The High Speed 3D Platformer We Deserve

[@yakkocmn]

Been getting a decent amount of comments about Spark 3 on my recent Sonic videos, so I'm really glad I got around to covering it. Thanks for watching, Merry Christmas, and I'll see you all next year!

[@shifterlocker2361]

Shit video like your frontiers video with false information glad most of the fanbase ignores you lol get left to rot.

[@alliahcherry6721]

oh neat. I was going to lie to myself that I caused this video anyways but this comment confirms that I at least helped

[@kukukachu]

Merry Christmas dude :D

[@ED-gw9rg]

Merry Xmas!... ...I, uh, totally don't have any indie requests...Why do you ask? ...Mad Rat Dead maybe?

[@octo886]

LETS GOOOO SPARK 3!!!

[@galacticaracer]

So fun fact, the "Manual Dash" (more often referred to as the Magnet Dash) was originally a glitch in the second game. The developer kept it in and made adjustments in the third game to make it more balanced. This glitch is actually near identical to the one found in Sonic Frontiers, which received official recognition by SEGA. I know that last bit is not much of an important detail, I just found it funny.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

That last fact is one hell of an irony

[@kacecrimson8297]

Art imitates uh everything ? and life imitates, shit everything esle ?

[@MariusUrucu]

The vocal theme used in the Throwback boss fight is actually the boss theme used in Spark 2. All Spark games have banging soundtracks.

[@AltKaxREAL]

as expected from a talented guy who's worked on some banging sawnic gams

[@alwaysasn]

Was spark 2 good? 3 doesn’t look like it’s on Xbox

[@vazazell5967]

@@alwaysasn It's a bit less polished, controls are a bit stiffer and combat is oversimplified, but it's still a very good game. It's basically a prototype test for if making 3D speed game is even possible solo. It's the most rough in cutscenes that are basically silent, although some guy on youtube made a playlist where they added music to all of them, so that's a recommended watch after beating the game

[@waker_link]

@@alwaysasn spark 2 is very rough around the edges, and platforming in it is not very fun during some parts 3 fixes pretty much all of these problems AND adds levels from 2 as a free dlc, so I would just recommend waiting for the port

[@MariusUrucu]

@@amzrosevca Aloha!

[@TheRoguelikeBard]

I went and downloaded this game within the first few minutes of the video. Like you stated at the end, I can't BELIEVE this has been right under our noses the entire time we've been wishing for better Sonic games. Can't wait to play it!

[@iminmissouri8589]

We need to spread the word every sonic fan needs to hear about this game !!

[@whaleping]

@@iminmissouri8589 Heard of it. Heard reviews of it. Seen it action. Meh.

[@MarkerMurker]

@@whaleping Why meh exactly?

[@SilverAegis39]

@@MarkerMurker because he probably because he's a boost enjoyer. No momentum, just easy speed. Which isn't the focus of this game.

[@whaleping]

@@SilverAegis39 No, the character of Spark, the story and the aesthetic of Spark isn’t for me.

[@dac6400]

im so glad this series started getting the recognition it deserves after Spark 3 came out

[@galacticaracer]

The thing I really enjoy about this game is that the dev knows you will try to mess around the stages and doesn't punish you for it. Every stage with a vehicle gimmick where you do not start in the vehicle can be beaten without said vehicle. The spinning ziplines in Protest Prison, the helicopters in Protest City, heck, you could beat Lost Riviera without using a single grindrail. This shows how good Spark handles and how developed the level layouts can be. Also, the latest update included adjustments to the killplanes for the waterfalls in my favorite out-of-bounds area (Thanks, Lake!).

[@uglybad4]

I have a small amount of game dev experience and whenever I'm designing levels around specific mechanics, I realize in testing that said levels are extremely linear and ask the player to perform an exact sequence of actions with the only alternative being a death for not sticking to the script. Seeing levels in a game like Spark 3 that use core mechanics to offer several ways forward, but also rewards going off the intended routes and pushing said mechanics to their limit, shows me I have a long way to go in making fun games lol

[@galacticaracer]

@@uglybad4 I do believe that some gimmicks can be linear. In fact, one in Spark 3 is an on-rails experience where you rotate yourself on a propelled zipline. However, such segments are usually brief and simple. The ability to explore the area surrounding the on-rails gimmick was a bonus. Do not feel bad about your lack of experience in comparison to LakeFeperd; he had 3 Sonic fangames, 2 Spark games, and 3 racing game prototypes under his belt before Spark 3 was even close to being done.

[@lucylu3342]

This amount of freedom in a speed platformer is a breath of fresh air after having played Forces where you are literally stuck on a straight line and Frontiers which controls awfully in the Cyberspace levels

[@SeanLifeFlame]

The whole Spark trilogy has been a blast to play! If you wanna hear more vocal tracks, I suggest looking into the OST for Spark 2; there's three different boss themes that all have vocals that cut in at about the halfway point of the fight, and they're all a jam to listen to! (They also play into Fark's story a bit, if you decide to follow the storyline of how Fark came to be what he is when you find him in Spark 3.)

