Hard Corps: Uprising
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Hard Corps: Uprising cover art
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| Developer(s) | Arc System Works |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Artist(s) | Daisuke Ishiwatari |
| Composer(s) | Daisuke Ishiwatari |
| Series | Contra |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
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Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 76.35% (Xbox360) 75.43% (PS3) |
| Metacritic | 75/100 (Xbox360) 76/100 (PS3) |
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| Publication | Score |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
Hard Corps: Uprising is a 2011 run and gun video game developed by Arc System Works and published by Konami for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade on February 16, 2011 and on the PlayStation Network on March 15, 2011. In Hard Corps: Uprising, the player assumes role of Colonel Bahamut, along with other main characters. Konami has added three additional player characters (Sayuri, Harley Daniels, and Leviathan) via downloadable content.
Hard Corps: Uprising is the thirteenth installment in the Contra series and serves as a prequel to Contra: Hard Corps as well as the original Contra. Kenji Yamamoto, the producer, has said that the intention is to make the Hard Corps series into a brand new franchise.
Hard Corps: Uprising features two main game modes, Rising and Arcade. In Rising Mode, players can collect points throughout levels which are then used to purchase various upgrades and customization for weapons, armor and character abilities. Rising Mode also features a health bar, similar to the Japanese version of Contra: Hard Corps, allowing the player to take more than one hit before losing a life. Arcade Mode is a harder game mode in which the power-up shops are removed.
Many new moves have been added. The character can dash, dash in mid-air, double-jump and deflect enemy projectiles by bouncing them back. Additional moves can also be purchased in Rising Mode.
Weapons include the standard rifle, the machine gun, the spread shot, the crash gun (shoots arcing grenades), the ripple gun (acts like a force-field when sprinting), the heat gun (shoots large blasts of fire), the chain laser (homes in on enemy targets) and the Katana (unleashes the wide energy onto the targets). As in Contra III: The Alien Wars, the player can carry two weapons and switch between them at any time. By collecting the same weapon several times the player will improve its firing rate and power. Other weapon upgrades are available in Rising Mode as well.
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