Too boring
User Rating: 5.8 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom PC
Spongebob Squarepants, bona fide phenomenon, wacky, wild, inheritor of the genius of Looney Toons, has only been represented in gaming by mediocre to interesting adventure games and generally poor 2D sidescrollers. It's about time the square one got his props with a full 3D platforming adventure. Bikini Bottom, its colorful cast of characters, most landmarks, items, etc., have all been translated into full 3D. The effect is… expected. But something is lost in the translation. Part of the problem is a lack of polish and detail. The characters look plastic, rather than truly 3D. The environments are sparse and the effect, on the whole, does little to really capture the unique art design of the show. A bolder move would have been to preserve the 2D style and animation of the show with a cel-shading graphics style. That would have made the game feel warmer and might have helped with some of the minor camera problems too. Suffice it to say this graphics engine is adequate, but it looks and feels like a design team playing it safe. Anyway, kids won't mind, so take these criticisms with a glass of brine. 
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