Sparkle 4 Tales Reviews

Possibly the worst of series. The game breaks very easely. Due to the large amount of open nothingness and "cracks" youre supposed to go through, you'll never know if you're going to the void or next checkpoint because the devs for whatever reason didnt decide to make actual borders in the map. If you decide to backtrack (which many who wants to 100% does) you risk breaking the game again by phasing out of the game, not allowing you to progress because youre stuck in that "floor". The arrow thats supposed to "guide" you breaks and get stuck at one position. The sound (effects) is completely broken. Its like it doesnt care what volume your pc is set on, because it blasts your speakers/ headset to 100% and there's no option to turn this off. This is the first experience you get playing the game almost breaking your eardrums. Remove this game from steam asap.

I changed my rating to recommended after nearly 10 hours of frustrating gameplay. The bottom line here is that Sparkle 4, although good, is held back from being great but a few major factors. Firstly there isn't enough guidance, or instruction on what you are doing or why. It is extremely easy to get lost because this is an open world game that doesn't play like one. There are many gameplay elements that are simply not explained, and the narration that is provided is not nearly enough. You advance through collection of elements and completion of combat, something that is again, not explained properly. Through hard headed determination and a genuine like for this game and the others that came before it, I manged to get to the end, but... The bottom line is that the sound, music, gameplay, and graphics are top notch but the instructions and flow of play are terrible. You have to figure everything out on your own, and the game utterly wastes your time because of this. I could probably have completed it in half the time if proper instructions and guidance was included here. Overall if you enjoy a "zen type" style of gameplay, this is great. But be prepared for a headache if you haven't played the others in the series. Also, there are 20 totems despite the achievement and in-game help stating there are only 17.

Hello friends, Today i will review the game Sparkle 4 Tales. This game is in the same series as sparkle zero, sparkle 2 EVO, and sparkle 3 genesis. In this game, it is the same as the others, except they added a full size area that you can seamlessly teleport to different maps. This means it is really easy to get lost in the game due to no maps. The other problem with this game is the music. The music is really nice, but there is a bug that makes 2 music tracks that play at the same time. This is a headache inducing bug. They also try to add a story to the game where a narrator (which is unread) tells you things and tries to help you. Anyways, here are my pro/cons: PROS: - Gorgeous graphics. - Beautiful music. - The game developers tried a different approach to this game compared to other sparkle games. CONS: - Music bug that leads to headaches because 2 music tracks will play at same time. - The open world is so open, it is easy to get confused what and where to go next. A small mini map would of been helpful in this aspect. The fact the music bug exists in the game is a very negative point to me. It actually physically gave me a headache while playing the game. I emailed the company that made this game about the music bug, so they are aware of it. The world is huge you play in, and i feel there should of been some kind of mini map to help you. The only indication they give you are small red and yellow icons in front of your sparkle character. Mainly because of the music bug, i cannot recommend this game. Until the developers fix the bug, i cannot recommend this game. When they fix it, i will change this review from negative to positive.