Rambo VS Alien Oppressors is how I would begin to describe the incredible Nintendo NES classic game, Contra. In the game Contra you the player are basically fighting an up hill battle against a(n) hostile alien fleet hell bent on the destruction of earth and or enslaving the earth,the main character is insanely out numbered, out gun'ed and the odds of survival are slim to none considering it's literally one man(you) a gorilla warfare type solider vs an entire alien fleet/faction.
Overall I'd say Contra deserved its rating of a 9.8/10. I gave Contra this rating because the game managed to capture the players attention with its story and hold the interest of the player which resulted in long hours of playing.I'd recommend Contra for any gamer that is a fan of action adventure/side scrollers and basic "shoot'em up's".
For Contra, the graphics I felt deserved a 10/10. The graphics are about as good as it get's considering it is a game that came out in the 8 bit era of gaming. While the characters(sprites) in the game basically have no distinguishable facial features(hard to see eyes, mouth,nose etc.)you can clearly make out the sprites bodies and unique physical forms.The game is in full color in the sense of the sprites and level designs themselves are diverse in color scheme and rich in diverse color(like realistic).
The soundtrack for Contra really helps set the overall mood for the game, and makes the player feel as though they are right there in the battle to stop the alien menace. It really helps the player get into the mind set/hyped to play and progress thru the game. So I felt Contra deserved the rating of 10/10 for sound.
As if it wasn't all ready apparent, I was high addicted to playing Contra for a number of various reasons. The first reason being the story, the storyline really kept me interested and intrigued to see it thru to the very end. I felt as though I was really in the game and zoned out of the real world entirely. I think what also had me addicted to playing was the uniqueness of the boss designs , I haven't seen anything like them and I was actually looking forward to progressing in the game just to see what freaky alien menace was going to be thrown at me next.In addition what also had me addicted to playing Contra was the difficulty I had progressing thru the game, I died a lot it was nerve racking so naturally I had to grind to play it just to i don't prove to myself I can get past it and win.So for addictiveness I would give Contra a 9/10, also I'm very likely to play Contra again and play other titles in the franchise on either the NES or SNES systems.
In Contra the story goes something like a(n) alien faction has began to occupy and damn near conquer the earth and the player has to fight his(sorry ladies you can only play as a male) way thru various stages/bases using various weapons and quick wits.What you can appreciate about Contra's story is it's straight up and to the point there is no needless back story's or sub-plots that takes place to distract you from your one main objective, take down the alien menace and ensure the survival of the human's on earth.So for story I felt Contra earned a solid 8/10.
While Contra might not be a very long game in respect to how may stages there are and how much stuff you can do in the game, you got to keep in mind Contra is an action adventure side scroller game and not a open world game, air go your path is already set and your just along for the ride.Me personally, Contra took a while to beat due to its difficulty and one shot kill philosophy, but i'll assume the average gamer (depending on how much free time they have) could beat the game in a day if they so choose, so for depth I felt Contra deserved a 8/10 rating.
Difficulty, now before I begin let me just say Contra is very realistic in the sense of what it takes to die,the game follows the one shot kill philosophy air go one shot will kill you and you'll loose a life. With that said, Contra was a very difficult and a challenging game for me, at times I felt overwhelmed by how much enemy fire was being shot at me and how little amount of time I actually had to react.Now while the game looks simple to beat and easy enough I assure you it isn't, it's one of those games where I had to actually plan out how I was going to engage multiple targets and for the first time in a long time I felt the need to kill every enemy due to the crazy amount of stray fire and let me just go on to say if you think Contra is one of those games where you can run thru it without engaging enemies your dead wrong. So for difficulty I felt Contra earned a rating of 9/10.
To wrap things up, Contra is a excellent game that is both captivating for its story as well as its game play. I would recommend Contra for anyone who enjoys side scrollers and the action adventure genre in general. I feel as though Contra is a timeless classic, of a time when games where at there "peak" (so to speak) story wise and creativity wise and all in all Contra, even though I feel it was incredibly difficult, was an amazing interactive attention holding fun game.
