![]() With flying insect soldiers, gigantic sprinting mechas, and the same spread shot and flamethrowers we grew up with. ![]() In the two levels that we've managed to thoroughly demo so far, it's entirely old school. Reverting back to just a few buttons to control your hero (jump, shoot, cycle, and charge) the straightforward "kill or be killed" mentality turns out to be quite refreshing in this day and age of overcomplicated battle simulations and 73-key configurations. In Shattered Soldier, Konami has returned to its roots and successfully recaptured the same spirit and feeling that surrounded the best of the series, The Alien Wars. Luckily, things have worked out for the better, and the intense gun blasting of yesteryear is making a bona fide comeback. Unfortunately, the Contra series slowly faded away into the shadows, with a lackluster PSOne follow-up and rumors of Konami shelving the franchise permanently. ![]() The absolute precursor to what would eventually transform a dominating action genre into something bigger, badder, and better than we ever imagined. ![]() Incredibly hard, constantly moving, and packed with some of the most unusual aliens we'd seen up to that time, Contra, Super Contra, and Contra III: The Alien Wars were all forbearers of what was to come.
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