[@powerbeard5653]

this is the first game in YEARS that got me to immediately play it all the way through again right after finishing it. It's way too good.

[@silentdebugger]

There should be a dedicated indie game genre just called "fine I'll do it myself"

[@TechBlade9000]

That's as useful as saying they make video games lol

[@eyesofdeathperception6730]

Good genre

[@thealkymyst]

I usually love any game made with that energy.

[@LiquidOrcana]

Regardless of how much I thought Frontiers was fun, Spark 3 just... ROCKS I can't even think about Sonic Frontiers after getting absolutely addicted to it for a while Been following the franchise since the beginning and the amount of love and care put into each entry and the staggering improvements to each one just blows me away. Really glad you gave it a shot; it was honestly the only thing I was thinking about when watching your Frontiers review.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

I can not wait for the bigger mods for Frontiers with the sandbox we can get some Spark Open Zone sorta bullshit XD

[@Kiwi-fl8te]

Fun fact: you can exit the car and run car stages on foot, and get a faster time. Spark is faster than a car. Other fun fact: the developer recently added all stages from Spark the Electric Jester 2 in Spark 3 as *free DLC*. Because he's just that cool. This brings a lot of additional content to a game that already has a lot (if you're willing to challenge yourself).

[@Onaterdem]

A bit late, but, the free DLC which adds all Spark 2 stages (aside from being an extreme power move) also shows how much Lake has improved, because the level design in those old levels is truly atrocious at times, lol The new levels are much much better in comparison

[@supperwolf]

I´ve actually been following this developer since I was heck 14. After playing the Sonic Fan games after and before the sequel, that make a cute attempt at telling a story inbetween Sonic classics. I just had to have more. Then I played through a Sonic fan game that was also a metroid vania which was weird but awesome. And then I finally found the Steam page of the first Spark the electric Jester game, planned to be released in 2017. I was stocked and really excited and when the day finally came when it released I dropped everything I was doin and immediately played it. It was magical. My 14 y/o dumbass playing this mix of Sonic, Kirby and much more with its own wonderful soundtrack and characters. The story is a bit weird and dumb but I didn´t give a shit. I was playing the best game ever. And then it was over. Shortly after Lake Feperd announced there would be a sequel focusing on the mechanic fiend which was in the first game. And it would be 3D. Hearing that I was being taken aback. Good game? and now in 3d? Following the devlog and such I was only thinking that this would become the bestest game and it truly was the bestest of Sonic speed. More music, more speed, more action a better combat system. Levels that experienced with momentum based mechanics and SPEEED. Everything I ever wanted from Sonic games. And now the third game. Playing it I never looked back. Only moving forward having a blast, jumping from platform to platform. And going through one of the hardest speed platform challenges ever in the final level. And still the story is overdramatic and stupid but what the heck it´s still amazing. I love this game and I love this series, maybe even more today than Sonic. Lake Feperd made sometihing amazing and it has stayed with me for a big chung of my life and I cherish that.

[@DesignDoc]

Enjoyed Frontiers quite a bit but Spark 3 blows it out of the water. Pacific Abyss alone is one of my favorite levels in any 3D Sonic Style game.

[@cashbrady4074]

Nah I think they are both good and both have better qualities then the other

[@ObsoletePerson]

'Spark the Electric Jester 3' is indeed a fantastic game and I'm glad it's gotten an Overwhelmingly Positive rating. The series has long since deserved that reputation. That said, I think '2' and '3' have really struggled in terms of integrating combat with its core gameplay loop of high-speed platforming. The original 2D 'Spark the Electric Jester' had no such problems because, moving along a single horizontal axis, you had to fight enemies because they would always be in your path. In 3D? Just run and jump around them. '3' basically forces you into arenas just to get some use out of the combat mechanics that would otherwise go unused outside of boss fights. 'Sonic Frontiers' attempted a lot of things and got... some of them right. What I DO think it needs to build up on-and indeed, what other high-speed 3D platformers should take note of-is how 'Frontiers' attempts to integrate speed into the combat. Most notably, the Cycloop, which is the best idea to come out of 'Frontiers' by a long shot. What better demonstration of Sonic as a fighter is there than a move that has him literally run rings around enemies? Another thing is that 'Sonic Frontiers' also attempts to integrate the platforming into the actual mini-boss fights. Sadly, it does not do them enough because too many Guardians lock Sonic into some mini-game sort of thing like flying through the air and avoiding rotating obstacles or falling through rings, but the Asura was really promising, making you run up its arms. That is exactly the sort of thing I'd like to see more of in 'Sonic'; using Sonic's speed as a foundation for his attacks and as his primary tool of engagement against bosses, NOT scripted nonsense like grinding rings about a Strider or sidestepping along a Squid or shifting between rails against a Fortress. Also, if you could please put in a notice for the plot spoilers at the very end, that'd be swell.

