Hard Corps: Uprising – Spiritual successor of Contra

I don’t know how many of you remember the Contra games. I know that there are Contra games on all sorts of platforms but the best Contra game in my opinion was the one or NES or on SEGA Genesis. If you remember the SEGA Genesis then you have to remember Contra: Hard Corps. With the intense action and great graphics it was one of the most challenging games on SEGA Genesis but also one of the best. Contra fans will have a reason to be happy because Konami is working on a new game that should be a sequel to the Contra: Hard Corps as we remember back from the old days.

If you’re not the fan of the old series that you couldn’t know that this is a Contra game. Konami did some changes that old fans might not like. First of all, the name of the game is Hard Corps: Uprising and as you can see there’s no Contra in the game title. So how can this be a Contra game? According to Konami Hard Corps: Uprising is not an actual sequel of the Hard Corps series it’s something more like spiritual successor. It has that look and feel of the Contra games and even there are characters from Contra.

You play the game as the Colonel Bahamut that was the bad guy in the Genesis version of Hard Corps. For some reason he has switched sides and now he’s fighting against the aliens that he used to work with. Of course Colonel Bahamut is not alone and another friend can join him to help. Two players option is available both online and offline.

s for the gameplay it’s still good old Contra that is crammed with action, explosions, bullets, aliens and power ups. Contra games are famous due to its difficulty and just like in the previous games one bullet can kill you but Hard Corps Uprising will introduce a new Rising mode that will let you take three hits before dying.

The team behind the Hard Corps: Uprising is the Arc System Works and they have made some changes regarding to the graphics. Some of the fans won’t like it but Hard Corps is using anime-like graphics. Although I don’t like that kind of graphics I have to admit that Hard Corps looks amazing.

Don’t judge this game by its anime graphics and different name. It’s still good old Contra that we know and love, and we can’t wait to see it this winter.

 

 

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