Neon Shadow

Pros: Good Gunplay - decent campaign challenge - graphic settings - bots for MP - secrets to discover in the levels

Cons: despite listed features, it's a pretty bare bones experience - campaign is short - MP maps are just repurposed levels and blend in with each other - obvious mobile game port - no real environmental interactions, you just shoot everything including walls and switches to open up other rooms/secrets

If you're looking for a quickie shooter to enjoy, it might be your cup of tea. Five bucks ain't too bad an asking price.

If this were the early 2010s and I played this on my phone, I'd probably be impressed,

Not bad, which is pretty good for an arena shooter these days, they all tend to load slowly, have slow cruddy code, or fail poorly in some way. Not Neon Shadow, however. It is downright competent.

It has a short but decent single player campaign and a small but fun death match, with mutant and one-hit kill variations. The AI is not great, but it does function better than many games like this; the bots continually move and fire. The sci-fi theme is executed well enough. Not a lot of weapons and they are not very creative, but they work and some attention was paid to balancing them.

It could do with some kind of robots / monsters in the multiplayer, an invasion mode. Also a jump function and maps that use that. And you could knock the engine / graphics up in quality without changing things too much, something like Neptune Arena, which looks similar but has some improvements to textures and more realistic lighting. And a longer more involved single player. Do those things and maintain (or improve) the bot competence and options, and I bet you could charge 10 -20 bucks, eh devs?

It's a fastpaced old school style fps where speed is key and no regen health is present. Game keeps you going with appropriate electronic music and offers quite a good challenge. For an android game it's also pretty well ported over to PC and the controls are quite smooth overall but not perfect. Mouse input could feel more precise.

Game runs at 60fps but you can run it at higher hz thankfully. Game also kinda drags on for little bit too long. But overall if this is your kinda game, it's well worth it for the asking price.

Simple but a lot of fun. Plus you can play some bot deathmatch!

New review

Gameclub ruining Neon Shadow on mobile and Tasty Poison Games dragging Cresent Moon Games out from being a publisher

We prefer playing this game on Steam PC for better performance
or pirating an old version on mobile

It's a pretty good game for it's price point. Took me under 2½ hours to finish playing professional level.

Really fun little old school shooter. It has only 4 weapons (shotgun, mp, grenade launcher, rpg) and you see the credits rolling after about an hour but I had a lot of fun. My only complaints are that you swap weapons too slow and the last enemy type feels a bit cheap for me (a lot of hp and uses a hitscan weapon unlike the other enemies).

I had this on tablet for years and grew extremely annoyed with the controls despite really liking the game. It is very addictive. Now that I have the PC version, I can enjoy it so much more.

Short campaign, decent story, Old school feel but new school graphics, feels kinda Cyberpunk
Multiplayer is dead and I only played one match and it was on mobile... Luckily, there are LAN and bot matches available but the only thing you can customise is The map and number of players...
Should you pick it up? I think so, but get it on sale, I dont find it worth recommending at 5 buckarroos

Short indie game with simple ('neon') graphics. The combat is pretty good except for those annoying ceiling turrets and the last missions. The maps are a bit monotonous so I wasn't too unhappy that it was over. Still a good game considering its price tag and the combat in the early sections.

7/10.

Another minimalist indie FPS that somehow slipped under my radar, perhaps because it is a mobile port. For five bucks you get what you pay for: ten or so levels of increasing difficulty, a handful of monsters, four predictable weapons. Maps are completely flat. Pop the security node and head for the final boss. Whole thing can be completed in a few hours.

So what does it have going for it? Well, it knows what it is and doesn't try to do any more or any less. The graphics are slick. I especially liked how stars send light rays through quivering blue forcefield windows, illuminating sparkling nitrogen mists. The interior of the futuristic spaceship is draped in cold shades of grey and blue.

Firefights are always manageable thanks to the predictable enemy AI and obvious monster closets. The real stress comes from the fear of having to start over due to something as assinine as standing too close to an explosive barrel-- splash damage being the biggest threat in this game-- as death sends you straight back to the beginning of the level. There is always that creeping fear of a single mistake robbing you of your progress.

The soundtrack, while consisting of a few tracks, is fantastic. I like the DOOM-style character portrait at the top of the screen that displays increasing battle damage as your health drops. The guns look great and have a nice kick. The story, concerning a rogue AI (all the enemies are robotic in nature) is one we've seen a million times before, the only exposition emanated by the villain himself in the form of increasingly hostile text messages. It was non-intrusive and I appreciated it.

The most obvious issues: I had to crank the brightness all the way up and still had trouble getting a clear view of my surroundings. Not a big problem when it comes to spotting breakable walls; explosive barrels, on the other hand, blend right in with the rest of the environment.

And, as you would expect, I wanted more. The game has the length of a shareware episode for a much larger experience. The ending, while conclusive, could at the very least stand a full-on expansion of equal or longer play time. This is the kind of title that begs for Steam Workshop compatibility for players to be able to construct their own content.

