine in a literal sense then what happens after. I still remember it to this day.
That and the boss theme Shudder is amazing and I'm still shocked they never noticed the F-word in the rap sample.
If you're looking to do more videos about off beat, atypical genre Squaresoft games, check out Racing Lagoon. It's a JDM street racing RPG for the PSX in the same vein as Initial D or Maximum Tune. Was never released outside of Japan, but a fan translation was fully completed and released a couple of years ago.
It's hard to get into until you start upgrading your cars and the character art is very....... 'interesting', but once you get past that it's actually a really good game, with a killer soundtrack to boot.
I Don't know why people kept dunking on square's game back then.. Einhander and Ergheiz were two actually good game (the first better than the second).. maybe if they didn't pick german names people wouldn't even be able to type properly, it could have helped..
Made me wanna replay Einhander now, great shoot em up!
Never played Einhander but always wanted to. I remember liking the soundtrack.
I was never able to get my hands on a copy of this gem. I played it through a demo that came with the PS1. And it was only first level, but from i remember, it was an amazing game.
I love this game! I just got a Polymega and just uploaded and was playing it recently. It looked great, but in your video everything looks so crisp! How are you playing it to look like that!
5:32 one could say that Square was trying their "one hand" at the genre, and that they "single-handedly" produced a great game. Okay, I'll see myself out.
I had a demo disc with the first level on it and played it to hell and back. I loved this game but could never find a copy growing up. Now I have to shell out a couple hundred bucks to actually own it.
Back in the day I sold my copy of Tech Romancer in order to buy this game
This is the game that should have saved the genre--a new paradigm no one bothered to emulate.
You should review rtype!
The train part was insane! This is one of the ones that I ended up with somehow as a kid, that I didn't even know it kind of hard to find.
Agreed, the train was the best!
So grateful you covered Einhander! A memory i treasure is the transition to the satellite boss after disabling the rocket. The song change and frantic intro as you're gaining altitude to pursue, the beat starting up as it soars overhead past the sun, oh it's one of the most memorable boss introduction in my entire gaming life.