In Ready Cola!, you tap to fire straws into the scrolling coke bottles. It takes good timing, decisiveness, and a lot of patience, and for a while, it's an enjoyable burst of sugary flavour.
To keep things fresh, there are bright colours, an occasional change of bottle pace, and special, timed stages where the bottles are worth more points.
These add a much-needed time pressure into the game, as other than a fast soundtrack there is no force driving you to progress quickly.
But a lack of depth, and an overriding feeling of frustration when you fail, means the bubbles of novelty dissipate all too soon.
However the initial flavour of the central mechanic is just enough for Ready Cola! to be enjoyable while it lasts.
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