Spongebob can adorn numerous costumes throughout the game. It does speed up any completionist runs when you can skip to a point of interest. You can freely head into the levels and, if you wish, restart from a checkpoint of your choosing. Instead, you can find your way there through the pause menu. The levels are all accessible from warp zones in Bikini Bottom but they aren’t clearly marked. There’s some conveniences to aid navigation. I don’t see this game frustrating many players. The final boss presents probably the game’s sternest challenge it does well to intuit what’s required of the player. There are a couple of instances where I ran up against some surprisingly tight platforming moments but the penalty for failure is pretty forgiving.
There’s some thoughtful placement in terms of giving you something new and I do think the adventure’s paced fairly well. These all come with their own little interludes that ensure you’re not just hopping from place to place. One has you trying to complete a film shoot for the director Squidward. One takes place in a medieval castle which has you scaling towers. These levels all have a good variety to them and each one comes with a signature outfit for our protagonist to wear. To the game’s credit, these end each level and do seem to showcase Spongebob’s abilities well. Combat never gets too complex but boss fights do break up the usual monotony that can develop. At tines, it can have a good flow to it and making my way through the levels was straight-forward. It really compliments the movement at times and helps keep Spongebob airborne in some of the more hectic encounters.
There are quite a few new tricks to get through, too.Ĭombat begins with some basic strikes but escalates to include karate kicks which can also be used to enhance traversal. For the most part, it’s leisurely but the game explains new mechanics easily with pictured tutorials. A double-jump and glide arrives fairly early and it does mean there’s plenty of time to consider jumps. Gameplay, much like Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, is splitting time between lenient platforming and simple but effective combat. There’s not a lot of shocks or twists to uncover but I enjoyed the tale from start to finish. Patrick and Spongebob hold things together nicely and the two’s chipper outlook does give the game a very light and comic tone. The majority of the cast gets plenty of representation and it can feel like a cosy ensemble as they fire quips and interact with one another. There’s plenty of time for the cartoon’s unique brand of humour which lands more than I anticipated. Through the course of the catastrophe, the duo travels through seven themed realms in search of the other residents. With his usual can-do attitude, he has to right this wrong with his trusty Starfish friend Patrick.
The stakes are a touch grander with our hero causing a whole heap of accidental trouble that condemns Bikini Bottom into being torn asunder. Spongebob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake has a plot that wouldn’t look out of place in the show. Based on the Nickeloedeon cartoon and a spiritual successor to Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Purple Lamp, the adult in me finds this to be a charming effort. Spongebob Squarepants: The Cosmic Shake is, presumably, a thing for kids. Kids have no sense of taste, no sense of experience and barely have an attention span. Even so, I wouldn’t trust a kid’s opinion on anything.
I can’t review them from a child’s perspective and it’s not like I can fetch some kids to play it for me. I’m never really sure what to do with kids games. Januin PS5 / Reviews tagged bubbles / cartoon / combat / jellyfish / nickelodeon / platforming / purple lamp / seahorses / spongebob squarepants the cosmic shake by Mike
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