Video: Contra: Rogue Corps Has A Demo And It Isn't Co-Op

I gave the demo a try and didn’t care for it. The art style looked generic and the controls weren’t as smooth as I would have liked.

That was one rough demo; Konami is certainly brave to release the game in the state it's in, but that won't do them any favors with the gaming public. It really should have been scrapped and reworked early in development. We'd like a new Contra, certainly, but one that doesn't feel like a parody version of the 3D PlayStation entries.

How do you mess up a Contra game this bad in 2019? The only people interested in a new Contra game were the ones who played it back in day, and this doesn’t look anything like it. I also won’t be dropping money on this generic twin stick shooter when I already have Nuclear Throne and Assalt Android Cactus.

This kinda looks like a continuation of those 3D contras that began on the PS1(or was it later?). My favorite contra game is still Contra 4 and if they'd just licensed a remaster of that I'd be happy. That game needs more attention than it got

Not to mention Contra: Rebirth which is now no longer available after the wii shop went down.

Konami did all wrong in this title. All the worst way possible, cover, gameplay, generic scenarios, all wrong.

The demo is okay. Like 5.9 out of 10. Not worth purchasing the full game, but worth a playthrough to go: oh, this is why Contra shouldn't be in 3D.

Such a poor demo. It looks hideous; plays terribly; and the Duke Nukem style growling from the protagonist is jarringly dated. I can't believe this is going to be a forty quid game.

"I'm a walking CONTRAdiction
And I ain't got no right"

It's like Metal Slug which went to 3D once and it was not a success.

The game is very ugly and a shockingly low resolution, the controls are poor and how do you manage that on a twin stick shooter? Also why is Contra a twin stick shooter? £40 for this is a joke, just buy the Contra collection and if you want a new Contra game buy Blazing Chrome which is closer to Contra than this ever will be and feels like a direct sequel to Contra 3

@nkarafo I think it’s more like if contra went 3D and it wasn’t a success. Lol.

A laughable poor-quality mess with day one DLC to boot.

Got to love modern gaming.

Shameful... What happened to the amazing Konami we knew from the 80s and 90s? SMH.. Oh well, at least we have the Contra Collection and Blazing Chrome.

The worst image quality I’ve ever seen this could have worked if they went with deliberately PS1 era models and shading instead of 360 era graphics loaded with all sorts of mapping and polygons which look horrendous at a low resolution without anti aliasing.

Konami seems to miss that western audiences saw Contra in the same light as Terminator and Aliens. One man vs a overarching seemingly impossible threat. Games like this and Neo Contra almost diminish the franchise to Power Rangers tongue in cheek interpretation. The last good Contra to me was still WayForwards.

It's a very dissapointing demo. the graphics are bad, but most important: the gameplay isn:t exciting, but boring. Quite sad, I really WANTED to like it.

@Low I almost never played contra by myself

@Bomberman64

I made sure to grab it and Castlevania right before it went down. Missed Rondo of Blood, though... : /

I have played through the demo a few times and it has it's charms. It feels like a direct sequel to HARD CORPS. Just "crazier!!!!" which of course is up to debate. However, the gameplay does not bother me. The horrendous resolution does. I will wait for a $20.00 or less sale.

I was genuinely surprised at how rough the graphics are and how boring the gameplay is. I can't understand how they think this is the Contra game people want.

I anticipate the game is going to be savaged in reviews once it's released.

At least hard corps is on the mini console, now that's a good contra game.

This game is interesting, I played it for about 20 minutes yesterday, my only thing is that it does not seem like a contra game at all, it seems like something else, it seems like it was something else somebody was developing and somebody said hey we need to put the name Contra on it. And I am not sure I like it it's kind of odd feeling there's just something that doesn't do it for me on the controls, also when I have played it on my smaller TV it looked okay, then I put it on my projection screen when I moved upstairs and ugh, the resolution is very low it looks terrible, it is completely ugly on a large screen

It's beyond terrible. If you want a new Contra game, play Blazing Chrome.

"Save the damned city." Quoting Badman huh?

I cancelled my physical preorder.

Every game should be required to have a demo. Maybe developers will think twice before putting out shovelware.

Power to the people 🙌

I played it with an open mind. Really wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t like how the demo ended either.

I liked it for what it was and the shades of Contra that it threw. With that said, it's still not my preference of style of Contra, but I would rent this and play it at least. I'm still really shocked that they went the 3D route which no one asked for. At least Blazing Chrome will get it done as far as 2D Contra style play.

Whose bright idea was this? It looks like garbage, plays like crap, and it has a PS1 feel to it! What sucks is that this game is going to be torn to pieces, flop, and Konami won’t even consider making another one for at least another ten years!

@Low Original Contra was two men. Hard Corps, which this is the successor to, was one dude, one chick, an anthropomorphic wolf, and a cute little robot named Brownie. This game fits in perfectly with Hard Corps Universe, and the gameplay is really fun.

Neo Contra on the PS2 is a far better looking game than this from 2004, like it literally is. These graphics cannot be forgiven or released. It isn't just a case of being bad it's totally unfinished. Huge amounts of pop-in last seen on an N64, distance textures of objects last seen on an N64. I've played it a few times now and actually had fun at times but it doen't need blatant swearing or the constant stop start of levels and intermissions. it could be saved but it needs a 12 gig day one patch.

Plain ugly demo...nothing feels right

Can Nintendo or Sony please buy up Konami and salvage their IPs. How can you waste MGS, silent hill, Castlevania and Contra like that?

I didn't hate the demo as much as most people did, but then I went in with really low expectations so it didn't need to work very hard to overcome them. I think if this was a £15 game, I'd probably buy it, mostly to show Konami there's still support for the franchise.

But IIRC they want full retail for it AND it's got a season pass. Surely someone at Konami must see they've got a massive flop on their hands at that price and can course correct now by dropping the price?

I second the calls for a re-release of Contra 4, although it would either need to be played in TATE mode or need all the vertical screen stuff reworking for the Switch.

I loved the Demo. I can't wait for some old school Run and Gun action when I pick up the full version!!

I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and try the demo on my Xbox One X and it looks exactly the same, its 720p at best and is visibly very low res. How on Earth can Konami think this is even remotely acceptable is beyond me

@JayMac83 try Blazing Chrome, it's a million times better than this and about a third of the price

@carlos82 Eh, if you say so. To each their own, as they say. I'd rather play Rogue Corps. I prefer Twin Stick shooters.