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Players: 2P Offline, 2P Online (Drop-in/Drop-out)
Platforms: Xbox360 / Playstation 3
US Release Dates: 2/16 360, 3/15 PS3
Price: 1200 Allards, $14.99 PS3
Developer: Arc System Works
Producer: Kenji Yamamoto

Story:

In 2613, the world is now ruled by an empire known as the Commonwealth under the reign of Tiberius. Neighboring nations have suffered under the Commonwealth's oppression and Resistance Forces rise across the land. However, so many Resistance Fighters have fallen to the overwhelming might of the empire, that their strength is now severely diminished. A group of elite soldiers rise through the ranks of the Resistance and band together to execute a desperate plan. The leader of this group is the war hero Bahamut.

Characters:

Bahamut - Former soldier of the Commonwealth army, he turns on his comrades after witnessing an imperial squad execute innocent people.

Krystal - A woman with seemingly no previous combat experience. However, after her hometown is attacked by imperial forces, she decides to join Bahamut.

DLC Characters:

200 Xbox Points each

Harley Daniels - A motorcycle riding soldier sporting an extreme pompadour hairstyle.

Sayuri - A female samurai.

Guns! Guns! Guns!:

- Machine Gun - SPRAAAAY!
- Spread Shot - Ultimate lazy man gun. I don't aim. I bullet spam. Word!
- Chain Laser - It will track enemies, fire and forget. Great weapon!
- Ripple
- Heated Plasma - Charge shot. Absorbs enemy bullets as well!
- Crash Gun

Game Play:

Arcade Mode - Limited Health, Limited Lives, closest to O.G. Contra.

Rising Mode - Converts your score into points that can be used to buy permanent character upgrades!

Double Tap direction - Dash
Double Jump
Jump and Dash by double tapping direction.

Images taken from First 10 Minutes of Gameplay

Customization:

Looks that kill. You can choose between seven different looks for your character, including the classic white Resistance uniform.

Konami Code:

Shhhhh ... Yes, the Konami code works. Exactly how, where, and how many times it works is something we'll leave to the user to find out.

Critical Reception:

5/5 Examiner
9.00 Game Informer
7/10 Thunderbolt Games
Gamespot: 7.0/10
Planet Xbox 360: 8.4/10
ztdg: 7.5/10
CNET MAD:

Some games are hard. Other games are ridiculously hard. Uprising's harsh difficulty curve manages to wildly overshoot such paltry levels of sadism and ventures instead into the magical realm of the purely ridiculous.

...

Uprising's default Arcade mode is strictly for Contra purists. With meager health, three lives, and very little in the way of extra abilities, it offers an undiluted experience--one that makes you want to hurl your console through the TV screen.

...

A brisk challenge can be a great thing, but the insidious stage designs start off pretty brutal and grow exceptionally wickeder as you progress. This can make Uprising hard to stomach at times. Only one or two checkpoints are woven into the lengthy levels, and being forced to repeat a mid-stage boss battle you just struggled through because you ran out of lives only seconds after completing it is maddening.

...

Throw in some sporadic platforming sections that require an inhuman level of precision, and it's tough to hold off the desire to snap the controller in half. Jumping back and forth to ride on detonating missiles rocketing upward through a massive elevator shaft is a very cool idea, but it's too difficult to be enjoyable. The grating metal soundtrack and awful voice-overs don't help when concentration is the key to your survival.

You've got to learn how to die: Ars reviews Hard Corps. Uprising

Achieving this result is no easy task, but Arc’s determination to deliver a title of visual and tactile pleasures is a standout offering that ranks among the best digital distribution has to offer for the jet-set bullet crowd, and one of the precious few titles to merit the increasingly popular fifteen dollar price point.

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GAF Hard Corps tag

Add the tag, and use the "view friends" options to invite other people for co-op.

Would like to get a PSN chat going for easy matchmaking and things so if you'd like to play add me.

PSN: Sollune

I'll be in the chat whenever I'm on the PS3, I play other things in between but feel free to hit me up, I don't mind dropping what I'm doing to get a game of Hard Corps in.

OP Will be Updated with further info as obtained.

 

[nextgeneration]

Day one, baby!

 

[Why would you do that?]

Wait, this is coming out now?! I completely forgot about this game.

Now I'm excited!

Except no PS3 release date... I hope it's sooner than later.

 

[TheSeks]

No Brownie.

 

[BMX Bandit]

Can't wait to jump into it.

 

[Revolutionary]

Wtf? What happened to the PS3 release?

 

[careksims]

Dammit! I hope there is a PS3 release! I would like to play this!

 

[TheSeks]

Wtf? What happened to the PS3 release?

1 month exclusive on 360.

MS: dealwithit.gif

 

[duckroll]

Where's PS3?

 

[Revolutionary]

1 month exclusive on 360.

MS: dealwithit.gif

I had no idea - must've missed the thread where it was announced. Well, at least it's only one month. Enjoy, 360 owners! I can't wait to play this.

 

[kadab]

wow for me this game came out of nowhere.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Where's PS3?

I tried to find details, either my Google Fu is weak; or there is currently none available.

 

[thetrin]

Day 1 though i wish the PS3 version was out at the same time.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Awesome, day 1 on the PS3 whenever that might be.

 

[iconoclast]

Looks great, can't wait for it. I just hope it's nice and hard.

 

[sixteen-bit]

In Arc System Works we trust. Will pick up the PS3 version whenever it comes out. Marvel 3 is that week anyway.

 

[GeoramA]

1 month exclusive on 360.

