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Hard Corps: Uprising |OT| - I TOLD U THIS UPRISING WAS HARD CORPS!
- Thread starter The Take Out Bandit
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InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Nope Konami released PR for it coming to PSN in the US for the 15th as well.denomes said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26375125&postcount=162
The Take Out Bandit
Member
SAB CA said:
:O
I am thing to buy!
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
kassatsu said:
False alarm folks
:I
I'm still going to buy it tho
The Take Out Bandit said:
Leviathan is definitely fun to play as, although I wish they had given him at least one more health bar for Arcade Mode. His grenades are very strong and the Moonsault/Slide invincibility are great against a couple of bosses. Only having one weapon slot can be annoying (especially if you pick up weapon that isn't appropriate in all situations like the Crash missile), but the grenades more than make up for it.
If anyone's actually wondering there are no major story changes while playing Leviathan (Leviathan still shows up during the game, with your Leviathan calling him a doppelganger)
sixteen-bit
Member
Yep, this will be mine.ULTROS! said:
Angelcurio
Member
My wallet is ready.ULTROS! said:
sixteen-bit
Member
For those with the 360 version already, are the DLC characters worth it?
BentMyWookiee
Member
Oh sweet, I didn't realize this was out today! I'll be another person grabbing this along with PE
ThirstyFly
Member
Yup. This game is totally unforgiving. Contra ye be!
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Ace_235 said:
Harley and Sayuri are cool. I don't like the blonde (Ky Kiske) guys design, so I'm passing on him for the time being.
Glad to see PS3 owners can now enjoy the awesome-sauce.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
Solune said:
Sure thing. I'll keep an eye out.
This Uprising cannot be stopped!
sixteen-bit
Member
I downloaded it, but probably wont be able to play it for a few hours. I'm excited.
gundamkyoukai
Member
This games is awesome , right now just playing to get money to level up stuff.
This way i can also learn the stages for my arcade run.
This way i can also learn the stages for my arcade run.
Made it to the jungle on arcade mode, lost my last continue on that sword robot guy. Game is hard dudes.Only minor complaint right now is that the character moves a bit too slow when not dashing, especially during jumps.
I kind of want to check out rising mode, but that seems like a cop out since I started with balls to the wall arcade mode.
I kind of want to check out rising mode, but that seems like a cop out since I started with balls to the wall arcade mode.
I likes it. I started with Rising mode and think that's the best way for beginners to play. You can unlock extra health, lives, and other abilities as you play which may not be available in arcade mode. You can also select which stage you start on which I don't think you can in arcade mode? Futz around in rising mode until you learn all the stages and boss patterns, and then you can switch over to arcade after you start getting everything down.
Augemitbutter
Member
didn't have much time to play but made it to level 3 in rising mode.
good fun, i'm gonna search in every nook and cranny for secrets later!
good fun, i'm gonna search in every nook and cranny for secrets later!
British Monsoon
Member
Loving the art-style and the gameplay (even though it's rock hard), but I just wish they'd be a bit more forgiving with the damn checkpoints - totally kills it for me having to go back 2 or 3 major sections if I lose a continue.
Game is really fun. Feels like Contra, fa sho.
two minor complaints:
What's up with the shitty sound effect quality?
I wish it was a button to walk rather than dash. I haven't run into a situation where I'd rather be walking, so I'd prefer a command to do that since naturally I want faster movement.
Is there such an option and I'm just missing it?
I want the samurai chick they showed in the intro. I'm assuming she's a DLC character?
Do the DLC characters play different?
two minor complaints:
What's up with the shitty sound effect quality?
I wish it was a button to walk rather than dash. I haven't run into a situation where I'd rather be walking, so I'd prefer a command to do that since naturally I want faster movement.
Is there such an option and I'm just missing it?
I want the samurai chick they showed in the intro. I'm assuming she's a DLC character?
Do the DLC characters play different?
Augemitbutter
Member
the sound quality is indeed crap. i know most people are deaf and don't care about sound quality, but they should have spend more time and money on it. this feels like two steps back from everything else.
Augemitbutter
Member
Hi-tekk said:
it's $14.99 for everybody. that site who made that pricing mistake corrected it a few hours later.
ThirstyFly
Member
Anyone else avoiding Rising Mode and going oldschool with Arcade only? I want to avoid Rising as long as possible. The videos I watched of it made it look too easy.
The Take Out Bandit
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ThirstyFly said:
There's still plenty of challenge to Rising mode. Unless I'm grinding wrong.
Could you link to the videos in question?
sixteen-bit
Member
I'll report back shortly. I will be installing it in a few.dark10x said:
BudokaiMR2
Member
Oh wow this came out now?
