Contra: Shattered Soldier PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Oct 22, 2002
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Metascore
78 out of 100

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6.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Summary: All of the legendary action and adrenaline of the famed Contra series comes to the PS2. Massive, screen-filling boss characters, a Contra series staple, do everything they can to keep players from proceeding through the multiple action-packed missions, while environmental threats such as swarms of bugs, aggressive enemies and alien encounters keep players on their toes. [Konami]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33
  1. PSM Magazine
    90
    Fine shooting action served straight, no chaser. [Holiday 2002, p.30]
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  2. Game Over Online
    86
    I really enjoyed Shattered Soldier and I highly recommend that you grab a best friend and tear through this game some Friday night.
  3. GameZone
    74
    I'm sure that I'll have the urge to beat it again in a year, and then again in five years. But aside from playing the co-op multiplayer mode, it'd be tough to get me to come back any more frequently than that.
  4. Eurogamer
    40
    Anybody who remembers the good old days of Contra should steer clear of Shattered Soldier, unless you have some sort of sadistic urge to lay waste to your senses and pollute your fond recollections of this once proud series.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 7 out of 16
  1. SuperContraDude
    10
    Kick ass contra game, its up there with the series of contra games.
  2. JimmiA.
    8
    Very good old fashioned shoot´n up. Hard pump action in old school way.
  3. JasonP.
    4
    Very Tough, but it was much like the origonal, well the one on SNES not really like the one on NES. in any case it was ok, I was going to get Vice city... my friend talked me into getting this. *wishes he trusted his instincts instead* -.-… Expand
  4. TarikT.
    2
    Games need change, this is what Contra Shattered Soldier is missing.

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