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Sol Cresta (ソルクレスタ) is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Platinum Games and published by Hamster in 2022 for the Sony PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC through Steam.

Story[]

It is Cosmic Year 101. Humanity is facing an unprecedented crisis. It all began when Mandler, Archfiend of the Void, appeared from a distant cloud of darkness and invaded the solar system. The Mandler Army gained control over several planets within a short time, and built a fortress on the moon with the intention to invade Earth.

Humanity combined its forces and developed the CR47, an advanced multi stage docking rocket, and established Lunar Recovery Army Moon Cresta to confront this threat. Sadly, their brave fight was in vain as they were helpless before Mandler's "Power of Void" and in the end, Earth fell into Mandler's clutches. With their homes taken, the people managed to flee to a secret underwater base, but they did not stand idly by as their planet fell deeper into darkness.

They gathered what little forces remained and formed Earth Recovery Army Terra Cresta. from their underwater base, they launched the multi-docking fighter Wing Galiber to strike back at Mandler. It was a heated battle with neither side backing down. For a brief moment, the Mandler Army appeared to have been destroyed but Mandler, sustained by the Power of Void, returned leading Zofer, the Universal Order of Darkness and attacked Earth once more. Although humanity resisted with everything they had and beat back the new threat, they eventually realized that they had been drawn into a never-ending war with the seemingly endless waves of invaders. Ultimately, what awaited them at the end of their heroic fight was a devastating loss.

An even stronger invasion force known as Mega Zofer finally took control of the sun itself, leaving humanity with no choice but to flee to Laomedeia, the 12th moon of Neptune located at the edge of the solar system. With their lives hanging by a thread, humanity formed Solar Recovery Army Sol Cresta, and with their last hopes raced to develop the Yamato, an all new, cutting-edge docking fighter.

And now, the hand of Mega Zofer stretches toward humanity's last stronghold...

Gameplay[]

Sol Cresta greatly expands on the gameplay mechanics from its predecessors. The player controls the Yamato, a ship comprised of three separate units, with each unit having its own unique shot type which is mostly effective against certain enemies. By pressing the formation change button the three units are separated while time is slowed down, allowing the player to rearrange the order of the ships to better suit the situation: the frontal ship acts as the main attacker and the third gives support fire, while the second ship is used for charged shots. If the player has collected the corresponding formation icons on the current stage it can also position the ships in the specific pattern of the formation icon in order to launch a powerful attack, with each formation giving a different attack type. While a special formation is active only the frontal ship is vulnerable. Both charged attacks and formation attacks consume from the Sol Meter, which refills by shooting down enemies.

New to Sol Cresta is the presence of the Sol Gauge, a vertical bar on the right of the screen which starts emptied out on every stage but fills up as the player collects coins dropped by enemies and from passing through colored rings. As the gauge fills up, the player unlocks various buffs and bonuses to power up the ship, including passive attack/speed boosts, upgrading the Sol Meter, adding more shields and unlocking Command Shots, special attacks which are executed through directional combinations.

Characters[]

Playable Ships[]

Glossary[]

Stages and Bosses[]

Stage Name Mid-boss Boss
1 Neptune Chubo Mark II Whelgar
2 Uranus Trimurti: Brahma (First Encounter) Diebo
3 Saturn Trimurti: Brahma, Vishnu (Second Encounter) Hoborg
4 Mars Daicon Mark II (Arcade). Daicon Mark II, Mega Antimatter Particle Cannon (Dramatic Edition Only.) Trimurti: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (Third Encounter)
5 Terra Chubo Mark III (Arcade Mode), Chubo Mark III and Trimurti (Fourth Encounter, acting as a support. Dramatic Edition Only) Shadow Mandler
6 Mercury Daicon Mark III Trimurti Veda
7 Sol Dark Wing Galiber Mandler
Sol Mandler

Enemies[]

Enemies encountered in Sol Cresta, some of them are returning enemies from the Cresta and other games (are in brackets):

Achievements[]

Icon Name Description Details
Solar Recovery Army Sol Cresta Win all trophies!
Raging Water Planet Beat Neptune!
Hidden Cloud Planet Beat Uranus!
Harsh Dune Planet Beat Saturn!
Forbidding Ice Planet Beat Mars!
Verdant, Vibrant Planet Beat Terra!
Blazing Hellscape Planet Beat Mercury!
The Cursed, Empty sun Beat Sol!
Rookie Pilot Beat all stages on Very Easy difficulty!
Novice Pilot Beat all stages on Easy difficulty!
Seasoned Pilot Beat all stages on Normal difficulty!
Veteran Pilot Beat all stages on Hard difficulty!
Ace Pilot Beat all stages on Platinum Hard difficulty!
5-Star Pilot Beat all stages on Level 10 difficulty!
Solar Recovery is Go! (Very Easy) Played on Very Easy difficulty for the first time!
Solar Recovery is Go! (Easy) Played on Easy difficulty for the first time!
Solar Recovery is Go! (Normal) Played on Normal difficulty for the first time!
Solar Recovery is Go! (Hard) Played on Hard difficulty for the first time!
Solar Recovery is Go! (Platinum Hard) Played on Platinum Hard difficulty for the first time!
Get in Formation Made all Formations on one stage!
Line of Fire Used all Formation Shots on one stage!
Chain of Command Used all Command Shots on one stage!
Yamato Unleashed Leveled the Yamato up to the maximum!
Avenger Earned a score of 3,000,000!
Vaporizer Earned a score of 4,000,000!
Obliterator Earned a score of 6,000,000!
Dominator Earned a score of 8,000,000!
Eradicator Earned a score of 10,000,000!
Untouchable (Neptune) Beat Neptune without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Untouchable (Uranus) Beat Uranus without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Untouchable (Saturn) Beat Saturn without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Untouchable (Mars) Beat Mars without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Untouchable (Terra) Beat Terra without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Untouchable (Mercury) Beat Mercury without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Untouchable (Sol) Beat Sol without taking any damage (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Sol Medal Collector Fill the Sol Gauge 3 times!
Frozen Formation Beat all stages without using Formation Shots (Normal difficulty or higher)!
Formation Master Defeated 10,000 enemies with Formation Shots!
Meteor Masher Destroyed 500 meteors! Meteors can only be destroyed with the drill shot.
Emblem Collector Collected 500 emblems!
Container Hunter Destroyed 500 item containers! Item containers can only be destroyed with the corresponding colored shot.
Platinum Luster Entered "?????" as your name! Enter "PLATINUM" as your name on the ranking screen.
Secret of the Universe Successfully entered the Platinum Command!
Coin Operator Added 99 credits! Credits can only be added on the title screen.
Join the Ranks Entered your name for the first time!
Music of the Spheres Accessed the Sound Test!
Time's Running Out Played Caravan Mode!
Points for Bravery Played Score Attack Mode!
Network Novice Viewed online rankings!
Pt Discovery Got Pt! Pt Shirogane appears after the player shoots down a formation icon enough times.
Solar System Secret Got a secret bonus! It can be obtained by collecting all formations on a stage, defeating a boss with a full formation, destroying a Sol Ball, collecting ten of the same formation chip or passing through a secret area on a stage.

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