Somehow, I’ve been writing right here for over a 12 months and haven’t stated a phrase about run n’ gun shooter Blazing Chrome – one thing I’m rectifying now, due to builders JoyMasher releasing some new footage of their upcoming game. It is completely, unapologetically a tribute to Konami’s traditional Contra sequence – particularly to my favorite; Contra Hard Corps on the Mega Drive/Genesis. That means fixed swarms of enemies, bosses each thirty seconds or so and explosions that simply don’t cease. The game is due out in “early 2019”. Take a peek at its robot-infested world beneath.
There’s not a large quantity I can say concerning the game apart from ‘yep, that’s Contra’. In the fashion of Hard Corps, you possibly can choose up a number of additional weapons to change between on the fly, though in contrast to the Mega Drive game, the 2 characters are functionally similar in fight. While a lot of the motion proven in movies thus far options the gamers chewing up robotic armies ala Probotector (the weird European adaptation of the Contra sequence), it appears just like the later ranges have all of the alien monsters and meat-tunnels you’d count on. The sprites are chunky, the music is filled with FM synth jams, and the explosions are simply proper.
Some different clips showcase co-op. In this a lot older phase (from manner again in 2017), the gamers board a transferring prepare on hoverbikes for some Sunset Riders-by-way-of-Appleseed motion. Some enjoyable enemy designs in there, together with robotic ninjas that sprite-scale in from the foreground to leap aboard the prepare. Sadly it appears like co-op goes to be native solely, however that’s not too huge a shock.
Excitingly, JoyMasher are engaged on a second religious successor that additionally units my coronary heart ablaze. While not as nicely publicised as Blazing Chrome, Moonrider appears a complete lot like Shinobi 3: Return of The Ninja Master given a contemporary lick of paint and a few enjoyable new methods like chained ninja wall-jumps. Also, nice music, enormous screen-hogging bosses and large anime lasers. Far as I’m involved none of this ever went out of fashion – of us simply forgot how cool it’s, by some means.
Blazing Chrome is due out “early” this 12 months. You can discover it on Steam here or its official web page here. It’s revealed by The Arcade Crew. I additionally extremely advocate individuals try Odallus: The Dark Call, which fittingly for today looks like a Berserk tribute in all however identify.