[@Eichro]

I feel like having more Raid levels would really help with using more of the game's combat

[@MagicalPurpleMan]

The StEJ series finally starting to get some recognition on youtube recently brings a smile to my face.

[@WeavileGuy]

so glad more people are talking about this game also shoutouts to the dev for adding in every level from spark 2 as FREE DLC

[@deadturret4049]

Another goofy thing you can do in this game is that if you flip over in a car segment, you dont have to restart. Instead, spark can exit the car and just keep running through the level. If you pair with spark's equivalent to the light speed dash, its actually sometimes faster to do car segments on foot. Its such a weird thing the game lets you do but i love it so much.

[@KoffiMan762]

1st game- not bad 2d platformer 2nd game- engine demo without Spark but with Fark 3rd game- So FARKing good

[@rhett8-u1n]

So, honest question, should I skip playing through 2 and just jump right into 3?

[@KoffiMan762]

@@rhett8-u1n To understand the plot, it’s better not to skip it, but the gameplay in some places is not finalized. For example, you can just run through all enemies on the level without fighting with them

[@twitchywitchx]

@@KoffiMan762 shoulda just told him to read the plot online cuz the dialogue and story is terrible across the three games lol

[@samcandles]

spark 3 is one of the games of all time

[@WeakestBrazilianMale]

Man I've already heard this joke a million times But it's still one of my favorites

[@battledogs3970]

No it’s not one of the games of all time, it’s one of the best games of all time 🤓

[@outlawruby]

@@WeakestBrazilianMaleit really is one of the jokes of all time

[@yuurifanclub]

@@outlawruby xd

[@heavenly2k]

What compelled you to say this

[@RenegadeOfFunk00]

FINALLY a big youtuber talking about Spark. Spark 2 and 3 have been criminally underrated for YEARS

[@KingAges]

There needs to be more people talking about this game. I've been around for the ride since Spark 1 and I'm very happy to see how far the series has come.

[@MajoraZ]

I'm so glad the Spark games have been getting attention lately!! It should be obvious, but since the vid mostly glossed over them, Spark 1 and 2 are also absolutely worth the time: Spark 1 is a 2d game and is basically 2d Sonic meets Kirby with different abilities, while Spark 2 is more in line with 3 as a Sonic Adventure-esque high speed 3d platformer: It doesn't have combat as refined as 3, and was iterated on in other ways and 3 has most of 2's levels as DLC now, but 2 still has some unique mechanics like a parry you can use while running to soak hits and keep moving at high speeds and more of the kirby-esque powerups/abilities that spark 3 scaled back on... Also, what's the game at 11:17?

[@possibly_ben]

hyonospace outlaw apparently, based on what i found

[@Gmax1003]

I was looking into whom the developer for Spark 3 is, and realized he is Brazilian! I'm really proud that this and other indie games from my country, such as Dandy Ace and Unsighted, have been highlighted for their quality.

[@AltKaxREAL]

my goodness, it still impresses me how dedicated that fella is : _)_

[@MegaMitchZero]

Saw someone complaining about the video title and thumbnail on Twitter. Don't really remember what they were complaining about. Something about how Spark should be judged as its own thing and not compared to Sonic, but you justify your reasoning pretty quickly in the first few minutes of the video. Honestly, people just like to complain. This actually got me interested in trying out Spark.

[@PixelaGames2000]

the fact that one guy made this is unbelevable im working on a game myself with a group of friends and man...i hope we can make our game as great as this or any of the othere banger indie platformers out there ill try my very best to make something awsome

[@mrpyrotec89]

i didn't hear of this game till this video. Holy shit man, I honestly can't remember a platformer feeling that good. The level design and aesthetic is amazing. Hope this blows up and the developer keeps churning these out. I replayed each level idk how many times.

[@harleywilkinson]

i love all the spark games but i WISH people could just appreciate the fact that they're amazing without constantly using them as a diss against sonic. it's incredibly frustrating to see.

[@staticshock4239]

Same.

[@axelgear666]

I mean it's been 20 years of astonishingly terrible mediocrity or God awlful uninspiring 3d sonic gameplay. The criticism is well justified. This is coming from a genesis Fan. I practically gave up a top notch speed platforming game could be made to give you an equivalent experience as experienced from the genesis era. Nb : rocket knight adventures was pretty decent too in the genesis era. Food for thought. There were many legendary but overlooked platformers back in the 2d era. Sonic has thrived on pure nostalgia and Sega abused that, there is no excuse to treat your primary game IP like shit.

[@harleywilkinson]

@@axelgear666 hard disagree. there have been MANY good sonic games in the past 20 years. you can say that the games aren’t for you but to outright call them all bad isn’t true.

[@mio3199]

fan games made me appreciate sonic games more for the formula it gave and grateful that sega/sonic team allowing fan games. bro even sonic account himself saying freedom planet is good stuff in alpharad video comment, sonic actually appreciate fan games.

