NEON STRUCT: Carrion Carrier

Ignore the trailer, it doesn't do the game much justice. I recommend this game to people that enjoy delivery quests in games where you have to go from one side of a map to another side but via a mystery path, if that makes sense. You can buy ability upgrades as you find coins in random places. Add more tags to your game so it can get more recognition.

[h1]Before I played NEON STRUCT: Carrion Carrier, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

Perfect for playing while in class

Run boring milk runs with a time limit in a literal maze-like city. Got all the upgrades I could think of and still couldn't beat the bonus time though. Do I need to phase through the &$*@&$! wall? Do watch out for the security camera search lights though, you get dinged for that. Start by going to the marker dot without an orange center, marker dots with orange centers are where you get energy, which costs credits. See the start of this review for info on how to get credits.

For a free game this is a lot of fun. It's quite fun trying to find the optimum paths through a level trying to get from checkpoint to checkpoint before your energy runs out. Well worth a try, given how much it costs.

Took me about an hour to finish. I wouldn't at all be surprised if there's a hidden ending somewhere in there, the hidden tapes I was finding probably mean something, but idk if I got them all. It's a fun speedrunning game for sure. The energy and credits system effectively motivate precise platforming, speed and environmental awareness as well as encouraging you to use the abilities together in interesting ways. The security cameras definitely help give the game difficulty by giving you a fine every time you're spotted by one. The platforming takes some getting used to, I found myself frequently missing jumps and especially skips I tried to do. But I think the platforming is fair. The ledge grapple is the only thing I felt might have been letting me down. Combining movement abilities to try and save time is definitely fun, trying to avoid fines as much as possible so I can afford energy, that's fun too. It's a solid game. Maybe not quite as difficult as it should be, I only failed once and started over from the beginning. I made it to the end on a single run without saves or restarts. It's polished enough to sell in my opinion, but the short length must be part of why it's free (probably would get a lot of refunds unfortunately). I was getting hotline miami (for presentation as well) and old-school gta 1-3 vibes from the phone missions as well. I enjoyed it a lot. Performance definitely wasn't as good as I would expect, given the graphics. That's a shame. But it was playable on my system, and since it's free and an absurdly small download, it's definitely worth trying out and seeing if it works for you. I'll definitely be revisiting this one sometime with another playthrough and seeing if I can find anything I missed and improve my times/earnings. 8/10 (+1 for being free and charming <3 ) Edit: I see now this was a game jam game, I'm honestly impressed. The simplicity felt intentional without feeling rushed. That would likely explain the short length. It gets high praise from me as a game jam game.