Makes me goon like CRAZY
This game is fucking phenomenal. One of the greatest run n guns of all time. In fact this might be my favorite contra only rivaled by hard corps. Easily the best line up of bosses in the series and the perfect mix between challenge and fun. This entire game is one big endurance round slowly memorizing boss patterns and stage hazards over practically 100s of attempts. It’s brutal sure but never feels cheap. Everything is laid out for you. You never feel under powered or as if you need a code or power ups. It’s just you and the game and it makes for one of the most rewarding games I’ve ever played. Bosses take a fuck ton of hits sure but have predictable patterns. This game will throw waves of enemies at you to trip you up sure. Yet with the right strategies and pattern memorization you can break this game pretty quickly. In a way it’s like a puzzle action game. Learning the best solution to its many scenarios and boss encounters. That’s what makes this so rewarding. Even after getting my ass kicked several times I knew I was just a couple of well timed jumps or techniques away from completely destroying anything in my way.
Oh and the slightly industrial edge this game has is awesome. It’s not my favorite contra visually (again hard corps) yet it comes pretty damn close. It kinda reminds me a bit of Twisted Metal Black. Also the soundtrack is fantastic, best in the series if you ask me. The fact Akira Yamaoka made this industrial electronic and metal soundtrack after his dark ambient masterpiece SH2 blows my mind yet here it is and it’s absolutely incredible.
This game is fucking phenomenal. One of the greatest run n guns of all time. In fact this might be my favorite contra only rivaled by hard corps. Easily the best line up of bosses in the series and the perfect mix between challenge and fun. This entire game is one big endurance round slowly memorizing boss patterns and stage hazards over practically 100s of attempts. It’s brutal sure but never feels cheap. Everything is laid out for you. You never feel under powered or as if you need a code or power ups. It’s just you and the game and it makes for one of the most rewarding games I’ve ever played. Bosses take a fuck ton of hits sure but have predictable patterns. This game will throw waves of enemies at you to trip you up sure. Yet with the right strategies and pattern memorization you can break this game pretty quickly. In a way it’s like a puzzle action game. Learning the best solution to its many scenarios and boss encounters. That’s what makes this so rewarding. Even after getting my ass kicked several times I knew I was just a couple of well timed jumps or techniques away from completely destroying anything in my way.
Oh and the slightly industrial edge this game has is awesome. It’s not my favorite contra visually (again hard corps) yet it comes pretty damn close. It kinda reminds me a bit of Twisted Metal Black. Also the soundtrack is fantastic, best in the series if you ask me. The fact Akira Yamaoka made this industrial electronic and metal soundtrack after his dark ambient masterpiece SH2 blows my mind yet here it is and it’s absolutely incredible.