Neon Souls Evaluation | TheXboxHub

It might be a brand new yr, however some issues by no means change. Ratalaika Video games are again, true to kind, with one other platformer. This newest launch has been developed by Pickles Leisure and is one thing of an eye fixed catcher. Neon Souls bursts onto your display screen in an obvious try to burn out your retinas with vibrant, splodges of color. It’s going to actually seize your consideration, however not essentially in one of the best ways.

Regardless of the beneficiant use of color, Neon Souls doesn’t look nice. Actually, it seems to be downright gaudy. Do not forget that episode of Altering Rooms the place Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and the gang reveal the makeover to the home-owner, and she or he says it seems to be like an working theatre? He was a unfastened cannon and will have been stopped a lot sooner, however that very same vibe could be very a lot at work in Neon Souls.

Let’s not neglect that the sport can be optimised for Xbox Sequence X|S. With titles similar to Neon Souls I at all times discover myself asking why. Why maintain a magnifying glass over one thing that doesn’t look nice within the first place? The retro type attributed to those video games could be very a lot right here to remain and is at all times going to look dated.

Anyhow, seems to be apart, Neon Souls is a platformer with a stripped again, easy management setup. You play as a bit of blob who (and right here’s the gimmick) wants to color the trail to the exit portal in every stage. That is achieved by double leaping and inflicting an explosion of color, which is able to spray paint in all instructions. It will then persist with, and illuminate any close by surfaces. 

The one downside with that is that except you splat some color each few inches, you may’t really see the place you’re going. This implies you’ll tumble down holes and get skewered by spikes time and time once more. Because of this you’ll have to recollect your method via every stage, which appears like a laborious and formulaic technique to play. Particularly for a platformer.

Leaping is actually all it’s worthwhile to do in Neon Souls, however you’ll encounter some obstacles alongside the best way. Rotating platforms, laser beams and patrolling neon enemies will all intention to check your reflexes. You can too wall soar, in addition to leaping to clear gaps, which helps you scale heights when wanted. It’s described as parkour, which you can say is being a bit of liberal with the reality.

Actually there’s nothing right here that you simply gained’t have seen in a platforming sport 1,000,000 instances earlier than. Regardless of an try to color the motion in a unique gentle, for me Neon Souls’ distinctive promoting level doesn’t actually come off. 

Given that you simply’re a blob, it’s truthful to count on that the platforming will probably be a bit of difficult. Nevertheless, the controls are very irritating because of how slippy it’s. Typically you’ll attempt to land a soar, and slide proper off a platform, or over-correct your manoeuvre and find yourself tumbling over the opposite aspect. Not solely this, however you’ll have to land immediately on high of enemies to take them out. And even whenever you do, typically you’ll get killed for seemingly no motive.

To compound issues, Neon Souls will demand you to react and transfer shortly, particularly within the later ranges. This reveals one other management concern, which is the dearth of response whenever you hit the soar button. You should use just about each button in your controller, however regardless of which one I attempted I’d typically dash straight right into a chasm and to a vibrant dying, which bought irritating earlier than lengthy. 

There are fifty ranges to slip via in Neon Souls, with 4 bosses chucked in there for good measure. They’re all very brief however there’s a gradual issue curve at play. That is when issues get much less gratifying, partly due to how primary and repetitive the gameplay is. Even the boss battles are simple; it gained’t take you lengthy to beat them.

As soon as once more in Neon Souls, the error is product of permitting the participant to bag all 1000G earlier than the sport is over. This level comes after the primary boss, and can depart you questioning if it’s value taking part in on. In spite of everything, £4.99 for 1000G isn’t half unhealthy in any respect.

Sadly, there isn’t rather more to see for those who do play on. As the degrees develop barely harder, additionally they develop into extra annoying and there isn’t actually any satisfaction to glean by seeing Neon Souls via to its finish. Nonetheless, simply be grateful that I’ve completed that so that you don’t should.

Neon Souls is a monotonous platformer that fails to face out from the gang. Poor controls and unimpressive visuals make it a much less interesting choice to these after some old fashioned enjoyable.

Neon Souls is obtainable from the Xbox Retailer