[@axelgear666]

@@harleywilkinson the boost and adventure formulas have serious drawbacks. I give adventure series some flack bc those were segas early attempts at creating a 3d title but the blue blur never truly made, and still hasn't, a proper transition into 3d wirh regards to levels design, control and exploration. Along with a ton of other quirky design choices such as the amount of automation within modern stages and use of boring gimmicks. I attribute a lot of these issues with Segas tight management and controls over its devs. In fact sega restricted Christian whitehead from the mania team with its games. Many of the stages were replaced with nostalgic equivalents such as the obviously repeated green hill and chemical plant.

[@LighningSnake64]

9:14 Yes. That noise right there is the perfect culmination of the "what the shit, this is so stupid, this is all out of nowhere, I love it" feeling that the last several minutes of the narrative elicits. Bless you for giving this banger of a game more visibility!

[@xXhiXxification]

I guess after Neon White this is the next game i didnt know of just to 100% it. Sparks also at 50% during wintersale until January 5th.

[@C4puch]

Seeing how much you've loved this, I'd love to see your thoughts on the other 2 games.

[@sonicbreno]

This dude made my favorite Grand Chase video of all time, i have seen things from Lake Feperd for such a long time even tho i never really searched specifically for, kinda crazy too see every single thing he created it's well received, from Flash Animations, Sonic Fan Games to an Original Fully 3D high speed platformer. It's also heartwarming to see a Brazillian Developer getting such recognition.

[@chanda782]

Immediately went and bought the entire trilogy for under $20. Thanks for fighting the good fight and recommend amazing indies!!

[@staidanom]

I cannot thank you enough for bringing all those wonderful indie games into the spotlight. Spark 3 is definitely going to be my Christmas present to myself this year.

[@callmeblark8383]

It's crazy cool to see how much your content has developed over the years

[@TheJege12]

I've known about this game for a gooood while, and my first thoughts were "pfff this is just a Sonic ripoff!" But uh... seeing the current quality of Sonic game *WE NEED THIS*

[@chasestanek430]

As someone who played the first 2 games I’m glad the series is getting the love it deserves

[@АкисаКизараковна]

i am so depressed. why sonic team can’t do that in new sonic games? sonic fans doing so much work. literally made a super fun game with mechanics that the developers from sega could not think of

[@mr.sentryanddispenser]

Mainly because of direction,Sonic Team wants to do something they don't really have budgets or time for Spark has a complete vision of its creator,and probably less strict deadlines Budget is probably way lesser,but Lake Feperd knows what to do and how to do with that budget

[@ozs.l.7170]

I've watched a bunch of your videos these past few days. I don't really have anyone to spend Christmas with, so I mostly was eating Chinese take out in bed. Watching your videos really cheered me up. Especially this one and your Neon White one lol. I just really wanted to say thank you and even though its unlikely you'll see this, I still felt I needed to add onto the comments here. So yeah, thank you for your incredibly quality uploads, opinions, and bringing new games to light. Merry Christmas.

[@Geno746]

I would recommend playing Spark 1 and 2 if you want to get more out of the story. You can also appreciate 3 more as you see the changes and how it helped to make 3.

[@gavrielshemesh7825]

Hear me out: Celeste speed running is the true evolution 2d or even a 2d take on the 3d sonic gameplay. Using wave dashing, supers, and hypers transforms the game in the most tight controlling momentum based platform ever

[@JaredClaunch]

I love seeing spark getting the love it deserves!

[@BRoboto1]

4:22 - Boost fans will never be able to stomach this bitter pill. Outstanding video and your explanations for each point were excellent as they were humorous.

[@gameman5804]

I have a solution… Make the Controls tight with level design to accommodate it. I want Sonic to have buttery smooth controls with the boost formula. Frontiers despite the lack of emphasis, had it best outside of Cyberspace.

[@lucylu3342]

@@gameman5804 "Make the controls tight" Sega doesn't know how to do that for Sonic anymore. We won't be getting SA2-Style smoothness anytime soon in a Sonic game for a while unfortunately

[@majorghoul9017]

All of Spark 2 is available as post game content in Spark 3 as well now so it's two games in one

[@fortusEX]

Not newgame+ you just need to beat game

[@majorghoul9017]

@@fortusEX mb

[@DarkD33p]

I'm in final area atm. I couldn't put down my controller. This game is freaking amazing. Thanks for introducing me to this masterpiece.

[@cursedtosufferGRIMM]

Imagine spark 4d comes put and you put on the vr headset and start running into ongoing traffic

[@SonicEndouRed]

the fact you called out how janky sonic is because of"momentum" as the braindead fans want to call this obvious design flaw, is just amazing and u deserve all the vies

[@ThatPrimalSnail]

Yakko, I can’t stress this enough, you NEED to check out a game called “What Lies in the Multiverse” it’s like a puzzle platformer of sorts and it is SO UNDERRATED I haven’t been able to find ANY CONTENT about it aside the occasional walkthrough, NO FANART, NO LETS PLAYS, BARELY ANY REVIEWS AND IT MAKES ME *FURIOUS*

[@DewMan31]

As a longtime follower of LakeFeperd's work, I'm glad the series has finally been getting the attention it deserves. I've been trying to tell people about these games for years. Edit: also play Spark 1 and/or Spark 2. They are also very good.

