I felt the urge to replay this after beating Bare Knuckle 3, and obviously put the difficulty on Easy. But, instead of not enjoying myself, I was having alot of fun! Yeah, the enemies drain your health too quickly, but I was able to beat Easy mode (which gives you a bad ending, btw) with 3 lives left, and no continues used. That sort of gave me hope, and I thought maybe I can beat this on Normal! So I tried it, sort of got my ass kicked, and Game Over'ed on the last phase of the Yamato boss. Even after that, I don't feel discouraged. Considering Bare Knuckle 3 is now one of my favourite games of all time, I feel I owe it to myself to finish this.

I'll continue working on beating this game, and the day I do, I think i'll finally be able to call myself a true fucking gamer.