Contra: Shattered Soldier
In A.D. 2642, Earth remains scarred from previous alien conflicts as environmental problems grow beyond humanity's control. 80% of the planet's population was completely devastated by a malfunctioning…
Contra: Shattered Soldier is a shooter, released 22 November 2002 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
What Contra: Shattered Soldier is
Contra: Shattered Soldier was released in 2002. It was published by Konami. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In A.D. 2642, Earth remains scarred from previous alien conflicts as environmental problems grow beyond humanity's control. 80% of the planet's population was completely devastated by a malfunctioning hyper-magnetic weapons grid during development. Bill Rizer, the hero of the Alien Wars, was held responsible for the incident, as well as for murdering his partner, Lance Bean, who reportedly tried to stop him. He was given a sentence of 10,000 years in cryogenic prison. However, five years later, in 2647, Earth faces another threat as the terrorist organization "Blood Falcon", led by a mysterious and superhuman commander, spreads panic over the world. The ruling government, referred to as the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Contra series
Contra: Shattered Soldier is the 28th of 44 entries we hold in the Contra series. The next entry was Neo Contra in 2004. Its critic score of 40 is 24 points below the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns at 95.
How it was received
Contra: Shattered Soldier holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 28 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Contra: Shattered Soldier launched on 22 November 2002, within three weeks of Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Metroid Fusion. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Metroid Prime, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Metroid Fusion.
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