Another PlayStation 1 game that was forgotten, Gungage (NOT Gungrave) is a rare release that came to Europe but not the US. The third-person shooter is built around replayability, which was a double-edged sword.
As neither the unlock system nor the light platforming was fantastic, the overall mediocre game failed to wow people on style points alone. For director Hideo Ueda, previously in charge of Sparkster on SNES, this pretty much spelled the end of their career in the cutthroat Konami culture.
Gungage is really good! It has four characters that play quite differently, also great music, and wonderful anime names like Wakle Skade (apparently it's pronounced like wake-el, but I think it sounds much funnier like waggle).
I can agree about the platforming. Can't platform too well with tank controls and a camera that mostly cares about aiming. But there isn't much platforming anyway.
