Contra: Operation Galuga - Arcade Hard - No Death Clear (Browny / No Perks)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- WayForward and Konami have finally released a new Contra game! If you don't count Rogue Corps (and who does?), it's been 13 years since the last proper Contra game came out - Arc System Works' incredible Hard Corps: Uprising. That's a hard act to follow, but WayForward clearly took a lot of notes from HCU and made a very respectable entry in the series. I do have some complaints of course, but it's a pretty great game all around and well worth the $30-$40 you can get it for.
First up, the positives. I like the large cast of characters - most of them are a bit different from each other, between their abilities, weapons, and HP. Some are clearly better than the others, but it all adds to the replayability. That's one of my favorite things about the Hard Corps games (and something I really wish Shattered Soldier had), so I'm glad they carried that over. The new Overload mechanic is pretty cool too. It lets you sacrifice one rank of your weapon for a super attack. They vary in usefulness, but they're fun to play around with and take advantage of whenever you can. The level design, enemy variety and bosses are also very good for the most part. They mix up the platforming, enemy density and placement, and stage hazards really well (the reflection stuff in stage 6 is especially cool), and you can zip through most of it once you've practiced enough. There's also plenty of difficulty options (perhaps too many of them), between Normal, Hard, Extreme, and Ultra Extreme. They've also included a number of "perks" you can equip to make the game easier as well, so the difficulty is highly customizable.
All that said, of course there are also a few things that I don't like about this game:
The autoscroll stages are too long, and once you're good at the game, they're boring to play through over and over. I get the need to have an autoscroll section, but just one of these stages would have been more than enough.
(Edit: After playing more today, I think the parry the first boss on stage 8 does is predictable. He goes for it when his meter is ~50% full, so until then you can attack without worrying about it. I'll take back my complaints about him now lol.)
The last boss is a bit finnicky as well; the danmaku can be awkward to dodge, and his worms sometimes bump into me when I'm all the way on the edge of his thumb. I don't know where else you can safely stay to avoid them, but maybe there's a better strategy. This game is most similar to Hard Corps Uprising, but I think the balancing isn't quite as good unfortunately.
The soundtrack is also just bad. I don't know why they decided Contra needed an orchestral score, but that not a good idea at all. Thankfully you can unlock a "Retro Remix" OST, which is better, but a few section seem to not have any music at all, AND the sound mixing is bad so it just kinda fades into the background. Nothing ever stands out. For a series with a lot of great soundtracks, that's especially disappointing.
I'd also like to see better practice options. You can only select individual stages in story mode, which seems a little different from Arcade. But story only goes up to Hard difficulty, so there's no way to practice anything in Extreme or Ultra Extreme besides just playing full runs from the start every time. Why? Plus you can't use the full cast of characters in story mode either.
I think those are all the things that bug me right now, after playing for the last 4 days or so? Whenever it came out. Like I said though, I think it's a great game overall and it's been a lot of fun to play. I'm not sure where I'd rank it in the series just yet, but it's definitely way better than Spidersaurs, at least (WayForward's previous Contra-like).
PS. I'm playing with Browny because he's easily the strongest character in the game. I learned everything with Bill, but I started trying out the other characters after losing a few no death runs in the last stage. Browny is a lot easier, and is honestly kinda braindead in comparison. Just spam his homing lasers forever, maybe switch to the black hole if you want protection from certain things. I'll go back to playing with Bill & Lance now.
0:00 Intro
0:54 Stage 1
3:35 Stage 2
9:14 Stage 3
13:21 Stage 4
18:15 Stage 5
24:41 Stage 6
30:42 Stage 7
34:23 Stage 8
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Beat 'em Ups (e.g. Final Fight): • Beat 'em Ups
2D Action (e.g. Metal Slug): • 2D Action
STG/Shmups (e.g. Dodonpachi): • STG Replays - เกม
Looks like the localizations (including the Probotectors) have finally come to an agreement.
Wayforward's previous Contra game, Contra 4 had a playable Probotector as well, though it was a post-game unlock.
Run n Gun series has finally come back 😎👍❤️
They have been gone for a while!
They were gone, but came back.
@@p6mkqayo I agree with yo ass ma dawg!!
Amazing run! I had a feeling you were working on this. Phenomenal.
I watched this video hoping to pick up a few pointers to help me deal with some of the bosses, but you spanked them all so fast they never get to use half their attacks. lol
Amazing gameplay, my friend!
Wow, what a quick run. Only 2 HP damage the whole run (especially a character with low HP). Great work. I hope to see the other characters you pick for the run.
