![]() ![]() Sheena from Contra: Hard Corps and Ray Poward from Contra: Legacy of War are up for grabs, as are original characters like Jean and Code 018, both of whom look like they got lost on their way to the game they’re supposed to be in and just settled on being gacha pulls here.Įach playable character can double jump and equip two guns they can alternate between in battle. Players start with Bill unlocked, but you’ll need to earn Lance, as well as several other characters from the franchise. I’ve more focused on the tight run ’n’ gun gameplay and the fact the franchise featured two sexy, muscular men named Bill and Lance, which together sound like escorts you’d find in the classified section in old issues of Honcho. The story isn’t all that special - aliens, evil soldiers, corrupt scientists - but story has never really been the draw of the series. Like with Mega Man X DiVE, Contra Returns controls quite well, uses auto-aim in addition to a mostly reliable manual aim, and shows a certain level of appreciation for the franchise’s history. The game first debuted about four years ago in China and is just now reaching our shores, bringing with it a level of polish you’d hope for in a game that’s been on the market for this long. I thought that might be the only free-to-play I give such praise to this year, and yet, here I am less than a month later, having nearly the exact same thoughts about Contra Returns.Ĭontra Returns comes to us from Konami and TiMi Studio Group, the latter of which is also behind the recently released Pokémon Unite. It controls well, the characters all look wonderful, and while it didn’t provide much of a platforming challenge, the game did manage to bring about some joy on my various breaks and lunches. I thought Capcom did a pretty good job of capturing the essence of Mega Man X before shackling it to the features typical of F2P games. Last month, I sat down with Mega Man X DiVE and found myself enjoying the franchise’s transition to the mobile, free-to-play format. I’m getting a pretty powerful sense of déjà vu playing through Contra Returns.
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