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3527061 No.3527061 [Reply] [Original]

Name a flaw in Contra on NES.

I honestly can't think of any. It's a 10/10 action game.

>> No.3527082

It's butchered from the Japanese version.

>> No.3527097

- All bosses can be killed before they perform almost any attacks
- The weapons have no balance, going from S (which is the absolute best without anything coming close) to L (which is worse than the peashooter for anyone who can press B more than twice a second)
- The B powerups lasts so long you can skip almost half a stage if you just keep walking with it
- The point system is boring as all hell. Final boss gives about as many points as the rest of the game combined, making highscore runs nothing but rushing to the final boss over and over as fast as you can, skipping everything instead of actually fighting
- It doesn't have robots

>> No.3527132

>>3527097
>highscore runs nothing but rushing to the final boss over and over as fast as you can, skipping everything instead of actually fighting

um

don't enemies respawn indefinitely? why would you play for score in contra?

>> No.3527152

>>3527097
>All bosses can be killed before they perform almost any attacks
Level 1, you may have a point. Beyond that, the bosses either have moments of invincibility, or require you to take them down in stages, during which(surprise!) they're attacking.
>The weapons have no balance, going from S (which is the absolute best without anything coming close) to L (which is worse than the peashooter for anyone who can press B more than twice a second)
No argument that Spread is OP as fuck, but Laser is FAR from the worst powerup. That honor has been awarded to Fireball since Contra's inception. Laser can rack up the damage REALLY fast on a single target, whereas Spread is crowd control.
>The B powerups lasts so long you can skip almost half a stage if you just keep walking with it
And it shows up in two stages. Not as big of a problem as one would think.
>The point system is boring as all hell. Final boss gives about as many points as the rest of the game combined, making highscore runs nothing but rushing to the final boss over and over as fast as you can, skipping everything instead of actually fighting
I've never liked point systems, so I won't even argue this.
>It doesn't have robots
Arguably, having not-Stallone and not-Schwarzenegger take down an army of aliens is more badass than robots doing the same.

>> No.3527160

>>3527152
>Laser can rack up the damage REALLY fast on a single target
Laser deals exactly the same damage as a fully mashed peashooter.
>And it shows up in two stages.
Waterfall, Base 2, Energy Field, Hangar.

>>3527132
>why would you play for score in contra?
What else would you play for?

>> No.3527163

>>3527160
>What else would you play for?

I don't know, the fucking thrill of the action? What do people play games for?

>> No.3527178

>>3527163
>What do people play games for?
To show that you're better than the other guy.

>> No.3527181

>>3527061
The worst part about Contra is the lack of visibility in coop. The screen doesn't scroll correctly if there are two players, so if you don't have the levels memorized, you will just constantly have whoever is ahead die sudden unexpected deaths.

>> No.3527187

>>3527061
Tis indeed a ten outa ten game bro p. Still as great today as it was at release, truly timeless and forever fun. Tight af gameplay great arcade classic it is indeed a perfect game

>> No.3527190

>>3527061
It literally causes hand injuries if you want to play competitively. Spread gun + insane button mashing = highest DPS.

>> No.3527193

>>3527190
Any worthwhile competitive vidya game causes hand injuries m8

>> No.3527197

>>3527160
>Laser can rack up the damage REALLY fast on a single target
>Laser deals exactly the same damage as a fully mashed peashooter.
Which kinda proves you're not using the Laser right. Plus, I'm sure everyone loves to just mash that button repeatedly, which is why Machine Gun or even Rapid Fire are the minimum powerups people go for.
>And it shows up in two stages.
>Waterfall, Base 2, Energy Field, Hangar.
Completely contrary to my multiple playthroughs. I've seen it in Waterfall and Snow Field, never the others.

>> No.3527201

>>3527193
No. It's a design flaw to be as mashing intensive as Contra.

>> No.3527205

>>3527197
Energy Field, in the drop-down area where a fire beam goes across the floor.
Hangar, up on a platform where the carts go by.

>Which kinda proves you're not using the Laser right.
It literally consists of 4 linked-together shots that deal 1 damage each. One laser beam deals EXACTLY the same damage as 4 peashooter shots.

>> No.3527216

i luv contra but the base levels are ASS

>> No.3527221

>>3527160
Sounds like you just suck with the lazer bro

>> No.3527425

OP misses the point of laser weapon. It has piercing unlike the peashooter.

>> No.3527598

>>3527201
Your life is the design flaw m8

>> No.3527614

>>3527205

You practically lose all the strengths pixel art posses once you start upping the resolution. A lot of it came down to changing tiny details that would completely change how the image appeared. Metal Slug's breathing animation was accomplished by simply changing colors along the edges, and not by shifting parts around.

>> No.3527947

>too fast
>not enough robots
Probotector is a true 10/10

>> No.3527990

>>3527097
>All bosses can be killed before they perform almost any attacks
that's great and what i love in contra series, i hate drawn out boss fights(fuck bossfests like gunstar heroes). besides you have to be skilled enough to survive with a weapon till the boss fight, so it's like a reward for doing good.

>> No.3528026

>>3527061
Linear

>> No.3528987

>>3527061
It's not Super C so it's 9/10.

>> No.3529073

It's made by Konami. It was fine at the time but the company is shitty to its designers, programmers, and anyone who buys their games.
From what I've heard they're shitty to youtubers too.

>> No.3529185

>>3528987
Super C has worse sidescrolling levels and bosses than Contra, though.

>> No.3529264

>>3529073
i don't know why people care about how company acts today, this is vr. and even if konami was just as bad back in the day, it's not related to the game.

>> No.3529281

>>3529073
t. treasurefag

>> No.3529518
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>>3527061
Sorry OP, but 8-bit Contra has aged like goat milk.

>> No.3532710

>>3527061
Sprite flicker.