Navigating a seemingly endless series of tight twisting-turns will be a lot easier to accomplish if, rather than panicking, you remain calm and pay attention to the music’s helpful backbeat. On the upside, this nail-bitingly tight action is thankfully made far easier to manage than Boson X due to the fact that Neon Drive ’s obstacles are perfectly synced up with the game’s heavily synth-laden soundtrack. I’m not really sure this would be even remotely wise - though - seeing as how Neon Drive ’s second stage was considerably harder than the first, thus I highly doubt anyone whom hasn’t already conquered the earlier sections would ever be ready for part three.
Normally in order to unlock each track you’ll have to first complete the one before it, although you may optionally pay a separate $0.99 unlock fee for levels two and three if you wish to see them much sooner. I am serious about this game’s top-tier difficulty, seeing as how I have yet to make it past the 47% mark on the game’s second gloriously neon-infused stage (which - judging from the soundtrack - is apparently called “Miami”). There may only be three different stages to play through here, all of which are 100% unrandomized, but trust me when I say it’s going to take you a very long time before you’ve seen everything offered. These controls - I am happy to say - function utterly flawlessly, which is a fairly good thing since Neon Drive is rightfully comparable to Boson X ( our review) in regards to just how soul-crunchingly hard this game can truly be. Speaking of which, you can perform this stylish lane switching easily - not to mention near instantaneously - just by tapping either the left or right hand side of your iDevice’s screen. One of my favorite visual touches with Neon Drive ’s artwork definitely has to be the real-time light trails left by your car’s taillights as you rapidly shift back and forth between lanes of tricky obstacles. Truly the graphics here are one of Neon Drive ’s biggest highlights, perfectly recreating every last nuance - right down to the shadowing, grid-laced fields, and stylized lens-flares - of its nostalgic high-contrast world. Alternatively - assuming that metaphor doesn’t work for you - if Robot Unicorn 2 ( our review) was an homage to vibrant girls’ notebook covers, then Neon Drive is an homage to boys’ notebook covers.Įither way, your goal is to safely drive your retro supercar down three different neon-infused vistas that look as though they could have come have come straight from some lost Tron sequel. Do you remember the neon-infused vision of the future that seemed to permeate the eighties, that was recently paid homage by Kung Fury ( our review) - Far Cry: Blood Dragon - and even Comedy Central’s Moonbeam City? If Discorun ( our review) was a tough-as-nails stage-based runner game paying homage to 70’s Disco Culture, then Neon Drive ( out now, free) aims to do the same for that neon-art vibe.
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