I've droned on long enough. A short game deserves a short review. I'd tell you to wait for a sale, but come on: five bucks.

The twin of quake 3 arena.
The another best arena shooter ever for mobile i play it countless hour!!!! in IOS in Botmatchs with offer infinite replay value like well-known arena shooter like Quake 3 arena Unreal tornament.It pc version with well optimized graphic and better control.Becuase both campaign and botmatchs it avialable offline too!!!!! so this enjoyed anywhere anytime as much as i want as long as battery is charged(Moblie version or play in laptop) Caution!!! don't play while charging it may explode your mobile phone or tablet :)
SomeSuggestion:
1.Add more weapon the most wish is railgun
2.Adjustable bots difficultly and frag limit time limit
3.Replayable mission with adjustable difficultly (If you want to replay you must delete your slot and start form begining is)
Who said this game is boring they wrong i play in moblie for 1 year already until now
****Don't ever ask me Neon shadow or quake 3 arena is better i will be mad cause is really tough question ever calculus for enginner is much easier than this question****

Wow. I actually doubted this game, I don't know how. Even though most of my time is spent with other things, the time i've used to play it was actually really fun (it was when my internet was about to kill itself, well in the process) and i'm telling you right now, it's not COD. It's unique, I found it quite easy in the beggining period, but i'm guessing that's just to introduce you to what's going on, which I really like.

Pros:
- Unique, very nice style
- Not too bad for graphics, looks nice in my opinion
- Nice story line, it is sort of alienish, like the ones that are used a lot in space etc but it's pretty unique in the way the developers presented it.
- Features, like health packs and ammo and things like that. I really liked the gun you start off with, I kept using it until later in the game where you started vsing much harder opponents.


Cons:
- This being the only con, it's my opinion and i'm not being biased in any way, I feel like more weapons could be added and more features could be added, this doesn't make the game bad in any way, it's just a suggestion.

Before going into Neon Shadow, be aware that it's a PC-port of an iOS/Android game meant for phones and tablets. It's definitely a lot smaller in scope and mechanics than other shooters, and the graphics are decent if unspectacular. It's also really short, but seeing how low the price point is; I can't really complain. It is a decently solid shooter that is well-made for what it is, and I had a positive time playing it when all is said and done.

cool little shooter that is fun but only takes around an hour tops to complete. The devs did fairly well on capturing the doom feel but putting it into a more modernised universe. my only critisim, is that when i beat the boss, nothing happened, the pillar in the middle just span. completing it again, i got the acctual ending.

I didn't like Neon Shadow when I first bought it, but it's growing on me. It's a fun little FPS, with simple mechanics and a challenge that comes from sustained reflex (saves happen at the start of the level, and nowhere else). I recommend.

This game is not quite as described. It is old school, yes, but not because it's cool like doom, quake or unreal. It's because the designers were too lazy to do anything with this game. Yes, everything about this game is "dumbed down," even the settings page lacks basic setup items. There is no "jump" key, which is ASTOUNDING. The levels are repetitive in the extreme, featuring a monotonous array of foes, varying in size and hit points. The weapons are some of the worst ever to be featured in a FPS. The multiplayer levels are a joke, as are the online "deathmatches" during which 3 people all called "player" proceed to stand around like manequin dummies. AVOID.

A simple little indie shooter that packs a huge punch, 4 player multiplayer; online, LAN and against bots which is awesome, an awesome campaign that reminds me of System Shock 2. And the graphics are amazing. Overall a cheap shooter that doesn't dissapoint in any way.


That atomic cannon though(thats what I call it) is so satisfying to shoot, and that kick ass soundtrack, just perfect


Awesome job guys this game doesn't dissapoint me a single bit

A very fun high octain old style shooter.
No jumping or keyhunting puzzle bs, just run gun fun.

Weapons feel great
Enemies are nice and anoying, but nothing to taxing if you keep moving.
Levels have neatly hidden secrets, and the levels feel to overly clutterd.

This game could use more levels, with a veriety in environments,
but for what is worth I just cannot get myself to complain.
It was just to damn fun to run and gun my way to the end :)

I'm really digging what Neon Shadow is all about. It's a throwback shooter that reminds me of FPS' from the Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast era (specifically the N64 version of Quake 2, what with all the neon lighting they hit that port with). It's about the fundamentals of 90's shooters; here's some cool weapons, here's a level to run around in with multiple paths & hallways and some secrets, and here's some basic enemies: get through this level and kill the enemies then move onto the next one! It does all those things really well, especially for <$5! Particularly with a controller, it just feels very nostalgic (except for having to invert my aim; that was NORMAL back then, like how it should STILL be :P ).