[@mikoaj5002]

3:57 "I don't care" And that's the problem, you don't give a damn. And i care... too much... 😔

[@leow7927]

Speaking of better-than-Sonic Sonic inspired 3D platformer, I suggest you guys check "Solar Ash". Made by the team behind Hyper Light Drifter. The player moves by skating on clouds and its so freaking satisfying. Plus it has a Shadow of the Colossus vibe as you have to skate on bosses too. The universe is really cool, both visually and narratively. A bit expensive I must admit but definitively worth the price.

[@LukeTheFantasticMii]

He did mention this in his sonic frontiers review. Lol

[@ghhn4505]

I liked what you said about the "AAA vs Indie" thing at the end. It kind of annoys me when people just go "Triple A bad, Indie good" or vice versa. Good games are good games, I don't care if it's made by 100 people or just 1. Though I did like Frontiers for what is was and thought it was a step in the right direction, I kinda felt like having a good chunk of the video be putting down Frontiers to prop up Spark 3 was kinda eh, Spark 3 speaks for itself and can be propped up solo.

[@RandommBoyo]

So glad to see Spark get more recognition thanks to Frontiers

[@Zadamanim]

I first played Spark 3 when the teaser demo came out. I immediately bought Spark 1 and 2 and was eager awaiting Spark 3. I told everyone I could about this series, but my voice is only so loud. When Spark 3 finally came out, I can honestly say it was well worth the wait and lived up to the hype, which is almost impossible for any game nowadays. It makes me really happy that this game is actually getting coverage from louder voices now. I think everyone who likes platformers needs know about it. The only things I would take points off for is the enemy attacks are kinda simple (they mostly feel like damage sponges for you to combo). Enemies spawn in way too close to you sometimes, and progressing through levels sometimes requires killing several sets of enemies, but it doesn't tell you how many remaining enemies there are, causing me to slam into the barrier just as the next set loads in. After the final set of enemies is destroyed, it takes a second for the barrier to disappear. All of the levels have these bonus levels attatched to them on the world map except for one, which I wish did. There is also a particular miniboss that you fight several times throughout the game, and I felt like the last time you fight him was just one time too many, just kinda unecessary at that point. Those are really the only things I can take points off for, though. Everything else in the game is incredible.

[@BasementMinions]

How has this existed for months and I'm just now hearing about it?!?!?!

[@pspenguin6045]

What I’ve noticed is that whenever games have a AAA level team and scope. What often happens is the spirit of the game gets sucked away. Like that one trope you see in media about hive minds being not human despite having so many humans going into it. Smaller teams lead to the idea being maintained and not lost in greed and the flood of others desires. Indie developers are also just not afraid to go experimental with what they do.

[@staticshock4239]

Really wish we could like a game without dissing the thing that inspired it.

[@JusaWanderer]

It's just internet culture unfortunately. Just happy people are finally checking out this series.

[@kevindie]

*_I get what you’re saying, but I think it just shows how beat down Sonic fans have been for twenty years._*

[@maorfahima7315]

@@kevindie this is not what people is waiting for,actually fan don’t know what they waiting for

[@Shadessmh]

Really wish people could respect valid criticism and not think it's a personal attack.

[@tftc97]

@@Shadessmh it's not valid anymore when you can't praise a sonic fangame without dissing on what inspired it. that's not criticism, doofus

[@diabolicbear6198]

As a game designer your talk inspired me in my hard times thank you a lot. I came for the review and stayed and feel better about myself with ur input :D

[@noventaporcento]

It's even more impressive when you look at the brazilian game scene. It's so small and so hard to make a game around here. Spark is AMAZING 🇧🇷

[@MozyOnIn]

Dude really put in the gritty dash as an actual mechanic. Now that's 11/10 shit right there. Just found this gem of a game and I rly wanna play it

[@kingdanett4043]

The homing cancel into dash that sends you forward fast is super interesting because Sonic Frontiers has that same thing and speedrunners have been capitalizing on it a lot. I wonder what parts of the physics makes this work because its in both games.

[@galacticaracer]

See, when you homing attack, you move at a fast speed, by dashing, you cancel the attack but keep the momentum. This is applicable in Frontiers due to the air dash scailing off of current speed (aka, the speed of the homing attack)

[@amr-OH]

been following the Spark series for a while, and was so goddamn happy seeing how thoroughly he nailed it with Spark 3. genuinely having this before Frontiers made removed all my anxiety about if I'd like that game because I got everything I wanted from a Sonic game already.

[@Ikeai-zv8lv]

I like how there are so many "LOL SONIC FANS ARE SALTY" comments that there are any actual salty sonic fans. Most sonic fans are just saying that this game is good, but it doesn't need to be compared to sonic. If anything, I see more people salty that some people have a different opinion instead of just blindly agreeing with everything said in the video. So far, I haven't seen one person in the comment section who actually cares that the creator of this video likes Spark 3 more than frontiers.

