Spark The Electric Jester 3 - Full Playthrough (Hard Difficulty)

This YouTube title/thumbnail is a bit misleading and it feels reductive to relegate Spark The Electric Jester 3 to just "Sonic Adventure But Better", since it's so much more than that, but you cannot deny the inspiration it wears on its sleeves. That and this is an amazing indie game that desperately needs more attention but big Sonic channels will not cover it because it just "isn't Sonic" despite gameplay being everything Adventure fans wanted. But I digress...

I've been waiting a long time for Spark The Electric Jester 3 and from what I've played I was not disappointed at all. The high speed platforming is as thrilling as it can get with a very high skill ceiling, coupled with superb level design that actually is built around a character with this much mobility and never gets confusing to navigate.

And the combat, much like Spark 2 before it, has seen a massive improvement in regards to aerial combat and combo strings. There's a lot of creative freedom when it comes to making Devil May Cry looking combos in a game where some would argue, doesn't even need it, but it has it anyway. My gripe with the combat isn't so much your movepool, as much as there aren't really a whole lot of enemies with the same kind of mobility as you to really force you to improve, with the exception of a few bosses, those where the highlight for me. And the weaker enemies you 1-shot with a homing attack, act like they do in any other 3D Sonic game, obstacles that try to impede your progress when navigating the level. This is still an indie game made by just 1 person, so expecting Devil May Cry or Platinum Games levels of depth with combos and enemy encounters is unrealistic, but still, as far as combat goes, I think it does a really good job in this kind of game as it is without clashing.

Also the story... it's definitely something. It's not bad per say, it genuinely got me invested for the little story that it was but near the end the plot goes from 0 to existential dread really fast and that is all I'm going to say to avoid spoilers.

Spark The Electric Jester 3 definitely scratches that Sonic Adventure itch I've been having for so long and I urge anybody, especially Sonic fans to play this amazing game. It's not perfect and it sure damn isn't a replacement for Sonic The Hedgehog, especially with Sonic Frontiers looming on the horizon doing its own thing (which I am glad btw) but I'd be lying if I say I didn't have a good time.

Anyways, please enjoy the video.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro and Prologue Stage
3:15 - Doublemoon Villa - Terminal Village (going slower and exploring here to grind bits)
9:26 - Story recap
12:31 - Challenge 01 - Jester Charge
13:58 - Challenge 02 - Jester Dash
15:58 - Cold-Dry Desert - Terminal Village
20:08 - Shopaloo (Buying moves)
22:39 - Boss: Saw-Man - Terminal Village
25:43 - Lost Riviera - Drynion Desert
30:14 - The Guardian First Encounter (Took me by surprise the 1st time)
33:05 - Backstory tape 1
38:41- Challenge 05 - Wall Jumping
39:28 - Challenge 04 - High Speeds
41:00 - Challenge 06 - Wall Walking
42:17 - Lost Ravine - Drynion Desert
46:59 - Arid Hole - Drynion Desert
50:43 - District 5 - Protest Prison
55:08 - The Guardian Second Encounter
58:00 - Backstory tape 2
1:03:06 - District 79 - Protest Prison
1:06:30 - District 4 - Protest Prison
1:08:51- Downtown Dissent - Protest City
1:15:51 - District 6 - Protest Prison
1:17:46 - Presidential Rattle - Protest City
1:21:02 - Boss: On The Run - Protest City
1:24:40 - Float Introduction Cutscene
1:27:18 - Nighttime Phenomena - Historia Hysteria
1:32:09 - District 9 - Protest Prison
1:36:49 - Challenge 01 - Slope Jumping
1:37:51 - Splash Grotto - Drynion Desert
1:40:07 - Strike Sewers - Protest City
1:44:10 - Squabble Spillway - Protest City
1:47:22 - A.M. Village - Terminal Village
1:50:08 - Boss: Throwback - Historia Hysteria
1:54:25 - Airstrip Madness - Stratoria Interstellar
1:57:46 - Roadway Rally - Protest City
2:00:18 - Two-Stage Liftoff - Stratoria Interstellar
2:02:30 - Suborbital Scramble - Stratoria Intersterllar
2:07:17 - Endless Hall - Historia Hysteria
2:11:29 - Balloon Fiesta - Historia Hysteria
2:14:45 - Boss: Mecha Madness - Stratoria Interstellar
2:19:39 - Backstory tape 3
2:25:00 - Aviator Highway - Stratoria Interstellar
2:28:41 - Challenge 07 - Fall Damage
2:30:21 - Deep Descent - Pacific Abyss
2:39:05 - The Guardian (Flint) Final Encounter
2:41:21 - Utopia Shelter (Final level)
3:02:00 - Meeting Fark Cutscene
3:14:59 - Fark Vs Linework Spark
3:20:47 - Spark Talks with Clarity
3:22:58 - Sfarx Fusion
3:25:48 - Sfarx vs Clarity (Final Boss Fight)
3:27:54 - Ending
3:31:48 - Credits

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