Spectacular Sparky

the sequence's flow magically once you get a flow state. Retro fans should love it

Overview/Pros: Short and sweet, but a good time! The controls, pixel art, and level design are done very well and make for a really fun game. I'd go into more detail but I don't think it's even necessary. If this looks like a game you think you'd like then I promise you that you'll like it. I'm not super big on shooters or games with shoot em up sections but I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game! Cons: A bit too much dialogue. There is one level that is a shoot em up section where the main character is talking to someone and the dialogue box takes up the bottom of the screen for way too long with no way to skip it. But that is me nitpicking and every other instance of dialogue you can skip it. **Recommend/Thumbs Up!

A shorter yet still challenging platformer. Makes me nostalgic of the time I spent with "Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit". Spectacular Sparky bleeds ADHD charm from its core. With music I never muted for my own flavor, a story board set to ultaviolence, and reasonable achievements. This FreakZone game is sure to get your freak flag flying.

Spectacular Sparky has the vibe of a classic Genesis-era scrolling shooter, similar to Gunstar Heroes. The game has an open ended quality to its design, as you have not just standard action stages but flying ship shoot em up levels and parts where you ride animals to proceed. What really sets this game apart from the glut of other similar indie shooters is the personality. Sparky is a pretty funny character and some of the dialogue is hilarious. The voice work and sound design in general is also really well done. There are tons of boss fights and you meet up with bosses you've defeated later for a rematch which I found to be a lot of fun. The game is decent length compared to other scrolling shooter games, but it also happens to be super easy and lacks replayability. Once you beat the game, there's a time trial mode with no achievements attached and "Frenzy mode" which sounds like it will be hard but is actually easier than the original mode. This is because while your health slowly drains you also get infinite hover and your gun has no cooldown. As a result, you can pummel enemies nonstop and the final boss is even easier since the lack of cooldown practically instakills him. …

Boss fights are all sine wave patterns moving left to right with no thought put into them which can be overcome by cheesing dash over and over. It's like they wanted to make the game like Alien Soldier but completely missed everything that made the game enjoyable. Also the dialogue is too much and not... good. Great music though.

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