Sol Cresta from Platinum Games Gets February Release Date
PlatinumGames' upcoming classic arcade shooter Sol Cresta has finally been announced for release. Born from an April Fool's joke, Sol Cresta'sdifficult birth has already yielded a promising release with lots of attention.
A previous untimely delay to Sol Cresta left expectant fans disappointed, but the time gap appears to have been forgiven by gamers and improved the game's expansive progression. A recent livestream from the PlatinumGames' official YouTube channel demonstrated new gameplay in action including previously unrevealed stages from the game, stepping up the hype.
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Over the course of the two-hour livestream, the excited developers announced Sol Cresta will be released on February 22, highlighting the special number pattern affectionately known as "Two's Day." PC, Switch, and PS4 owners will all have the opportunity to play, and the $40 price, which is considerably low for a game coming from an AAA studio, should be enough to entice even casual players. The visual design is intended to appeal to retro gaming fans both new and old, with the most notable comparisons to long-lasting arcade classics like Galaga that have impacted worlds beyond gaming.
Beginning with one ship and gradually upgrading to three ships, all rendered in faux 16-bit style for that retro arcade feel, Sol Cresta's constant barrage of bullets and baddies means players' skills will be tested. Player ships can be merged together or separated at will in a method called "Formations," with limited boosters depending on the type of attack patterns being used at any one time while enemy ships are relentlessly returning fire. Stage 3 gameplay also showed off the varied power-ups that
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