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Contra: Two Real Konami Heros
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Welcome to my review of Contra. One of the only shooting games that aren't violent and are actually good. Let's get this review started! Graphics: 8/10 The graphics in this game aren't half bad. They aren't as good as Super Contra because Super Contra is also a Nintendo Entertainment System game, but the graphics for Contra are great! The sprites are well done for the enemies the characters, the built enemies like the robotic cannons, and the background layout. Even better...the sprites on the Title Screen. We have our main characters looking as sharp as ever. If only the whole game could be like the title screen's sprites...as said the graphics for this game aren't half bad! Sound: 9/10 The music and sound effects have to be what I like most about this game and the whole Contra series overall. Especially the Base I music. The sound effects are nostalgic and well fit for what you're doing in the game to create them. With the sound effects and music, you feel like you're playing an actual arcade game. Nope! No token fees here! This game with outstanding sound is yours to keep...well if you have a Nintendo Entertainment System... Replay-Ability: 9/10 Since you feel like you're playing an arcade game, this never gets old. Especially when you're playing with a friend. You get to shoot up them baddies all day with no bore. I remember I was seven when I started playing this. I played it once. Then I got addicted. Got a friend to play co-op mode with me. Never got old. What makes this game even more addicting is you get to watch your friend fail on one of the first enemies. What makes a big role in this being an addicting game is the fact that...YOU CAN'T SAVE YOUR PROGRESS! You can't even save your progress in Contra III Alien Wars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. So you get to replay all the fun levels over and over... Story: 6/10 Look, I know I should have put this category first, but I felt like doing it in order except Overall rating is going to go LAST. I honestly don't really like this story that much. It's okay though...an organization of terrorists are plotting to take over the Earth. They can build anything to stop anybody who serves the army, navy, air force. The government sends two soldiers to shoot 'em up to save the world. So two soldiers with beefy biceps must shoot through hundreds of men, robotic laser-shooting things, and alien-like creatures! Can they pull off this feat? Travel through many monuments like waterfalls and jungles to save the world from this havoc. Ptts, that was nothing. Wait until you play Alien Wars. This story's got nothing on that one! Depth: 6/10 This game is good. It doesn't offer, like, 8-10/10 of depth though. This is a Nintendo Entertainment System game, keep in mind. Let's start from weapons. Throughout the levels, enemies or these flying discs will drop power-ups shaped like pilot wings. Your default gun is just a non-rapid fire gun that shoots weak bullets. But...there is a rapid fire, invincibility temporarily, beam gun, homing beam gun, multi-directional gun. Keep in mind that when you die, you lose your improved weapon. So it's bad when you have those moments when right when you obtain a new weapon, you die. Moving on to what you go through in the game, there is normal terrorists that run around, ones with guns, robotic turrets, enemies that throw grenades and fire cabinets only in their bases, and bullet-launching things you fight on almost every level. In levels with waters, there is terrorists that duck in water. The only way to kill them is to wait until they pop out of the water to shoot a big bullet that multiplies into three. There is also wired beam-shooting devices that pop out of the ground at some places. They have less HP than the turrets, and that have a better hit box. In this game, you will fight terrorists with built weapons, aliens, and other craziness that apparently an ordinary gun can handle...don't try going on a mission to kill people, kids. This is done by officials. Difficulty: 4/10 You might be wondering why the difficulty is rated low. Why? Because this game is easy. The levels are hard, but there's a ton of cheats that are usable in every Konami game like the one that gives you 30 lives. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. (Only works on actual console) But if you don't use cheats, this game can be pretty tricky in single player. There's bullets flying at you EVERYWHERE, a ton of people running around, turrets....when I first played this, I could barely even beat level one! So many bullets. But if you know the level, it isn't that hard. It can be hard to dodge all the bullets flying at you on stage 3, waterfall, but sometimes you just get very lucky. And since you get three lives, two players...that's six lives. 