Let's Install - Neon White [Playstation 4]
5Geek Aloud's #LetsInstall of #NeonWhite by @AnnapurnaInteractive. This install was from a digital copy of the game onto a @PlayStation 4. Internet connection speed is 900MB/s down, 40MB/s up. The SSD upgrade video discussed in the video is here: https://youtu.be/LGEx5cPsv7A
From the Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_White):
Neon White is a first-person shooter and puzzle-platforming game developed by Angel Matrix and published by Annapurna Interactive.[1][2] The game was released for Microsoft Windows and the Nintendo Switch on June 16, 2022.[3][4] It was released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on December 13, 2022.[5]
Designed to focus on speedrun-style of gameplay, Neon White has the player in the role of a Neon, a demon hunter in heaven, clearing all the demons on a given level in the fastest time possible. The game uses playing cards that represent weapons which can be discarded to perform special moves like double-jumping. The game was written by OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes writer Ryann Shannon.[3]
The game is composed of several missions each consisting of multiple levels. To complete a level, the player must defeat all the demons present and reach a goal, which additionally grants the player experience which can unlock the ability to see alternate routes and hidden items in levels. The player traverses the level through running and jumping, and collects Soul Cards lying about in the open or obtained from defeating demons. Soul Cards can be used as weapons with each card having a standard firing mode and an alternate special ability that is activated by discarding it. For example, the handgun card can be discarded to perform a double jump. They player-character can die if they take too much damage from demons or fall into bottomless abysses, requiring them to restart the level. Once the player completes a level, they are awarded a medal based their time to complete, ranging from Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Ace.[6][7]
In-between levels players can interact with NPCs on the world map who give insight and details about the game's story. Players can also enter relationships with the NPCs during this section of the game. Progressing onto new missions may also require the player to have earned a specific neon rank, reflecting the number of levels the player has obtained a gold or better time medal on. Players can return to any previous level to try to earn better time scores.[6]
Neon White features a group known as Neons, sinners taken from Hell in an annual competition to clean up demons in Heaven for a chance to stay there. Neons are required to wear masks during their duties that explode if they disobey orders or break the rules given to them, and compete against each other for the position of top Neon.[8] The player takes the role of the titular Neon White, an assassin who is competing for the first time.[9] White receives daily missions from the angel Mikey, and meets up with old crewmates of his, all while dealing with an amnesia preventing him from remembering his past life.
Lead designer Ben Esposito created an initial prototype of Neon White as a first-person shooter in 2017 while he was finishing development of Donut County as a distraction from that work.[10] Once Donut County was released in 2018, Esposito returned to the prototype to continue its development. Around that time, the roguelike deck-building game Slay the Spire had just been released and created a wave of card-based games in the indie games space.[10] Esposito has said the decision to use cards instead of actual weapons in the game is one of the game's design goals stating that players should look at cards not as weapons, but instead as resources that allow greater movement.[11]
In June 2022, the game was announced at Summer Game Fest 2022 to have an official release date of June 16, 2022 on Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows.[15] Ports for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were released on December 13, 2022.[16]
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