Finally got 1000 today. I stopped playing this a year ago with just Wrath (48?) Inferno (52) and the last level to beat on Inferno setting. I thought I would boot it up and give it another go as I had to stop back then or I would have ended up minus a 42" HDTV and an Xbox wireless controller.
I had difficulties as I had to play the game by myself. I tried to get a couple of mates to help me but they thought the game was abysmal and generally tended to give up after a couple of levels.
As previous posters have stated, the game has something about it that just draws you in..... I dont understand it as this game has:
Terrible Graphics
Terrible Sound
Terrible Animation
Dreadful storyline
Cliched Japanese Enemies - Robots AND giant creatures!!!
Ridiculous random weapon pick up ( some people spent days getting their last weapon)
But the game was still so much fun.
We should oppose what the enemy supports and support what the enemy opposes (Mao Tse Tsung)