Rambo VS Alien Oppressors is how I would begin to describe the incredible Nintendo NES classic game, Contra. In the game Contra you the player are basically fighting an up hill battle against a(n) hostile alien fleet hell bent on the destruction of earth and or enslaving the earth,the main character is insanely out numbered, out gun'ed and the odds of survival are slim to none considering it's literally one man(you) a gorilla warfare type solider vs an entire alien fleet/faction.
Overall I'd say Contra deserved its rating of a 9.8/10. I gave Contra this rating because the game managed to capture the players attention with its story and hold the interest of the player which resulted in long hours of playing.I'd recommend Contra for any gamer that is a fan of action adventure/side scrollers and basic "shoot'em up's".
For Contra, the graphics I felt deserved a 10/10. The graphics are about as good as it get's considering it is a game that came out in the 8 bit era of gaming. While the characters(sprites) in the game basically have no distinguishable facial features(hard to see eyes, mouth,nose etc.)you can clearly make out the sprites bodies and unique physical forms.The game is in full color in the sense of the sprites and level designs themselves are diverse in color scheme and rich in diverse color(like realistic).
The soundtrack for Contra really helps set the overall mood for the game, and makes the player feel as though they are right there in the battle to stop the alien menace. It really helps the player get into the mind set/hyped to play and progress thru the game. So I felt Contra deserved the rating of 10/10 for sound.
As if it wasn't all ready apparent, I was high addicted to playing Contra for a number of various reasons. The first reason being the story, the storyline really kept me interested and intrigued to see it thru to the very end. I felt as though I was really in the game and zoned out of the real world entirely. I think what also had me addicted to playing was the uniqueness of the boss designs , I haven't seen anything like them and I was actually looking forward to progressing in the game just to see what freaky alien menace was going to be thrown at me next.In addition what also had me addicted to playing Contra was the difficulty I had progressing thru the game, I died a lot it was nerve racking so naturally I had to grind to play it just to i don't prove to myself I can get past it and win.So for addictiveness I would give Contra a 9/10, also I'm very likely to play Contra again and play other titles in the franchise on either the NES or SNES systems.
In Contra the story goes something like a(n) alien faction has began to occupy and damn near conquer the earth and the player has to fight his(sorry ladies you can only play as a male) way thru various stages/bases using various weapons and quick wits.What you can appreciate about Contra's story is it's straight up and to the point there is no needless back story's or sub-plots that takes place to distract you from your one main objective, take down the alien menace and ensure the survival of the human's on earth.So for story I felt Contra earned a solid 8/10.
While Contra might not be a very long game in respect to how may stages there are and how much stuff you can do in the game, you got to keep in mind Contra is an action adventure side scroller game and not a open world game, air go your path is already set and your just along for the ride.Me personally, Contra took a while to beat due to its difficulty and one shot kill philosophy, but i'll assume the average gamer (depending on how much free time they have) could beat the game in a day if they so choose, so for depth I felt Contra deserved a 8/10 rating.
Difficulty, now before I begin let me just say Contra is very realistic in the sense of what it takes to die,the game follows the one shot kill philosophy air go one shot will kill you and you'll loose a life. With that said, Contra was a very difficult and a challenging game for me, at times I felt overwhelmed by how much enemy fire was being shot at me and how little amount of time I actually had to react.Now while the game looks simple to beat and easy enough I assure you it isn't, it's one of those games where I had to actually plan out how I was going to engage multiple targets and for the first time in a long time I felt the need to kill every enemy due to the crazy amount of stray fire and let me just go on to say if you think Contra is one of those games where you can run thru it without engaging enemies your dead wrong. So for difficulty I felt Contra earned a rating of 9/10.
To wrap things up, Contra is a excellent game that is both captivating for its story as well as its game play. I would recommend Contra for anyone who enjoys side scrollers and the action adventure genre in general. I feel as though Contra is a timeless classic, of a time when games where at there "peak" (so to speak) story wise and creativity wise and all in all Contra, even though I feel it was incredibly difficult, was an amazing interactive attention holding fun game. 
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