Our hybrid side-scroller and gallery-shooter Neon Inferno launches on PS5 & PS4 this Thursday, November 20. Rendered in lovely pixel artwork and backed by an evocative soundtrack, Neon Inferno is a trendy, fashionable 2D motion expertise with cyberpunk aptitude. As you play both as Angelo Morano or Mariana Vitti, you’ll battle by the streets, blasting, deflecting, and slicing your method by your enemies, utilizing a number of upgrades and weapon choices to shift a city-wide battle in your favor.
At present, we’re supplying you with a taste of the motion with a first take a look at three mini-bosses that’ll put your abilities to the take a look at as you experience a jet-ski by a flooded metropolis scene.
In this dystopian New York Metropolis, the yearly flash-floods have remodeled the streets of Interior Manhattan into canals, and, after receiving orders out of your superiors to get rid of an necessary informant, you’ll end up coming face-to-face with three difficult mini-bosses as you enter its West Village district on jet-ski, heedlessly speeding into the storm.
Instantly you encounter a number of hyper-militarized NYPD officers in scorching pursuit, coming at you from all sides in each foreground and background. Fortunately, they will every be taken out in only one shot.
The NYPD can even ship in autonomous drones of two varieties. The primary mannequin of drone fires glowing inexperienced bullets, which you’ll simply deflect again to destroy their supply machine. However the second mannequin drops lethal missiles on prime of you, and these should be prevented completely.
Throughout and between all of this, obstacles may seem within the background, and you need to take care of these as effectively. You’ll see a warning icon proper earlier than an impediment comes onscreen, so react in time and swap lanes in your jet-ski to keep away from crashing.
The Leviathan
Their customary protocols having failed, the NYPD sends within the first of our three menaces: the “Leviathan”, a highly-armored submarine outfitted with two heavy cannons! The smaller of the 2 sometimes fires pulsing rounds which may’t be deflected, however it could additionally shoot inexperienced ones if and when its barrel begins to, effectively, glow inexperienced. Get your timing proper and deflect again any inexperienced bullets to deal much more harm!
Like with most different enemies, you may shoot on the Leviathan whereas it’s within the background, however its cannons nonetheless observe you even from a distance! The bigger cannon can fireplace orange spherical projectiles which explode onto the water, breaking into two smaller orbs that you need to soar off your jet-ski to keep away from. Alternatively it might fireplace one other kind of projectile, a blue one, which breaks into three smaller projectiles in three totally different instructions. So take note of the colour of every projectile, and above all, take note of every time the Leviathan dives underwater and the place it resurfaces. You don’t wish to get caught off-guard if this behemoth reappears from proper beneath you!
Dreadnought
The second menace is the flying “Dreadnought”, an airship constructed by the company mercenary group Pangaea. The Dreadnought options many differing kinds of cannons proper alongside its hull. Dodge its bigger cannons’ pulsing red-and-blue projectiles, whereas deflecting its smaller cannons’ inexperienced bullets proper again at their mothership. On prime of this bullet ballet, you’ll additionally should keep away from the laser beams which the machine fires downwards every now and then!
Whereas this specific miniboss might appear trivial, since all you actually should do is shoot up, your positioning can be key, and this makes issues fairly difficult. Concentrate every time the Dreadnought’s laser beams are about to fireside, and watch out to not get caught in a bullet volley whereas avoiding mentioned lasers. And in case you assume you may simply hang around on the left facet of the display screen and cruise by this battle, you’ll discover lots of grenades dropped proper on prime of you from the airship’s sliding hatch.
The Hydrosnake
Because the Dreadnought goes by its destruction sequence, that aforementioned hatch opens one final time to launch our third and final menace: the “Hydrosnake”, an unmanned but highly-lethal killing machine that may cease at nothing to annihilate you. It dives out and in of the water with all of the ability of an Olympian, launching itself into the air because it pummels you with projectile fireplace. Like with the Leviathan, listen every time the Hydrosnake dives into the water, and intently observe the place it comes up. The Hydrosnake may even launch itself fully offscreen and dive again immediately onto your place, so make certain to be careful for any warning icons: They could save your life!
You’ll additionally wish to keep watch over the Hydrosnake’s major laser, whose standing is indicated by a pulsing mild on the snake’s crimson “eye”. This laser beam drags throughout your whole lane, whether or not you’re within the foreground or the background, so that you’ll wish to dodge to the other lane earlier than it fires. Fortunately, the whole physique of the Hydrosnake is vulnerable to your blaster-fire, so carry on capturing and also you’ll prevail.
However what’s one of the best half about defeating these three minibosses? This complete flooded metropolis scene is simply the beginning of this epic mission. You’ll have lots to look ahead to even after your victory – offered you might be certainly victorious – with extra new, distinctive, and hand-crafted challenges to come back.
Assume you may have what it takes to defeat these three mechanical monsters? Battle the Leviathan, the Dreadnought, and the Hydrosnake in Neon Inferno – obtainable for PlayStation 4 and 5 on November 20, 2025. And in case you can’t wait? Wishlist Neon Inferno now!