SpongeBob SquarePants
The Cosmic Shake
Rating: 2/5
Developer: Purple Lamp Studios
Publisher: Purple Lamp Studios
Platform: PC, PS4, PS5, XBO, XBS
Price: PC – Rs 1,600; Consoles: Rs 2,499

SpongeBob SquarePants has been part of pop culture for a long time, and it hasn’t received as much love in video games as it deserves. The last big game I remember was The Battle for Bikini Bottom, which was a normal platformer designed for kids. Unfortunately, The Cosmic Shake isn’t a big upgrade over that. It features repetitive combat, easy puzzles, and a storyline that could have been done with more hijinks. The opponents are also easy to defeat, and there are no difficulty options to make it more challenging. It feels pale when compared to the wackiness of the cartoon series.

Essentially you play as SpongeBob with a floating Patrick Balloon for a sidekick. The game happens in multiple alternate realities where you meet Bikini Bottom residents in various roles. It seems like a fun concept, but it just hasn’t been pushed enough to make it wacky like the source material.