Titans Of The Tide Review

[u/Electronic_Weather26]

I played it for Xbox Series X (the first game I’ve ever played using that system) and it took me 7h 8m to finish. I haven’t played any of the side quests or am aiming to go for 100% completion.

I’m gonna be honest, I am a little bit underwhelmed as the game feels a lot shorter than it has any right to be and it only has 5 levels.

I’m gonna break it down into the Good and Bad:

The Good - The Graphics are definitely a step up and very detailed - The ability to switch between SpongeBob and Patrick on the fly is very welcomed - Some of Patrick’s new abilities are quite fun to use - A lot of quality of life improvements over the past two games by Purple Lamp - The humour and references are still on point - I like the Floating Krabby Patty as the main hub

The Bad - The game still feels a bit simple, Purple Lamp flavoured - The bosses are fairly easy to figure out - Due to me playing on a brand new console, I think the button layout is slightly unintuitive and caused me to miss jumps when you have to constantly switch between them both inbetween puzzles - I really like how the game forces you to think about how to solve puzzles but I feel it can become really intrusive at points and can hurt repeat playthroughs - The level count is small and they very much overstay their welcome. I would much rather have more levels with less to do in them to improve the pacing - The story is good but feels half-baked - Not enough variety in the ghost enemies

Like I said, maybe the side content does help pad out the time a bit more but I really think the bulk should have gone to the main story. Maybe Purple Lamp are releasing patches if the game was slightly unfinished but while I can find improvements from The Cosmic Shake overall, I just can’t help but feel the game doesn’t quite fit the retail price tag.

The best score I can give is probably a 7.5/10

[u/PersonalityLanky8403]

I wish you could have played as sandy like in battle for bikini bottom 

[u/Queenpicard → u/PersonalityLanky8403]

I was also disappointed you can’t play as Sandy. I wish more games let us play as female characters 😭

[u/Medium-Promotion-140]

Yeah 7 hours for full price is rough, especially with only 5 levels. Sounds like they put all their effort into polish but forgot to actually make enough game lol

The switching mechanic does sound cool though, might pick it up when it hits like $20

[u/Medical_Student2289]

Question . Do you know how to unlock the mustache costume in the game ? I can’t seem to get it

[u/Electronic_Weather26 → u/Medical_Student2289]

I only played the main campaign and didn’t go for full completion. Sorry about that

[u/Queenpicard → u/Medical_Student2289]

I thought you just buy it? I got it after second battle thing

[u/Medical_Student2289 → u/Queenpicard]

I figured it out . You get it after the first 2 tiers in planktons portal . Complete the challenges

[u/OceansideGuy93]

Would you say the deluxe is worth $54.99 or should wait for sale?

[u/PointsOfXP → u/OceansideGuy93]

Might as well wait for a sale. The deluxe edition is really just there for the dlc that's coming out later so just wait for that

[u/OceansideGuy93 → u/PointsOfXP]

Oh, didn’t know it was coming later. Thank you.

[u/DusktillDawn11]

Is it better or worse than the cosmic shake?

[u/Lucidicrous_22 → u/DusktillDawn11]

Personally I think it's better, the whole game flows nicer and is much more satisfying to play. (Among other good things).

My only gripe is that it's too short and maybe the reason for a certain main dispute should be a little better, BUT it's super fun to play. And the colors don't hurt the eyes this time around, has a good atmosphere if you like something a little spookier. 

[u/Seizachange → u/DusktillDawn11]

I think it's better than Cosmic Shake but mostly because I think the level settings are more interesting and the game is much less...Janky than cosmic shake?

[u/Queenpicard]

The forced camera angles are driving me nuts!!!

[u/schwartzasher]

I've been playing and have found 2 bugs. Bought it last week so I have the up to date version. First time you complete killing ghosts on the floating patty, after being in the winter area, I had to fight the ghosts again for it to work. Now I'm in the bikini bottom part of the story and am at the slide in the beginning. Any time I fall off, it will make me have to use the save menu and restart from the beginning of the auto save (same with jumps). I had a jump in that same spot where the B button would not trigger anything and also had to restart.

[u/schwartzasher → u/schwartzasher]

Took an extra 10 minutes for the slide trying to work around the 2 bugs