played thru this son of a gun every year for like 4 years.. this is a good as hell game with a fun and rewarding combat system with great scaling and some really great later game cfhallenges. the story is nonstop banter and wit and honestly some of my favorite writing in a game. the remake is going to sadly shit all over the visual charm the gamecube PNGs offer but i'll still be more than happy to play this again :)