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The best games you missed in 2021: Aerial_Knight’s Never YieldRun and fun
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It’s pretty difficult to quantify which games actually whip ass, mostly because it’s a little subjective. That being said, if barrelling through the streets of a futuristic, neon-glazed Detroit, hopping over pursuing cop cars and racing through business offices and factories to the tune of an engrossing soundtrack doesn’t whip ass, I don’t know what does.
That’s the promise ofAerial_Knight’s Never Yield. In fact, that’s all the context you’re given at the outset of Never Yield, as you’re simply plonked on a 2D side scrolling level and tasked to run as fast as you possibly can through an eye-popping recreation of Detroit. There’s no time to pause and explain why there’s an evil doppelganger of protagonist Wally haunting you, nor why you’re actually legging it away from the cops in the first place.
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Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield - Release Trailer
Perhaps “banger” is actually better used to describe Never Yield’s score. Jazz is pretty synonymous with Detroit, which emerged as a cultural powerhouse for blues and jazz in the early 20th century, and Never Yield feels at times like it’s paying homage to the jazz scene, with trumpets and other brass instruments punctuating the non-stop action. Combine that with a beautifully smooth percussion line underscoring the entire game, and Never Yield’s soundtrack is genuinely one of the best things I’ve heard in years.
