Call me a nostalgia biased, but I feel bad for Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. It had potential, just not executed well in the later half of the game. I wish this got remade, but that's asking alot. Still glad Battle for Bikini Bottom got the love it deserve if not for this game as a testing start for the remaining staff members who made the remastered.
If they do remake Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, they need to get Tom Kenny to do the French Narrator voice. In Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, the French narrator sounds different whenever he is heard speaking, but who he was voiced by is NOT mentioned in the game credits.
I haven't played this game in like 20 years and haven't started the video yet and I already know what you're talking about. I also remember really long loading screens. The soundtrack (while not bad) also totally contributes to the eeriness and deadness.
I vaguely remember seeing a commercial for this game, or at least the cover for it, but I've never played it. Also, why did they make Larry the Lobster a jerk jock when he was a completely friendly and welcoming dude in the show? Couldn't they have just made it that he was hiding from the dangers looming in Bikini Bottom and maybe help Spongebob on his quest for a bit?
Personally I liked this game more then Battle for Bikini Bottom since everything wasn't tied to the plot it felt more like exploring the world of the show instead of just following a single robot fighting plot.
Interestingly, I bought this recently on gamecube to complete after so many years. While a fun blast from the past, it was a case where I wondered why I struggled so much with it as a kid, plus the lack of reward for 100% was disappointing 😞
While I don't necessarily agree with some of your opinions of the game(they are opinions after all, we all have our own lol) I respect them regardless. Thanks for the shout out!
Actually, I played Revenge of the Flying Dutchman before Battle for Bikini Bottom came out. But I didn't beat the game as a kid, because I never I couldn't figure out how to get the Flying Dutchman Treasure in Jellyfish Fields. But I did buy the game again and beat it after remembering it it in college. But even when I was still a kid, I could still tell that Battle for Bikini Bottom is the superior game.
I’m pretty sure that a couple months ago the prototype of this game was found. Apparently, Larry the Lobster was supposed to chase you down and attack you in the first level. There were also animations for boat mobiles in Downtown and a bus in Jellyfish Fields. It’s definitely strange that they decided to take a lot of these things out of the game. The final version of the game made most areas feel like an eerie and lifeless ghost town or an empty fishbowl.
I can't imagine listening to the same song on repeat for more than 10 minutes when playing a game... Unless it's a rhythm game, that is. (Because I usually suck at most of them.) And this game is not that.
I didn’t grow up with this game, but as someone who’s love for spongebob rivals patchy the pirate, of course I got it eventually. I can tell it’s not a good game, but I love it anyway. There’s something extremely special feeling whenever I get to experience new spongebob content from the golden age of the show. even without the amazing writing, there’s still something very specific about the way each of the voice actors played their roles in the first 3 seasons, especially spongebob, just by the pitch and tone of his voice, I can tell this game was made around season 2. The same goes for supersponge being 1 and BFBB being 3. I actually really like a lot of the dialogue in this game, it’s the delivery that makes it. Like it may have been out of character for Larry to be that annoyed by spongebob, but I found spongebob following him around and trying to sing him his song pretty funny. Then of course there’s the whole “booty” thing. The only reason most of the jokes don’t land properly is because of poor pacing, everything in this game feels oddly sluggish. I would love a remake of this game that fixes all the little issues, and just puts the game in rehydrated’s engine. Also, I got the gba version too, and it’s really bad. The controls feel awful, and spongebob’s sprite looks really weird? Like he’s got really soulless looking eyes? Every other character was just a pre-rendered sprite of the console games models, why didn’t they just do that for sponge? Also the passwords they gave me never worked.
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Finally seeing Cosmic Shake out in the wild now, that game has made me double take a few times wondering "wait, was that a Revenge of the Flying Dutchman reference??" Stuff like the big mean snails seen by the mermaid lady (an ominous enemy from this game I don't ever recall seeing in the show) or the grossout hyper detailed character portraits that remind me of the art for the Dutchman's treasures. This game had a lot of weird moments that ingrained itself in my brain - that part with boat chasing you down the pier I remember really terrifying me. The game was tedious, but it was very approachable as a kid and I think it was one of the first games I can recall beating. Also I recall Spongebob's interactions with the Dutchman's pirates being really funny. They keep talking about fetching booty, and by the end Spongebob said a line "Don't even THINK about saying the B word!" that I remember repeating as a kid.
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I played this game before Battle For Bikini Bottom as a kid and even before the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie so it holds a special place in my heart. I always wondered why, because I had the PS2 version, the game would take me back to the Playstation menu after the loading screen so I had to save the game every single time before moving on to the next room. It was frustrating but I managed to finish it. My other complaint is how laggy the Goo Lagoon level was when Larry chases you and even the aftermath of the section. Seeing the part at 16:36 proves I wasn't just dreaming.
This was the only spongebob game i played growing up. It was my older brothers and i beat it on his ps3. Not sure why but this game makes me so nostalgic of my childhood
Ugh....when I was younger, I thought I had to catch all the jellyfish in jellyfish fields in order to complete the challenge. Didn't know the jellyfish everywhere else counted.
That's what I was thinking at first... then I realized there were only 84 (I think) in the whole level, making it impossible to do lol. I feel your pain.
There was something about this game that really intrigued me as a kid. I played it just as much as battle for bikini bottom and the movie game. It just feels different than any other game. Almost like everything is in a dream like state and there’s also a sense of loneliness if that makes any sense. But I absolutely loved it. My favorite part was delivering orders for Mr. Crabs. I took those tasks so seriously and always did my best to make sure all the orders arrived on time 😂😂😂😂 such nostalgia
As someone who played Battle for Bikini Bottom first and later this game the difference in quality was obvious and there was glitches everywhere. I honestly feel bad for the developers.