There's also a multiplayer mode. Just like back in the day, it's more of a bare bones bonus than anything you'll spend serious time in. Its for online or you can throw bots in there, which is always nice, though they won't fool anyone into thinking they're human. They're very robotic in their aiming and movement. It would be more fun if the maps were well designed, but some of them don't even have proper continuous paths to keep you moving around a level. Some are just "go to this side, now go to that side", basically. Its weird. Worth a quick checking out, but not a main feature imo.

Visually, you can tell it's a mobile port (Ouya port, technically), since it has pretty simple geometry and textures, but again I don't mind that stuff - I wanted it to remind me of N64 games, and this looks like one of the better ones as played through an emulator so you can view it at modern resolutions. Usually moving at the faster/smoother frame rates you saw in Dreamcast shooters like KISS Psycho Circus. One thing that could've stayed in the past was the frame rate problems that crop up when too much action is taking place onscreen. Currently, at least - I'll remove this note if there's a patch that improves this in the future. The game mostly moves smoothly but takes a bit of a dive - sometimes, more than "a bit" - when you hit some explosive barrels when enemies are nearby. If there's a lot of enemies and barrels, expect it to turn into a slideshow for 2-3 seconds or so. Which isn't a deal breaker so much as it is just... inexplicable.

Overall, its a simple first person shooter (doesn't even have a jump), but a well made one for a very small price. It doesn't feel like cheap garbage, like how Gameloft makes FPS'; this one actually feels good. You'll be sliding around circle strafing your heart out just like the old days. But it is as throwback as they come; heck it's almost as much a first person Alien Syndrome-type arcade game as it is a love letter to FPS' of the mid-to-late 90's. If you're looking for solid, old-school, console-style FPS action for a small price tag, Neon Shadow is a winner. It definitely delivers a fun time.

This game is a port of an ios/android/ouya based robot-focused doom clone with around 4-5 weapons.

PROS:

Having this game on pc is amazing because the controls of the mobile ports are hard to use compared to keyboard and mouse. the game plays like doom 1-2 only simpler, with less weapons, and each level is rather small with your only objective being to destroy the generator and make it to the next level's elevator while finding broken walls to shoot, offering secrets.

That being said, the game is fun with each weapon serving a purpose. there's the ammo-regererating shotgun thats the basic weapon, the rapid-fire projectile-based plasma rifle, the grenade launcher (which is AMAZING and infinitely better than quake's) and the BFG-type weapon, and those are the only one's i've come across yet there may be more.

The game is definately worth the 5 bucks and the 4 player multiplayer, while it does work, may or not have cheat protection, and while the split screen from the mobile version is as of yet unimplimented, the bot matches are great, and I haven't tried out the LAN.

The multiplayer game modes are instakill, mutant, and deathmatch so far, and while basic and limited to 4 players they are fun. I'm not sure about the lag or if the servers are dedicated, but its fun.

The game is a basic pick up and play great for coffee breaks or for kids, since the main singleplayer has only robots. Just dont let them play deathmatch, that has blood.

ALSO THE GAME HAS BUILT-IN FOV. ITS NOT 4:3 FOV AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE VERTICAL, SO IT GOES FROM 60 TO 90. 90 being true 90, not 106.26.

CONS


Now for the cons. Game is probably pretty short and on my machine is capped at 60 fps, although since it's a unity engine game your mileage may vary. Being a Unity engine game, the only options are for built-in resolutions (nothing custom) and i didn't see a 4k option. Also, there is only one quality option, ranging from low to ultra, and a bloom, vsync, and head bob quality toggle as well as fxaa and smaa. the PC options are severely lacking, and I'd love to see a way to turn off the depth of field. I suggest using MEDIUM because that disables all the stupid graphics effects like depth of field while keeping the main textures and core graphics the best they can be.

The resolutions can easily be bypassed by holding SHIFT when clicking on the game's main .EXE, albeit with a few graphical glitches related to FLATS (specifically the blue robot blood on the floor)

also, i'm not sure if cheating will be a problem.

And also, the game, while being a measely 5 dollars, is a mobile game with much more simplicity and lack of features than pc gamers are used to, and it's a unity engine game.

Also, the multiplayer only supports 4 players and i'm not sure there's a way for steam friends to join you.

These are the things i'd like to see:

1. steamworks
the addition of steamworks will only improve the multiplayer.

2. more video options
from depth of field to other things, this basic addition is sorely needed.

3. PC optimized multiplayer
from bigger maps to more features to maybe more players, I'm sure that if pc-specific features are added this game will be hugely successful..



UNSURE

Maybe there isn't 144 hz functionality because I never saw it go over 60 fps, but I digress, I do have fastsync on although it never works.

Also, I'm very unsure if there's any 21:9 support.
TLDR

If you like doom's no-jumping, oldschool, secret-focused gameplay but want a game with simplicity that doesn't require much effort or risk, then play this game, i'm sure you'll enjoy it.