The Sparkle 2: Evo > iPad, iPhone, Android, Mac & PC Game

Overall rating

5 / 5

33 of 35 found this review helpful

Try It, You Might Like It!!!

PostedFebruary 20, 2013

schubert2

fromPalmdale, CA

Favorite Genre(s):Brain Teaser, Puzzle

Current Favorite:

Strimko

(10)

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

I really enjoy games that are different and unusual. Once you figure out the game mechanics, this game really grows on you. Before playing, click on the little "i" in the upper left corner of the screen. The 3 tabs will explain controls and basic objectives #mainly to grow as big as you can# #and exit the game by clicking on the exit sign in the bottom left of the screen#.

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I really enjoy games that are different and unusual. Once you figure out the game mechanics, this game really grows on you. Before playing, click on the little "i" in the upper left corner of the screen. The 3 tabs will explain controls and basic objectives #mainly to grow as big as you can# #and exit the game by clicking on the exit sign in the bottom left of the screen#.

Once into the game, follow the expanding circles to find your next meal. If you can't find anything to eat, move up or down #moving the mouse wheel# to explore another depth. When you have completely eaten your quota of a color # kept track of at the bottom of the screen#, you may advance to the next stage.

The background music is eerie and perfect for the primordial sea. I absolutely love the otherwordly, colorful graphics. It takes a little while to get used to moving and the kelp does have to be navigated, but it does get much easier with practice.

I have only played the demo, but it is a definite buy for me. I have yet to find the "Genlab" where you can monitor your evolution and I'm not sure do what else #can anybody help here?#.

Overall this is a wonderful change of pace from the typical Big Fish style of game.

Highly recommend you give it a try. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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Love This!

PostedFebruary 26, 2014

lunawolf1313

fromSt. Louis, Missouri

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Word, Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Match 3, Puzzle

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

At first I was a little frustrated with the controls but once I caught on it was easy as pie! The music is soothing. and watching your little guy change as you munch away on different colors and amounts of colors is fun. And just think...you can do so many color combinations to do different critters to change his DNA! Later in the game there's a lab to show you more info on it.This game is easy, ...Show more

At first I was a little frustrated with the controls but once I caught on it was easy as pie! The music is soothing. and watching your little guy change as you munch away on different colors and amounts of colors is fun. And just think...you can do so many color combinations to do different critters to change his DNA! Later in the game there's a lab to show you more info on it.This game is easy, relaxing and colorful. Love the corals! Maybe one day they'll come out with a game even more complex to play because this is fun. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

5 / 5

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Evolve!

PostedApril 29, 2014

moonflower994

fromHouston Tx

Fun Factor

5 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

4 / 5

I tried this game and At first I was alittle lost , but once i got the hang of it I loved it! Its a game like feeding frenzy but with a cool scientific angle. Very Cosmic! Also the music is beautiful and relaxing. Great game !

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Enthralling

PostedAugust 31, 2012

Kildara

Favorite Genre(s):Hidden Object, Match 3

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

4 / 5

I really enjoyed this game, which is surprising since I almost always choose hidden object games. But I was looking for something different and this filled the bill. Yes, it's fairly simple, but the music is pleasant and the game is highly interactive. Occasionally, the directional signals seemed to be a bit sluggish, but it didn't really detract from the gameplay and I suspect that the ...Show more

I really enjoyed this game, which is surprising since I almost always choose hidden object games. But I was looking for something different and this filled the bill. Yes, it's fairly simple, but the music is pleasant and the game is highly interactive. Occasionally, the directional signals seemed to be a bit sluggish, but it didn't really detract from the gameplay and I suspect that the sluggishness might actually have been part of the game - a challenge to overcome. I actually made it through a fair number of levels in the first hour (end of trial and temporary end of play for me, but I'll be back). I thought the graphics were beautiful! Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

4 / 5

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Addictive and Unique Time Absorber!

PostedAugust 23, 2012

chi_love

fromSF Bay Area

Skill Level:Intermediate

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure

Current Favorite:

The Tiny Bang Story

(175)

Fun Factor

4 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Interesting, seemingly endless game of sea creature that you evolve by eating other creatures. The evolution is in "your" creature and everything around you, transforming into ever more beautiful and intricate shapes. I played the demo and would have purchased if it hadn't activated my tendonitis. This is one addictive game!

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Screensaver

PostedAugust 24, 2012

bajacalla

fromAlbuquerque, NM

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Word, Adventure, Hidden Object, Large File, Strategy, Brain Teaser, Puzzle

Fun Factor

2 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

2 / 5

Storyline

1 / 5

This is a visually appealing game, but I'm using the word "game" very loosely.

The instructions are relatively simple, if not intuitive, but they're pretty sketchy besides "up" and "down" and directional. You can watch your little creature change appearance by eating other organisms, but that's all I was able to determine was the point of the game after playing half the demo.

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This is a visually appealing game, but I'm using the word "game" very loosely.

The instructions are relatively simple, if not intuitive, but they're pretty sketchy besides "up" and "down" and directional. You can watch your little creature change appearance by eating other organisms, but that's all I was able to determine was the point of the game after playing half the demo.

For those of us old enough to remember when screensavers were a really big deal, this game reminded me of the aquarium one, where you could choose the number and kinds of fish, change the aquarium background, and just sit and watch the complete randomness of the whole thing.

This game reminds me of that screensaver. Beyond that, I really didn't see much point of it, but maybe I've missed something? Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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Hypnotic

PostedFebruary 24, 2013

nienke_l2

fromBedum, The Netherlands

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Word, Arcade & Action, Adventure, Hidden Object, Strategy, Time Management

Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

4 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

I'm still thinking about buying or leaving the game.