I wonder if I have any money in my PSN wallets...
I wonder if I have any money in my PSN wallets...
iconoclast
Member
IMO, you should just play Rising mode until you think you can clear Arcade mode on 1 credit. There's not a huge difference between them and Rising mode is more forgiving. Being able to select any level you want is very helpful, since you can just skip past all of the easy stages and practice the hard ones at any time.
ThirstyFly
Member
The Take Out Bandit said:There's still plenty of challenge to Rising mode. Unless I'm grinding wrong.
Could you link to the videos in question?
I just did random youtube searches. Granted it's people S-ranking them so it's obviously skilled players, but extra health and super weapons from the start doesn't seem very Contra to me. They probably already had all the grinding out of the way too because they were powered up out the ass.
The Take Out Bandit
Member
ThirstyFly said:
Yes.
You don't get extra health and super weapons from the start in Rising mode. You still need to work for it, earn them, and learn the stage patterns.
Regardless, it's a nice concession to folks who may be put off by the sheer difficulty of Arcade Mode alone.
ThirstyFly
Member
Can you still access all of the levels in Rising, or is it like the training missions in Shattered Soldier and easy mode in Contra 4 where the last few are not included so you have to play though the "real" modes?
Good to see you guys are really enjoying it, but I'm really let down. It looks like a Contra game, but to me, it doesn't really feel like a Contra game.
The slow movement of the characters just kills me. It really wrecks the whole pacing of the game I think. And sure, you can dash, but the dashing is too fast resulting in getting hit by something most of the time. There just isn't a middle ground. You're either going slow as molasses or way too quick.
On top of that, anyone else find their arm/thumb tired from playing this? You really gotta hammer on those buttons to fire that default pea shooter. This was the case in other Contra games, but I never actually felt physical stress before. I'm not quite sure why that is. It's hard to explain at this point. Also, thanks to the bad sound effects I just feel like I'm doing zero damage at all with the default weapon, or actually, any weapon. Even the spreader feels gimped. The only gun that feels remotely satisfying so far is the machine gun.
I do like that some of the mechanics from Shattered Soldier carried over (locking your position/gun, which locking the gun has actually been around since Alien Wars) but I'm not big on the new ones. The double jump and air dash seems like a pointless addition (though the tower boss thingy on the second stage seemed to be designed around using it) but I feel like they over complicate and game that should really be about the bare minimum.
The graphics are pretty nice but I'll admit that the whole art style isn't really my thing. The only thing I don't like about the graphics is that there just appears to be so much shit on the screen that I'm getting hit by all sorts of things and bad guys I don't see right away.
I just started playing through Hard Corps on Genesis for the first time a few weeks ago, and that game blows this one away so far. Then again, I've only played for about 20 minutes and made it to the second stage, so I'm hopeful my opinion will change.
edit: I was also annoyed with the pricing mistake. Garbage.
The slow movement of the characters just kills me. It really wrecks the whole pacing of the game I think. And sure, you can dash, but the dashing is too fast resulting in getting hit by something most of the time. There just isn't a middle ground. You're either going slow as molasses or way too quick.
On top of that, anyone else find their arm/thumb tired from playing this? You really gotta hammer on those buttons to fire that default pea shooter. This was the case in other Contra games, but I never actually felt physical stress before. I'm not quite sure why that is. It's hard to explain at this point. Also, thanks to the bad sound effects I just feel like I'm doing zero damage at all with the default weapon, or actually, any weapon. Even the spreader feels gimped. The only gun that feels remotely satisfying so far is the machine gun.
I do like that some of the mechanics from Shattered Soldier carried over (locking your position/gun, which locking the gun has actually been around since Alien Wars) but I'm not big on the new ones. The double jump and air dash seems like a pointless addition (though the tower boss thingy on the second stage seemed to be designed around using it) but I feel like they over complicate and game that should really be about the bare minimum.
The graphics are pretty nice but I'll admit that the whole art style isn't really my thing. The only thing I don't like about the graphics is that there just appears to be so much shit on the screen that I'm getting hit by all sorts of things and bad guys I don't see right away.
I just started playing through Hard Corps on Genesis for the first time a few weeks ago, and that game blows this one away so far. Then again, I've only played for about 20 minutes and made it to the second stage, so I'm hopeful my opinion will change.
edit: I was also annoyed with the pricing mistake. Garbage.
iconoclast
Member
ThirstyFly said:
You can select any stage that you've been to. The enemy layouts and patterns are exactly the same in Arcade and Rising, the only difference is you can purchase powerups (that you can toggle on and off at will) which makes learning everything a bit easier. Getting comfortable with Rising mode and then moving on to Arcade gives the game a much smoother difficulty curve.