Contra: Rogue Corps

"Of course, not everyone will enjoy Contra: Rogue Corps but I certainly did."

"Contra: Rogue Corps is not a complete failure. Misguided? Yes. Awful? Absolutely not."

"Contra: Rogue Corps may not get high marks for reinvigorating the Contra series, nor does it innovate or do anything exceptionally well. But a game that you enjoy playing doesn&s;t have to, and I found myself enjoying this raucous shooter …"

"It&s;s a shame because sometimes, even when I&s;m fighting the game, I&s;m enjoying myself. Contra: Rogue Corps needed more time in the oven, and I&s;m not sure the whole "segmented ways to play" concept is going to go over well …"

"Contra: Rogue Corps tries to maintain the essence of Contra while changing the gameplay mechanics into something that doesn’t remotely resemble classic Contra."

"Rogue Corps is elevated at times by the fact that it&s;s hard to truly screw up a twin-stick shooter."

"If Contra: Rogue Corps were known by any other name, it wouldn&s;t be so bad. The idea of a twin-stick looter shooter is intriguing, and the shooting can be decent even if the level flow isn&s;t exciting. However, that reliance …"

"Contra Rogue Corps is the disappointing final chapter of a saga that has seen better days due to monotonous and trivial gameplay, along with a mediocre artistic direction."

"Contra: Rogue Corps is one of the worst games in the revered franchise and does a poor job of reviving the series for a modern audience by switching genres and failing to deliver."

"Rogue Corps keeps the classic Contra flavour; It is fast, fun and spectacular, but we miss some game modes (specially coop campaign) and there are some technical issues, such as camera position, frame rate and control scheme."

"A current-gen rendition of Contra with top-down, twin-stick shooter mechanics sounds like a great idea. But Contra: Rouge Corps’ shoddy execution proves that a project such as this one is better left in more capable hands."

"Although it may be a very bad Contra entry, Rogue Corps isn&s;t a total wash. The upgrade system provides decent customization, and the gameplay is serviceable, but far from extraordinary. It&s;s just not what you want from the long-buried franchise."

"Contra has returned, and he has not done it through the big door. Maybe following the path of Neo Contra was not what the most staunch fans expected, and of course the technical section has not been to a good …"

"Rogue Corps is one of the least polished and most disappointing titles of the year, and that&s;s even with the low expectations that preceded its release."

"Contra is one of my favorite video game series of all time. Which makes giving Contra: Rogue Corps a low score extra painful for me. I really wanted this game to do well. But while it has some good ideas, …"

"Perhaps its efforts to fit in with the big dogs of the gaming world would be more tolerable if there were more variety to its challenges."

"Contra: Rogue Corps is a game that is so bad, I can&s;t recommend anyone buy it for any price"

"Contra Rogue Corps is a mess of a game, and while that doesn&s;t mean there aren&s;t fun bits, you have to really dig to find them."

"The more I played Contra: Rogue Corps, the more I could recognize its flaws yet at the same time, I was strangely transfixed by those fleeting moments of being an action badass with the right weapons, only for my dreams …"

"Contra: Rogue Corps is a game a lot of people would consider Konami to make. After seemingly wanting to exit the business even with a string of classic IP, this game feels like it was made for the sake of …"

"There is a good game somewhere in Contra: Rogue Corps, but it quickly falls apart before it even gets a shot at being an enjoyable experience."

"Despite my initial hesitation, I found myself really digging Contra: Rogue Corps. My fears that it looked like a cheap, grody-looking, nothing game trying to cruise on a classic IP ended up being completely unfounded. Instead, what I got was …"

"It&s;s hard to put into words all the issues Contra: Rogue Corps has, largely because it isn&s;t objectively awful, it&s;s just painfully unimaginative. It seems to think the name and a couple of jokes are enough to sell it and …"

"The Contra series lands on the Nintendo Switch under the name of Contra Rogue Corps. If by itself this should be a reason to celebrate, a closer look reveals an opportunity that missed all its objectives. The Contra series is …"

"Contra: Rogue Corps has some good ideas."

"For a Contra fan, this game is the antithesis of what Contra is supposed to be. Playing Rogue Corps, I at last understood what Metal Gear fans must have felt when they played Metal Gear Survive last year."

"There’s room for improvement, but Contra: Rogue Corps is very enjoyable for the most part."

"Kudos to Konami for not abandoning Rogue Corps or its players, but it’s still not quite the game Contra’s return deserved."

"The only real accolade you can award this run-of-the-mill release is that it’s inoffensive, but even then it’s almost offensively inoffensive – if you get what we mean."

"The return of this beloved series is marred by repetitive gameplay, imprecise controls and wreak graphics."

"The player will be doing a lot of the same in Contra: Rogue Corps. Although the progression systems and multiple modes are welcome, the game is just ok, and it definitely doesn’t feel like Contra. If the price was less …"

"Contra: Rogue Corps joins Bomberman: Act Zero and Hideo Kojima&s;s firing as one of Konami&s;s biggest disappointments."

"The core design choice of Contra: Rogue Corps makes it a boring game no matter what mode your playing, add to that a weak AI and very repetitive missions, and you&s;ll get yourself a disappointing game."