MS: dealwithit.gif

lol

Why even bother this late into the console life cycle?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Shame on you OP, thread title should say "Contra Hard Corps: Uprising |OT| It's payback time!"

 

[sixteen-bit]

Shame on you OP, thread title should say "Contra Hard Corps: Uprising |OT| It's payback time!"

Actually the title shouldn't have the word Contra at all.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Actually the title shouldn't have the word Contra at all.

Naa, Contra is perfectly fine since it's based on Contra Hard Corps.

Can't wait for this as Hard Corp is my favorite Contra!!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Naa, Contra is perfectly fine since it's based on Contra Hard Corps.

Can't wait for this as Hard Corp is my favorite Contra!!

Unless the wolfman and robot are unlockable, I disagree

I loved Hard Corps on the Genesis. I suck really bad at it now though.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

:lol

We all suck at Contra. That's where the Konami cheat cones in!

 

[Shurs]

I'm playing through the game right now.

It is fucking hard.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I'm playing through the game right now.

It is fucking hard.

I hate you!

 

[InfiniteNine]

:lol

We all suck at Contra. That's where the Konami cheat cones in!

Everyone doesn't suck!

 

[JustAnotherOtaku]

Really looking forward to this! MS Points at the ready, just waiting for it to be Wednesday.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I'm playing through the game right now.

It is fucking hard.

That's quite good to hear! Arcade mode right?

 

[Instro]

Once it hits the PS3 I will attack aggressively.

 

[shattyboombatty]

day 1!!!!!!!

 

[FunkyPajamas]

What is this animu stuff doing in the Gaming side!?

Spoiler

Yeah, I know it's a game

Online co-op means I'm very interested.

 

[donkey show]

Oh yes, my body is ready.

 

[Instro]

What is this animu stuff doing in the Gaming side!?

Spoiler

Yeah, I know it's a game

Online co-op means I'm very interested.

Yeah jumping to higher platforms before people are ready will be great online.

 

[digita1alchemy]

I am uprising at the thought of finally playing this.

 

[iconoclast]

The achievements are out too. This one looks fun:

I'll make them pay... 30
[ARCADE MODE] Clear all missions without dying

 

[Retro_]

1 month exclusive on 360.

MS: dealwithit.gif

Lol I'm actually pretty happy about this

because this Tuesday I'm getting MvC3 and Tactics Ogre and I'd never play it.

Now I won't miss out on that Day 1 action

Excited as hell for this. Glad it's finally coming out(I was starving for it during the Holidays)

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

This game is really damn good.
Like I'll totally go out and say this is one of the best games in the Contra series.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

The achievements are out too. This one looks fun:

I'll make them pay... 30
[ARCADE MODE] Clear all missions without dying

I'll bow down to the mortal who gets 100% in this game...

 

[sixteen-bit]

This game is really damn good.
Like I'll totally go out and say this is one of the best games in the Contra series.

:O

can't wait!

 

[Instro]

This game is really damn good.
Like I'll totally go out and say this is one of the best games in the Contra series.

How is the music?

 

[bon]

Why did you put Contra in the title? I thought they changed the name for a minute.

 

[Amir0x]

I didn't even know a new Contra was coming. Do want... sorta...

Edit: Hey, this isn't a new Contra! Foiled!

 

[mjemirzian]

Even though I dislike Konami (for personal reasons), I'm tempted to get this. Nice to see some developers left that still know how to please a wide variety of gamers and skill levels.

From the GI review:
"The biggest and most exciting change to the franchise is the new RPG-like Rising Mode."
"The hardcore fans that don’t want any handouts can stick to the arcade mode. You start off with set abilities and limited health and lives."

Let's see, legitimate scoring system, check. Leaderboards, check. Lots of variety and boss strategies, check.

Looks like a classic to me.

However, if the game doesn't set your score to 0 after using a continue in arcade mode, I'd find that kind of strange. Just throwing that out there as a potential 'you secretly get 9 lives to score with not 3'.

 

[Ashkeloth]

Loving a lot of the main series in Arc System Works' lineup, as well as their "overdriven" anime graphics style and music, I've been interested in this game since the day it was announced.

That said, Marvel's out around the same time as this on XBLA, and I don't personally believe the 360 controller is good for games like this (It's gotta be the D-Pad for Contra), I'll probably wait until the PSN release.

It's sort of funny. If anything, the timed exclusitivity of this game to XBLA is probably screwing Microsoft (and possibly the game itself) over, since a lot of people interested in this game probably also want to get their hands on MvC3.

 

[Victrix]

Protip: Screens of game instead of random anime bullshit shots. I had no idea what this was until I looked at the links.

 

[Instro]

I didn't even know a new Contra was coming. Do want... sorta...

Edit: Hey, this isn't a new Contra! Foiled!

Yeah its basically Contra, but apparently they want Hard Corps to be a separate franchise.

 

[Gillian Seed]

Protip: Screens of game instead of random anime bullshit shots. I had no idea what this was until I looked at the links.

This.

 

[webrunner]

Yeah its basically Contra, but apparently they want Hard Corps to be a separate franchise.

Bah, they just want to be contrary.

 

[BentMyWookiee]

How did I not know about this game?!

But yeah, I agree that the OP needs some actual in game screenshots.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

It's Contra but not named Contra; similar to how Infinity Ward wanted MW2 to not have COD name on it.

Also, Contra name creates awareness for this awesomeness!

Oh and yes, OP should add screens under 'Gameplay'.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Protip: Screens of game instead of random anime bullshit shots. I had no idea what this was until I looked at the links.

OP will be updated as is mentioned there.

posting from phone, so what can be done is limited at the moment.