But the focus of the experience is not on the presentation but on the action. Jackelyne herself should have a little more detail to make her come alive. Aeon Drive delivers a very focused experience for anyone who loves classic platformer action and wants to test their skills against other players on constantly. This is clearly not a city that could exist, even in a cyberpunk future, but the levels are good, challenging but with plenty of visual cues for navigation. And neither the setting nor the story can compensate for the fact that I simply don’t have the muscle memory or reflex to excel.Īeon Drive uses a pixel-driven look to make the world of Neo Barcelona come alive. The game will delight players who love aiming for perfection, but it tended to frustrate me quite a bit. But it is easy to make a mistake and then another, trying to repair the first, then even a third, which means that it’s better to just commit suicide to get a restart. One mistake will not destroy a run most of the time. Technically anyone can do the same thing, but I refuse to think of how many hours that would take. There are levels where I just sneaked under the time limit that some people have completed in six seconds. And only then move as fast as they can to reach the end and maybe grab some hot dogs or gems.įor the truly dedicated ones, the process continues with more exploration that can lead to even lower-level run times. Then test their plan of approach for two or three. The game basically asks the player to get familiar with the environment for a few runs. There are multiple paths, some of them featuring a chance to get collectibles, and I failed every new area the first time I tackled it. Movement, slashes, throws, and recalls need to be combined in fluid ways to get across the levels before 30 seconds expire. It is also the only way to get past deadly beams and other obstacles. But her main trick is a teleporter that sticks to surfaces and allows her to move significant distances quickly. Jackelyne is pretty nimble, able to wall jump and slide through the levels, using a sword to take out enemies, more speed bumps than actual threats. If the protagonist gets hit you are back to the start of the level, with some extra knowledge and a new chance to reach the exit before time runs out. The only way to extend that limit, just slightly, is to get at least four hourglasses from the level.
When each level (there are 100 of them to move through) starts the player only has 30 seconds on the clock to complete it. The story is limited but a solid framing device for the action.Īeon Drive is a two-dimensional action platformer with a focus on fast movement and level replay. Conveniently, getting the drives Jackelyne needs also means saving Neo-Barcelona from destruction.
She seeks items needed to repair her ship (inter-dimensional travel is involved) and that involves moving through the cyberpunk location, getting help from her digital assistant Vera. The narrative is built around Jackelyne, a space ranger that moves through a futuristic version of Barcelona.
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The game is offered on the PlayStation 5, the Xbox Series X/S, older platforms from both Sony and Microsoft, the Nintendo Switch, but I played it on the PC using Steam. I am ready to run again, but hopefully with a better result.Īeon Drive is developed by 2Awesome Studio and published by Critical Reflex. As the countdown reaches zero my character dissolves. I shoot my teledagger up, but I connect to nothing. I fail to expertly wall jump again, and I think I have no more time.
You’ll play as Jackelyne, a young space ranger from another dimension. A suite of wall jumps leads me to an enemy I chop down expertly before flinging the teleport item again to move faster to the nearest wall. Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist Whether solo or with up to 4 friends, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
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