For a game inspired by Contra, I would hope that it does something unique or interesting in its own right, and this game really doesn’t. Here’s the thing, though… if I want to play Contra, I’ll just play Contra. In fact, it plays pretty much exactly like Contra did thirty-five years ago, and that game is still a classic. Now, to be clear, the gameplay here plays fine. Giger-inspired grotesque monstrosities of the Contra series. The cyborg characters here are nondescript and free from personality, the levels look nice but don’t seem very inspired, and the enemies here are largely plant and bug-based, but don’t have anywhere near the imagination of the H.R. It is so very concerned with replicating the experience of a classic game that it fails to establish any identity of its own. These visuals are backed by a chiptune soundtrack that does a good job evoking the era of games this is imitating, albeit without being too memorable.Īnd that brings me to this game’s biggest problem. This works well enough as a “this is how you remember those games, not how they actually looked” sorta’ thing. This is not a subtle homage, this is straight up recreating the experience of Contra with a different coat of paint.Īs far as that coat of paint goes, Super Cyborg makes use of pixel art visuals that are somewhere between the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, with the visuals clearly inspired by the first one or two games in the Contra series, but with a more detail to them than we ever saw in those days. This game is basically an off-brand version of the classic Konami game Contra. Okay, I’m not going to bury the lead any longer here. Players control the titular cyborg blasting away hordes of alien invaders. Super Cyborg is an Action-Platformer released on PC in 2014 and ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in 2022. Note: This game is included in the Awesome Platformers Bundle (5 in 1) along with Spirit Roots, Steampunk Tower II, Sweet Witches, and Swaps and Traps.
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