Very Good Game
Sun Nov 22 2020 SplurzI might be a little late but I don’t care. I want to gush about this game! I had heard about this game coming to Apple Arcade and didn’t think much of it. For some reason, I am REALLY into Steven Universe at this point in my life, so I was like “Eh, I’ll by it”. I had only played Attack the Light before this. I am planning to get Save the Light sometime this year or next year. Of course, not playing save the light made some things like Hessonite (did I spell that right?) and references to Save the Light but I got over it. This game is great! It has sweet fighting and big bosses. Garnet is a little OP like always, so she’s my go-to for fighting. Something I didn’t like was how this game uses 3D models and then squishes them to 2D. It looks fine most of the time but have you seen Smokey Quartz! Friggin’ nightmare fuel! Anyways, have a good day! You have probably spent at least a minute to read this, so go get a snack. If you don’t have tasty food, give yourself a pat on the back. If you don’t have hands or arms, get someone else to pet your back. If you know nobody with arms or don’t like the idea of someone touching your back, give yourself a wink in the mirror. BYE-some random guy on the internet
A game you will not forget.
Thu Nov 28 2019 Dannyboy :^)Unleash the Light is an astounding game! It is like a combination of Attack the Light’s mechanics and Save the Light’s story, animation, and expansion of characters. What I found strange at first about this game was the absence of every new character introduced in Save the Light, only being able to play as the brand new ones, Lapis, Bismuth, Rainbow Quartz 2.0, and Sunstone. But after some thinking, it made sense to cut them out, as this game is already big enough as it is. Also, there is only three mini planets and one large planet, so there is no need for so many different characters. As someone who recently completed the game’s story, I will have to say this game is unforgettable. With two brand new Garnets thrown into the mix, I couldn’t wait to see how they both battle. I was not disappointed once I finally battled them. The many different adorable peridots, bismuths, and jades I constantly ran through during the game made the story more clear and were great additions to the game also. I also appreciate the different badges, costumes, and charms. What really sucked was the fact that the characters only have three moves. I’m not positive that this is true, but I have not received a new move in awhile despite all of the leveling up I have been doing. Regardless, this game was an adventure. The variety of different prism monsters and their abilities were very interesting. I’m looking forward to the next Grumpyface game!
Almost Great
Tue Dec 17 2019 Indico_Don’t get me wrong I’ve played Attack and Save the Light and they’re all really great games, however Unleash the light has some bugs that have been making it harder to play. For example when Lapis aims her wave in the palace of light, occasionally it goes under the floor. With this happening you cannot see the line scroll across the bar and can’t see where to stop it to get the sweet spot attack. Another bug that’s happened to me a lot and has been very annoying is when you kill an enemy, occasionally after you kill them, it’ll still display an enemy that you can attack. There’s no sprite, however if you choose an attacking move, attacking the invisible enemy is an option. When you attack the enemy and kill it, the game softlocks. In order to get out of this you have to completely close the game and reopen it. It happens a lot with enemies that have a chance to pop out of their machines after they’re defeated once, and this becomes especially annoying in the palace of light where you have to completely restart at the warp and try your best to get back to where you were without the bug happening again. Other than that however great story! I love how all three of the games have come together at this point. I would love to see Hessonite, Pyrope, and Demantoid in the actually show but that’s a story for a different time. Great job! This game honestly the only reason I got Apple Arcade :)
Amazing game but…
Tue Jul 12 2022 PixieSpuckI absolutely love this game. I’m obsessed with Steven Universe, and I played Attack the Light as well! I love how it incorporates all the characters of the show and expands as well with the new gems you fight against and talk to, but my only complaint is that this one seems to crash quite a bit. I’m trying to chalk it up to the fact I’ll play it for hours but none of my other games do this. It could also be Apple Arcade games in general, as this is the first (and only one so far) I have played because I’ve never had Attack the Light crash on me either, but it gets frustrating because it’s always when I’m in the middle of battle. I got scared it would crash on me during the final battle with the prisms (luckily it did not) but it took some of my excitement away worrying about it :( my iPad is a little older but it’s able to stay up to date with the software so I don’t think it’s my device, and hopefully Grumpyface sees this and looks into the crashing. If it wasn’t for that I’d give it a full 5 stars honestly.
Truly delightful
Sat Jun 20 2020 Marg_SablSo as a long time su fan this game was a treat but also as someone who has throughly enjoyed the other two light games this game felt like a happy marriage between the two combat systems.
