yeah! the dude is awesome and also my sex apparently :)
I've only played the first rr game and i haven't even completed it, so im working through the series right now. I turned of the music because it wasn't in the non cd (pirate) version i played back in the days. I really love the junkyard level and the one with the drive in, bowling alley and tornado (that was the same level right?). Anyway i like the crazy-ass soundtrack but i think the game's ambience deserves to stand on its own.
I agree with you on the atmosphere being original, i haven't seen anything like this... and oh yeah blood! that game needs to be on gog!