Neodori Forever

Fri 7th Mar 2025

JJtheTexan said:

I want to give Neodori Forever a higher score. There is clearly some real talent behind its development. Unfortunately, it has some glaring issues that could have been caught with more playtesting.

This is a driving / racing game, but it is missing two key features: an accelerator and a brake. You do not control your car's speed, for the most part. It simply drives forward at top speed, unless you drift or use a nitro booster to go even faster. There is no way to slow down.

Then, there's the steering. It's very touchy and too sensitive to accurately hit crucial fuel can refills and coins (used to buy more vehicles), yet it's also unable to give you any real sense of control with respect to curves. If you hit a wall's outside curve, you are stuck, speeding against it until the wall ends. You can't brake, decelerate, or steer out of it.

The graphics are very nice, and wonderfully capture a "high-rez low poly" aesthetic. I like the art design a lot! The music is also quite good. It's a shame the gameplay isn't up to par. If Neodori Forever simply added a brake button (or speed control of any kind), it would be easy to recommend. I get that the developers were trying to make something different, but it just doesn't work.

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6/10