Doesn't get old!

User Rating: 7.7 | Contra X360
By niptuckSean | Review Date:
No matter how many times you play through Contra it still doesn't get old. Its not the NES version but it still suffices on it's own and brings an extremely fun adventure to the table. First I'll get some of the negative things out of the way: the online co-op is terribly broken, and near impossible to play most of the time in my experiences, and like I mentioned before, it is the shorter, Arcade version of Contra... not the NES version, and it can be extremely laggy online as well. But there are several pluses including the revamped addictive tunes and graphics, but to be honest I liked the older graphics a bit more. You also have a decent sized arsenal of weapons at your disposal as long as you grab them.

Contra is not really a hard game, but its not something that you'll breeze through every time... its a game that takes trial and error to discover enemy and turret placements so that you can improve your times, scores, and plain skill at the game. Not to mention that if you are having trouble beating the game, there is always the classic 30 Lives cheat code. The achievements are also worthily put in, and I couldn't think of better ones myself. I mentioned this before, and it is definately the downfall of the game; the online co-op is incredibly broken... many times team mates will be stuck on completely different parts of a level, or on a totally different level... and he/she will be constantly dying on your screen, causing you to take the adventure into your own hands.

Either way despite its harsh flaws, it is an encumbersome experience that shouldn't be missed by anyone who has or has not played the Contra games before at only a few button presses away in the XBLA.

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