Blazing Chrome

Blazing Chrome is an homage to the old 16-bit Contra games, so it's a rather difficult sidescrolling run and jump with shooting in eight directions. It's not just that, they've added a few hoverbike sections and a jetpack section that reminds of Space Harrier in a tunnel. The graphics are appropriate to the 80s era. They even have nice parallax scrolling and nifty effects, like quick sand and heat waves. The bosses are of a good size, have avoidable attacks and could have been taken out of any Contra game. The game controls well with gamepad except when you try to shoot enemies directly below you, but I think it's always been like this. Going back on difficulty, there's no Konami-type cheat code giving you 30 lives, but there is an "easy" difficulty and unlimited continues. However, even the easy difficulty is no cakewalk. I could reach the last level in solo with lots of practice. In coop, I managed to finish it, but it was close and my friend did most of the heavy lifting. So if you're longing for an old-school Contra clone this is one of the best I've seen. A bit expensive at full price considering the short length, though.

Blazing Chrome is such an amazing Contra clone that does everything right, offering balanced gameplay and fast-paced levels, along with bosses whose patterns are not so difficult to memorize but are fairly challenging. Two or three playthroughs have been enough for me to get familiar with everything and breeze through the Hardcore difficulty and get all achievements. Two of the characters are classic runners and gunners, and the other two that get unlocked after beating the game on Normal difficulty once are melee-based, extremely powerful killing machines. One of them is heavily inspired by Ryu Hayabusa; he became my favorite to play as soon as I unlocked him. There are only four weapons, and each is useful in its own right. Melee-based characters don’t get new weapons since they are already powerful enough. Apart from running and gunning, there are also auto-scroller levels that put your character on a bike to give the gameplay a new twist. Mirror Mode, which unlocks after beating the game once, also offers a new twist as well by literally mirroring the levels. However, the story is nearly nonexistent, but I believe it acts as a prequel to Oniken. And finally, the soundtrack is amazing too since Dominik Ninmark is involved in the project. The only downside is the lack of online co-op since it barely works through Remote Play. [h1]TL;DR[/h1] A perfect Contra clone that offers balanced gameplay with fairly challenging game modes. The soundtrack and melee characters that get unlocked after beating the game once alone make Blazing Chrome a worthwhile title!

Great run'n'gun that's heavily inspired by Contra with some Metal Slug sprinkled in, like a mech that controls similar to vehicles in Metal Slug games. The difficulty felt like it was tuned very well, at least for co-op. I played through on normal difficulty and while it was challenging in spots, it never felt frustratingly difficult and I was able to overcome the challenge with a few tries. All of the bosses are designed in a way where you can clearly tell what is happening and they have tells for their attacks, so they never feel cheap.

콘트라 느낌으로 하드하게 내긴 했는데 막 존나 어렵진 않음 원히트 데스 게임들은 많으니까 뭐 근데 그렇다고 콘트라 카피캣은 아니고 이것 저것 섞어놨음 적당히 재밌게 잘 나옴 보통 난이도 까지는 무한 크레딧이라 할만함 한 2~3번 깨보면 하드코어도 충분히 할만함 하드코어 깼으면 보스러쉬도 밥이고, 문제는 광선로봇으로 깨기인데 이게 좀 지랄 맞음 파티클 빔 유지 못할 것 같아서 라이진으로 하코 했는데 되려 이게 더 쉬울듯

Я поставлю палец вверх при том, что это совершенно "не моя" игра. Она для очень узкого круга лиц: она для любителей ретро-гейминга в целом, и жанра run`n`gun в частности. Если ваше детство прошло не за пузатым телеком с Донди, Blazing Chrome вряд ли будет для вас чем-то занятным. Впрочем, я выделю технический аспект, визуал и музыку. Эти элементы будто бы на машине времени перенесены из прошлого. Разработчикам низкий поклон и уважение! Достижения подразумевают несколько перепрохождений, и при низком уровне знакомства с жанром (как у меня) могут стать серьёзным испытанием. Впрочем, игра совсем небольшая, и как "окно в ретро" работает отлично. Тем более, по такой смешной цене

You will feel like you are in an actual arcade in the 80's. When you die you will start trying to put quarters into your computer. I liked that you unlock additional characters when you beat the game, that adds replay-ability. Not super long with only 6 missions but worth a sale buy if you're into it. The controls can feel a little awkward but I forgive it. Game is pretty hard if you're not on easy mode. One hit deaths.

Хороший и качественный run-n-gun в духе Contra Hard Corps. Управление отзывчивое, есть стрельба в 8-ми направлениях, смена оружия также присутствует, курок фиксирует персонажа для прицельной стрельбы... но некоторые решения, на мой взгляд, всё же не самые удачные (в плане управления). К примеру: стрелка вниз+кнопка прыжок = подкат. Иногда игра вынуждает срочно покинуть платформу на которой стоишь - ты жмёшь заветную комбинацию (вниз+прыжок) и персонаж не спрыгивает с платформы вниз, а делает подкат в сторону залпа огня. Такие дела. Музыка хорошая. Мне правда не запомнилось ничего кроме темы последнего босса (она просто шикарная!), но в целом стиль и идея выдержаны. Оружие хорошее. Мне правда не понравилось ничего, кроме стартового, но в целом стиль и идея выдержаны. Персонажи хорошие... Короче, в этом и дело. Всё в этой игре очень хорошо, но не супер. Пиксель арт с крупной сеткой неплохой, но до арта и анимаций серии игр Metal Slug недотягивает. Выбор оружия (и персонажей) дело хорошее, но уникальности, в плане связки "ветка оружия+персонаж" не так много. По сути вам дают на выбор двух героев ближнего боя с одинаковыми способностями (мальчика и девочку), а также двух героев с одинаковым набором огнестрела (мальчика и девочку). До набора пушек, как это было в игре Contra Hard Corps, Blazing Chrom-у далековато. Как и по динамике, и по музыке, если подумать. Но это всё критика. В остальном игра стоит своих денег, классический режим на двоих присутствует, ретроградов игра способна порадовать. Челендж она тоже способна задать. Игра короткая, но разнообразная (в рамках жанра, разумеется). Соскучились по run-n-gun-ам и захотелось нечто Контраобразное? — Берите! не пожалеете.

Great Conta-like game. It definitely has a contra feel but is much faster paced and with way more interesting bosses. I played it all the way through with my son.

. Pixels art bonita, jogabilidade boa e história bem legal pra que curte contra e terminator.

Melhor jogo brasileiro já feito na minha opinião. Já zerei Blazing Chrome 6 vezes. Ele me faz voltar no tempo, na minha infância quando jogava Contra com os meus amigos no meu quarto no meu Super Nintendo, lá em 2009, tinha 11 anos. Quando zerei ele com o meu primo por um momento eu me senti transportado no tempo, me senti exatamente no meu antigo quarto e jogando contra no SNES, foi incrível, o sentimento foi o mesmo, por um momento eu voltei a ter 11 anos de novo. Foi mágico. Eu só queria que o Danilo Dias fizesse mais jogos assim.