evilromero
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They require different abilities. Mario is all about precision jumping. Contra is definitely about avoidence and reflex.JSnake said:Well, I can't get past world 7 in SMB.
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No girly-men allowed: Official Contra 4 shut-up-and-shoot Thread
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discoalucard
i am a butthurt babby that can only drool in wonder at shiney objects
ThirstyFly said:So I'm hearing the game doesn't have the option to lock your firing direction and keep moving like in Shattered Soldier? Just the option to hold yourself in place and fire in any of the 8 directions? I'm not liking that
I thought it'd be a problem too, because I REALLY like that ability, but once I got into it, it never really proved to be a problem. I guess it's just the flow of the enemies and the way the bosses are designed.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Careful there, loosus may end up with company on that pansy list.Joseph Merrick said:
ThirstyFly
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discoalucard said:
That's good to hear. I can't even imagine doing some of the Shattered Soldier bosses without it, but like you said about C4, that's the way the game was designed.
I do miss it whenever I go back to Contra 3 though.
Golden Darkness
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XiaNaphryz said:Careful there, loosus may end up with company on that pansy list.
lyre said:
Too late for him.
Anyway, some of the other challange unlockables have been revealed.
Beat 4 challenges: NES Contra
Beat 8 challenges: NES Super C
Beat 12 challenges: Probotector character
Beat 16 challenges: Nobuya Nakazato interview (text only)
Beat 20 challenges: Lucia character (from Shattered Soilder)
Beat 24 challenges: Contra III comic
Beat 28 challenges and you unlock Sheena Etranzi (from Hard Corps)
Question, will you feel manly when playing a chick with machine guns?
Beat 8 challenges: NES Super C
Beat 12 challenges: Probotector character
Beat 16 challenges: Nobuya Nakazato interview (text only)
Beat 20 challenges: Lucia character (from Shattered Soilder)
Beat 24 challenges: Contra III comic
Beat 28 challenges and you unlock Sheena Etranzi (from Hard Corps)
Question, will you feel manly when playing a chick with machine guns?
radjago said:
This game was made to celebrate the 20th Anniversary. No special edition whatsoever.
Gamecocks625
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Jesus, this took some finding. Gamecrazy was sold out, Best Buy told me they had four copies with a "hard" street date of the 20th, Circuit City didn't have any yet and the guy at Target confieded "we get new releases a week after everyone else."
Finally I just stopped at Gamestop, knowing they'd probably blow me off with the "did you preorder?" rap (at least they have magazine racks to dump). Lo and behold they had one, and they sold it to me no questions asked.
Charging the DS now. I hope all the hunting I did will persuade the MAN GODS to smile on me as I make the pilgrimage through their MAN GAME.
Finally I just stopped at Gamestop, knowing they'd probably blow me off with the "did you preorder?" rap (at least they have magazine racks to dump). Lo and behold they had one, and they sold it to me no questions asked.
Charging the DS now. I hope all the hunting I did will persuade the MAN GODS to smile on me as I make the pilgrimage through their MAN GAME.
The game should arrive for me sometime tomorrow. Having beat super c and contra 3 on a single continue (particularly contra 3 on hard on a single continue) and having beaten contra without using the konami code, the game shouldn't be too terribly hard.
Then again, I'm getting old 8(
When I was younger I was able to play chip 'n' dale's rescue rangers the entire way through for two players on a single life (carrying player 2).
I'm glad that it isn't so memorization-heavy. Shattered soldier's memorization requirement, mechanical animations even for organic enemies, and lack of heart pounding arcade action music really dulled what could've been a great game.
Then again, I'm getting old 8(
When I was younger I was able to play chip 'n' dale's rescue rangers the entire way through for two players on a single life (carrying player 2).
I'm glad that it isn't so memorization-heavy. Shattered soldier's memorization requirement, mechanical animations even for organic enemies, and lack of heart pounding arcade action music really dulled what could've been a great game.
Joseph Merrick
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Eh, the comment wasn't about the difficulty of the game--I'm talking about the feel of it. Don't get me wrong, the game's pretty hard.. but not too bad. Getting along fine on 'normal'. Seem to be a discrepancy between where bullets can hit you and where you can run into stuff aswell--and where bullets can hit you when you're laying down.XiaNaphryz said:Careful there, loosus may end up with company on that pansy list.
