Sparkle Unleashed

You get pretty much exactly what you see here on the store page and you should know before you buy this game if you're into this sort of category of games or not. I am usually but this game got a bit dull after 1 and a half hours of playing. Mostly due to nothing new happening. Most of these games have some sort of new aspect every now and then, a new thing that gets added to the game-play every 5-10 levels. This game offers literally the same game-play throughout the entire game except for the power-ups that you unlock, and you quickly get all of them and they do not really add anything unique to the game. It's the same sorta power-ups you see in every game like this. The art is extremely boring and dull to look at. There are a lot of other match-3 type games out there that are better than this one, and I just can't recommend this due to it being very dull and boring after an hour and 30 minutes of playing. EDIT: I do have to say though, the voice actor that tells the so-called s...

Similar to the Zuma series or Luxor, you shoot colored balls at a slowly moving ball-snake (my termonology) that is trying to get to a hole in the ground. If the ball-snake reaches the hole, you lose the level. After a few levels you get some power ups that randomly appear after making matches. Every 4 or 5 levels you get a key that lets you unlock more power ups. You can choose which power ups you want to unlock. It's always nice to have control over what special powers you have so you can play in your style. The levels get tougher as the game progresses: 2 ball-snakes at once, zig-zag paths that make it difficult to shoot balls where you want them, tunnels where you can't get at part of the ball-snake while it goes through, etc. Power ups include: Slow - always useful! Backwards - the ball-snake creeps backwards for a few seconds Shooter (I forget what it's called) - you shoot a fire dart, first only one but later you can upgrade to 3. Blast - creates a big blast that takes ...

[h1]Very enjoyable if you really just want to play it casually, but a bit frustrating to completionists / achievement hunters.[/h1] The game has two fun game modes ("campaign" and "survival"), a nice soundtrack and a cool power up system. There are also three difficulty modes, but you have to complete the entire campaign on a lower difficulty mode before you can play the harder one. The game has two annoying problems though, specially for completionists: 1- [b][u]One achievement is broken (Survival Star)[/u][/b]: you have to get 5 stars on all 21 survival levels, and it's pretty frustrating when after all that you don't really get the achievement. 2- There is an unreasonable difficulty spike from "Hard" to "Nightmare" mode: I'm used to completing games on the highest difficulty mode, but this one in not "fun difficult", it's "infuriatingly difficult". [quote][b][i]PORTUGUÊS[/i][/b][/quote] [h1]Bem divertido se você realmente quiser jogar casualmente, mas um pouco frustrante pa...

An excellent game, spoilt by the fact that the last stage is impossible.

Not as good as Sparkle 2, still a great time though, has the same great music, voice acting, and artstyle Sparkle 2 has, with some additional gimmicks that shake things up like the chain and rock orbs, and the Luxor-style ball shooter is a nice change from the other Sparkle games. Highly recommend picking it up if you liked Sparkle 2 and wanna complete your Steam collection of Sparkle games :) Only complaint is there doesn't seem to be an option to switch to the quick-launch mode Sparkle 2 and the Nintendo Switch version of Sparkle Unleashed use, the ball only launches after you release the mouse button instead of launching immediately upon clicking, which makes it feel a bit slower. Sparkle 2 has both quick-launch and the slower launch-on-release modes on different buttons on the Nintendo Switch version, so it would be great if Sparkle Unleashed on Nintendo Switch got that option, and if the PC versions of these games had the option to switch between the two for mouse controls.

I have really really tried to like this game, but ultimately find it so frustrating that I give up. I loved Sparkle 2 -- the previous game. So the pros: great graphics and when they work great mechanics. Cons: the ball you are shooting changes color between strings and if you don't waste the time to double check your colors your shots get messed up. Additionally, when the line is close to the lower edge and you want to shoot the ball -- too bad. It will just sit there until you move to a location where the ball and shooter are separated enough and then it will allow you to launch. These seem to be pretty big bugs to me for an otherwise slick game. Frankly, I'd get Sparkle 2 again but you can skip over this one as just a major frustration.

I love match-3 puzzle games. Sparkle Unleashed uses this game mechanic but adds high-speed marbles into the mix. There's a storyline but it's very simple and the solution is marbles, obviously. I've completed the campaign which unlocks hard mode so I'll probably run through it again at some point. There's also challenge modes to complete as well. The biggest negative is the repetitive level designs. I recommend this game to those who love match-3 puzzles, no thoughts head empty gameplay, and a simple retro experience.

game is RAD!

SAVE YOUR MONEY EVEN ITS 99% OFF. I wanted to like it but I don't. You would think that since they have done a few prior that this one, it would be good to go... NOT. Why the hell do you have the option for a window? I really want to know because you don't confine the mouse pointer to the game window and that means the mouse is all over the place and switiching between different windows... Yeah, that was wasted money although I now know to avoid anything from you in the future and can tell all to do the same.

This game's gameplay, difficulty curve, and power ups/combos really keep you on your toes. I'd recomend this game to people who like puzzle/strategy of this sort.