(Editor’s note: From Super Mario Bros. to Metal Gear Solid, everyone’s got at least one videogame tune stuck in their heads. Enter Liner Notes: a Pixelitis feature in which our writers discuss their favorite videogame soundtracks. In this newest edition of Liner Notes, Staff Editor Patrick Kulikowski discusses the music to Konami's Vandal Hearts II.)
"The Vandal Hearts series may not bask in the popularity of other turn-based tactical RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre, but it’ll always have a special place in my heart.
Konami’s sequel to the 1997 cult-classic Vandal Hearts is a touchy subject among fans of the series. Released two years later, some fell completely in love with the game’s art style, twisting plot, and engaging characters; others felt it was a major disappointment in not living up to the original.
But if there’s one thing fans can agree with, it’s that Vandal Hearts II had an incredibly majestic soundtrack. It’s one that in my opinion features some of the best tracks to ever grace the original PlayStation."
Hanzala from eXputer: "Contra: Operation Galuga is a classic revival done right, but why hasn't Konami done the same yet for the bigger and more popular Castlevania?"
Slowdown. Let them get these suikoden games done first. Alot of us are still waiting for those
well, the new C ontra was made by Wayforward, who have been taking sooooo many of these classic franchises and making new iterations of them. Imo they aren't very good at it. And I don't see operation galuga being a large enough success to possibly give them Castlevania.
Today Konami announced its financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year, related to the period between April 2023 and December 2023.
Horrible news more proof todays "gamer" is just a cow ready to be milked.
That mgs collection is no better than my ps3 copy but my ps3 copy has 0 server restrictions i always roll my eyes when reviewers or these new "youtube gamer" channels show off the information books on a webpage via a trash in game browser or the lack of controller support like it s a good thing.
Also GOG still has a better version mgs 1 or use the duck ps1 emulator.
Well time for the peace walker remaster pc port 480p 20fps needs a rtx 3090 or 6900xt to run with dunovo konami account then a govt id check.
Several sources tell us that Konami is still working on a remake of the first installment, although right now Metal Gear Solid Delta is a priority for the studio.
As long as it's not like Twin Snakes. And I hope they have the option to keep the original PSone voice tracks, which is a huge part of the appeal for me. The Twin Snakes voice tracks sounded worse, and had lame script changes as well.