The unique skills of the selectable characters added nice depth, but the action itself wasn’t polished or fun enough to be worthy of the Contra name. It makes sense how different Force is from the rest of the series, as it began development as a non- Contra game called Arc Hound. The abysmal polygonal visuals–even by 1996 standards–didn’t help matters much. Perhaps that was understandable pre-DualShock, but a terrible fit for Contra. Same perspective, but you awkwardly have to move where you want to shoot. The premise of Contra as a twin-stick shooter is a decent one, but Legacy of War isn’t a twin-stick shooter. _ 12 – Contra: Legacy of War (PS1/Saturn) It was also single player only, taking away the one thing that might’ve redeemed this disaster. Remember 3D action games before lock-on? If you said “no,” consider yourself lucky. It starts off so promising with a side-scrolling 2.5D level, and then completely goes off the rails with behind-the-back 3D stages that are some of the most nausea-inducing of the era. Apologies to our European readers who know most of these games as Probotector and/or Gryzor, but this list uses North American titles/versions only.
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