preface
I often miss my childhood, when I had no other thoughts, and whenever I came home from school at noon, I would turn on the TV and watch the last episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, which was what I thought was happiness at the time.
As I grew older, the yellow sponge faded out of my field of vision, and I hadn't seen SpongeBob squarepants on TV for a long time.
By chance this year, I discovered the game on Steam, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Beach – Hydrate, and after playing it, I realized that even after a long time, he was still the SpongeBob SquarePants who could bring me joy, make me forget my troubles, and smile unconsciously at the corners of my mouth.
The most successful SpongeBob game
Released in 2020, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Beach - Hydration is actually a remake of 2003's SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Beach. In addition to improved picture quality, the remake also added the battle plot cut out of the original version and was listed on the PC platform.
SpongeBob SquarePants tells the story of the classic SpongeBob SquarePants and friends defending bikini beaches against evil robots. Although the storyline is very cheesy, it is very in line with the consistent style of "SpongeBob SquarePants", and as a fan, I just love to watch it.
Its character modeling is in line with the animation, the gameplay is diverse, the scene material is derived from the animation, and even the dubbing is the original version of the animation. Such a fan-oriented game, it is difficult not to like, the game once released, it received rave reviews on Steam, it is also hailed as the most successful SpongeBob game.
Extremely restored scene construction
SpongeBob SquarePants gives players a complete picture of bikini beaches. The game divides the map into 12 areas, and uses the golden shovel to unlock and the taxi to switch between the players to experience the scenery in the animation.
The 12 areas are: Bikini Beach, Jellyfish Field, Downtown, Cool Lake, Shrine, Mermaid Base, Stone Beach, Sand Mountain, Industrial Park, Seaweed Forest, Flying Dutchman's Graveyard, Sea Lord, in addition to the original SpongeBob Dreamland.
When players play these maps, it's easy to have a "feeling that I've been here this place." However, unlike the God perspective in the animation, the game allows the player's eyes to always follow the characters used, and participate in the story with the characters, thus achieving an immersive effect.
These maps take full advantage of the game's art form, giving players a sensory experience that is very different from animation.
In addition, the restored scene structure is also extremely easy to make the player touch the scene and increase the favorability. Looking at the scenery in the game, I think of a section of the animation.
For example, SpongeBob SquarePants and Pai Daxing searched for treasure according to the map but found the place where the flying Dutch hid the treasure, and then they were taken away; they looked for jellyfish sauce in the jellyfish field to treat Brother Octopus, but they were also electrocuted; after playing in Glove Park, they took the wrong shuttle to Stone Beach, and happened to miss every bus back...
At some memorable points I even think back to watching this episode that at noon what I ate and what happened that day was happy. Although these precious memories are buried in the heart, they can always be accurately triggered in the most familiar scenes. In this regard, this game really surprised me.
Easy and varied gameplay
Players can manipulate SpongeBob SquarePants, Pai Daxing, and Sandy in the game, all of whom have their own different moves, and the sources of moves are in line with each character's own characteristics.
SpongeBob is good at blowing bubbles, so he uses bubble sticks, bubble missiles, and bubble bowling ball attacks; Pai Daxing has more strength, so he can pick up things and throw them to unlock the mechanism, and Pai Daxing is still relatively lazy and strong, so he will also use his belly to bump into others.
Sandy is a cowboy from Texas, so she can use ropes to glide and bind enemies, and karate attacks are also one of Sandy's moves. By flexibly switching between these three characters, players can successfully overcome all difficulties in the game.
The main gameplay throughout the game is collecting, which includes shiny things that unlock passages, golden shovels to unlock new maps, socks that are hidden everywhere, and specific mission items.
These collections are obtained in two ways, one is directly obtained by jumping and jumping music, and the other is obtained by puzzle solving, including map puzzle solving and completing NPC quests.
In terms of jumping and jumping music, the game's map structure is very clever, seemingly chaotic, but in fact it is orderly. The game uses signs to point the way, golden light through the circle of the golden shovel to show the player the general direction, and a teleport box is designed to facilitate the player to run back and forth.
Of course, long repetitive jumps will inevitably bring a hint of boredom to the player, but I believe that the novelty of the game's constant change of scene will soon dilute the boredom brought about by the jump gameplay.
The game is a lot of fun in solving puzzles, and the whole is a collection of small games after another. Map puzzles: There are many slides on the map for players to play, the actual experience is quite a kind of racing game feel; in the playground, players can get a golden shovel after playing games such as gophers; players can also use different skills to trigger traps to change the terrain.
Npc Missions: The game has a lot of racing matches, NPCs will also let the player retrieve lost items, and the Mermaid Base will have the Crab Boss's Iron Ball Puzzle for the player to think about. In addition, the NPC's tasks and speech methods are also very nonsensical, which is very in line with the consistent settings of the SpongeBob SquarePants series.
These mini-games are mixed together to bring players a feast.
In addition to this, in some levels, players will also experience boss battles. The difficulty is low, but it's fun.
The game's bosses include Jellyfish King, Mechanical Sandy, Mechanic Star, Mechanical SpongeBob SquarePants, Shrimp Brown, and Flying Dutchman, all of whom have their own specific attack methods.
Boss gameplay is more similar to turn-based gameplay, where players simply dodge attacks and then attack their weaknesses for a few turns to easily defeat.
I think just as SpongeBob SquarePants is good for casual moments, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Beach – Hydration is also good for leisure moments.
There are no clear instructions in the game to tell the player what to do, and players are free to explore and enjoy the bikini beach. Although sometimes the player may be able to level up, but this level and then change another level is not the end, anyway, the number of gold shovels overflow is quite a lot.
This gameplay is also in line with the free and uninhibited spiritual core of the SpongeBob Series. And the game's missions are detailed enough, specifically which map has which golden shovel player does not collect, what tasks are needed to collect, these games are written very clearly, players can easily find the missing items.
A gift for all SpongeBob squarepants fans
From the beginning of the game, the familiar theme song "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme" sounded, and an inexplicable sense of familiarity came to my heart, and I understood that the game was right.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Beach – Hydration aside, the game's portrayal of NPCs is already commendable.
From the game, I once again met Puff Teacher, who thought That SpongeBob could never get a driver's license; Larry, who worked as a lifeguard on the beach; and crab boss who still regarded wealth as his life. Those animated characters that were already unfamiliar are once again alive in my memory.
And the narration of the announcing fish in battle, the setting where one hand sends us back across the boundaries of the map, I can't help but feel the game's intentions when designing the game.
The game is also full of a lot of tribute to animation, such as the statue of the ancient SpongeBob SquarePants in the seaweed forest, the protagonist of the museum is replaced by SpongeBob SquarePants' Vitruvius, and the protagonist is replaced by Pai Daxing's "Scream".
Overall, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Beach - Replenishing Hydration is a gift from game makers to all SpongeBob fans, and we can always find clues to spongebob animation from here in the game, and I believe that people who love SpongeBob SquarePants will love this game very much.
epilogue
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle of Bikini Beach - ReplenishIng Water is built with its extremely restored animated scenes, easy and diverse gameplay, and restored game settings everywhere are enough to impress the hearts of all SpongeBob fans.
If you're a big SpongeBob fan, I recommend playing this game. Please don't forget that no matter where you are or where you live, this familiar little sponge can always bring us the simplest and purest happiness like in the past.
This article is written by StarGame Connoisseur Ye Shu