Who lives in a game that sucks very much? SpongeBob SquarePants, that's who.
I have to say I've played some terrible games, but "SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom" just sucks. I feel it's a knock-off of every knock-off.
Now to the story-line -- which must have taken SO much time to write. The mean Globulous sends his Morphoids to destroy the cartoon multiuniverse in this sequel to "Nicktoon Unite" (2005), "Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island" (2006) and "Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots" (2007). All the Nickelodeon characters meet up to stop them -- with some hermit crab -- on Volcano Island.
Oh, here comes a never-used twist! Nickelodeon characters SpongeBob, Jimmy Neutron, Danny Phantom, Tak and Invader Zim have to work with their worst enemies to defeat Globulous!
Look, I am actually a fan of "Invader Zim," but did it occur to the writers that the show was cancelled two years ago? I mean, if I just started watching Nickelodeon, then bought this game, I'd be like, "What the ...? What's that green thing? I don't even know you." Putting in this alien was just plain stupid. And unethical. You have to buy the DVDs to figure his story out.
Anyway, if you play as Invader Zim, you fight on Earth, as SpongeBob, in his hometown of Bikini Bottom, as Jimmy Neutron, in his town of "Retroville" and so on. Then there's the Morphoids' base.
As for gameplay ... have you ever seen those movies where the actors are playing video games and it looks like they're just pressing random buttons? If you have, you know how to work the controls.
I swear, I could play with my eyes closed, pressing the "A" and "B" buttons. I'm surprised I didn't beat the game twice, just moving the analog stick on the Wii system. The Wii version doesn't even make use of the Wii sensors at all.
Maybe you're thinking, "Oh, this game is meant for little kids. It's all right." It's not. When I was a really little kid, I played games that took some skill. This you could beat in a coma. Oh, I LOVE the humorous weapons. Did the writers think, "Ha-ha, a plunger! How outrageous! That's not a weapon, but you'll have to use it as one. That's how wacky we are." No. That's just uncreative.
Oh, and the graphics. I know they're all cartoon characters, but come on. They look terrible. Oh, and don't forget lame jokes, like Beautiful Gorgeous (Jimmy Neutron's enemy) saying, "These are my favorite shoes" when she steps in globs. They are the definition of bad.
If you find someone else (somehow) who actually wants to play this game, there's a two-player mode.
Oh I will give this game a 1 out of 10, because I hate it. I have no funny pun to end this review, this game is just too terrible. See ya!
Posted in Entertainment on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:00 am Updated: 12:50 am.
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