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Sparkle
Use your puzzle skills to free the Crowberry Woods from the shadow of Darkness in this exciting action-puzzler! Use your Orb Slinger to shoot colored spheres into groups of three or more and reclaim every corner of this once vibrant forest. Discover amazing amulets and glittering power-ups hidden along the shaded path. Featuring three game modes, glorious achievements and loads of intriguing levels, Sparkle is fast, colorful, and full of addictive fun!
An Excellent Rendition with only one major dissapointment
Overall: (9.3/10) A very well done game with only a couple detractions keeping it from being one of the best in this genre.
Graphics: (8.8/10) Top notch! I mean really good, almost everything is very well done. Well, except for the backgrounds look like airbrushed styrofoam, maybe that was what they wanted, I don't know, but the backgrounds really detract from otherwise great graphics. (just needs hardware lighting :)
Sound: (9.9/10) This is one of the best sounding games I have played in a long time. The music is original and top notch, coinsideing to get the "feeling", but, whearas the music is great, the sound effects are really really top shelf and it's very obvious that a lot of work went into the sound effects. Use 5.1 surround headphones with vibration to get a nice "feel" for it. :)
Gameplay: (8.2/10) Well....I think maybe I was looking for a little more fresh content (Butterfly Escape was pretty inovative) , what is here is done really well, but, a little old now for the genre I think. The powerups are good, but seem to fall into 2 catagories, either a "nuke" or just not really that useful. But the main "gamebreaking" thing is the lack of a custom mouse cursor and low resolution, I mean, on levels where your fireing from the bottom at stuff on the top, you have to move your eyes to see what color is next, serious eye fatigue on a large monitor and really detracts from the gameplay besides the huge windows stock mouse cursor. :( The other main detraction from gameplay I think is the speed. I mean, it's really fast...really fast, to hit stuff at the top you have to "lead your target" about 3-4 balls, I just feel it's a little Too fast...(hopefully i can edit a def file or something to be able to finish it).
This review has an average score of 3.8 - Based on 33 ratings Login to rate this review
monkofmagnesia's Review - March 3, 2008
Full Version (PC)
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Sparkle
It took me over eight months, but I finally played it to the end. The game is fantastic! I love the music too. Plus, you need your brain in that you have to figure out which is the best amulet for each level you play. This is one of those games that is really worth the purchase price. If you liked Zuma, you'll love Sparkle.
This review has an average score of 3.7 - Based on 6 ratings Login to rate this review
meerahdxb's Review - April 21, 2007
Demo Version (PC)
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magically addicting
The game is really nice, the music and the graphics are so beautiful, I did really enjoy playing the demo version and I am keeping it on my to buy list!
This review has an average score of 3.6 - Based on 14 ratings Login to rate this review
(catch and drag most of the butterflies into the top part of the shooter orb)
NEXT, GO TO THE "HOW TO PLAY" SCREEN
Sparkle Secret #6, Freebie Master
(pick up lots of power ups on the right side of the screen and as they pop up at the bottom of the screen)
Sparkle Secret #4, Instructions Obscure
S h o o t the orbs at the bottom of the screen. Fill the rune circle three times to get the secret.
NEXT, CLICK "OPTIONS" THEN "CREDITS"
Sparkle Secret #9, Good People
(click on the blue MythPeople logo six times)
FIRST AMULET RECEIVED
Amulet of Simplify (for having four secrets)
GO BACK TO "OPTIONS" THEN "CREDITS" AGAIN
Sparkle Secret #5, People Shrunk
(click on all the scrolling names and titles as they roll past; they will shrink in font size and make a noise when clicked.)
CLICK "PLAY"
Sparkle Secret #3, Persistent Lock Clicker
(Keep clicking on the two locks that obstruct the Challenge and Survival mode buttons.)
Play the prologue level and you will then be at the main map.
Sparkle Secret #4, Pond of Bob
(Click 10 times in the misty pond in the lower right side of the map. You should hear a sound with each click)
CLICK "ACHIEVEMENTS" AT THE TOP RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE MAIN MAP
Sparkle Secret #8, Orb Stopper
(Click each rotating orb once to make each one stop)
SECOND AMULET RECEIVED
Amulet of Firebolt (for finding four more secrets)
Things getting out of hand? Too many balls closing in on the hole? Don't worry about them - concentrate on making matches (any three or more balls) make three in a row and you get a special - eventually you will get one with a moon on... hit that and it'll nuke most of the balls on your screen pulling the remaining ones back.
There are still secrets present in the game apart from the easy ones descibed previously... get to the magic tree during the game and pick all the fruit. I'm sure there are others out there!
