<s>
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2022	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
PlatinumGames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
seventh	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
series	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
Japan-exclusive	O
1997	O
game	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
3D	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
February	O
22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
is	O
a	O
vertical-scrolling	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Solar	O
Recovery	O
Army	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
,	O
led	O
by	O
war	O
hero	O
Go	O
Kurogane	O
,	O
is	O
then	O
formed	O
in	O
resistance	O
to	O
the	O
Mandler	O
army	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Takanori	O
Sato	O
,	O
with	O
music	O
by	O
Yuzo	O
Koshiro	O
,	O
while	O
PlatinumGames	O
 '	O
chief	O
designer	O
Hideki	O
Kamiya	O
assumed	O
the	O
roles	O
of	O
creative	O
and	O
story	O
director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kamiya	O
wrote	O
in	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
blog	O
post	O
that	O
PlatinumGames	O
had	O
come	O
to	O
be	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
studio	O
that	O
makes	O
action	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
as	O
a	O
studio	O
,	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
games	O
of	O
varying	O
genres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desire	O
to	O
make	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
was	O
born	O
out	O
of	O
Kamiya	O
's	O
love	O
for	O
arcade	O
shooting	O
games	O
and	O
similar	O
retro	O
titles	O
with	O
simplistic	O
gameplay	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
played	O
while	O
growing	O
up	O
as	O
a	O
child	O
,	O
with	O
said	O
love	O
bleeding	O
into	O
many	O
of	O
Kamiya	O
's	O
other	O
works	O
such	O
as	O
Bayonetta	B-Application
and	O
the	O
original	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nichibutsu	O
had	O
developed	O
prior	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
including	O
Moon	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
and	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
IP	O
were	O
owned	O
by	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
developing	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
,	O
Kamiya	O
and	O
Inaba	O
got	O
in	O
touch	O
with	O
Satoshi	O
Hamada	O
,	O
the	O
president	O
of	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yuzo	O
Koshiro	O
was	O
chosen	O
to	O
compose	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
and	O
worked	O
alongside	O
sound	O
designer	O
Hiroshi	O
Yamaguchi	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
on	O
PlatinumGames	O
 '	O
official	O
website	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
A	O
few	O
months	O
before	O
I	O
received	O
the	O
offer	O
,	O
by	O
sheer	O
coincidence	O
and	O
just	O
for	O
fun	O
I	O
had	O
copied	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
’s	O
music	O
using	O
the	O
PC-88	O
’	O
s	O
FM	O
sound	O
source	O
so	O
from	O
a	O
technical	O
standpoint	O
,	O
I	O
was	O
already	O
prepared	O
to	O
start.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Koshiro	O
then	O
drew	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Kenji	O
Yoshida	O
,	O
the	O
composer	O
of	O
the	O
chiptunes	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Terra	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
upgraded	O
to	O
the	O
Yamaha	O
YM3812	O
chip	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
FM	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
gameplay	O
was	O
revealed	O
on	O
PlatinumGames	O
 '	O
official	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
channel	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
release	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
would	O
launch	O
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
Kamiya	O
held	O
a	O
"	O
Very	O
Sorry	O
Stream	O
"	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
announcing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
delayed	O
into	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
final	O
launch	O
date	O
of	O
February	O
22	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
launched	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Switch	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
with	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
titled	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
:	O
Dramatic	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
bundle	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
base	O
game	O
and	O
DLC	B-Protocol
,	O
titled	O
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
:	O
Dramatic	O
Edition	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
DLC	B-Protocol
includes	O
the	O
true	O
ending	O
to	O
the	O
base	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
text-based	O
story	O
on	O
the	O
sides	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
along	O
with	O
Japanese-voiced	O
audio	O
akin	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sol	B-Application
Cresta	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
