You unlock the other two characters as you go, able to swap between them at will back at camp.įor the first couple hours, Mana Spark wasn’t grabbing me. There’s also the soldier, who uses a crossbow (which allows her to move and shoot at the same time, unlike the hunter, but comes at the cost of lower attack power and health), and the knight, who uses a sword and shield, trading the ability to dodge with blocking and deflecting attacks. Equipped with a bow and arrow and a dodge roll, he’s the most well-rounded of the trio. With each new unlock, the game becomes far easier, but the costs also soar quickly.Īt first, you only start with one character: the hunter. The core loop revolves around making runs for mana runes that can be used back at camp to unlock new items, food that provides buffs to your stats, and the ability to weaken certain types of enemies. As such, they’re extremely vulnerable given how outmatched they are.
Story goes that, of all the races in the world of Mana Spark, humans are the only ones to be unable to use mana, a very powerful and sought-after source of energy. Mana Spark follows a small band of humans on a mission to free their brethren from the clutches of the monsters who’ve enslaved them. After struggling for the first few hours, to come so close to a near perfect run in the end feels like the perfect summarization of my time with Mana Spark. A run that good could only end in spectacular failure. Then I died just short of finishing off the final boss.
My build was as close to perfect as I could hope: I could fire multiple arrows per shot, the cooldown between shots almost nonexistent my attack power was such that I could kill everything in one or two shots, thanks to my arrows inflicting poison on hit and the double damage received from bouncing them off walls every few kills would restore a bit of my health, the surplus of food being dropped along with my health potion ensuring I could always recover from whatever wounds I suffered. My most recent run in Mana Spark was easily my best one.
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