{"id":6191,"date":"2022-07-04T00:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/04\/neon-white-review-an-exhilarating-speedrun-through-a-celestial-dreamscape\/"},"modified":"2022-07-04T00:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T22:37:31","slug":"neon-white-review-an-exhilarating-speedrun-through-a-celestial-dreamscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/04\/neon-white-review-an-exhilarating-speedrun-through-a-celestial-dreamscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon White review \u2013 an exhilarating speedrun through a celestial dreamscape"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Angel Matrix; Annapurna Interactive; Switch, PC)
<\/strong>Timing is all as you wake from the dead and race towards a heavenly finish line, slaying demons en route, in this chaotic yet ingenious anime-inspired game<\/p>\n

Speedrunning \u2013 for those yet to stray into the outer wilds of YouTube or Twitch \u2013 is the act of attempting to finish a video game or one of its constituent levels in the shortest time possible<\/a>. Sometimes the challenge is physical: a player must consistently execute perfectly timed leaps, or attacks. Elsewhere the challenge is cerebral: you must divine shortcuts, or uncover reliable glitches that enable a player to finish, say, Elden Ring<\/a><\/em> in under six minutes \u2013 80 hours less than it takes the average person. The best speedrunners are treated like serious athletes, their videos watched by millions. When a world record that has stood for years is broken, it makes headlines in the speedrunning community, a group that has its own dedicated websites, interpersonal dramas and annual charity marathons.<\/p>\n

Neon White<\/a><\/em> is a product of speedrunning and designed explicitly to serve that community \u2013 although this isn\u2019t immediately obvious from its premise. You play as White, a masked protagonist who has woken as an amnesiac after their death. White has been chosen by God to compete in a kind of purgatorial Olympiad, slaying errant demons while tearing towards the finish line in a slew of tightly designed courses. The winner of the contest will earn a spot in heaven. The backstory is torn straight from the pages of manga (White is voiced by Steve Blum, the 62-year-old fan-beloved voice actor who plays Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop<\/em>), but it is broadly incidental. This is a game built for human competition outside the narrative: your times are logged on real online leaderboards, where the quickest in the world compete for domination.<\/p>\n

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\n(Angel Matrix; Annapurna Interactive; Switch, PC) Timing is all as you wake from the dead and race towards a heavenly finish line, slaying demons en route, in this chaotic yet ingenious anime-inspired game
\nSpeedrunning \u2013 for those yet to stray into the outer wilds of YouTube or Twitch \u2013 is the act of attempting to finish a video game or one of its constituent levels in the shortest time possible. Sometimes the challenge is physical: a player must consistently execute perfectly timed leaps, or attacks. Elsewhere the challenge is cerebral: you must divine shortcuts, or uncover reliable glitches that enable a player to finish, say, Elden Ring in under six minutes \u2013 80 hours less than it takes the average person. The best speedrunners are treated like serious athletes, their videos watched by millions. When a world record that has stood for years is broken, it makes headlines in the speedrunning community, a group that has its own dedicated websites, interpersonal dramas and annual charity marathons.
\nNeon White is a product of speedrunning and designed explicitly to serve that community \u2013 although this isn\u2019t immediately obvious from its premise. You play as White, a masked protagonist who has woken as an amnesiac after their death. White has been chosen by God to compete in a kind of purgatorial Olympiad, slaying errant demons while tearing towards the finish line in a slew of tightly designed courses. The winner of the contest will earn a spot in heaven. The backstory is torn straight from the pages of manga (White is voiced by Steve Blum, the 62-year-old fan-beloved voice actor who plays Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop), but it is broadly incidental. This is a game built for human competition outside the narrative: your times are logged on real online leaderboards, where the quickest in the world compete for domination. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Angel Matrix; Annapurna Interactive; Switch, PC) Timing is all as you wake from the dead and race towards a heavenly finish line, slaying demons en route, in this chaotic yet ingenious anime-inspired game Speedrunning \u2013 for those yet to stray into the outer wilds of YouTube or Twitch \u2013 is the act of attempting to …<\/p>\n

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