Blazing Chrome
JoyMasher · 2019 · Retro, Action, Pixel Graphics, Side Scroller, Indie
PC
Very Positive89% · 1,31179Metacritic
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About Blazing Chrome
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Blast through a robot-ruled apocalypse as a human rebel or rogue machine in this classic run-and-gun shooter packed with fast-paced action, epic boss battles, and local co-op mayhem. Race across five destructive environments on hoverbikes and in powered armor, wielding an arsenal of kick-ass weapons to tear through hundreds of mechanical enemies and save humanity from extinction.
In Blazing Chrome, machines rule the world and the few humans left are on the edge of total extermination, lacking power, prestige or status among their metal and circuits overlords. Bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
Humans are expendable after an AI controlled robot army take over the world. They survive in hiding while their hunters rule the surface. When a small rebel group gets an intel about a big AI's power plant, the machines strike their camp before they can organize an attack. A small group of rebels escape and go in a suicide mission to destroy this power plant. Choose to play as Mavra, a super badass human resistance soldier, or Doyle, the equally groovy and deadly insurgent robot. This suicide mission will result in heavy casualties and a ton of lock-and-load fast-paced action where scraping robots and blazing chrome with your powerful weapons is the only thing standing between you and your freedom.
Dash through 5 apocalyptic environments with hundred of robots-enemies to blow to pieces. Blast your way through the enemy lines and and try to defeat a bunch of mechanical bosses with using hoverbikes, huge armors and a whole arsenal of kick-ass weapons.
Blazing Chrome offers a lot of features in the legacy of classic run’n’gun games:
● Local Co-op Gameplay
● 16-bits post-apocalyptic environments
● Classic fast-paced run-and-gun experience
● Epic boss battles and crazy lot minibosses fights
● Genuine arcade feel
● Motorcycle and jetpack action
● Rad pixel art
DLC & expansions
🎁 Complete the collection
Base game + 0 of 1 DLC at today's best prices (some DLC unpriced).
$2.34
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Great Conta-like game. It definitely has a contra feel but is much faster paced and with way more interesting bosses. I played it all the way through with my son.
I've played a fair amount of Contra clones, homages and spiritual successors over the decades and, though I've liked a few of them a lot, I find most of them land kind of flat. But his one isn't one of those. Along with Iron Meat, Blazing Chrome is one of the best in the sub-genre and one of the few that really made me feel like I was playing Contra on the NES or Contra III: Alien Wars on the SNES back in the day.
I'd recommend this if you're the kind of person who wants to play every Contra-like game out there. But if you're looking for a game that really captures the Contra spirit, I'd recommend Gundroid. The gameplay, music, and everything else do their job, but the game lacks a bit of polish. The weapons could be more varied, the bosses could be more creative, and the difficulty often feels like it comes from technical issues rather than good game design. Switching from fully automatic weapons to single-shot weapons was especially annoying. Overall, I had a good time with it, and some of the ideas were really cool. With a few updates and improvements, this game could turn into something really good.
Great Game. Fun game. comparable to Contra . If you like the contra series please give this a try.
Without a doubt this is the weakest of the 'big' retro Run'N'Gun games on Steam. Stop reading and play instead: Huntdown (2020), Broforce (2015), Valfaris (2019). I'm pretty sure you can get the original Metal Slug (1996) on Steam and that is a way better experience than this. I played 25 minutes of Blazing Chrome and I could not believe how badly designed it was. You can't switch characters without restarting the whole campaign (even on the continue screen, let alone between lives). The available weapons don't pack a lot of punch. You have "lives" and die in one hit, and the game seems chaotic / hard to always see when you're at risk of being hit (doesn't compare well either to indie competitors or classic Contra / Metal Slug). There are checkpoints, though, so often the best thing to do at a checkpoint is immediately die on purpose 1-3 times so you can begin that checkpoint with the full amount of lives. So stupid. Levels don't have any little design hooks or fun quirks... just waves of enemies coming at you from both directions as you run forward. Vehicle sequences are bad. Bossfights aren't fun. Even the game's 80s riffing seems... phoned in? Proud of itself despite zer…
A good run and gun, probably better starting off with this than contra, as it's more forgiving.
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