• Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Jul 21, 2021
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  • Summary: Remember the secret code: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A to get extra lives? After a 30-year hiatus, the Contra you know and love is back! Developed by famous Japanese game company KONAMI and world-leading game developer TIMI, Contra Returns aims to bring the classicRemember the secret code: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A to get extra lives? After a 30-year hiatus, the Contra you know and love is back! Developed by famous Japanese game company KONAMI and world-leading game developer TIMI, Contra Returns aims to bring the classic Contra experience to mobile platforms.

    In Contra Returns, players can enjoy the classic side-scrolling gameplay, two-person teams, alien bosses, and signature settings and soundtrack from the original series! All with updated HD resolution, 3D character models, and vivid acoustic and visual effects to deliver a sensory experience like no other! Get your fighting spirit all fired up with innovative content: real-time PvP battles, unique heroes, companions, and team mode! Legendary heroes Bill and Lance are making a comeback, so let's kick some alien butt and save the world!
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. Aug 4, 2021
    80
    Contra Returns is a nice way to experience the classic Contra gameplay on your mobile device, thanks to a solid gameplay, a long campaign and a huge amount of extra content, modes and characters to unlock.
  2. Jul 29, 2021
    70
    Contra Returns builds something reasonably strong on its nostalgic foundations, and while it isn’t a patch on the original, who really expected it to be? This is a fist-clenched blaster that’s packed with enough entertainment to keep you pushing through.
  3. Sep 14, 2021
    30
    Online battles provide the odd moment of fun, but matchmaking is regularly unfair, the gameplay little more than a flimsy veil over the upgrade system and in-app purchases, and your character’s stats overwhelmingly the most important factor. It’s dull, over-commercialised drivel that’s not even a shadow of the franchise whose name it sullies.
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  1. Jul 28, 2021
    0
    Когда я давал шанс Rogue Corps, я не мог предположить, что следующим шагом KONAMI станет ЭТО. Вместо вменяемого сингла, что проходится за одинКогда я давал шанс Rogue Corps, я не мог предположить, что следующим шагом KONAMI станет ЭТО. Вместо вменяемого сингла, что проходится за один присест, куча стоп-кранов с ненужными кейсами, бессмысленной прокачкой и тучей гринда для гринда, что не красило серию в последнем, "большом" проекте, а тут разрослось до абсурдных ситуаций. Без фиксированного прайса данный мусор сгодится всем, кто привык в подобном ковыряться, фанатам же категорически не рекомендую тратить время, а лучше переиграть в Contra 4 или дать таки шанс RC. Expand
  2. Jun 19, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Heavy on play to win paying money for power is same thing. Garbage game that died under 6 months. Expand