The Last Spark

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The Last Spark is a single player casual platformer game. It was developed by Electronic Revolution Studios, LLC and was released on August 20, 2021. It received neutral reviews from players.

Spark the Last Robot is a puzzle-platformer where the player controls Spark, a robot who must solve the trials of each room in order to dive deeper into the factory and work to figure out how to return electricity to his fellow robots.

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60%Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

graphics6 positive mentions

stability3 negative mentions

The game features impressive and appealing graphics with a charming art style and character design.
It offers challenging and fun puzzle-platformer gameplay with interesting mechanics and well-paced onboarding.
Quick resets and frequent checkpoints reduce frustration during challenging sections.

The game suffers from numerous bugs, including game-breaking issues and malfunctioning save features.
Some mechanics are unreliable or inconsistently implemented, leading to unpredictable gameplay and frustrating difficulty spikes.
Lack of clear puzzle goals, poor progression flow, and some design choices interfere with precision and overall player experience.

gameplay
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
40%
30%
The gameplay features readable mechanics used effectively in puzzles but suffers from unreliable, physics-based inconsistencies, a hostile difficulty curve, and poor save/reset functionality. Challenges lack coherent progression, with mechanics introduced and abandoned erratically, leading to frustrating backtracking. Overall, bugs and janky mechanics detract significantly from the experience, requiring improvements to make the gameplay more polished and enjoyable.
- “Mechanics are readable and most are used effectively and interestingly in the puzzles and challenges set.”
- “A big reliance on physics for certain mechanics causes some of them to be unreliable and unpredictable in use.”
- “There is also no coherent connection between puzzles; there is no natural progression for the challenges, mechanics are introduced and abandoned before making a sudden and unexpected comeback.”
- “Game is fine, with loads of bugs that most likely haven't been worked on since release, janky mechanics which sometimes work and sometimes don't, options that don't save.”
- “From the very start of the game even basic mechanics don't leave a lot of room for error, and jumps require near perfect execution to reach required heights or distances.”
- “Unfortunately the game falls apart because of its rather hostile difficulty curve, unreliable mechanics and lack of a decent save/reset feature.”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
75%
25%
The game features visually appealing graphics with a distinctive industrial aesthetic and charming character design, though it lacks vibrant colors compared to similar titles. While the art style is praised for its quality and atmosphere, some visual elements interfere with gameplay precision and challenge fairness. Overall, the graphics enhance the game's appeal, especially for those seeking a relaxing puzzle-platform experience.
- “The graphics in this game are really quite good, which at least makes the game look more appealing.”
- “Visually the game looks great, the character design is decent and the industrial aesthetic of the game falls somewhere between Robots (the 2005 movie) and Ratchet & Clank, although lacking the colorful aspect of either.”
- “It's a great first game, and the really good art style with a super cute robot makes it even better.”
- “The graphics look okay, but they failed a really basic IQ test for designing PC games.”
- “Visually the game looks great, the character design is decent, and the industrial aesthetic falls somewhere between 'Robots' (the 2005 movie) and Ratchet & Clank, although lacking the colorful aspect of either.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is inconsistent, with frequent glitches, crashes, and save issues that can significantly disrupt gameplay. While still playable at times, these bugs frustrate many users and negatively impact the overall experience.
- “The Last Spark is a fun challenging puzzle platformer at its best, and an infuriating buggy mess at its worst.”
- “Never saves a game, it glitches, and crashes... all in all... it's uninstalled.”
- “Again, there are a few glitches here and there, but nothing to stop the game from being playable.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story is minimal and may not satisfy players seeking a deep narrative, but it complements the game's relaxing puzzle-platform experience and beautiful visuals.
- “The story is very minimal.”
- “If you like games that get into story (as I do) then this probably won't be all that fun for you.”
character development
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Character development is reflected more through visual design, with decent character models that fit an industrial aesthetic reminiscent of "Robots" and "Ratchet & Clank," though the game lacks vibrant colors and deeper personality depth.