60 if you use the cheat code I gave you. You get an extra life every time you beat a level! Overall: 9.3/10 Sorry this review is very short compared to other reviews I typed. It's a bit tricky to make a tl;dr review of a game like this. Then again I get 1,000+ words on a Pong review...but anyways, I rate this high. This game is so amazing, I recommend you try it with a friend, very creative and fun, thank Konami, and goodbye. THANKS FOR READING Graphics: 8/10 The graphics in this game aren't half bad. They aren't as good as Super Contra because Super Contra is also a Nintendo Entertainment System game, but the graphics for Contra are great! The sprites are well done for the enemies the characters, the built enemies like the robotic cannons, and the background layout. Even better...the sprites on the Title Screen. We have our main characters looking as sharp as ever. If only the whole game could be like the title screen's sprites...as said the graphics for this game aren't half bad! Sound: 9/10 The music and sound effects have to be what I like most about this game and the whole Contra series overall. Especially the Base I music. The sound effects are nostalgic and well fit for what you're doing in the game to create them. With the sound effects and music, you feel like you're playing an actual arcade game. Nope! No token fees here! This game with outstanding sound is yours to keep...well if you have a Nintendo Entertainment System... Replay-Ability: 9/10 Since you feel like you're playing an arcade game, this never gets old. Especially when you're playing with a friend. You get to shoot up them baddies all day with no bore. I remember I was seven when I started playing this. I played it once. Then I got addicted. Got a friend to play co-op mode with me. Never got old. What makes this game even more addicting is you get to watch your friend fail on one of the first enemies. What makes a big role in this being an addicting game is the fact that...YOU CAN'T SAVE YOUR PROGRESS! You can't even save your progress in Contra III Alien Wars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. So you get to replay all the fun levels over and over... Story: 6/10 Look, I know I should have put this category first, but I felt like doing it in order except Overall rating is going to go LAST. I honestly don't really like this story that much. It's okay though...an organization of terrorists are plotting to take over the Earth. They can build anything to stop anybody who serves the army, navy, air force. The government sends two soldiers to shoot 'em up to save the world. So two soldiers with beefy biceps must shoot through hundreds of men, robotic laser-shooting things, and alien-like creatures! Can they pull off this feat? Travel through many monuments like waterfalls and jungles to save the world from this havoc. Ptts, that was nothing. Wait until you play Alien Wars. This story's got nothing on that one! Depth: 6/10 This game is good. It doesn't offer, like, 8-10/10 of depth though. This is a Nintendo Entertainment System game, keep in mind. Let's start from weapons. Throughout the levels, enemies or these flying discs will drop power-ups shaped like pilot wings. Your default gun is just a non-rapid fire gun that shoots weak bullets. But...there is a rapid fire, invincibility temporarily, beam gun, homing beam gun, multi-directional gun. Keep in mind that when you die, you lose your improved weapon. So it's bad when you have those moments when right when you obtain a new weapon, you die. Moving on to what you go through in the game, there is normal terrorists that run around, ones with guns, robotic turrets, enemies that throw grenades and fire cabinets only in their bases, and bullet-launching things you fight on almost every level. In levels with waters, there is terrorists that duck in water. The only way to kill them is to wait until they pop out of the water to shoot a big bullet that multiplies into three. There is also wired beam-shooting devices that pop out of the ground at some places. They have less HP than the turrets, and that have a better hit box. In this game, you will fight terrorists with built weapons, aliens, and other craziness that apparently an ordinary gun can handle...don't try going on a mission to kill people, kids. This is done by officials. Difficulty: 4/10 You might be wondering why the difficulty is rated low. Why? Because this game is easy. The levels are hard, but there's a ton of cheats that are usable in every Konami game like the one that gives you 30 lives. Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. (Only works on actual console) But if you don't use cheats, this game can be pretty tricky in single player. There's bullets flying at you EVERYWHERE, a ton of people running around, turrets....when I first played this, I could barely even beat level one! So many bullets. But if you know the level, it isn't that hard. It can be hard to dodge all the bullets flying at you on stage 3, waterfall, but sometimes you just get very lucky. And since you get three lives, two players...that's six lives. 60 if you use the cheat code I gave you. You get an extra life every time you beat a level! Overall: 9.3/10 Sorry this review is very short compared to other reviews I typed. It's a bit tricky to make a tl;dr review of a game like this. Then again I get 1,000+ words on a Pong review...but anyways, I rate this high. This game is so amazing, I recommend you try it with a friend, very creative and fun, thank Konami, and goodbye. THANKS FOR READING |
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Great game indeed. I didn't use any fancy codes to beat the game, although I did use save states  . I want to go back and play the game one of these days all the way through without cheats or save states. It will take a bit of practice, though, I'm sure. Save states are a good way to practice specific sections. It'd be nice if you could have more than one save state per NES game. I know it can be done here for Super Nintendo games, though. . I want to go back and play the game one of these days all the way through without cheats or save states. It will take a bit of practice, though, I'm sure. Save states are a good way to practice specific sections. It'd be nice if you could have more than one save state per NES game. I know it can be done here for Super Nintendo games, though. |
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Awsome, PixelBrick, AWE-SOME! Again, I am so proud that someone has decided to make a review for a game that I like!
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