Metal Slug vs. Contra

[Anonymous No.10021540]

Which one is the better series?

[Anonymous No.10021549]

Literally soul vs soulless

[Anonymous No.10021556]

Contra is a lot more fun than Metal Slug. Fast paced action versus slideshows.

[Anonymous No.10021558]

>>10021540
Visuals: Metal Slug
Gameplay: Contra

[Anonymous No.10021562]

>>10021556
>Fast paced action versus slideshows.
????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVJhwraLsMc

[Anonymous No.10021567]

Metal Slug

[Anonymous No.10021568]

>>10021558
Metal Slug is vastly superior gameplay and enemy/boss design as well.

Contra has more variance across games is the main advantage it has going for it.

[Anonymous No.10021574]

>>10021540
I absolutely adore the 1st Metal Slug game but Contra wins by simply having better sequels/spinoffs.

[Anonymous No.10021575]

>>10021540
Contra at its peak (Gaylien Wars + Hard Corps) was better than any Metal Slug, but before and after those titles the series was ass and has been so ever since

[Anonymous No.10021580]

>>10021574
Metal Slug 4 and 5 are also good. 3 is the only real stinker of the Slugs.

[Anonymous No.10021582]

>>10021568
>Metal Slug is vastly superior gameplay

Contra is a lot more responsive, has platforming that doesn't suck, and doesn't drop to single frames frequently.

[Anonymous No.10021587]

>>10021580
>Metal Slug 4
no

[Anonymous No.10021627]

>>10021540
>Quarter muncher
VS
>Arcade action at home

The answer is obvious, and it's the big fiery C. I gotta give it to Metal Slug that its pixel art is a class of its own.

[Anonymous No.10021631]

>>10021627
git gud

[Anonymous No.10021635]

Contra is for casuals

[Anonymous No.10021636]

>>10021627
Metal Slug is much better designed, it's just a much harder game. You actually appreciate the games a lot more with mastery, whereas Contra is quickly trivialized with a bit of routing.

[Anonymous No.10021638]

>>10021574
I agree with you but include MS6 as well, it was pretty great.

[Anonymous No.10021640]

Not that similar, MS is more focused on shooting than on platforming, while Contra is balanced between the platforming and the shooting.
It depends which style of game you like more.
But you nignogs will argue about everything because you're bored with your life lel

[Anonymous No.10021650]

neither

[Anonymous No.10021654]

>>10021650
lol, lmao even

[Anonymous No.10021663]

Contra Hard Corps is better than any Metal Slug but Metal Slug 1-3 is better than every other Contra.

[Anonymous No.10021668]

>>10021663
HC becomes too easy on replays, it has the illusion of being hard but only if you don't know what's coming. It's the easiest Contra game.

[Anonymous No.10021685]

>>10021650
>Dollar store Gunstar Heroes
Peak contrarianism lol

[Anonymous No.10021686]

>>10021540
Sunset Riders

[Anonymous No.10021691]

>>10021663
Hard Corps is just pure memo and extremely static, it's also almost all bossfights. It is a great game, but once you learn the rather basic boss patterns/strats, there is not much more to it.

>>10021686
Great game, along with Moo Mesa.

[Anonymous No.10021748]

>>10021540
Metal Slug looks great but it's too busy. Can't see the bullets coming at you half the time.

[Anonymous No.10021756]

>>10021748
You probably just get used to it because I don't ever remember having this problem.

However, I do remember having it when I first played In The Hunt, but you quickly adjust. In The Hunt is another really great game, although it's a slow burn.

[Anonymous No.10021764]

>>10021691
>Hard Corps is just pure memo and extremely static, it's also almost all bossfights. It is a great game, but once you learn the rather basic boss patterns/strats, there is not much more to it.
Shattered Soldier is the same way and I think both are based. I dont see this as a flaw. It's fun finding and executing the pattern

[Anonymous No.10021779]

>>10021764
I agree that routing games is fun, but they are a bit too simplistic and static. The overly harsh health/lives system of the western release also makes it very repetitive and front-heavy to try to figure out the routing. Metal Slug games are a lot more deep and fun to route and have a lot more dynamic elements so the entire game isn't just completely trivialized by simple strategies.

