So it’s a pretty rubbish game, then, but a perfect gift for the kids. It would be easy to be cynical and give this game the lowest score possible, but it’s really not for the likes of us, and since we’re approaching the festive season, I’ll judge it in the appropriate spirit. In fact, the simplistic and repetitive nature probably makes it ideal for kids, so it should make a fairly good Christmas present for any pre-teen fans of the spongy one. Perhaps ten years ago, serious gamers might have been entertained by this kind of thing, but these days, this game really is only good for young children. Based on the movie of the same name, Spongebob’s Truth Or Square sees the eponymous sea creature entrusted by Mr Krabs with the Krabby Patty formula. There are some other additional elements, such as the ability to soak up water like a… er… sponge, and then spit it out to make vines grow, among other things, but Truth Or Square is nevertheless brutally repetitive. This makes a change from the jumping on enemies attack you often see in bog-standard platformers, but the spinning attack is so effective against the ridiculously idiotic baddies that you can pretty much get through the whole game by mashing one button.
Your move list consists of a kind of bendy head-butt, a spinning attack and a basic projectile move.
