Blazing Chrome

 Xbox One
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28

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  1. Furiousmike
    Jul 26, 2019
    5
    It's funny. This retro throwback is already better than everything else that has come out this year. It's very faithful to old run and gun games like Contra. Blazing chromes neo geo/snes mix of graphics is beautiful. It's difficulty will make average gamer cry and that's awesome. It's fun to play something challenging for a change. Soundtrack is awesome and brings out cheesy 80's actionIt's funny. This retro throwback is already better than everything else that has come out this year. It's very faithful to old run and gun games like Contra. Blazing chromes neo geo/snes mix of graphics is beautiful. It's difficulty will make average gamer cry and that's awesome. It's fun to play something challenging for a change. Soundtrack is awesome and brings out cheesy 80's action movie vibes. Boss and sub boss battles are full of different mechanics.

    Blazing chrome is awesome but it's not without flaws. There is a save game feature but it's a joke. It saves your game so that you can start at the begining of the level you last played. It should let you start from the last checkpoint. That would not make the game any less of a challenge, it would just make it less tedious. There's also 3 difficulty levels, hardcore being the toughest one. maybe this save feature would be good for that mode but it sure as hell isn't good for normal mode where you are just learning the game. Your caharacter also has a melee attack and you're gonna need it. It's powerful and a good situational tool. Too bad it won't come out when you need it. Who ever was the idiot who designed this feature.. well his an idiot! You have to tap the same button that you use to fire and it just won't work. You also have a dodge roll. That doesn't work either. The character jumps when you need to roll and vice versa. Jump doesn't activate fast enough in vehicle stages. These control issues make this game almost unplayable. There's too many cheap deaths in couple of missions and too much sh't to keep track of in the last mission. Here the retro graphics are a hinderance. Too much sh't on the screen and bang you're dead and don't known what hit you. A restart from checkpoint option would also be nice since if you die once or twice you are not gonna make it anyway. We live in 2019. I think we want to enjoy the retro feel with out the bullsh't that we had to endure back in the day. These are also core gameplay mechanics that are flawed so they are very.. oh boy.. very annoying!

    With these big flaws, no matter how much I love this game, I can only give it 5/10 and I'm sorry to say but it's not worth the current price. If the developer patches these problems I will immediately change the score to 10/10 because It would be everything a video game should be. Fun, challenging, pretty to look at and created completely for it's fan base and not for other audiences.    … Expand
  2. WarkKnight
    Sep 7, 2019
    6
    Great in every way except it's hit detection, it's not consistent at all. One boss animation that signified that the boss was stunned totally killed me. Then on a second-round going at the boss, I was killed immediately when respawning with invincibility? It's just very buggy, more so than the old Metal Slug and Contra games,

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#25 Best Xbox One Game of 2019
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#85 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2019

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Windows Central
    Aug 5, 2019
    90
    Blazing Chrome is quite possibly the best Contra-like game ever made. The weapons are meaningful, the levels are varied, and there's always something unexpected around the corner. While the difficulty curve takes some getting used to, beating a mission is its own reward.
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  2. Multiplayer.it
    Aug 1, 2019
    80
    More than a homage to the good old days of arcade shooters, this is more a 2D shooter that come directly from the 90s to remember us what we're missing these days.
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  3. 4P.de
    Jul 26, 2019
    75
    Blazing Chrome tries to take the identity of Contra 3 and stops just short of getting Konamis lawyers involved. Nonetheless you might consider getting the Contra Anniversary Collection instead, which gives you more bang for your buck.
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