Rank The Top 5 Contra Games

Post by **racketboy** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:01 am

nateup2 wrote:Is Shattered Soldier the 2d style side scrolling polygon one on PS2?

I heard that one is phenominal!

yup

Post by **Boaby Kenobi** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:28 pm

Doctor Fugue wrote:
Boaby Kenobi wrote:
3. Shattered Soldier
A lot of people don't like this game and I can't think why. It has all the staples of classic Contra games but with updated visuals. Some of the mechanics of this game are cool too, like being able to lock your firing position.
I really want to play this game...I think some people were put off by the visuals? I don't know, the gameplay looks great to me.

This locking mechanic you speak of, is that like in Hard Corps where you can choose to stand in one position and fire all around? I love having that choice...Gunstar Heroes is brutal that way becuase you have to choose one or the other.

What I was talking about is the ability to hold your firing position while you're moving. You press L1 I think when you're firing to lock the position of your weapon and as long as you keep it held in you can move about. It's very handy when fighting some of the bosses. You can also do what you're talking about in Hard Corps.
Shattered Soldier get a lot of criticism, I think it comes mostly from elitist gamers who weren't happy that a Contra game was being updated with newer graphics. It's an amazing game, some parts of it are clearly ripped off from previous Contra titles though. There's a fun level in it where you're on a snowboard type thing. Definitely recommended to any Contra fans. Stay clear of Neo Contra though, horrible game IMO.

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:33 pm

If anyone doesn't put the original NES version in their Top 5, they obviously don't know how a Top 5 works.

Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:01 pm

I haven't played Contra 4 or Shattered Soldier so....

1. Contra
2. Alien Wars
3. Super C
4. Hard Corps
5. Contra Force

How many of you have beat the first game without using up, up, down, down...etc?
A friend and I did it a couple months back....it was intense!

Post by **Mozgus** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:05 pm

ott0bot wrote:I haven't played Contra 4 or Shattered Soldier so....

1. Contra
2. Alien Wars
3. Super C
4. Hard Corps
5. Contra Force

How many of you have beat the first game without using up, up, down, down...etc?
A friend and I did it a couple months back....it was intense!

I think if I gave it an honest chance and a day's worth of dedication I could do it. I think people exaggerate the difficulty a little. Contra is far from the hardest game.

Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:06 pm

Mozgus wrote:
ott0bot wrote:I haven't played Contra 4 or Shattered Soldier so....

1. Contra
2. Alien Wars
3. Super C
4. Hard Corps
5. Contra Force

How many of you have beat the first game without using up, up, down, down...etc?
A friend and I did it a couple months back....it was intense!
I think if I gave it an honest chance and a day's worth of dedication I could do it. I think people exaggerate the difficulty a little. Contra is far from the hardest game.

ok super trooper. but i felt good about it. don't take that away from me!!!!

Post by **prophet138** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:53 pm

I can't say i have 5 favorite contra games, so i'll list my two favorite,
1 Shattered Soldier
2 Contra 4

Post by **Kevman** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:58 pm

It's interesting to see Hard Corps as so many peoples' top one. I mean it was good and had a lot of cool features but I thought it was too fast and the robots at the beginning just didn't make it very contra-ish.

Being a big Contra fan IMO the top 5 are.

1: Contra (Famicom Version)
2: Contra (NES)
3: Contra 3: The Alien Wars
4: Hard Corps
5: Super C

Keep in mind I never played Contra 4 or Shattered Soldier.

Post by **Haoie** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:02 pm

I'm glad to see some many like the Hard Corps, it's also my personal fav.

I think the many bosses scheme is actually better for Contra than just plain old running and gunning.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:22 pm

My best was beating it twice in a row without dying. I thought that was good until I saw a guy do it 10+. The record Ive heard was some where in the 30s.