{"id":15446,"date":"2025-09-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/mini-review-neon-noodles-ps5-cyberpunk-factory-puzzler-doesnt-quite-satisfy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:00:00","slug":"mini-review-neon-noodles-ps5-cyberpunk-factory-puzzler-doesnt-quite-satisfy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/mini-review-neon-noodles-ps5-cyberpunk-factory-puzzler-doesnt-quite-satisfy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mini Review: Neon Noodles (PS5) &#8211; Cyberpunk Factory Puzzler Doesn&#8217;t Quite Satisfy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/mini-review-neon-noodles-ps5-cyberpunk-factory-puzzler-doesnt-quite-satisfy\/#Mini_Review_Neon_Noodles_PS5_%E2%80%93_Cyberpunk_Factory_Puzzler_Doesnt_Quite_Satisfy\" >Mini Review: Neon Noodles (PS5) &#8211; Cyberpunk Factory Puzzler Doesn&#8217;t Quite Satisfy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/mini-review-neon-noodles-ps5-cyberpunk-factory-puzzler-doesnt-quite-satisfy\/#Accessibility_Features\" >Accessibility Features<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mini_Review_Neon_Noodles_PS5_%E2%80%93_Cyberpunk_Factory_Puzzler_Doesnt_Quite_Satisfy\"><\/span>Mini Review: Neon Noodles (PS5) &#8211; Cyberpunk Factory Puzzler Doesn&#8217;t Quite Satisfy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"picture embed pictures\" id=\"screenshots\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158634\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158634\/900x.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neon Noodles Review - Screenshot 1 of 6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"swiper-container\">\n<ul class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<li class=\"swiper-slide first\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158635\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158635\/170x110.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neon Noodles Review - Screenshot 2 of 6\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"swiper-slide\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158636\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158636\/170x110.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neon Noodles Review - Screenshot 3 of 6\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"swiper-slide\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158637\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158637\/170x110.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neon Noodles Review - Screenshot 4 of 6\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"swiper-slide\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158638\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158638\/170x110.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neon Noodles Review - Screenshot 5 of 6\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"swiper-slide last\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158639\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/screenshots\/158639\/170x110.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"110\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Neon Noodles Review - Screenshot 6 of 6\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><span class=\"icon icon-chevron-left\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><span class=\"icon icon-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Neon Noodles is an assembly line puzzle game set in a dystopian future where it&#8217;s your job to mass-produce various items of food. While that may sound a fairly tasty premise on the face of it, unfortunately the game itself doesn&#8217;t quite have the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>The game is essentially about organising grid-based automations to fulfil specific recipes in the most efficient way you can think of.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:pushsquare.com\/ssl\/ps5\/accessibility-report\/5186\/embed @ 1757955605 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"accessibility-report\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accessibility_Features\"><\/span>Accessibility Features<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<dl class=\"accessibility-features scrollbars expandable\">\n<dt data-group=\"gameplay\" data-count=\"1\">Gameplay<\/dt>\n<dd data-group=\"gameplay\">\n<ul class=\"tag-list\">\n<li class=\" first last\"><span class=\"tag-info\">Low Pressure <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Low Pressure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/86-Low+Pressure\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt data-group=\"assists\" data-count=\"2\">Assists<\/dt>\n<dd data-group=\"assists\">\n<ul class=\"tag-list\">\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"tag-info\">Tutorials <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Tutorials\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/82-Tutorials\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"tag-info\">Adjust Game Speed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Adjust Speed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/85-Adjust+Speed\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt data-group=\"controls\" data-count=\"5\">Controls<\/dt>\n<dd data-group=\"controls\">\n<ul class=\"tag-list\">\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"tag-info\">Single Stick Controls <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Multiple Buttons &amp; Single Stick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/9-Multiple+Buttons+%26+Single+Stick\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tag-info\">View Control Mapping <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about View Control Mapping\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/151-View+Control+Mapping\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tag-info\">Holding Down Buttons Optional <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Holding Down Buttons Optional\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/37-Holding+Down+Buttons+Optional\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tag-info\">No Simultaneous Buttons <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about No Simultaneous Buttons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/178-No+Simultaneous+Buttons\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"tag-info\">Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Rapid Repeated Pressing Optional\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/39-Rapid+Repeated+Pressing+Optional\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt data-group=\"visual\" data-count=\"5\">Visual<\/dt>\n<dd data-group=\"visual\">\n<ul class=\"tag-list\">\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"tag-info\">High Contrast Text <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about High Contrast Text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/99-High+Contrast+Text\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tag-info\">Large Clear Navigation <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Large Clear Navigation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/122-Large+Clear+Navigation\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tag-info\">Colour Blind Friendly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Colour blind friendly\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/120-Colour+blind+friendly\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"tag-info\">No Busy Backgrounds <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about No Busy Backgrounds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/157-No+Busy+Backgrounds\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"tag-info\">No Screen Shake <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about No Screen Shake\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/156-No+Screen+Shake\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt data-group=\"audio\" data-count=\"2\">Audio<\/dt>\n<dd data-group=\"audio\">\n<ul class=\"tag-list\">\n<li class=\" first\"><span class=\"tag-info\">All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about All Speech Subtitled (Or No Speech In Game)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/105-All+Speech+Subtitled+%28Or+No+Speech+In+Game%29\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"tag-info\">Play Without Hearing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"tag-i external\" title=\"Find out more about Play Without Hearing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/search\/accessibility\/161-Play+Without+Hearing\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p class=\"text\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"full-report tag external\" title=\"Read Full Accessibility Report for Neon Noodles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/accessibility\/Neon+Noodles\">Full Accessibility Report <span class=\"icon icon-link-external\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"data-provider\"><span class=\"icon icon-info2\"><\/span> Data by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familygamingdatabase.com\/\">Family Gaming Database<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For example, you might need to make fried rice; this involves preparing rice, vegetables, and chicken before bringing it all together to complete the order.<\/p>\n<p>Precisely how you do this is down to you. At your disposal are robots, who can perform actions like moving and picking up items, and various stations where they can cook food items. You can tell a robot what to do by recording the actions you want it to take.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re essentially programming a series of commands to achieve each puzzle, with a soft goal of doing so in the fewest moves and smallest area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"for-mobile insert insert-label\">\n<div id=\"inject-primis-player\" data-src-primis=\"https:\/\/live.primis.tech\/live\/liveView.php?s=117168&amp;vp_content=plembed39b4tigwxqjz&amp;cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&amp;playerApiId=primis_player_float&amp;schain=1.0,1!ziffdavis.com,22392450815,1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s a gameplay formula that&#8217;s been done a few times before, and Neon Noodles makes a fair attempt at it. Each object has a simplified neon symbol, making them easy to identify, and it can be fun figuring out the best way to approach each mission.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, though, it&#8217;s cumbersome to play on a controller, the difficulty is inconsistent, and as the game layers in more complex puzzles, it all becomes a bit messy.<\/p>\n<p>Menus are finicky and the controls are confusing at first, with lots of functions to get used to. It very much feels like one of those games designed for mouse and keyboard, and while an attempt has been made to squash it all down to a pad, it hasn&#8217;t quite worked.<\/p>\n<p>There are the bones of a decent game in here, but its issues prevent it from being the compulsive factory puzzler we were hoping for.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside class=\"positive-negative\">\n<ul class=\"positives\">\n<li class=\" first\">Neon aesthetic is quite nice<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\">Intriguing premise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"negatives\">\n<li class=\" first\">Poor presentation<\/li>\n<li>Fiddly menus<\/li>\n<li>Confusing controls<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\">Fluctuating difficulty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"scoring rating\">\n<p class=\"stars\"><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star accent\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><span class=\"icon icon-star\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"score\"><span class=\"accent\">Poor<\/span> <span class=\"value accent\">4<\/span>\/<span class=\"best\">10<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"policy\">Review copy provided by eastasiasoft<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"ethics#product-reviews\">How we review products<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"scoring#score-4\">Scoring Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/game\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Game<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/reviews\/ps5\/neon-noodles\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini Review: Neon Noodles (PS5) &#8211; Cyberpunk Factory Puzzler Doesn&#8217;t Quite Satisfy Neon Noodles is an assembly line puzzle game set in a dystopian future where it&#8217;s your job to mass-produce various items of food. While that may sound a fairly tasty premise on the face of it, unfortunately the game itself doesn&#8217;t quite have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/89485311b7921\/1280x720.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1782,1402,1783,1400,1398],"class_list":["post-15446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game","tag-eastasiasoft","tag-mini-reviews","tag-neon-noodles","tag-ps5","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}