Playing Mario + Rabbids Sparks of hope felt like I was back in the days of playing Mario RPGS like superstar saga and thousand year door. Everything that I've experienced in my time with the game deserves the highest compliment, because overall, I vastly prefer SOH to KB. I played on hard difficulty, tackled every single task for 100% completion, I just could not stop playing it. The free-form movement in battles is such a game changer and feels fantastic to even control your character. I've been humming a lot of the music tracks from all the great composers, there's so many good tracks. A standout to me was Spout forth from Gareth Coker. Sounds straight out of Ori. Story-wise I liked the angle of tackling galaxies way more than the first game, though I will say some of the bosses didn't feel as grand. Midnite (Who was shown off pre-release) is still my favorite. I could never aptly finish Kingdom Battle for one reason or another until very recently, while this game had its hooks in me from beginning to end. A must play, and I usually never feel the same way about other Ubisoft games. Sparks of hope    is truly a goty contender for me.