Zenovia is trying to merge two genres, and from what we’ve seen so far, it’s a very successful concept they’re developing, even if it’s still a bit of a long way off.
Three decades from now, New York City is at war with itself. A war without a battlefield: criminal syndicates control four of its five boroughs, fighting each other and the corrupt New York Police Department in a vicious struggle for supremacy. Into this dystopia steps a fledgling crime family, trying to secure its place, striving for power like everyone else. You are their most deadly weapon.
As an assassin, your missions will take you through every area of this hyper-metropolis: from the impoverished, battle-scarred slums of the Bronx, where police and gangs wage a vicious war that leaves entire neighborhoods in flames, to the walled neon gardens of Inner Manhattan, where the upper class and lawmakers idle away their time enjoying the fruits of high culture, blissfully shielded from the chaos and agony of the outside world – for now.
Neon Inferno is a dynamic blend of side-scroller and gallery shooter where the action takes place both in the foreground and in the background (like playing Contra and Wild Guns at the same time) in a 32-bit sci-fi cityscape rendered in beautiful pixel art and backed by an evocative soundtrack. With danger lurking around every street corner, wouldn’t you be better off with a friend in two-player co-op? Enjoy a playthrough on an easier mode… or test your skills and stamina with the one-credit arcade mode! (So if you die, you won’t get a chance to continue).
So, the new game from Zenovia, who previously developed Steel Assault, will be set in 2055, and it looks pretty futuristic for New York three decades from now. But we’ll have to wait a little longer for Neon Inferno, as the game (currently announced for PC only) will be released on Steam in 2025. There might be talk of a console port later on.
Source: Gematsu
