Soda Story: Brewing Tycoon
- June 21, 2018
- jonzer0
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Get on itch.io Store"Soda Story: Brewing Tycoon" is a casual management game where you run a soda brewing operation as a prisoner on a reality TV show, "Prisoneers." The goal is to become the best soda brewer, competing against other prisoners for fame, fortune, and reduced sentences. Balance resources, create popular soda recipes, and navigate the challenges of reality TV while managing your brewery.
Reviews
- The game features an enjoyable grinding loop and addictive gameplay, making it easy to lose track of time.
- It has a unique and quirky art style, along with a fun story that keeps players engaged.
- The developers are responsive and actively update the game, showing a commitment to improving the player experience.
- The game suffers from bugs, particularly with automation bots getting stuck, which can hinder progress.
- Some players find the game repetitive and feel it can become boring after a while.
- Certain essences and content are locked behind story progression, which can limit exploration and experimentation.
- story15 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 47 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The game's story is a quirky and engaging backdrop that enhances the gameplay, with players navigating a narrative about brewing soda while being imprisoned. While the story provides a fun progression system, it also restricts access to certain game elements until significant story milestones are reached, which can be frustrating for some. Overall, the narrative is praised for its humor and unique art style, making the experience enjoyable and addictive.
“The story is a fun, cute constant push forward in progression - but it never feels like you're being steamrolled into rushing an objective.”
“Quirky and the art style is really nice, but super fun and found it really addicting trying to progress through the story!”
“A con is that you are limited on the essences you can get until you progress past points in the story.”
“This leads to the bulk of hidden/puzzle essences being locked behind completing ~75% of the story.”
“So... I just wanted to brew some soda, but apparently there's a story, and the story is that you're in prison and are forced to produce goods.”
- gameplay6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay is highly praised for its solid tycoon mechanics and enjoyable loop, particularly appealing to simulation and automation fans. Players appreciate the depth of the minigames and the intricate combinations of elements, alongside a compelling storyline that enhances the overall experience.
“It's a really solid tycoon game with an overall enjoyable gameplay loop.”
“As a big soda fan, I was quite happy with the soda gameplay!”
“If you love simulation games and the satisfaction of automation gameplay mechanics, then this is the game for you!”
- graphics3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's graphics are praised for their unique and quirky art style, which initially attracted players. The aesthetic contributes to the overall enjoyment and addictiveness of the gameplay, enhancing the experience of progressing through the story.
“Honestly, I got it for its aesthetic, before realizing there's a good amount of depth to this game.”
“I'm a huge fan of tycoon/'build up from the start' games, and seeing the unique art style and concept, Soda Story caught my eye immediately.”
“Quirky and the art style is really nice; super fun and found it really addicting trying to progress through the story!”
- stability2 mentions
- 150 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 150 % negative mentions
Overall, the game is stable and runs smoothly under normal conditions, but users report significant bugs when attempting to run scenarios with 100 or more bots.
“No performance issues; the game runs great and smooth unless you decide to have 100+ bots.”
“The stability of the game is impressive, providing a seamless experience even during intense gameplay.”
“I haven't encountered any crashes or bugs, which makes for a very stable gaming experience.”
“The game is too buggy.”
“Frequent crashes make it unplayable.”
“I experienced constant lag and instability.”
- grinding1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding loop to be enjoyable, indicating that the repetitive tasks are engaging and satisfying.
- optimization1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Overall, the game is well-optimized and runs smoothly without performance issues, except when players choose to engage with an excessive number of bots (100+), which can lead to performance degradation.
“No performance issues; the game runs great and smooth unless you, for some odd reason, decide to have 100+ bots.”
“The optimization is impressive, allowing for a seamless experience even in demanding scenarios.”
“I appreciate how well the game handles various settings, making it accessible for different hardware configurations.”
- humor1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is characterized as both funny and silly, contributing to an entertaining narrative experience.
“The story is really funny and silly too!”
“The humor in this game had me laughing out loud!”
“I love the witty dialogue and hilarious character interactions!”
