>Supple amount of continues, almost to a point where you don't need them
>Farming lives just by being thorough can usually grant you 5 lives before you hit anything major
>Fire and Laser, while are not Spread, can fuck up specific enemies and setups. Like how Laser in 3rd person stages basically one-shot turrets (Fire is useless here), but Fire is great for the over-head bosses, and can be okay for Waterfall (is shit for the tank sub-bosses and level 7's boss where's stray shots from the regular Machine Gun or Pellet shooter is more reliable).

I guess the biggest flaw is the final level is a bit easy, but it's almost a victory lap.

Still fucking dope.

>>11861565 (OP)
>supple
I think you meant to say ample

>>11863149
Sample?

>>11861565 (OP)
As a kid I enjoyed Hard Corps a lot, but looking back it's definitely a game you only play a few times to clear each route. Every single attack is easily memorized and avoided once you know it, and the only real fun is reacting for the first time.

Contra 3 aged way better.

>>11863202
Mostly this, but Contra 3 has those shitty top view levels.

>>11861565 (OP)
I don't think I've ever gotten past the second level without using the Konami Code. Still a fun game though.
Before anyone bitches me out for that, at least I'm not using savestates...

Been trying to 1CC Metal Slug recently. Great game.

>>11863207
Top turrent cant hit you if your to the side, if it's middle it can. So on the final triple turret segments, I like to be on a side, kill a turret, B-line to the next. And I can either, attack the top, which is annoying, or I can just focus core and just crouch camp it out.
If you're holding spread, killing top turret is easy to do off to the side. With laser, one hit is all you need.

>>11863726
>*turret
>*you're
I apologize, I was caffeinated.

>>11863149
This poster knows what's up.

>>11863202
Agreed. Hard Corps is flashy, but has just too much filler and when you know what's coming, it feels like the game wastes your time. The corridor boss in the jungle level is particularly bullshit about it, there is only one phase where it poses a real threat during a battle that takes several minutes. Contra 3 is a leaner package and is better off for it.