Contra III The Alien Wars

🎮 Super Nintendo ⏳ 2 hours ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)

Relentless SNES Challenge #

As a sequel in the iconic Contra series, it delivers intense gameplay, responsive controls, and a relentless challenge that quickly earned it a reputation as one of the toughest games on the system.The game features a mix of side-scrolling and top-down levels, showcasing the SNES’s capabilities with slick visuals and impressive Mode 7 effects. Though while I’m not a fan of the top-down levels, I can totally see this as something that would blow away people’s minds back in the day.

Explosive Sci-Fi Atmosphere #

The boss fights are frequent and memorable, often filling the screen with bullets, explosions, and monstrous enemies. The ability to carry and switch between two weapons adds strategic depth, encouraging players to adapt quickly in the heat of battle, and there is not a single weapon that is worth skipping, all of them are very fun to play with. But where this title really shines in coop, as previous titles did, unfortunately this was not how I played it though. The soundtrack and sound effects complement the action perfectly, adding to the game’s intense, sci-fi atmosphere.