#MASTER SPARKLE 2 HOW TO#
I know it can be a bit rich telling someone how to enjoy a game, but look at it like this: if you’re after a fun puzzle game to play here and there, then you’ll have plenty to enjoy in Sparkle 2. But don’t rush it! Play a few levels until it stops being as fun, then step back and come back to it tomorrow. There is a surprising amount of content in Sparkle 2, and this is great if you want the most out of your games. Now while I have painted a mixed picture of Sparkle 2, I must stress that this is a great game, if you play it as intended. These modes don’t change the game in any big ways, but they will test you a bit more. If working through the story levels isn’t enough there’s also a Challenge and Survival mode: Challenge is completing several levels in one go and Survival, as the name suggests, is seeing how long you can survive on any given level. It’s fun and charming, and goes a surprisingly long way (well, until the music drives you mad). I felt like an orb Wizard (very different from an orb spider) as I played Sparkle 2, flinging orbs and magic to save the day. In Sparkle 2’s favour, it does add to the atmosphere with the music, and also the nature-themed backdrop that I can only still sum up as whimsical. There was no way it could live up to any expectations. The barely-there, although somewhat whimsical, story doesn’t have any impact on the game, although I’ll admit I was still curious about what would happen in the end. There is a story to keep you motivated on your quest of orb annihilation, though it pretty much consists entirely of narrated text over an image every now and then. If 10Tons do have further support for this game hopefully they’ll add in something for the aiming, for now you’ll just have to get better at the game. The most likely outcome in this mode is that your family watches you embarrass yourself by dying in the first level of the game, as you keep hitting the orbs next to the one you want because there’s no aiming line. True, you might not use your Switch in tablet mode, or you may want to sit the whole family down to watch you wreck orb after orb, but using the joysticks to aim is not ideal. I cannot recommend it enough! If you hate having fun when you play your games, there’s always the physical controls. This way gives you the most precise control, and it’s the way the game was made to be played.
Using the handheld mode, you can easily tap on the point in the chain where you want your orb to land. If anything, the tablet mode and using the touch screen is the perfect place for it. Fortunately, being a mobile game previously doesn’t mean it’s not a good game. At its core, Sparkle 2 is a mobile game best suited for short bursts while you’re waiting for something, or when there’s nothing good on TV. This would be a problem if this was a game intended for hour after hour of gameplay, but it’s not that at all. From the start of the game to the end, you’re going to be doing the exact same thing-Only it gets more stressful. While it is fun to finally unlock new abilities to make the game more manageable, in the end it doesn’t truly change. These are often in the form of providing a power up, or by closing off the source of the orbs. As you progress, you’ll also unlock abilities to enhance the sling. Over the course of 90+ levels, you’ll come across increasingly harder puzzles. Surrounding it are trails where multi-coloured orbs make a continual path to a hole/holes on the field, and you have to match at least three of the same colour to clear the orbs and keep them from falling into the holes. For those who still have no idea what kind of game this is, there is a launcher/sling on the field of play. But by no means is that meant to be a negative, those games were good fun and it’s the type of time killer puzzle game I can easily find time for.
#MASTER SPARKLE 2 SERIES#
Want the short and sweet version? If you loved (or remember) games like Zuma or Luxor, then you’re in for a treat because the Sparkle series is more of that.
Sparkle 2 has finally come to claim the Switch as part of its mighty empire.
But there are also the games that have bided their time, slowly creeping onto nearly every platform available until they have near-complete domination of the gaming landscape. Some games you may have potentially played through on two other platforms and now you can’t resist the idea of playing it while you are sitting on the toilet. With the success of the Switch, the Nintendo eShop has quickly overflowed with indie games from up to a decade ago.
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