Si disfrutas con la ciencia ficción, las ambientaciones futuristas y las series o películas de detectives, Neon Blood está hecho perfectamente para ti. ChaoticBrain Studios ha conseguido desarrollar una muy buena aventura narrativa que mezcla de maravilla la estética cyberpunk con el cine negro. Aun con todos los clichés del género, su historia está realmente bien escrita y nos presenta una amplia variedad de personajes con los que charlar para conocer más sobre sus vidas o su personalidad.

Neon Blood es un juego que sin duda es visual y artísticamente llamativo. La combinación de su estética pixel art con el 3D de los escenarios es sublime e incluso el argumento es interesante, pero todo se desarrolla demasiado rápido, casi como si lo anterior dejara de tener interés suficiente. Los combates son demasiado sencillos o simples, y no ofrecen motivación más allá de ser otro trámite en pos de la propia historia, lo cual podía haberse mejorado añadiendo acompañantes o incluyendo una cierta estrategia en los mismos.

Neon Blood was still an enjoyable ride despite the issues listed, mainly again due to that stellar presentation and a tale that, while not exactly original, was executed well (and briefly) enough to keep our interest high throughout.

Although graphically impressive and it does manage to tell a decent story, Neon Blood’s gameplay may prove to be too lacking for any RPG fan. The game has the makings for a great adventure game if it were a couple hours longer perhaps but, it’s bare bones and unchallenging gameplay left quite a lot to be desired.

Playing through Neon Blood it is easy to see that it is a labor of love from some passionate developers. The pixel artwork and setting of the game are impressive and gorgeous looking at times and there is a certain level of detail to the world building that feels like there could be so much more to the game. But that feeling is sadly one that persists throughout many aspects of it, as the storyline itself isn’t bad but lacks impact thanks to its short length and lack of background details for certain characters outside of Mc Coin and the combat is bare bones at best and lackluster at its worst. With a handful of bugs accompanying it as well, it feels like Neon Blood could have been much more.