[@yuchun_]

That's because it's mostly on twitter. and it IS really, really bad, there is a reason they're not saying it in this comment section.

[@Ikeai-zv8lv]

@@yuchun_ Twitter definitely brings out the worst in people for sure and they definitely deserve to be called out but the people who are simply saying it was unnecessary to bring compare the game to Sonic and nothing more don't deserve the hate.

[@derple8524]

I FINALLY GOT SPARK 3 ON SWITCH!!! Bro I just want y'all to know this is one of the best High speeg platformers I've ever played, right below Freedom Planet 2. Thank you Yokkocmn for bringing this game to light, I've already had if for a while and I was having so much fun with it that now I thought back to this video to let y'all know I'm good for life now. Rollin Rascal is the next one on my radar

[@Autistic_Menace00]

Spark looks like a combination of Marx from Kirby and Toon Link from Wind Waker also SFARX IS SUCH A KINGDOM HEARTS ASS NAME ISTG

[@guts9980]

This game also has a top tier exploration what makes the experience Mario galaxy or a hat in time like. Where you can rush to end the level or explore and kill more enemy’s

[@callinater6133]

Mario galaxy doesn’t have much exploration

[@litapd311]

damn, this game actually looks so good. i would never have guessed that it was made by an indie developer, let alone a single person

[@TheFallenN00b]

Played this game and Spark 2 a couple months ago and had a great time with them. These games were absolutely incredible. Definitely worth the money!

[@PurpleFreezerPage]

The more people work on a game, the less "vision" it has. Some of the most ambitious and personal games are made by one person because.. there's no publisher telling them to add skill trees, and there's no art designer telling them to make the story more like Marvel movies.

[@CaptSicnastee]

I'm glad you finally got around to checking out Spark 3.

[@ros9764]

This game is like thr ultrakill of 3d platformers

[@divagaciones1628]

I got this game a week ago and have been enjoying it a lot. I'm so happy that you made a video about it. It's almost baffling to what degree it succeeds at everything 3D Sonic never could. The character feels tight to control, the mechanics are all well implemented and work wonderfully with the level design, and are introduced at a perfect pace for the players to learn and master them. The graphics are vibrant, colorful and appealing, even if not super high fidelity, and the combat, while a bit slippery at times, is more than serviceable, it's actually enjoyable and satisfying. Why, Sega? Why couldn't 3D Sonic be exactly like this? With that said, this isn't Sonic, it's Spark, and it fucking rules.

[@-king-1230]

Sonic fans try not to use other people's passion projects to only use it to bash on sonic challenge not letting it stand on its own merits alone(impossible)

[@Samic8485-va]

i absolutely hope this convinces you to play the first two games in the series, they're not as tightly knit as the 3rd game but they're still really strong games Spark 1 is very much still a sonic-like but with little things that help it make it's own identity, and 2 maybe is a less tightly made version of 3 but it's got evEN MORE VOCAL THEEEEEEMES

[@SocksterSocks]

Bought spark 3 a month ago and ended up having to buy spark 1 and 2 as well after how awesome it was. Highly recommend these games

[@sketchsskotch1073]

This video but everytime he makes a compliment about Spark 3, cut to a complaint about Frontiers.

[@whomstedery]

the physics in this game are far superior than frontiers

[@fractalsauce]

After watching your sonic video and then stumbling upon Spark TEJ 3...I was like man, I bet yakko would go nuts over this game. So glad to see that you did. Happy holidays my dude

[@uhobme2028]

Crazy where this story ends up considering it all started cause Sparks wanted a paycheck

[@solxiv2476]

Spark 3 recently received an update that added to it all the levels from Spark 2 for free. From what I heard Spark 3 is also more polished gameplaywise and therefore more fun but you only have to pay for one game to play both. Amazing

[@alloounou6900]

Thank you for getting me into this game. It's been a lot of fun.

[@toonaurz2620]

I really hope this game gets on the Switch.

[@cashbrady4074]

Sonic and spark crossover NOW

[@playernotfound9489]

spark, sonic and lilac would prolly be great friends

[@tntsonic7482]

Why don't we praise Spark on its own merits instead of calling it the "Sonic killer". It can never stand on it's own if we keep it in Sonic's shadow and will ultimately alienate people from playing the great Spark series.

[@axelgear666]

Several mascot era games during the 90s tried to take on the mantle of sonic, by being different and it's own edgy thing but ultimately didn't quite catch on anyways due to marketing in part but also sonic and marios tight nostalgic grip in the minds of countless fans spanning across generations. It's difficult to elicit change in those who dont want change. Fepard is doing rhe right thing. It could be a waste of money trying to force spark the jester onto others. I remember Konami giant efforts to push "sparkster" aka rocket knight adventures back during rhe genny and snes era and those were phenomenal speedy platforming games at the time but weren't enough pizzaz to dissuade people from Sonic. Sonic has this profound effect on people to continue playing its games whether they're good or bad. ThTs why sega never let go of the blue blur, it markets itself. That's how profound brand recognition is these days. It's unfortunate sega takes this for granted as an excuse to keep experimenting on its fans

[@axelgear666]

@Andrew Pyle you found this game on your own, those who take the effort to find good games will be rewarded. Many who dont are sadly ignorant players in this industry .

