Whether you’re on a skateboard, a motorbike, a sports car, a horse, and whether you’re travelling through a forest, a city, the skies or some abstract Escher style world, twisting and morphing under your feet as the camera swoops around (all at a flawless 60 frames per second), you might want to put a little net in front of your mouth to stop flies taking advantage of your constantly-dropped jaw. Stream it on Spotify if you don’t believe me.To go into too much detail would be to spoil part of the game’s essence: half the fun here is starting a new level and letting out a wee swear word – not an angry one, but an awe-inspired one, probably with “ohhh” before it – as you realise how the game’s managed to transform its basic mechanic into yet another different style. Your only choice is to retry and improve, and the game makes these re-treads worthwhile by accompanying the action with a pop soundtrack that’s an absolute pleasure. It’s just so moreish miss those coveted gold ranks on each stage and it’s impossible to settle for just silver – or even worse, the lowly bronze. The game is always playing with new visual variety, without overcomplicating the actual way you play.

It reminds me most of Tetris Effect, last year’s incredible musical take on the block-smashing classic. Then you’re atop the back of a deer, hurtling through a block-colour forest. Then you’re racing through neon streets on the back of a motorcycle in a high-speed chase. In one stage you’re skating, in another you’re engaging in fisticuffs. Instead, Simogo manages to surprise and delight with each new stage.

You’re not restrained to a single structure or formula this is not a K-pop Guitar Hero, nor merely a hand-held dance mat. But Sayonara Wild Hearts eschews a lot of the rigid familiarity of that genre at the same time.

If you had to label it, this would be a rhythm action game – boil it down and it’s essentially a chase for high scores set against beautiful backdrops, punching stylised enemies and swerving to catch neon hearts in high-speed chases.

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