Sparkle Unleashed

 Xbox One
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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4

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  1. mongoman
    Jul 25, 2015
    6
    This is a typical Marble shooter game, its addictive and fun and reasonably priced but after thirty minutes you'll be tired of the repetitiveness. The premise is simple enough: shoot marbles into a moving chain and match three of the same color, try to combo for higher scores. Each level takes roughly 3 to 4 minutes to beat early on but around level 15 the difficulty ramps up with fasterThis is a typical Marble shooter game, its addictive and fun and reasonably priced but after thirty minutes you'll be tired of the repetitiveness. The premise is simple enough: shoot marbles into a moving chain and match three of the same color, try to combo for higher scores. Each level takes roughly 3 to 4 minutes to beat early on but around level 15 the difficulty ramps up with faster chains and more marbles in each chain.
    The game really is fun for a short while but after a few levels, its just repetitive. Great for casual gamers.    … Expand
  2. Joshatron1205
    Jun 6, 2015
    4
    Sparkle Unleashed is your typical arcade puzzle game that you absolutely do not need in your life. If you've played Zuma you know the basic concept of this game, match coloured orbs to make them explode as the crawl towards a hole which you have to defend for some reason.

    Obviously an arcade puzzle game like this really has no need for a story but Sparkle Unleashed tries to add a    Sparkle Unleashed is your typical arcade puzzle game that you absolutely do not need in your life. If you've played Zuma you know the basic concept of this game, match coloured orbs to make them explode as the crawl towards a hole which you have to defend for some reason.

    Obviously an arcade puzzle game like this really has no need for a story but Sparkle Unleashed tries to add a narrative where one is not needed or wanted by anyone. I would have preferred a new mode maybe instead of an attempt at a story, there are upgrades which can make the game more fun but it does get old pretty quick.

    All in all the game works fine and the controls are good which is important in a game that requires some precision and timing, an important mechanic that the game didn't tell me about was the use of a shot guide when you press Y. It can really help. There are a ton of levels in the game, over 100, they do increase greatly in difficulty the further into the "campaign" mode you get and there is also a survival mode which is very slow and boring, it takes a long while to achieve 5 stars in those levels.

    Overall Id say this is a perfect game to take to the bathroom with you, a mobile game and nothing more, absolutely not worth more than 99p and a game more suited to touch screen controls even though the game pad does the job well enough here. Id wait for it to become a games with gold game which it most probably will.    … Expand
  3. Peptide
    Jun 9, 2015
    9
    Very very addictive. When i first saw it i thought it would be a Zuma clone. Its more like a Luxor clone....but still very addictive. There is always the sense of have to play just one more level before finishing for the day.

    Controls are SPOT ON PERFECT. Graphics are pleasing. The music is incredible. Its like something out of Harry Potter. There are not many addictive puzzle    Very very addictive. When i first saw it i thought it would be a Zuma clone. Its more like a Luxor clone....but still very addictive. There is always the sense of have to play just one more level before finishing for the day.

    Controls are SPOT ON PERFECT. Graphics are pleasing. The music is incredible. Its like something out of Harry Potter.

    There are not many addictive puzzle games for the X1. At this price....grab it and be entertained for many hours.    … Expand

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62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. GameOver.gr
    Jul 31, 2015
    60
    A decent clone of Zuma. Plain and simple.
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  2. DarkStation
    Jul 28, 2015
    60
    With such a crowded market for 3-match shooters such as this, Sparkle Unleashed doesn’t do much to stand out, but instead gives us a fun, familiar game, albeit a forgettable one.
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  3. Pure Xbox
    Jul 7, 2015
    70
    If you liked Zuma – which unfortunately for Sparkle Unleashed now runs on Xbox One via backward compatibility – you'll probably enjoy the challenge this provides, even if there isn't anything majorly groundbreaking going on.
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