SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake

I tried to start this back in November of 2024, played thru the first level, got bored, and then never touched it for almost 2 years. Honestly, this game is just ok. It's missing a lot of what made Battle for Bikini Bottom (BfBB) special. Moveset is severely limited, combat feels monotonous and the amount of them is excessive, music is just ok, story is nothing special, and so on. Level design is ok, though it feels mostly linear at times. Also the game just feels unfinished at times, even now. Lack of sound effects when you hit things, janky hitboxes, and the sliding is awful. The references are neat, although sometimes it just feels like "haha remember this" rather than something tangible for the game (special mention to the chocolate guy for butchering the scream). It feels like they just reference it with the minimal amount of context to allow the reference to happen, and the voice lines just sound off. I honestly was ready to drop this game after the second world until i found a mod online, dubbed the Refilled mod, that adds a bunch of tweaks to make the platforming faster paced. More cartwheels, quicker kicks, better glide, and a bunch of other tweaks. It really helped me blaze thru the rest of the game. Like if it wasn't for the mod I would've stopped and never looked back. In a vacuum, its an ok 3d platformer and decent Spongebob game that i would give between a 5 or 6 out of 10, but I would not recommend it over BfBB unless you just really wanna play it that badly. Titans of the Tide has better reviews as well but I have yet to play it.