Soda Crisis
Release Date: May 24, 2022
Action, science fiction, platformers, humorous, shoot 'em up, 2.5D, side-scroll, singleplayer
OpenCritic
An action platformer, resembling the popular game My Friend Pedro. Soda Crisis tasks us with facing hordes of aliens to save the worldwide soda reserves.
Soda Crisis is an action platformer, bringing the very warmly received My Friend Pedro to mind. The game was developed by Team Soda and published by bilibili.
Plot
Soda Crisis takes place in a world facing a massive disaster. Due to an alien invastion, the world's soda reserves have been lost. The game's protagonist decides to challenge the invaders and recover the soda supplies, saving the Earth before it is too late.
Mechanics
Soda Crisis is a side-scroller. The player traverses various locations, jumps across platforms, avoids obstacles and traps, runs on walls and swings across pits with a grappling hook. On the way, you will face hordes of armed, soda-thirsty opponents, fighting them with melee weapons and numerous guns. Aside from generic foes, the player will also face powerful bosses, needing to uncover their weak spots and apply unique strategies. Progressing through the game rewards you with more diverse gear and upgrades to already-owned equipment.
The gameplay is very dynamic, requiring constant movement from the player (both during exploration and combat), as well as considerable dexterity and reflexes. All this makes the game quite a challenge. Nevertheless, the protagonist respawns immediately after death, letting him quickly throw himself back into the fray. The game isn't very long, taking about 4 hours to complete. After the end credits, the player can try out the speedrun mode or the bonus level, in which our hero is armed only with... an umbrella.
Technical aspects
The artsyle of Soda Crisis is colorful, cartoonish and easily readable. The game features a fast-paced, electronic soundtrack.
Videos and Screens
[1:19] Soda Crisis trailer #1
Screen Rant: 4 / 5 by Jacob Zeranko
That said, the story is far from the focus of the game and its strong gameplay and striking visual design more than make up for it. The pounding electronic soundtrack is worth shouting out as well because each song manages to perfectly match the energy of the player at any given moment. There are also a ton of minigames present to shake things up in the post-game, such as a speedrunning mode and a bunch of collectable game cartridges that can be played via the arcade machine in home base. Through its marriage of bullet-hell gunplay and fast-paced platforming of games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Soda Crisis stands out as a phenomenal side-scrolling action-adventure.
Kakuchopurei: 80 / 100 by Lewis Larcombe
It's weird to use nostalgia to describe such a modern-looking game but with how the game feels mechanically, I can't help but see [Soda Crisis] as a true successor to the older joystick platform shooters we used to play when we were kids.
NookGaming: 8 / 10 by Wes Playfair
Soda Crisis serves up a sugary, refreshing can of good old arcade-style fun. Whether you’re in cola withdraw rage or just want to blast baddies and cause chaos, Soda Crisis goes down sweet and satisfying.
Soda Crisis Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Soda Crisis System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 770 or better, 20 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit