White Neon was one of the coolest surprises of 2022 when it landed earlier this year, somehow managed to combine old school shooter with Persona running speed, card game and social links. Now that it’s been out since June on other platforms, PlayStation owners will finally be able to play the game.
Originally released on PC and Switch, Neon White will launch on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on December 13. And while the PS4 version will be a fairly straightforward port, the PS5 version will take advantage. of superior hardware to deliver things like running at a constant 120hz and use an SSD to speed up load times (this will make a big difference when you need to reboot a 97th level).
What’s most interesting, however, and in a move that will set the PS5 version apart from all others, is that it will use the console’s adaptive triggers. As director Ben Esposito mentioned above PlayStation REMOVEDlog in:
Neon White also uses the PS5’s adaptive triggers to make each Soul Card unique when you activate them as well as when you discard them. The Haptics controller provides an extra level of feedback on top of that. You’ll feel it as you move faster across the water, and you’ll get a subtle confirmation when successfully sniping a demon in the distance. Our goal is not only to make you feel cool, but also to help you develop your sixth sense. To turn you into a speed maniac.
Our impressions of the game in June pretty much sums up the appeal of the game:
I’ve spent the past few days trying to figure out why this weird combination of factors is clicking and I think I get it. Last summer, in White neonEsposito’s initial marketing effort speak to me, “The energy that powers this game is teen energy. This is what I thought was the best thing when I was a teenager was inspired by, such as Y2K era anime and Matrix and all of this.” Now that the game is truly in my hands, this feature is evident—right down to the anime-inspired introduction.
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