{"id":25927,"date":"2025-08-04T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25927"},"modified":"2025-07-15T01:50:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:50:26","slug":"neon-noodles-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/neon-noodles-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Noodles (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/neon_box-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_BOX-150x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_BOX-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This one claims to be a cooking game, but I think it\u2019s more an exercise in visual programming using STEM skills and such.\u00a0 The story is that in a dystopian future, most folks can\u2019t afford real food and just eat some kind of synthetic nutrition paste.\u00a0 But rich people can afford real food, so you are a chef and prepare food for the rich by arranging neon colored icons to perform actions.\u00a0 Neon Noodles is available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>In each stage, you must place icons depicting food and utensils and other things on a grid, and arrows in between to show what must be done first.\u00a0 You can also place bots that\u2019ll perform certain actions, too.\u00a0 You get your instructions through email-like text boxes and complete the stage when the requirements are met.\u00a0 The problem I had was I couldn\u2019t understand this game at all.\u00a0 I know my brain isn\u2019t wired to get computer programming, and that may be part of it, but I felt the instructions and tutorials were not clear whatsoever.\u00a0 So I really didn\u2019t get very far before becoming disinterested.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/neon_screen-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NEON_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neon Noodles is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Violent References and Language.\u00a0 Since the graphics are just symbols on a grid, the descriptors are in the text only.\u00a0 Because of the high difficulty and level of reading involved, I\u2019d say this one is best for older gamers.\u00a0 It\u2019s a shame because I think the game could be considered educational if I could\u2019ve figured it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one claims to be a cooking game, but I think it\u2019s more an exercise in visual programming using STEM skills and such.\u00a0 The story is that in a dystopian future, most folks can\u2019t afford real food and just eat some kind of synthetic nutrition paste.\u00a0 But rich people can afford real food, so you 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