Mini Review Contra Operation Galuga PS5 RunnGun Series Back to Its Best
Bill Rizes to the occasion.
It's weird that Konami has taken this long to ship Contra: Operation Galuga, which is the classic Contra game fans have been asking for. After the damp turd that was 2019's Contra: Rogue Corps, the publisher handed the reins back to WayForward, the team behind 2008's Contra 4. Turns out that's all that was needed to get a great Contra game, since this latest effort nails what made the original run-'n'-gun experience so infectious in the first place.
While positioned as a reimagining of the original game, you'd be forgiven for thinking Contra: Operation Galuga was wholly original. There are some obvious throwbacks with some of the level designs and the bosses, and of course, a lot of inspiration gameplay-wise is taken from the NES original and the Mega Drive's Contra: Hard Corps; the movement and floaty jumps in particular are nailed down and feel exactly as you would expect.
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