Mountain Dew Game Fuel, Charged Tropical Strike, 16 Fl Oz. Cans (12 Pack), Vitamins A + B (Packaging May Vary)​

I had bought these on a wim as i wanted to try them i heard they were really good, and i can confirm they are good energy drinks for gamers the flavors they have are amazing, i personally like the cherry one.

What to expect:The box itself is perfectly packaged, brightly colored and glossy. There's no guessing, there's no hiding, everybody is going to know what's in this box. Open up the top and you get 3 cans of 4 flavors, nice neat and tidy rows, no need to hunt for the flavor you want. These babies like to fizz up no matter how gentle you are with them, use a pen or a carkey to pop them to minimize stickyness.The taste:You get four flavors, and I will do them in order worst to first.Tropical Strike: A perfect can to share with your friends and people who owe you money. It smells like crayons and tastes like hairspray. Impress your friends and tell them its as close to authentic pruno as you can get on the outside. Drink these lousy yellow babies last.Cherry Burst: It tastes like Cherry in the way that cough syrup tastes like cherry. The most vague hint of cherry hits you before washing away into a chemically aftertaste that hangs there for a while. The mediciney taste isn't horrible, but a perfect combo of the overfoaming cans and sticky red liquid is hard on shirts, mousepads and furniture.Berry Blast: Its blue flavored, tastes just like blue that we've loved for years. I'm not sure what berry its supposed to taste like, but its exactly what I've come to expect all blue food to taste like.Original Dew: No confusion, no chemicals, no fancy stories, it mostly tastes like Mountain dew, whatever juice they're adding doesn't appear to bringing much flavor, as its a dead ringer for regular old juice free mountain dew.How's it stack up:Drink it warm, drink it cold, doesn't improve the flavors. Its down on sugar and down on caffeine. At a modest 80mg a can you're looking at about half or a bit less of a Monster, and way less sugar. Its probably not going to get you jittery like Monster, or Redbull can. The textured can is nice if you're in a crowded situation, you'll always know when you've grabbed a can of this stuff compared to a regular can. Also the can is resealable so if you need to pace yourself you can just close it up without having to worry about an open can getting knocked over, just be mindful these babies will fizz up for multiple reopenings.

Bang for your buck. cheaper than buying 12 in store

If you've had kickstart and you liked the flavor, then there is nothing you haven't seen here, except some new (enjoyable) flavors and a new can. Don't go in expecting a revival of the game fuel that used to release concurrent with Halo. The flavors are hit or miss for some, I do like them, though I admit I might not have a refined enough palate (or the time, or patience) to give a note by note review of each flavors tastes. Imagine there are 4 new kickstart flavors, and imagine what they would be like with the corresponding flavors here (cherry, etc) and you'll have a good idea of what you're in for. The flavors are good, the caffeine high isn't absurd, they are relatively low calorie, cool new pop top that I WISH would become industry standard (seriously it's SO handy to be able to close a can, yes bottles close but cans are much more convenient), so all in all is a 5 from me. I would take a star off for the fact that A STRAW WILL NOT FIT IN THE CAN, but it's not that big a deal for me. I prefer not having to tilt my head back to finish the drink, but the pop top mechanism blocks the usual straw port. It's more spill resistant though, so star restored in this case.

First I want to say may folks have unfairly reviewed these drinks based on what they think it should be, or what they wanted it to be; rather than reviewing it for what it is. None of the flavors are bad. The Berry Burst and Cherry Blast literally taste like a melted Fla-Vor-Ice pop. The Tropical strike tastes exactly like a carbonated version of energy tropical citrus vitamin water. The Original Dew flavor is like a slightly less sweet soda version. 90 mg of caffeine is low for a "energy drink" but pretty high for a soda. This definitely is not a replacement for your Red Bull, GFUEL, Monster, etc. If you want something lighter, or suffer from jittering; crashing off energy drinks, this is probably worth trying. The claims on the box/can are laughable and pathetic. You'd have to be an absolute spoon to believe what they claim. The can is, not sure how to overall describe it as other than, embarrassing/annoying. I wouldn't have this out at my desk at work or in a classroom or really in public anywhere. It's got GAME FUEL tramp stamped all over the can, which makes it ridiculous to try and explain to people that its just like an AMP, its just marketed towards gamers. The addition of Alertness, Accuracy, Vitamins A&B just adds to the annoyance. People are like what do you need alertness and accuracy for? I'm like; I don't, I'm just after the caffeine, that crap is just marketing BS. A third of the can is dedicated to how to open the damn thing. The grip on the can is a joke. The Ultra Zero Monster is literally covered with this "grip". Plays right into the dumb gullible gamer with Cheetos dust all over the place stereotype. The resealable top is neat but not useful. You are not going to be in a scenario where you are realistically going to need to reseal this can. Plus it restricts the opening of the can, which I would definitely trade for not having it. All the flavors lean towards the sweet/sugary side. The color is scary vibrant. And honestly I would not recommend this product to people. It's just okay. If you're curious, try it. $1.25 a can isn't terrible.