There's a reason why this game is held in such high regard among true blue shooter fans.  Einhander has the trappings of a legendary game within its genre.  Dazzling graphics, tight control, outstanding music and sounds, and a strong variety of weapons.  They're all here, but that's not where the fun stops.  There's also an art gallery that grows as the quality of your performance increases and an intriguing story, much different from the usual "an evil alien empire wants to destroy humanity, let's send one fighter pilot to stop all 500,000,000 of them" fare.  In Einhander, you're on a suicide mission and you're painfully aware of it.  Beautiful!