41:28 Holy massive points! Imagine with 4 players... So many points to score up.
The snow stage was amazing
Talk about an impressive run. May your skills be praised! You have the skills that pay the bills.
Players in Poland have problems with beating this tough game.
Amazing run ❤
Awesome playing. Just completed Normal, 1 hit death mode, with perks and about to start the hard 1 hit death mode. Agree with what you wrote. Some parts are awkward to deal with, though I have not mastered the bosses yet at all. Should be fun with no checkpoints in hard mode.
Which weapon do you like the most?
Ive been sticking with homing missles in both slots, whenever I can get them. I set the right bumper to auto fire so it keeps cycling between the two weapons. This is a way to output alot more damage. I believe the character Browny does even more damage with this set up. Ive been doing it in my current playthrough shown here:
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@@p6mkq
Hella good run my man. Enjoyed watching the no death run. I was trying to gun for one of these last night but I got to experimental and decided to just go ahead with a 1cc run. I do agree with Browny being the easiest character to use. I think Lucia is def the weakest character on the list. Looking forward to more good runs
Why is Lucia the weakest heroine?
@@p6mkq No double jump, spread is the weaker variant for stage running. The player has to be precise when playing as her. It also makes some easy boss fights way harder than they need to be due to no double jump. idk. I always play on 1 hit kill mode but for those who don't she has 3 health bars. I also feel grapple is a situational option in the game
@@MegaYoYo Personally Lucia is one of my favorites to play as. Yeah no double jump may suck but honestly it's not that bad. She has a dash which allows air dashing and that's more important to me than double jump as I don't really play characters without dash(unless they have hover). Her spread may not be the best but when powered up it does good enough damage and it's charge shot can be strong and destroys enemy bullets as well. The grapple is actually very useful, not only in multiple sections of stages to get through them faster and safer(like on stages 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8) but also against bosses like Kimkoh, Beowulf and Varanis as I can fight those hard bosses easier with grapple and being on the ceiling in those fights helps dodge most of their attacks easier(mainly against Beowulf and Varanis). Grapple is honestly a life saver on stage 8 in those acid sections.
I would argue Ariana is one of my least favorites to play as for multiple reasons. Lack of dash really sucks in various situations and against bosses. She's limited in mobility, her slide isn't that useful in most cases, slide is pretty much useless on the bike stages(while dash is extremely useful) and you could actually slide into enemy bullets on accident (definitely if you do an air to slide move). And her crush is one of the worst due to lack of range, having to get close to bosses that would be harder to hit with it which leads you open to their attacks and it's powered up version lacks the black holes which is by far the strongest weapon and the most useful one in the entire game. Plus having only 2 health bars and no actual advantages to other characters means she will be hard to play as for most people.
@@p6mkqAfter playing this game more I think Ariana and now Sheena are my least favorites to play as. My favorites would be Browny, Stanley, Lucia and probably Fang.
do da de do da da daaaammm. The opening music is music to my ears. nostalgia vibes.
Gameplay wise is like combining classic Contra and its 2011 spinoff Hard Corps Uprising, and I like it. Still, I personally don't like how this game looks like virtually glorifying Contra Returns, but the entirety if the gameplay convinces me to forgive that matter.
Also 13:41 visible oh shet moment.
Hello Iconoclast.Killer gameplay.What is the speedrun game mode you can unlock for 15k credits? Did you try it? (By the way I'm so glad that this game exists with so many characters to play.Hope they add some stuff for it)
Do you plan on trying Extreme and Extreme Ultra difficulties? I can't wait to see your runs with Bill and Lance.
Nice clear.
To Use Only Chase Laser For Browny
5:52 PERFECT!!!!!! Same weapons, double firepower to swap endlessly!!!!
I beaten this game yesterday, it was fun but had some annoying flaws:
1) I play it on PC and the lack of graphic options are just annoying and stupid. No V sync, you gonna do some keyboard combo to shrink the screen, can't brighten up the screen, etc. Also the game is kinda buggy whenever you try to skip certain cutscenes.
2) The new music is really trash just like you said.
3) Alot of stuff blend in with the background too much. The enemie's bullets being whites is just dumb, they should had made it colorful like Contra 3, 4, etc. Contra level 2 weapon being used by Bill, Lance, Browny, etc. make it extra hard to see things with those big black holes.
4) I don't know what Konami beef is with Jaguar but come on! Stop hating on him & put him in more games. He is the coolest Contra character ever!