The visual quality was good. Sometimes hard to find the food in the extremely colorful background.
The colors are fluorescent, painful and almost hypnotic.
The music is calming and relaxing. Also quite hypnotic.

When leaving the game, the world looks gray and deserted by color. You can still see the lifeforms flow by though.

I couldn't find ...Show more

I'm still thinking about buying or leaving the game.

The visual quality was good. Sometimes hard to find the food in the extremely colorful background.
The colors are fluorescent, painful and almost hypnotic.
The music is calming and relaxing. Also quite hypnotic.

When leaving the game, the world looks gray and deserted by color. You can still see the lifeforms flow by though.

I couldn't find where I could adjust the colors and the brightness of the game. I would like it to tone down a bit, maybe half ...

All in all a nice game, if you love the first life-period of Spore. In this game, you can swim endlessly around in a pool of chemicals :-) Show less

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Overall rating

3 / 5

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SUPRISINGLY ADDICTIVE!

PostedMarch 2, 2013

pennmom36

fromfar far away in another galaxy

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Hidden Object, Puzzle

Current Favorite:

Sacra Terra: Kiss of Death Collector's Edition

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Fun Factor

3 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

3 / 5

Level of Challenge

3 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

It took me awhile to figure out the controls such as zooming in and out, but once I did I somehow became addicted to try to find more red blobs to eat. It's a simple game, a little on the stupid side, the goal is to go from a single cell to evolve according to what you eat, red for aggresive meat eater, green for a passive herbavore, or blue for somewhere inbetween. Give it a try, but use the ...Show more

It took me awhile to figure out the controls such as zooming in and out, but once I did I somehow became addicted to try to find more red blobs to eat. It's a simple game, a little on the stupid side, the goal is to go from a single cell to evolve according to what you eat, red for aggresive meat eater, green for a passive herbavore, or blue for somewhere inbetween. Give it a try, but use the tutorial feature. Show less

I recommend this game!

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Overall rating

2 / 5

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Five-star game with one-star controls.

PostedMarch 28, 2020

LunaNik

fromHey, BFG! You need to offer more and better games to keep us occupied during the quarantine.

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Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Adventure, Brain Teaser, Card & Board, Hidden Object, Large File, Puzzle, Strategy, Word

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

5 / 5

Level of Challenge

5 / 5

Storyline

5 / 5

The graphics and animation are utterly stunning.
The music is beautifully ambient and appropriate.
The gameplay is interesting and challenging.
BUT...

The controls made me want to commit mayhem. My little sparkle seemed to go everywhere except where I wanted him to go. After fruitlessly circling a green micro-element for the nth time—having backed away and returned for another try, only to ...Show more

The graphics and animation are utterly stunning.
The music is beautifully ambient and appropriate.
The gameplay is interesting and challenging.
BUT...

The controls made me want to commit mayhem. My little sparkle seemed to go everywhere except where I wanted him to go. After fruitlessly circling a green micro-element for the nth time—having backed away and returned for another try, only to get stuck orbiting the darned thing again—I decided that I have enough stress in my life without voluntarily adding more.

It's not that the controls are poorly designed. On the contrary, the design is fabulous. You can choose either keyboard or mouse control, and the mouse controls are well-designed. But the response time is lousy and my sparkle needed a tighter turning circle.

This absolutely would have been a purchase for me, had the controls not frustrated me so much. I recommend you try the demo, because this may not be an issue for you. Show less

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1 / 5

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It literally hurt my eyes

PostedAugust 24, 2012

crinoid

fromAlbuquerque, NM

Skill Level:Expert

Favorite Genre(s):Arcade & Action, Adventure, Strategy

Fun Factor

1 / 5

Visual/Sound Quality

1 / 5

Level of Challenge

1 / 5

Storyline

3 / 5

After years of playing and loving Big Fish games, this experience finally prompted me to write a review. I am familiar with the concept of this game and have played the original title, on which "evolution" games are based, on my home gaming system. I'm not against inexpensive spinoffs of a cool game idea - look at the Match 3 genre. However, this is a very badly made – as in, badly designed and ...Show more

After years of playing and loving Big Fish games, this experience finally prompted me to write a review. I am familiar with the concept of this game and have played the original title, on which "evolution" games are based, on my home gaming system. I'm not against inexpensive spinoffs of a cool game idea - look at the Match 3 genre. However, this is a very badly made – as in, badly designed and programmed - game.

Full disclosure: yes, I am in fact a professional software tester - but no, these are NOT merely "technical issues." My experience was not a matter of a few bugs. My computer is a very standard MacBook Pro that I also use for my work, as well as to play the many other Big Fish games I love; there is no problem with my individual setup.

First I was challenged for my screen resolution. Kind of surprising in this day and age. This alone would stop some players dead in their tracks.

The interface seems to have been designed for old CRT screens, because on my LCD the white saturation was blinding. Again - this is actually happening in 2012? Thanks to the nonsensical iconic menus, I couldn't find any settings to adjust the graphics (besides the resolution choices before the game started) - or else these options don't exist. Colors were washed out and the white literally hurt my eyes with my screen brightness turned all the way down; beyond the tutorial I was not able to play the game because it was extremely difficult to distinguish elements of gameplay (i.e., targets from the background.)

A tremendous amount of text exists in this game. All of it was obviously written in the designers' original language and then passed through something like Google Translate. It was not charming. It was distractingly bad.

I did not expect my trackpad to be the ideal controller but the user character was sluggish even when controlled by keystrokes.

When I finally gave up and hit Esc to quit, some other game function popped up. Seriously?

I understand that to rapidly release new, inexpensive games to their customers, BFG often needs to move ahead when minor problems exist in a game. I'm willing to play through a few little problems to enjoy cheap fun games. This game, however, is far below BFG’s usual quality standards. Show less

I don't recommend this game.

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