Saturday, 26 July 2014

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Video Game Review

I've been a fan of SpongeBob since I was six yrs old and I loved all the episodes. I preferred the classic episodes but I liked the modern episodes too. I also loved the specials, my favourite being SpongeBob Vs The Big One.

Then came the day I finally watched the movie for the first time. I loved every minute of it. I danced to and sang all the songs and I laughed at the funny bits. Those gas men were annoying, Dennis was alright, Plankton was plain evil and Mindy was just the best.

But let's get to the topic. The game that was based on the film itself. You get to play as SpongeBob or Patrick and at rare times, both of them and join them on a journey to Shell City where King Neptune's Crown is. I loved how both SpongeBob and Patrick had their own set of attacks with my favourite as SpongeBob being the Sonic Wave Guitar and as Patrick being the throw move.

The game's plot matches the movie's storyline perfectly and the graphics are perfect quality. The bosses are all great(except for King Neptune ha ha ha), the level designs are perfect and I love how there are separate challenges in each level other than the main challenge itself. Examples of extra challenges include Sonic Wave, Sponge Ball, Floating Block and Combat Arena among others but my favourite part of the game was finding Treasure Chests because finding those equal finding extras and finding extras is so much fun.

Overall, the game was just as good as the film was, I would rate it 9/10 and if I was asked if I would recommend it to all you SpongeBob fans out there who are reading this post, then I would say YES and NO.

YES because it's a pretty good game and just so we're clear, I'd advise you watch the film before playing the game. I watched the film first and that's how I completed the game right.

NO because even though the game was good, it has a few minor flaws that make it really hard at times and might stress you out. If the game gets hard, take a break, watch a tutorial video, breathe or get a snack or something, then go back to playing the game.

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Sonic Unleashed Review

Lately, I have been playing Sonic Unleashed on my PS2. It's really good and everything. I got used to the day stage controls of Sonic the Hedgehog quite quickly but the night stage controls of Sonic the Werehog took me a while to get used to and get the hang and basis of. I like playing the day stages the most and the best level had to be the Spagonia Rooftop Run day stage.

The Continents - The most annoying continent is Eggmanland while the least annoying is Apotos. I also liked Mazuri and Shamar but my favourite was Spagonia. I didn't like Adabat that much and I thought Holoska was ok. Chun-Nan was alright.

The Bosses - My favourite boss fight to play had to be the Dark Gaia Phoenix. I also liked the Egg Beetle and the Egg Devil Ray. I didn't like any of the other bosses that I have already played against.

I may not have completed this game yet but I am rating it 8/10 and I would recommend it to friends but a little word of caution, do not come crying to me if you get stuck on Eggmanland because if you do, I will whack you with a stick(only kidding).