PlayStation 2

SpongeBob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab

I’m surprised they even let kids watch SpongeBob anymore. After this game, maybe they won’t. They might as well just throw in cursing and barnacle sex and stick it in Prime Time. “Sponge or no Sponge?!” Taking things from Heavy Iron over to Blitz games, things have gotten damn near out of control, mostly in a good way…unless you’re ten, in which case you will need therapy. You thought Bob was weird before? Well, this one’s all a dream, so the gloves are off. Try blood-shot bug-eyed Rat-Fink mutant Bob in Diesel Dreams burning up the ocean floor in his hot-rod; or better yet, Sheldon J. Plankton getting run down by a giant Krabby Patty. The game jumps all over the place, from Patrick as Starfishman to SpongeBob being swallowed by a giant Alaskan worm, to airborne battles, to Plankton turning the tables on the giant Krabby Patty…and then some.

It's too bad there was never much beyond the most basic of maneuvers, but the fact remains- just about anyone can pick it up and play the whole way through with little difficulty, and still have fun doing it. Fans should be content (to a point), and while avid/hardcore gamers shouldn't bother with this one unless they're really giant Spongebob fans, kids should get a kick out of it. One of these days, they might get around to developing a children's game that can stand on its own merits without relying on fanservice to deliver a quality experience. There are far too many shortcomings in Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab to make it a very good game, and they're all technical and control flaws that could easily be ironed out with a bit more effort. Oh well...at least it was fun for a while.

Un jeu simpliste mais agréable qui fera plaisir aux fans de Bob et de sa clique. Loin de renouveler le genre, Blitz Games tire sans trop de risques un jeu amusant de la célèbre licence de Nickelodeon. Sans aucun doute la meilleure adaptation à ce jour des aventures de Bob l'éponge.