Tales of the Neon Sea
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Tales of the Neon Sea is an adventure developed by Palm Pioneer, released 29 April 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Tales of the Neon Sea is
Tales of the Neon Sea is an adventure game developed by Palm Pioneer and released in 2019. It was published by Zodiac Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the near future, humans and sentient AI robots rely on each other for survival despite growing tensions and unease. Our protagonist, formerly a veteran police detective but now retired following years of frustration and disillusionment, spends his days intoxicated while accepting random jobs as a private investigator to make ends meet. He exists within the neon sea of an immense city, its blinding artificial lights unable to hide the shadow of greed and lust that threatens to engulf it at any moment. This drunken cycle is broken when our hero becomes entangled in a missing persons case, one which holds the key to tracking down a monstrous killer who long ago escaped justice. Unlock your…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Tales of the Neon Sea holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Tales of the Neon Sea launched on 29 April 2019, within three weeks of Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800 and Katana Zero. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800, Katana Zero.
Official trailer
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