Neon Fist: Tower Raid

About Neon Fist: Tower Raid

Neon Fist: Tower Raid is a side-scrolling brawler that actually scrolls. Five streets climb the tower — a rain-soaked rooftop, a metro underpass, a lantern market, a skybridge and the dojo at the top — and you walk every metre of them. The camera runs with you until a crew steps out to block the way, holds while you settle it, and opens again when the ground is clear.

It is a brawler with depth in both senses. The street is a band you move around in, not a line, so a punch thrown thirty pixels off someone's line goes past their nose. Punches chain into combos, kicks knock people down, and a special costs chi and clears the space around you. Four fighters to pick from, four kinds of thug to work through, and a boss guarding the stairs on every floor.

Bring people. Two to four raiders share one street and one camera in online co-op, and the way up only opens when the whole section is down. Seats nobody has taken are held by the tower's own fighters, marked AI, and they step aside the moment a player arrives.

How to play Neon Fist: Tower Raid

Walk with W A S D or the arrow keys — up and down move you through the depth of the street, not just along it. Punch with J, kick with K, and spend chi on a special with L. Space hops.

Clear each section to open the way. When a crew blocks the street the camera holds; put all of them down and the arrow appears telling you to move up.

Five floors, a boss on each. You get three trips back to your feet — when those are gone the raid is over, so use the health and chi that beaten fighters drop.