While at first I played the game and struggled to get past the first boss. I put the game down for a few months under the guise that it was simply too hard. However I came back to it recently and finally beat the boss and eventually the whole game because I was playing the game wrong. But I started to develop an actual strategy and because of that, my enjoyment of the games skyrocketed. While I’m a huge SU fan, the setting was never the reason I came back to the game. The simple yet complex mechanics, the addition of side quests, and the well written story is what had be glued to the screen. While there are a few glitches and I feel that there could maybe be a few areas that could be re-worked (the palace of light) and the addition of an other world to explore (it was strange to not go to beach city or any pre-existing location) but when an iPhone game keeps me up until 10:30 at night then it’s earned it’s five stars.
I love this game, but there are issues.
Fri Dec 06 2019 Hi tally daI had been waiting for this game for so long, and I loved it! Some of the bugs are pretty bad though. I’ve noticed a lot of people saying they lost save data. I’m not sure if this is the case for everyone, but when the game restarted for me I wasn’t connected to WiFi. The next time I connected to WiFi and started up the game my progress was back. But there are lots of bugs during battle where the battle just freezes and I have to close the game. Another one (kind of minor, but it BUGS me... get it?) is when a gem has been poofed and they get attacked again they poof again and when the gem reforms there is a gemstone following them around. Also in the castle, there is a staircase where nothing on the ground shows up. When I attack, the star that shows when you can get a perfect attack is not there. The same goes with Lapis’s tidal wave bar. I’ve seen these things peek out from underneath the floor, so I think they’re just layered incorrectly. Anyways, overall great game. The only reason I got Apple Arcade!
Great Game but needs a few bug fixes
Tue Jul 05 2022 taptaprap13Since the latest update, I’ve been experiencing some bugs that have caused me to restart levels when I replay the game or throughout roses room. Some bugs are when I forge a barrier with bismuth, it doesn’t appear on my ability circle to use. Another one is when amethyst gets hit twice in a row like in the rose room against the light construct that has shards, when it hits her and then throws a shard at her, she sometimes gets stuck in the change phase and her character turns all white until I move to the next level. Another one is sometimes the characters start walking backwards all of a sudden. Another one is when lapis throws the enhanced shards it freezes the game. Another one is bismuth’s freebie barrier upgrade doesn’t work in rose’s room and in story mode I get an unlimited placement of the barrier but when I actually forge a barrier, it takes it away. Also Hessonites Charm ability sometimes when thrown is all black instead of the orange color. There were other multiple bugs I’ve encountered that interferes with my gameplay that I hope get fixed please
Update idea
Fri Jun 24 2022 maldilNow listen, what if you let the diamonds join an adventure. Instead of being in their tall form maybe let them shrink down. I have some of their skills planned out. Each will have five abilities not including their ultimate ability. For white diamond’s ultimate ability she’ll be able to control three enemies and turn them against the enemy. For blue diamonds ultimate ability she’ll be able to use her sad ability to make three shock waves dealing damaged to the enemy and healing the team. And yellow diamonds ultimate ability she’ll be able to shock a whole entire row of enemies of three turns. Now for their regular abilities. White diamonds first ability will be white beams, should be able to select an enemy to use her lasers and deal damage to them if she may it will work just as Steven shield throw and any target that’s in front of her target will get damaged as well. I will get ideas for the other diamond abilities soon. Hopefully the developers see this in consider my ideas. Byeee.
absolutely love this game but it does have a few flaws
Thu Aug 18 2022 MePR75i’ve been playing unleash the light ever since it’s release, and don’t get me wrong it’s an incredibly fun rpg game for an rpg lover and su watcher such as myself. i do have one tiny complaint though. ever since version 4.0 launched i’ve been playing this game more often than i have been before. with the inclusion of greg and hessonite plus the new rose’s room. well i decided to play the final boss with greg and my fully upgraded hessonite, and when i finished the boss fight and the cutscene where the game ends, my hessonite’s level fully reset back to her original level. now this doesn’t irk me to the point where i’ll throw a tantrum, but it does get a little frustrating considering i’d have to upgrade my hessonite all over again and it sort of prevents me from playing the final boss. i know it may be a little too late to be writing this review, but if the devs ever see this please keep it in mind for a potential bug fix!! please and thank you. :D
Very authentic, amazing game!
Thu Jun 30 2022 Carteboy⭐️(Side note - I have never played attack the light or save the light)
(Side note 2 - if you do not have Apple Arcade, there is also a console iteration on most major platforms, along with the
This game is amazing! I opened it up for the first time after my 6th rewatch of the series, and when not seeing anything in the show in the description, I had my doubts. But this game had everything I would have hoped for!the story fits in perfectly with the main franchise’s story, while still making me have to think hard to figure out where this was in the timeline(people say it’s right after the main show, but I still have my doubts because of Steven’s second skin)! And the constant updating puts new life into the series after we all thought it was dead. Overlooking the occasional visual glitches, this is all I hoped for and more out of a Steven universe game, and any Steven universe fan needs to play this!