[@Cuprite1024]

I agree tbh. Comparison is fine, obviously, but something being inspired by something doesn't *make* it that thing. I feel the same way with Pokémon-like monster tamers, many people end up either calling them clones or "Pokémon killers" which is just not fair to the game or its dev(s).

[@axelgear666]

@Cuprite all publicity is good publicity, trolls calling spark a clone are only self marketing the product. It being a sonic killer can't be helped, much like how sparkster was called a speedrunning clone with a jetpack lol. I've pretty much concluded the sonic fandoms are up to the brim and run by fanatical cults

[@OhLookItsJester]

Cuz people dont know how to do that sonic fans act like they are in abusive relationship with the series. Both this game and frontiers are really good and worth everyones time

[@Cyndadogo]

I played both Sonic Before the sequel and After the Sequel but didn't know this! One sonic fan friend like me told me about this game and I can't believe it, so here I am almost 6 AM, going so fast I can't even think with joy thanks to you yakko! Merry xmas I've found your channel by your Genshin Impact vids they are really great! For me you are with my 6 most important people opinion on YT, your critic is flawless for me I can see your passion on every vid, also I really love how you are one more of us playing the game and transmit it and also submiting serious critics facts is amazing! Have an amazing holidays!

[@easttoast4846]

i'm glad this vid wasn't just "sonic bad" for 14 minutes and instead praising spark and saying "here's what sonic can learn from spark" thanks for this vid hope you have happy holidays yakkocmn

[@trymetrix857]

I mean some of the comparisons were kinda like that when comparing level themes. Of course Sonic Frontiers isn't gonna have some crazy level design- it's an open zone based on islands for an ancient civilization

[@eeneremadu]

It was sonic bad for maybe 3 or so minutes

[@azure4622]

@@trymetrix857 couldn't the curated levels be like that then? The ones that are just copies of previous game levels

[@trymetrix857]

@@azure4622 I mean, yeah it would have been cool but... going off of the story ehh. More level layouts and themes would've been good but I could see why there was no new themes.

[@0_Body]

Sonic the Hedgehog: I found you, faker! Spark the Electric Jester Faker? I think you're the fake 3D platformer around here. You're comparing yourself to me? Ha! You're not even good enough to be my fake.

[@petergenovas4505]

This has been, no joke, on my Wishlist since coming out. I cannot wait to get it

[@petergenovas4505]

Update, I have purchased the game Thanks Yakko

[@Torosiken]

Thank you for pointing out about this game! I never would've heard about it otherwise. I'm surprised it's already on a 3rd title too. I'll definitely check this game out

[@SnailUnderscoreMail]

I literally just bought this game after getting recommended a clip on youtube lmao

[@tonkofwisdom3788]

I picked up Spark not too long ago and I’m so happy that I keep seeing more and more people reviewing it. The game truly comes into its own in Spark 3 and it’s just so freaking fun. Probably the most fun I’ve had playing a high speed platformer

[@RichDXtreme247]

I’m just scrolling through, not letting myself watch the video [Cause I don’t play the Jester series] and I’m seeing a lot of praise but I feel like this praise is either two ways: Coping or Projection Allow me to explain: The topic here is High Speed Platforming, which the Jester series has, right? And there’s plenty of people that really wanted this type of platforming for Modern Sonic the Hedgehog, right? Well, that’s kinda where the problem lies, Sonic is NOT being like Jester or moving around like other 3D fangames or previous tech demos as of currently with Sonic Frontiers. In my perspective, I think it’s fine. Sonic doesn’t NEED to BE like Jester, because as of Sonic Frontiers, he finally has room to grow for his gameplay style and expand more to where he couldn’t have done before. It’s possible that the difficulty for fights and combat will change and become challenging in the Open Zone format. People say that: “This is what Sonic should be” because that’s how YOU wanted it to be for your own self-satisfaction and personal tastes as for what Sonic is currently in a gameplay perspective, as it isn’t up to your own quota or expectations. There’s lots of people who are just aren’t willing to give a chance to new things and would rather insert one style of gameplay from one game into another and say “it’s fixed!” You aren’t treating neither Jester or Sonic games as separate entities, you’re only treating one as an experiment [for the gameplay] and the other as a lab rat to BE tested on [to give said gameplay to]. And i think that feels disappointing to me.

[@madengineerkyouma]

There's another great platformer that came out this year, "Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils"

[@mio3199]

What i hate the most about some people praising the fan made game to be "fanmade did better than sonic team" or "sonic killer" mindset. you can praise the fan games all you want but just to let you know without sonic these fan games wouldn't even exist. hell even with formula of frontiers exist like it or hate it, bigger fan games will coming with expanded playstyle like frontiers. Be grateful that sega even allowed fan games you won't see this often in other publisher.

