Neon White

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Critic Reviews: 13

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# Reviews: 13

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8/10

GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

A stylish and brilliantly designed blend of first person shooter and platformer, which nails the compelling and addictive chase for the perfect run.

June 15, 2022 |

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[T]he crux of Neon White is its speed. If nothing else it’s a school for learning how to speedrun – one that, if time permits me, I will genuinely try to learn how to run myself. In a way that’s the highest possible compliment I can give Neon White. It’s not a game for everyone, especially for those who like to take things slow. But for freaks like me, it’s something I can’t do without.

June 15, 2022 |

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Recommended

Oisin Kuhnke (Eurogamer)

9.5/10

Blake Hester (Game Informer)

Neon White achieves everything it sets out to with remarkable success. Not only is it one of the most entertaining experiences I’ve played in years, but it also speaks to a highly specific audience many just don’t anymore. It’s for weirdos, misfits, and dorks. Neon White is one of the best games of the year, and it’d be a colossal mistake not to check it out.

June 15, 2022 |

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GameCentral (Metro GameCentral)

8/10 - (Read Review)

A stylish and brilliantly designed blend of first person shooter and platformer, which nails the compelling and addictive chase for the perfect run.

Oisin Kuhnke (Eurogamer)

Recommended - (Read Review)

Blake Hester (Game Informer)

9.5/10 - (Read Review)

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Read the Reviews (13 total)

Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
COGconnected	Jaz Sagoo	85 / 100	06-15-2022	Neon White takes elements of a range of genres and combines them to create a truly fascinating experience. Part hectic, card-based, FPS speedrunner and part visual novel, dating sim, the game manages to strike a perfect balance that successfully blends a multitude of strands. Due to its highly addictive and massively replayable gameplay, online leaderboards and secrets within, you’ll love each and every minute of this heavenly title.	Read review
Digital Trends	Giovanni Colantonio	4 / 5 stars	06-15-2022	Neon White swings for the fences with its card-based gun-platforming, but it pays off to create a wildly enjoyable action game.	Read review
Eurogamer	Oisin Kuhnke	Recommended	06-15-2022	Neon White achieves everything it sets out to with remarkable success. Not only is it one of the most entertaining experiences I've played in years, but it also speaks to a highly specific audience many just don't anymore. It's for weirdos, misfits, and dorks. Neon White is one of the best games of the year, and it'd be a colossal mistake not to check it out.	Read review
Game Informer	Blake Hester	9.5 / 10	06-15-2022	Neon White achieves everything it sets out to with remarkable success. Not only is it one of the most entertaining experiences I've played in years, but it also speaks to a highly specific audience many just don't anymore. It's for weirdos, misfits, and dorks. Neon White is one of the best games of the year, and it'd be a colossal mistake not to check it out.	Read review
GameXplain	Adam Conner	Recommended	06-15-2022	Video Review	Read review
God is a Geek	Chris White	9 / 10	06-15-2022	Neon White is as addictive as it is challenging, with plenty of replayability and varied gameplay, looking gorgeous at every step. It's a magnificent take on the FPS-genre, building complex and thrilling levels where simply pulling the trigger isn't enough.	Read review
IGN Italy	Damaso Scibetta	8.8 / 10	06-15-2022	Neon White is everything you want from a speedrunning game: fast, super precise, well structured and built around short and various levels. This alone would be enough to recommend it, but the package is completed with a unique artistic style, a valuable writing and a clearly original and strange game design that mixes together visual novel, dating sim, first person shooter and platformer. Some very small technical uncertainty in the repetition of the attempts does not affect the overall quality.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	8 / 10	06-15-2022	A stylish and brilliantly designed blend of first person shooter and platformer, which nails the compelling and addictive chase for the perfect run.	Read review
MonsterVine	Diego Escala	4.5 / 5 stars	06-15-2022	If you’re looking for a game to scratch that adrenaline chasing itch, Neon White might just be the thing you’re looking for.	Read review
Nintendo Life	Scott McCrae	9 / 10	06-15-2022	From its excellent writing, music, and presentation to its intense and satisfying core gameplay, Neon White is one of the most exciting things we've played all year, and it's a game we can't see ourselves putting down for a long time as we try to best our previous times. It successfully brings together elements from apparently disparate genres in new and exciting ways and seems poised to become the next great speedrunning title. It's one that action game fans and Switch owners in general won't want to miss.	Read review
NintendoWorldReport	Donald Theriault	8 / 10	06-15-2022	Although it's coming out at a packed time of year, Neon White should definitely be on the radar of Switch owners. Whether trying to stay ahead of the story, ripping off a stage or two in between games, or trying to shave a few hundredths of a second off your level time to get up the leaderboards, there's always an excuse to shoot up heaven.	Read review
Saving Content	Evan Rowe	4 / 5 stars	06-15-2022	Stylish, beautiful, and frenetic, Neon White's unique blend of anime platforming FPS speed-runner is challenging fun you can't put down.	Read review
Worth Playing	Chris "Atom" DeAngelus	9 / 10	06-15-2022	Neon White is an absolute delight of a speed-running game. It's easy to pick up and play, and it has enough bite that you need to master how to shave off a few seconds from your time to proceed. More importantly, it feels really good to do so. The plot is fun, if not groundbreaking, and the likeable characters keep you invested. Aside from some backtracking that I wasn't fond of, Neon White hits all the marks and hits them well. Just be prepared to start playing and discover that eight hours have flown by.	Read review

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Neon White is a lightning fast first-person action game about exterminating demons in Heaven. You are White, an assassin handpicked from Hell to compete with other demon slayers for a chance to live permanently in Heaven. The other assassins seem familiar, though… did you know them in a past life?

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