This game is a unfinished mess, halfway through the game (maybe even earlier) the "zones" even stop having 2 stages each, rushing you through so you can get to the end which is extremely cookie cutter, sonic advance style of "hold forward to win".
The end itself is very rough around the edges and lack the creativity of the first game, it's not worthy at all to get there and see it, it feels like a bad fangame/fanfic.

The gameplay itself is good, though the level design kinda makes you ignore every single enemy and just push through as there is no real reward in fighting the enemies, also the game normal mode may very well be the "very easy" mode, as it's almost impossible to die, the game only gets to the same level of challenge of the first game on very hard or challenge mode.
Also, gone are the special moves of the power-ups you find the game, not only the number of power-ups are extremely limited this time around, with only 5 or 6 of them, but the special moves you could do in the demo simply doesn't exist anymore, nor the info panel telling you how to use each power up, making them even more useless, after stage 4 or 5 i just kept using normal mode fark because there was not really a reason to use any of them other forms except for aesthetics.

Sound wise the game does a pretty good job, most bosses have cool themes that are kinda like Metal Gear Rising, where the powered-up mode they have on the second part of the fight gives lyrics to the music, but the fights themselves dilute the experience and doesn't really get intense and don't hold you.

I'm saddened to see this game the way it is now, it was one of the most expected games of the year and it dropped the ball HARD. The way the game is right now doesn't deserve it's price tag, hell, it doesn't deserve a price tag at all.
It seems Spark 2 should've stayed in the oven for more one or two years, as the game stands right now, the Demo feels more complete than it.

This game is a unfinished mess, halfway through the game (maybe even earlier) the "zones" even stop having 2 stages each, rushing you through so you can get to the end which is extremely cookie cutter, sonic advance style of "hold forward to win". The end itself is very rough around the edges and lack the creativity of the first game, it's not worthy at all to get there and see it, it feels like a bad fangame/fanfic. The gameplay itself is good, though the level design kinda makes you ignore every single enemy and just push through as there is no real reward in fighting the enemies, also the game normal mode may very well be the "very easy" mode, as it's almost impossible to die, the game only gets to the same level of challenge of the first game on very hard or challenge mode. Also, gone are the special moves of the power-ups you find the game, not only the number of power-ups are extremely limited this time around, with only 5 or 6 of them, but the special moves you could do in the demo simply doesn't exist anymore, nor the info panel telling you how to use each power up, making them even more useless, after stage 4 or 5 i just kept using normal mode fark because there was not really a reason to use any of them other forms except for aesthetics. Sound wise the game does a pretty good job, most bosses have cool themes that are kinda like Metal Gear Rising, where the powered-up mode they have on the second part of the fight gives lyrics to the music, but the fights themselves dilute the experience and doesn't really get intense and don't hold you. I'm saddened to see this game the way it is now, it was one of the most expected games of the year and it dropped the ball HARD. The way the game is right now doesn't deserve it's price tag, hell, it doesn't deserve a price tag at all. It seems Spark 2 should've stayed in the oven for more one or two years, as the game stands right now, the Demo feels more complete than it.