Contra it was a simply iconic series in video game history. After Contra Anniversary Collection released this summer, Konami decided to launch next September 24, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC e Xbox One, a new incarnation of the historic brand, Contra: Rogue Corps. A Gamescom 2019, in Cologne, we had the pleasure of putting our hands on a fun "road test".
It must be said first of all that this Contra: Rogue Corps presents itself with a gameplay very far from the original series even if, at the timeline level, the new title is proposed as a direct "canonical" sequel to Contra 3: Alien Wars. We are in fact facing a third-person shooter where our four heroes must make their way through the levels, while eliminating hordes and hordes of enemies with their particular weapons and peculiar abilities.
The "heroes" that we can choose are really characteristic. In fact, in addition to the classic super marine of the order, we will have at our disposal an agile girl with ninja skills and a symbiotic alien who lives in her guts (!), An alien genetic experiment gone out and a cute giant panda who has been transplanted the brain of a mad scientist. Also from this we can realize the drift that the series is taking.
Even the animations of the special "super moves" of the various characters tend to nonsense and trash, with people flying on missiles and such amenities, very stylish Borderlands. The gameplay is frenetic and rather balanced, with simple controls, very suitable for the frenetic action of which we will be protagonists.
We tried a four-player co-op multiplayer session, probably the best mode in the game, although there will be both the local two-player co-op and, of course, the single-player campaign. In addition to the normal coop multiplayer, there will also be a crazy pvp mode, in which players will compete in a sort of "football match" where the use of firearms will be allowed and where the ball will be replaced by a huge and disgusting larva alien.
Contra: Rogue Corps, in short, has all the cards in the rules to come out as an interesting title. Maybe a little too little "busy", but definitely interesting.
► Contra: Rogue Corps is an Action-Shooter type game developed by Toylogic and published by Konami for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, the video game was released on 24/09/2019
