SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated (PS4)

Es ist nicht nur den originalen Synchronsprechern, sondern auch der liebevollen Umsetzung der Purple Lamp Studios zu verdanken, dass der Charme von Bikini Bottom und all seinen Bewohnern selbst heute noch in seinen Bann zieht.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated is a welcome return for a licensed platforming great. It's wonderfully faithful to the original release while ensuring it has the visual fidelity to stand alongside modern adventures in the genre.

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated is a solid remake that perhaps stays a little too true to the original. The updated visuals bring the game more inline with the original cartoon series, but some dated game design holds the port back from being truly exceptional.

SpongeBob: SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated sinks under its reverence to nostalgia.

It’s a game so focused on emulating and embellishing the original that it doesn’t know the parts of itself that are fun and the parts that aren’t. It lost sight of the basic elements that make a collectible platformer enjoyable. This game doesn’t promote curious or keen gameplay, the movement isn’t smooth, and gathering collectibles never feels rewarding.

With this remaster, it's simply the old game freshened up with a new coat of paint.