Considering that environments tend to look alike in SPRay, the developers have included a compass at the top of the screen that points in the general direction of the next object of interest or goal along with the estimated distance needed to travel there. However, this distance and direction are a direct Point A to Point B path, meaning that sometimes the game reports that the shortest distance is through a solid wall or other impassable barrier.

SPRay features no worthwhile redeeming values or major elements worth praise. Character models seem to have been developed in a studio where the art designers are paid by the polygon, and I haven't seen so many drab blurry low-resolution textures since the original Nintendo 64 days. Some puzzles lack the necessary clues or visual cues that give hints on how to trigger certain events. It was not uncommon to find poor Ray and I wandering around aimlessly spraying everything in search of the next goal. There is little attention to environmental detail which gives the game a unfinished feel that is extremely rough around the edges. Peer down over the edge of a platform, for instance, and it's possible to see the underside of the gameworld set against a generic black or bright blue emptiness.

While the lack of polish certainly isn't helping, ultimately it's the broken and tedious gameplay that sinks SPRay. The game wants to match The Legend of Zelda's trademark dungeons with Super Mario Sunshine's FLUDD water pack gimmick, but in trying to ape these elements the developers missed the entire point. The dungeons sport lackluster puzzles that often need to be repeated in different locations. Some puzzles seem to guard nothing in particular. Other challenges are just hopelessly baffling and fail to provide that little inkling of what needs to be done to move on or why the task even needs to be completed.

SPRay is an uninspired game that fails to meet its potential from a publisher that should know better than this. It manages to disappoint in every possible way. There's an interesting idea at the heart of the game, but it's a shame that we never get to see it. The puzzles are tedious, the world is unpolished, the visuals are unacceptable for a modern console game, the characters lack personality, and the fluid gimmick is not efficiently utilized. SPRay has no positive memorable elements and was difficult for me to tolerate, let alone recommend. Avoid, avoid, avoid.