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Coffee Crisis Switch NSP Free Download Romslab Coffee Crisis follows two baristas, Nick and Ashley, who close their coffee house early to go defend the earth from Smurglians, an alien species invading the earth. Gone are the traditional alien invasion tropes of harvesting our water, oxygen, or body parts, as the Smurglians are instead intent on stealing our WiFi, coffee, and heavy metal music- you know, things we actually rely on. The plot itself isn’t the most compelling, but some rather humorous scenarios and one-liners do add more substance. As you’d expect from a beat ‘em up, gameplay consists of defeating every character that comes your way, including a plethora of different aliens, possessed cowboys, and old people. ROMSLAB.COM Best Switch Games

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Your main method of attack to swing your trusty bag of coffee beans at any fool in your path, as well as grabbing aliens and throwing them back towards your enemies like some twisted version of dodgeball. Co-op play is encouraged as only one Joy-Con is needed, making for a more arcade-like feel to the gameplay. This isn’t where the arcade similarities stop, either. Coffee Crisis is, at its core, a love letter to classic video games. Stages and characters are nostalgic and loaded with Easter eggs. The 16-bit graphics translate perfectly on to the Switch, but if this is still too modern for you, modifiers can temporarily apply CRT filters that will have you reminiscing about static and screen flicker for hours.

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Not all the included throwbacks stood the test of time, however. The inclusion of mandatory passwords to play each level is a novel inclusion but soon becomes frustrating once you need to input it every time you run out of lives (which is a lot). Given the Smurglians’ obsession with heavy metal music, this features rather prominently in the soundtrack. Heavy metal isn’t my cup of tea, but the frenzy of relentlessly spamming attacks whilst hordes of aliens surround you matches perfectly with the aggressive music which seems in sync with what happens onscreen. It’s not just the heavy metal that Coffee Crisis gets right, either. Concordia: Digital Edition Switch

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Even the music on the pause menu is on point, using elevator music to give you a rest from the overall hectic nature of the game. Coffee Crisis’s caffeine will be just one aspect that will get your heart racing. Whilst the game itself is short, the intensity makes for quite a challenging task on the harder difficulties. Random game modifiers are applied to certain sections of the level, which can either grant you buffs or hinder your progress by boosting enemy stats. Unfortunately, boss stages are underwhelming compared to the rest of the game, as most of the challenge in Coffee Crisis comes from the sheer amount of attackers intent on destroying you rather than a sole enemy.

Bang your head to an incendiary heavy metal soundtrack!

Overall, with its humour, high-intensity gameplay and homages to classic video games, there’s a latte [Dear me – Ed.] Coffee Crisis has to offer. Perhaps it’s time we brought back beat ‘em up games. Coffee Crisis is thoroughly retro. So much so that developer Mega Cat Studios has even released the game on Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. While these old school tendencies yield much of the game’s appeal, they are equally the cause of many of its faults and frustrations resulting in a brief but brutal nostalgia trip filled with heavy metal and coffee beans. Written by and featuring Pittsburgh’s Black Forge Coffee House, Coffee Crisis tells an absurd tale of alien invasions and vengeful baristas. Conduct TOGETHER! Switch NSP

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It’s narrative nonsense but this pulpy, Saturday-morning cartoon-inspired tale provides just enough context for your journey to feel at least semi-cohesive from level to level. And that’s fortunate because from the streets of Pittsburgh to alien planets and caffeine-induced hallucinations, each level presents you with an increasingly heady mix of frantic combat, far-out visual design, and face-melting riffs.Taking inspiration from arcade classic beat ’em ups like Alien Storm and the recently rejuvenated Streets of Rage, Coffee Crisis’ keeps combat simple with a select set of moves. Combining punches, kicks, and special attacks with a variety of power-ups and weapon pickups, you plough through an eclectic mix of enemies from aliens, government agents and elderly people to jocks, punks and cowboys.

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There’s certainly a strategy to combat but Coffee Crisis all too often fills the screen with an overwhelming number of foes reducing your calculated approach to a frenzy of button mashing and finger-crossing as you strive to survive. While this lack of composure may say more about my ability as a player more than the game itself, Coffee Crisis, true to its retro tendencies, offers a brutal challenge, one I was only able to overcome on the easiest difficulty, while at times still struggling. The addition of a buddy in co-op certainly lessens the challenge, but whether teaming up or going it alone, Coffee Crisis’ difficulty remains punishing. Conga Master Party! Switch NSP

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However, this difficulty, although not my fondest feature, is undoubtedly a big part of the game’s appeal, and I’m certain those more hardcore than myself will be speedrunning the game on its absurdly punishing “death metal” difficulty with a sadistic grin on their face.Equally unrelenting is the game’s soundtrack, provided by melodic death metal band Greywalker. If Doom Eternal has proven one thing, apart from that demons are very gooey and satisfying to kill, its that combat is all the more intense when backed by crunchy riffs and pummeling breakdowns. This holds true with Greywalker’s guitar-laden score which stomps and gallops in perfect pace with the on-screen action, adding a sense of spectacle and a satisfying sonic punch to the ebb and flow of combat.

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