[@lucylu3342]

This isn't a Sonic Fan game though? That'd be like calling Tekken a Street Fighter Fan game because they both involve fighting. And these types of games exist because of people's disappointment with games like Forces (And even Frontiers for some), so people pull a "Fine, I'll do it myself" and make their own speed platformers.

[@mio3199]

@lucy lu ... that is literally what made people saying spark weaponizing against sonic is bad. You dumb as hell if you just realized now, the point people said "Praise the game in its own merits not including weaponizing against sonic" is to say spark should be praise as its own game not as comparasion with sonic games.

[@mio3199]

@lucy lu also i never said spark is sonic fan game, what you just said just proved my point of spark having inspired formula from sonic games.

[@lucylu3342]

@@mio3199 Nice random insult, how nice 👍 And I do praise Spark on it's own merits. Game literally has the best level design I've ever played in a 3D speed platformers. The sheer freedom you have in every stage is perfected to the point that it made me want to speedrun the stages on my 2nd go around. Not to forget the combo system that makes fights amazing to play through and require _actual_ skill and timing to do well in. I've never called Spark 3 a "Sonic Killer", Sonic has a habit of killing himself on his own, but despite how mad it makes you, if I WERE to choose a "Sonic Killer" it would be Spark 3, no questions asked. Comparing two things is a normal thing to do, just look at Sonic and Mario. Endless comparisons between those two, hell, Sonic's entire existence was born because the devs of Sonic found it fun to speedrun Mario levels, so they made their own. I would and could write more, but you wouldn't read an in depth multi-paragraph explanation of why I like this game would you?

[@mio3199]

@lucy lu i started careless about it after how spark fans keep acting like they are surperior just by comparing it to sonic game making me don't want to be one of em. so no thanks.

[@gustavofernandes7814]

Just bought the bundle, thanks! Also, the ending section of this video is omega cute, great vid as always, Yakko!!

[@buhbuh1727]

Holy crap dude, the amount of facts you were spittin here started a war in the Sonic Community lmao but fr, I really hope to play this game cause the spark I felt for Sonic is just now gone.

[@Diogo85]

I don't think him saying Sparks 3 is better than most 3D Sonic games is a fact. It's more like an opinion and in my opinion, I disagree with. Sonic Adventure, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations and Sonic Frontiers blow Sparks the Electric Jester 3 out of the water in my opinion.

[@buhbuh1727]

@@Diogo85 I'd say the gameplay is fairly more fundamentally sound compared to some of the 3D games. Spark 3 takes after the Adventure style and builds on it, which was what a lot of people were looking for. I won't say Spark 3 is better than all 3D Sonic games, the only games that beat it imo are the Adventure games, and Unleashed and maybe Gens (Gens just nerfed a lot from Unleashed imo) But Spark 3's controls and physics blow Frontiers out of the water imo. With Frontiers, you're glued to terrain, and you lose all momentum when trying to boost jump, you also have an awkward slowdown after boosting, no deceleration, and the awkward stop after lightdashing, and I probably missed a few there. Spark 3 carried out how Sonic could, and should control in an open world environment imo, and the Adventure games and Spark showed that. There is more to these games like story and all, but I liked the story that frontiers was going for, but it felt overdramatic, and it was rushed towards the end. Spark just goes for a simple story, although it seems silly at times lmao. I think story is the only thing I could give frontiers over spark. My favorite Sonic game is Sonic Adventure 2, and Unleashed is the Sonic game I consider the best in the series

[@Diogo85]

@@buhbuh1727 Unleashed and Generations are goated.

[@buhbuh1727]

@@Diogo85 Truly yeah, I just prefer Unleashed for its originality, and how it puts the player directly in the perspective of Sonic, but putting split second reaction obstacles in the way. Although, Gens reimagines beloved levels from the series, and its level design is more expanded upon than Unleashed's.

[@Ermonacodimontagna]

I get why sonic fans are mad, this game is the most uninspired thing i've seen in the indie market

[@despinhabarda]

Yakko, we love you talking about indie games more than triple A titles! But to be frank Ive always been here to watch you talk about anything, whether it is a League of Legends video, a Sonic video, Elden Ring or Hades. If you can't make a video about every single thing, choose something you love to talk about and we'll be there!

[@cheesetomeetyou]

Someone should make a sonic mod for this. Also SEGA needs to hire this guy.

[@Diogo85]

Why? Yako isn't exactly a video game developer.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

​@@Diogo85 He meant Lakefeperd.

[@invertebrado]

YOOOOOOOO SPARK!!! I love this franchise, I have played the Sonic Fangame that the creator created back in the day, and was following him in when Kickstarter for Spark 1 release. Its honestly very gratifying seeing the game receive some recognition by one of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@derple8524]

The Sonic curse is broken, I'm free my brothers and sisters. Penny's Big Breakaway is everything i wanted from a 3D momentum based platformer on Switch, I'M FREE!!! 😂