Joseph Merrick
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You've got something there.JSnake said:
I used to be able to one-life C3 back around 92/93, when it first came out. I thought it was a pretty easy game back then, even though I died a lot learning enemy patterns and how to get around some of the levels. When I played this again last year on my SNES, I pretty much got owned by level 3, dying several times on level 1. It was weird. It made me wonder about how much of it was memorization that I had forgotten or whether my skills had diminished. Probably a little of both. Plus, playing games on bigger screens is actually harder for me. I'm thinking of investing in a smaller TV for my old systems.JRPereira said:
the year 20XX
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Holy fuck, this game is awesome. And officially too hard for me, but so awesome that I DON'T CARE
DevelopmentArrested
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stuminus3 said:
Try Gamecentre. Yonge/Charles.
I pre-ordered a copy at my work (Gamecrazy). But to feel even more like a manly retro-man I had to go old school to Toy's R' Us pick up Super Mario Galaxy and use the free $25 gift card on Contra 4.
This game is beautiful. It plays well and does a great job of making a traditional Contra game and not make it feel ancient but keep the premise simple enough and fun.
This game is beautiful. It plays well and does a great job of making a traditional Contra game and not make it feel ancient but keep the premise simple enough and fun.
Coming from a Contra 3 expert, I definitely acknowledge the 2 major complaints people have with the game and they definitely have a point, well at least somewhat:
1) I noticed the large midboss on Stage 4 seems to have a wide range of attack, wider than his sprite, basically you can die without the arm actually hitting you.
2) The split between the screens being a nuisance. I have to zone out and use my peripheral vision in order to see exactly which bullets are coming and from where.
Nothing a little practice can't fix though.
And definitely nothing that would make this game worth passing up.
Definitely the most fun I've had with DS since I got it!
1) I noticed the large midboss on Stage 4 seems to have a wide range of attack, wider than his sprite, basically you can die without the arm actually hitting you.
2) The split between the screens being a nuisance. I have to zone out and use my peripheral vision in order to see exactly which bullets are coming and from where.
Nothing a little practice can't fix though.
And definitely nothing that would make this game worth passing up.
Definitely the most fun I've had with DS since I got it!
Ok, stage 4 rocks. I'm still not entirely sold on the game, but stage 4 really felt like good Contra. The boss (at least I think that was the boss) was awesome. The screen split made his claw punch attack kinda iffy though, not really sure on the framing of that attack. Is there any way to get up the rail faster when he drops down to punch?
So far IMHO:
Stage 1 = enjoyable mix of old and new
Stage 2 first half = not a fan of the alien vent idea. 2nd half = good, boss = oh shit
Stage 3 = cute throwback, but not that great. Hard to judge bullet height/distance.
Stage 4 = yes
So far IMHO:
Stage 1 = enjoyable mix of old and new
Stage 2 first half = not a fan of the alien vent idea. 2nd half = good, boss = oh shit
Stage 3 = cute throwback, but not that great. Hard to judge bullet height/distance.
Stage 4 = yes
rollingstart
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this game is pretty hard, im gonna have to play it on normal first.
I mean, last portable game I played was DXC and that was quite easy, this is just tough.
I mean, last portable game I played was DXC and that was quite easy, this is just tough.
viciouskillersquirrel
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I live in Australiajunkster said:
OliveJuice
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Wow, this game is so hard .
.sykoex said:
Every game could benefit from 'play-in-short-bursts' puzzle or challenge mode. Whether it be Planet Puzzle League puzzles, Contra 4 challenges, or Donkey Kong 94 style stuff.
Though I disagree and say not having the franchise die is the greatest thing to happen to Contra.
sykoex said:Beat the game on any difficulty. (I did it on easy
Edit: Also completing challenges is the key to unlocking secrets in the game like Contra 1, Super C, and other stuff.
Any tips for surviving the
rockets falling from the sky while the rocket you are on keeps tilting and you jump from lever to lever while shooting the mini-rocks? I suck at the jumping here and just fall to my death a lot. >_<
Also, how many stages are there?
Bebpo said:
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This game is so awesome It beats the hell out of me and I just tell the neighbors everything is ok at home, I just fell.
Its has also left me giggling at ingame set pieces like I haven't since the original MGS. It took me a couple of continues to get up that waterfall on my first playthrough but I figured that's ok.
Ok, just need to kill the last two dudes in black. One down HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT
Oh! My Car!
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There's quite an accomplishment in the Shacknews review - they (or Chris, rather) were able to convey game mechanics, background and provide just about everything you need to form your own opinion without the need for an abstract scoring system and some drivel about how something doesn't toast bread or whatever to the reviewers' liking.
This game is hard, and I'm certain if it was possible, the game would pluck your hairs one by one with forceps.
This game is hard, and I'm certain if it was possible, the game would pluck your hairs one by one with forceps.