I just beat the story mode and didn't bother to unlock the extra characters. LOL@Browny being the best like he was in Hard Corps.
I agree that there's visibility issues. It would probably be better if the bullets were a bright yellow like they are in previous games, and maybe a little bigger too. And yeah the lack of options on PC is disappointing, but I do appreciate being able to play with an unlocked framerate. It feels great at 4K/120fps or 2K/240fps for me.
What do you think of it iconoclast? As good to Contra as Resurrection is to Gn'G?
Couldn't say, I still haven't tried GnG Resurrection. I do like Galuga a lot though.
Browny tearing up that red falcon azz😳😉👊
Need to make one key TURBO in my gamepad
I seem to have got the "Legacy of Score" achievement for playing the game on Normal difficulty.
Brad Fang next!!!
Hi. Is swapping weapons = more firepower? ❤
Yes, hands down. Very useful against the bosses too.
That H weapon sounds like a wet fart
3:25 Do "The Robot Dance"!!!!! 😁🤖
Wow
What the hell did they do to Browny's body?
I don't understand why the reviews are in the 60-70% range. That looks like a beautiful game that is all about what Contra is supposed to represent.
mi muchacho ha crecido 😢😢😢
finally, ive been waiting for someone with a god run. Also wanted to add that I agree with you on the autoscrollers. I wouldnt mind if they were this long but there is next to no variety in whats happening. Shattered soldier had level 2 autoscroller and every train segment had something new and interesting to fight. Here your just killing waves of the same enemy for 10 minutes. Definitely the weakest part of the game for me
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Metal slug 6
Super ii
People on PS5 to play?
Browny is fun now lie
Speed Run ?
It's kind of a speed run, but I don't really care about the time tbh.
1:27: Oh god, they actually kept that stupid waiting sequence from the demo. I was really hoping that these pointless sequences would be skippable or omitted in the final game. It's like 20 seconds of just waiting for the helicopter to crash.
Looks so easy. Give me Contra Shattered Soldier over this any day of the week.
I mean, it's about as hard as you want it to be. Extreme Ultra, especially with the worst character, is going to be much harder than any previous Contra. Shattered Soldier is still a better game of course.
@@iconoclast575Yeah, even Extreme difficulty will be tough with most characters but Extreme Ultra is on another level. Browny is probably one of the few characters that can handle Extreme Ultra well enough. But that is true for previous Contra games as I played those too and can handle them well but the Extreme difficulties in this one are going to take some time for me to beat.
I am excited for the Alien Wars dlc after completing the story. 🔥
Excited is such an overrated word these days.
@@p6mkq I can't help being excited tho. Contra Alien Wars is one of my favorites.
@@StupidBlyat Mine too. Just the word excited is used way too much.
@@p6mkq not my problem
It's yours
Awesome gameplay as always...but the game is a joke of a Contra. Like playing an Android game. Quick cash grab from Wayforward!
Contra 3, Hard Corps, Contra 4... these are true old school Contras!
Blazing Chrome and Iron Meat are the new standards.
how about Shattered Soldier?
I would add Hard Corps Uprising to the list. That's the only proper modern-styled I approve.
Additionally I would add Super Cyborg which was the true savior of true old school Contra when the original Contra ceased being good.
@@LynSain
I agree.👍⭐😎
@@cps1247
It was damn good. The train level and its boss one of the best...but still there was something off...i dont know...sure not on the level of those mentioned.
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These H gun makes game no challenging,dev must remove this or look into it
Browny's H weapon(which is the same as Fang) is the most OP in the game, stronger than everyone else's so it destroys enemies/bosses quickly. But yeah I wouldn't be surprised if the devs patch this game. Although the H weapon is helpful on the Extreme difficulties due to more enemies on screen and bosses having way more health(like literally double the amount of health).
The gameplay looks decent-ish, but I honestly can't get past the art direction (or lack thereof). The visuals look so plastic, the designs are the umpteenth recycling of Contra 1 with none of the cool body horror of previous games, and the girls AREN'T wearing bikinis. Blasphemy.
The lack of anything NEW character or setting design wise (or even music) was one of my nitpicks with GnG Ressurections, but at least that game looked super attractive and had some interesting reinterpretations of the classic cast and setting. This just looks really bland and I'm at a point in my life where some sense of passion and creativity in other parts of a game besides just the level design really matters to me.
Also has no right to be expensive as is. Wayforward historically has no marketing sense and making the price as high as it is is probably gonna kill this attempt at a "reboot" in the cradle.
Brownly is the God of War