He said he wanted to capture the traditional spirit of the Contra series, while modernizing it for a new audience. Reception Contra: Rogue Corps received "mixed or average" reviews on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and received "generally unfavorable" reviews on the Nintendo Switch, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Mitchell Saltzman of IGN attended the E3 2019 preview, initially feeling "some strong initial whiplash" from the dramatic departure from the series' history and the lack of nostalgia. With its "solid foundation" of gameplay, he found "a respectable twin-stick shooter with good gunplay and the potential for a great time with four-player couch co-op". He praised the way the game rewards a player's thoughtful strategies with a "smart and fun dynamic where you'll need to juggle your main and sub-weapon regularly". Destructoid criticized the use of season pass downloadable content though "nothing of substance is being gated off", and noted that the overall reception by E3 attendees was "incredibly mixed". Nintendo Life criticized its controls, graphics, and "bland" mission structurewhile praising its complex upgrade and customization system. Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of Zero Punctuation ranked it as the worst game of 2019, and the third worst game of the entire 2010s decade. PlayStation LifeStyles review of the game was more positive, stating that it "understands the appeal of revisiting gratuitous 90s cheese, but filters out all the tropes we’ve grown out of since. By injecting actual, creative humor instead of edgy cynicism or boring references, Contra: Rogue Corps really has a personality of its own despite most of the storytelling living in the background." References External links 2019 video games Contra (series) Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation 4 games Xbox One games Nintendo Switch games Windows games Video games set in the 27th century PlayStation 4 Pro enhanced games Xbox One X enhanced games Konami games Video games developed in Japan