Did anyone expect a 10 hours game ?

[RoRo1980]

I wonder if people who were excited for this game even know what a contra game is, i mean it is supposed to be a 2 hours game, heck, i expect to see people speed run it under 1 hour, but this is an arcade style run and gun that is a direct continuation of the 8 and 16 bit games, and don't forget, it is a retelling of the nes classic.
If u are looking for a 17 hours game, maybe this game isn't for u.
also, for the price, i get it, too much, but did u buy CONTRA 4 on snes for $20 when it came out?
my advice, wait a few months and pick it up for $20 and if u want a game that lasts u a month, don't buy this, i mean it is absurd for people to question why this is a 2 hours game.

[MrPlowjoy]

No, people do expect the content to have an appropriate price tag though.

This game costs the same as Helldivers 2. Let that sink in....

[biodegradable]

6 hours would have been fine. its natural for games to evolve into something longer and better. comparing it with NES games doesn't really speak to its favor especially given its premium price. i swear the defenses for this game's price and length are ridiculous. even if the game was only $20 it would still feel a bit steep for 2 hours and besides, the game's ideas are rehashed anyways from the first few games, so what are you paying for? no new level design, graphics aren't impressive, and the reviews aren't stellar.

[>-FISH-D]

It's an arcade game and it's actually already too long as it sits. 1hr would of been more optimal to go for the 1cc. As it sits now its stretched a bit thin.

The story mode and challenge modes are both lame additions. The devs should of instead concentrated on online leaderboards and score. That is where the replay value really would lie. 1ccing the game for a good score and trying to better other players scores..

[MrBananaGrabber]

People expect a game that costs £34.99 to have a large amount of content and replay value to justify that price tag.
They also expect a game franchise that is famous for co-op play to have online co-op play.

Especially when one man can make the same game, complete with online co-op play and only charge £3.99 for it, and with a much much better soundtrack.

[Reignhardt]

Its Konami guys. They did what they always do. New Contra game from Konami? It costs the same as all their games do.
Are there indy games that have great value? Indeed!
This is Konami, what did you expect?

[NeoKurow]

I don't know but I have being played this the whole day and I still die from stage 4 and forward. The game is hard even on "normal" with "health bar" the health bar is almost useless as you lose your weapon if you get hit (if you don't have a perk) and almost get a second hit even in less than a second since the invulnerability window is extremely small.

In my opinion this is not a 2 hours game as people say. if you want to die 30+ times, use continues every single mission and barely beat the game in 2 hours then I guess that CONTRA is not for you.

I don't agree with the price of $40 and I think that the price needed to be $15 for everyone if the game is not going to have online co op but this is not a 2 hours game as a lot of people is trying to sell it. If you want to play a game "once" go and play any other modern game.

[MrBananaGrabber]

Originally posted by Reignhardt:

Its Konami guys. They did what they always do. New Contra game from Konami? It costs the same as all their games do.
Are there indy games that have great value? Indeed!
This is Konami, what did you expect?

If Konami got the rights to the game Pong they would release it exactly as it looked in 1972 and sell it for $50...and it wouldn't have online co-op.

All Konami cares about is money, nothing else.

[CosmikOtter]

Definitely not. I think it took a little over an hour for my first playthrough but OFC I used continues. Second run took about the same amount of time without continuing. That's about what I expected from the main mode considering most Contra games take thirty minutes to an hour if you know what you're doing.

It's definitely a game meant to be played over and over in arcade mode. Kind of have to look at it the same way you would these modern shmups that regularly go for $30-40...it's a waste of money if you're just going to credit feed through it once.

Even with that in mind, $40 is a little much. If Iron Meat was already out, I'd have probably skipped this for now and just gone with that but I'm beginning to think that game is going through some serious development hell. Almost certain Wayforward has something to do with why this game is priced the way it is- keep in mind this same dev asked 30 for what was essentially a no-frills port of an apple arcade game (shantae and the seven sirens).

[danthemank]

Originally posted by RoRo1980:

did u buy CONTRA 4 on snes for $20 when it came out?

Of course I didn't buy Contra 4 for the SNES for $20. Because it was a DS game.

[Zagreus]

Originally posted by RoRo1980:

I wonder if people who were excited for this game even know what a contra game is, i mean it is supposed to be a 2 hours game, heck, i expect to see people speed run it under 1 hour, but this is an arcade style run and gun that is a direct continuation of the 8 and 16 bit games, and don't forget, it is a retelling of the nes classic.
If u are looking for a 17 hours game, maybe this game isn't for u.

I was excited, but I expected a pricing more in line with Hard Corps: Uprising and not this pricepoint

Originally posted by RoRo1980:

also, for the price, i get it, too much, but did u buy CONTRA 4 on snes for $20 when it came out?

I think you mean Contra 3. Though no, I did not buy it (but a similiar entry Super Ghouls'n'Ghosts), but even if I did, it's not all that black & white as you try to paint it here.

a) Expectations (and technical capabilities) had been different
b) Technical Capabilities (though there had been lenghtier games out there)
c) Games are now in an abundance and the choice is bigger than ever.

Originally posted by RoRo1980:

my advice, wait a few months and pick it up for $20 and if u want a game that lasts u a month, don't buy this, i mean it is absurd for people to question why this is a 2 hours game.

This is what I intend to do, but the problem here really is, that Konami will somehow will fault lack of interest and not their price point for maybe not making another Contra for the forseeable future. The competition is stiffer and people might loose interest. That's just me though.

I know I am not entitled to the price I see fit (and Konami can charge what they want) and will see how fast and how steep a discount comes. I've yeeted already enough games of my wishlist, that I might not be interested in this game much later, if there are better options (like IRON MEAT, linked in other threads).

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For this kind of price, I am expecting no less than 20 hours worth of game time.

[domuinor2]

Originally posted by RoRo1980:

, but did u buy CONTRA 4 on snes for $20 when it came out?
my advice, wait a few months and pick it up for $20 and if u want a game that lasts u a month, don't buy this, i mean it is absurd for people to question why this is a 2 hours game.

1-No, like someone said it was for DS (same developers of this one BTW).
2-At the time there was a thing called Blockbuster(and others) so no I didn't buy it I rented it.
3-If it's only 2 hours you can get a refund and get the game for free.

[domuinor2]

Originally posted by MrBananaGrabber:

Originally posted by Reignhardt:

Its Konami guys. They did what they always do. New Contra game from Konami? It costs the same as all their games do.
Are there indy games that have great value? Indeed!
This is Konami, what did you expect?

All Konami cares about is money, nothing else.

Agree...but here is a dumb move, if it was like 15 bucks more people would have bought it( more people-more money), and if you're really good at Contra you'll probably beat this game in 1:30/2 hours(there are already a ton of playthrough) and get a refund.
Not really a smart move for Konami.

[AaRoZ EzIo]

No one complain about the gameplay length and your advice is useless since Konami is just like Activishit. smh 🤦🏻‍♂️

[domuinor2]

Originally posted by AaRoZ EzIo:

No one complain about the gameplay length and your advice is useless since Konami is just like Activishit. smh 🤦🏻‍♂️

You mean Actishit Blizturd :)