Borrowing from the zany character and world design of Killer7 and the gameplay loop of CS:GO surfing is the red-hot Neon White. I saw it at its unveiling sometime during conference season last year and had it marked down as "woah that looks kinda cool, I hope it plays like that on release," and lo and behold, it does! Though I felt like it runs a bit long story-wise, the gameplay loop of Neon White never really feels stale. Each missions requires something new from the player, and movement changes in its methodology and practice from level to level. This consistency of changing up the gameplay in a fast paced platforming/speedrun type game is required for a game to be as rejuvinating and fun as Neon White is. Outside of the gameplay itself, the greatest thing about this game is the Machine Girl soundtrack, which oddly enough I was NOT expecting to be this good. I've listened to a decent bit of Machine Girl's catalogue, and while innovative and interesting, it didn't do too much for me sonically. Couple their glitchy drum and bass sound with fast paced gameplay and contextually important songs to the moments of the game, and you have what I would say is Machine GIrl's best release.

As others around Backloggd and whatever review sites you might visit are saying, I will echo that the story and dialogue in Neon White is largely... lacking. The voice acting is... good enough (I mean you have Steve Blum as Neon White for example,) but the writing does the actors no charm. The story itself is there, but that's about it.

If you're looking for a competitive speedrun style game with an amazing soundtrack, Neon White is a great pickup.