"It's been a great year for sidescrolling action games. In the past few months alone, games like Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and brought back classic platforming and beat 'em up gameplay with enough inventive twists to make them feel entirely new. Now, a new game is doing the same for sidescrolling shooters, merging two distinct arcade genres into something fresh, stylish, and extremely difficult."
"Neon Inferno follows Mariana and Angelo, two assassins working for the mafia in New York in the year 2055. It's self-consciously campy, with mobsters doing battle with both the Yakuza and the police in a story dripping with hardboiled dialogue. Combined with its tropey cyberpunk setting - where the city is covered in neon and gang wars involve giant mech suits - Neon Inferno has the character of an '80s action B-movie that's a blast exactly because it's so over the top."
Neon Inferno combines sidescrolling shooting with shooting-gallery segments, sending players through a neon-soaked 2055 New York filled with enemies that attack from foreground and background. Players choose between Mariana and Angelo, use a sidearm and a knife for melee, and can slash green projectiles to deflect them back at foes. The action emphasizes speed and reflexes, with chaotic encounters and arcade-style difficulty. The setting mixes mobster hardboiled tropes, Yakuza, police conflicts, and giant mechs to cultivate an '80s B-movie vibe. The gameplay's seamless blending of perspectives and defensive melee mechanics creates a fresh, challenging arcade experience.
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