[Anonymous No.10021819]

>>10021575
>contra 1 and super c are ass
Kill yourself you sonic furry

[Anonymous No.10021881]

>>10021819
post 1cc or shut up

[Anonymous No.10021976]

>>10021881
How does that change your dogshit opinion that only 2 contra games are good? Fuck off to /v/ faggot. All the contra games are fuckin great

[Anonymous No.10021980]

>>10021976
Yeah I figured you didn't even play them

[Anonymous No.10022046]

>>10021980
>zoomfurfuckers literally record themselves at every given chance
Your generation is depraved. Go back to r/sonic

[Anonymous No.10022051]

>>10021881
>>10021980
Not him, but I have no-miss clears for Contra and Super Contra (both NES and AC) and they are great games. Contra 3 has those shitty top-down stages, and Hard Corps is a great game but it is pure memo with zero dynamic elements or execution difficulty, so it's extremely trivial once you know the strats. Hard Corps also has very little platforming or interesting stages, as it's basically a boss rush.

[Anonymous No.10022063]

>>10021540
Contra is pretty cool, but Metal Slug is simply too good.

[Anonymous No.10022065]

>>10021881
Are you implying a 1cc of either contra 1 or super c is hard?

[Anonymous No.10022074]

Contra is much more fun and has a bigger number of good games, as well as being less iterative. I only like the first two Metal Slugs (three was too bloated)

[Anonymous No.10022094]

>>10022065
Quite the opposite actually, if it's so trivial why can't you just show me yours?

[Anonymous No.10022234]

>>10022094
you legitimately have autism. please consult a doctor

[Anonymous No.10022383]

>>10022234
eh I'm just memeing lad

[Anonymous No.10022681]

>>10021540
>Hard Corps: Uprising
The biggest Contra filter ever.

[Anonymous No.10022740]

>>10022383

[Anonymous No.10022981]

>>10021582
so much soul in consciously incorporating and anticipating the lag for certain segments though

[Anonymous No.10022989]

>>10021540
Super C, Contra, Hard Corps and Alien Wars are the peak of the genre. Metal Slug is a nasty sounding, dumb looking, fun for a few minutes, sloppy mess

[Anonymous No.10023010]

>>10022989
Complete opposite. Contra is shallow and quickly mastered. An ugly and brutish game. Metal Slug is extremely deep and infinitely replayable with some of the best spritework, animations, and music in the industry.

[Anonymous No.10023062]

>>10021540
I prefer Metal Slug, but I haven't played much of either. Gunstar Heroes, Rapid Reload, and my favorite, Terminator for SEGA CD are also really good.

[Anonymous No.10023120]

Contra

[Anonymous No.10023137]

>>10021540
I am a fan of Contra, Super Contra (NES versions) and Alien Wars. Hard Corps has great replayability. Stattered Soldier and Neo Contra are also cool.
Metal Slug I dunno. I adore the first one and even have a mint MVS kit in my collection because it's a masterpiece from the visual and sound standpoint. Controls wise it feels less snappy and pleasant than Contra games but is still fun to play through once in a while.
Other Metal Slug games are just rehashes with increasingly worse aesthetics and gameplay. In MS1 you move from one cool setpiece to another while MS3 barely feels like an arcade game with its long and boring levels. So it's only MS1 for me.

[Anonymous No.10023145]

>>10021540
HOW DARE U

[Anonymous No.10023438]

For me

[Anonymous No.10023446]

>>10021540
Metal Slug
>Vehicles are not gimmicks
>level design are less gimmicky than in contra
>Better weapon design
Metal Slug copied everything from Contra but improved everything at the same time.

[Anonymous No.10023454]

>>10021668
>HC becomes too easy on replays, it has the illusion of being hard but only if you don't know what's coming. It's the easiest Contra game.

Especially with that 3 hit health bar

[Anonymous No.10023495]

>>10021540
The only great thing about Metal Slug is the shotgun. The only great thing about Contra is everything

[Anonymous No.10023883]

run & gun is a trash genre. enemies are mindless and aren't aware of your presence.

[Anonymous No.10024331]

>>10021540
Contra doesn't have many good games, while all of Metal Slug is at least decent. Plus, Slug has the bonus of some of the best pixel art ever. I do like Contra's serious, gross vibe a lot.

[Anonymous No.10024421]

>>10023883
We're talking about Contra, not every girl you went to school with

[Anonymous No.10024462]

>>10023145
>Metal Slug 6 for MVS
Is that a Metal Slug 3 bootleg?

[Anonymous No.10024476]

>>10022740
I look like this

[Anonymous No.10024519]

>>10021540
Contra's fine but Metal Slug wins

[Anonymous No.10024548]

>>10021549
people that say soul vs people that say vibe

[Anonymous No.10024551]

>>10023883
You're a trash genre

They're both worth playing

[Anonymous No.10025192]

>>10021540
Dolphin Blue
Only need one game nigga

[Anonymous No.10025498]

>>10024462
its a romhack
im still building an atomiswave setup

[Anonymous No.10025501]

>>10024421
REKT
>>10023883
they run and scream in the metal slug series depending on what gun youre holding