I remember thinking this game was impossible as a kid but once I discovered the ps2 emulator in 2021 I had a mission to beat all the games I found difficult as a kid and it brought back so many memories. Asking my sister if I can play the ps2 in her room and we would play a lot of games together. When I finally got to play this game I laughed thinking why did I ever thought it was so hard 😂. It a classic game and I love it. This game is the reason why I love video games
I was 6 or 7 when I got this game, and a part of me will have a nostalgic love for it. With that being said, yeah this game does have its fair share of issues. The weirdest part of the game for me was how empty it felt. Like battle for bikini bottom had a lot of enemies or NPCs running around, but in this game the whole world seems eerily void of life. Could just be me, but that’s what I noticed when I got older
It may have It's very rough start from the beginning once It was fresh and new during It's' time (later on making some hit or mess kind of gaming gems) but personally for us we didn't bother playnig this one and played Tak and The Power Of Juju Instead. Sorry for being late, our grandapa yesterday and didn't bother to show up how emotional we truyl are. /:'(
Glad I'm not the only one with an extreme bee/wasp phobia. Hopefully you start getting more views for your video game reviews. These are quite extensive and informative, much like your PPG videos.
I do too. I also had a brief one with butterflies thanks to Wormy. Though I do know that it is actually a horsefly. Still, I can never watch that episode for that reason.
I had THREE copies of this game for the PS2 because I kept getting that loading glitch and still to this day, I have never gotten past the first level because of it
I’ve never actually played this game even though I owned and played a lot of other SpongeBob games. I guess it didn’t appeal to me because the commercials made it seem kind of dull and I guess it kind of was to a lot of other people. Great video btw and thanks for recommending Who Needs Normal. I’ve enjoyed the videos he’s put out.
I played the game with the music off, so I had no idea that the music was based on the outfit SpongeBob was wearing, for the most part. Back then, I just didn’t like background music in video games. I’m actually glad for that, now.
I had bfbb , the movie game, and revenge on my GameCube. Of course the only one of them that has somehow survived all these years had to be this game :(
I almost wish the game was more centered around the idea of "a day in the life of Spongebob" more so than the tacked on Flying Dutchman plot. Tho to think, this and the Jimmy Neutron movie game were this studio's only two games.
Love this game, not sure how I’ll get a hold of it now a days without paying a pretty penny lmao but emulators always help! Thanks for a reminder for such a fun childhood game :)
Theres Still some reasons to play this game over bfbb this game the jellyfishing was fun imo chum world is a nice exclusive level and the reef blower while rarely used was fun to use and had great music .also i like the idea of a spongebob game with an eerie enviorment makes the game standout not every spongebob game should be sunshines and rainbows. so yeah still love the game to death
i never got to fully experience this game. i rented it and played it on my brother's ps2 and didnt know until i was an adult about rhe glitch that made the game cut out.
This game definitely doesn't come close to the quality of BFBB and the movie game, but it still seems like a cool, chill little spongebob game you can have some fun with and just burn through quickly.
From what I saw in AntDude's "Playing 10 Disasterous Spongebob Games" video, he played the GameCube version of this game and he too had the glitch where he went into an area and it caused the game to reset and erase his progress.
@@CosmicSponge2004 That's probably the case. In contrast, the GameCube version of "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie", had this issue where the game would soft lock on loading screans. Thankfully its nothing that'll corrupt your save data, but it happens just enough to be noticeable. Where the PS2 and XBOX versions don't have that problem.
@@supermariof0521 Funny how ROTFD had better stability on GCN than PS2, but then The Movie Game has better Stability & Graphics on PS2 than GCN (Plus Progressive Scan on Xbox)
@@CosmicSponge2004 IKR? Also the PS2 and XBOX versions of the Spongebob movie game went f..king nuts with the bloom effect that was just not there on GameCube.
I played Battle for Bikini Bottom and the Movie game before this one, and I honestly didn't mind this game. I never got that empty feel to the game that people like to bring up, seriously what's up with that? I didn't hate it, I honestly was kinda intrigued with what it had to offer. Of course I'm not the kind of SpongeBob fan that would have a heart attack because of something as insignificant as continuity, like some others would, and I hope you didn't do the same. It's honestly tragic what happened to the developers of the game, to the point I can't really hate it.
It's no Battle for Bikini Bottom, that's for sure, but before that masterpiece came out, we had this. And back in the day, I remember kind of enjoying it when I was little.
Out of curiosity, I’m wondering if you’re going to cover the PC versions of Spongebob RotFD and BFBB, since they’re completely different from the console versions, being point and click games.
This was the first game I got when I bought my PS2 in 5th grade, so I kind of have a bit of fond memories of this game. I remember taking months to beat the game the first time but then replayed it and beat it within a weekend. I'm sure I can beat it within a few hours if I played it now since I've seen a small time speedrun of it. lol. I remember the jellyfish grind in Jellyfish Fields. omg. lol. Oh, also this was the only game I had a blue disc of. So I had to turn my PS2 vertical in order to play it. I hated the fishing gear music too.
rotfd was such an amazing game to me as a kid i remember playing it around when i was 6 constantly but i never finished the game i always remember being stuck on planktons world from a glitch i think but ive always thought of finishing the game so im getting a ps2 for nostalgia but to also finally finish the game since im 21 and have been waiting to finish it since i was 6 lmao
I know many people hate this game, and I can see that it is not a good game either, but this is my childhood, the nostalgia is unreal, my first ever ps2 game. The atmosphere made me love this game, just having 0 NPC'S just made it feel eerie, it felt like I was in a ghost town. And the character models are so bad, they are actually funny, and I like that, it has a certain charm. And the gameplay for some reason, I actually kinda liked, controls weren't bad honestly, they did feel a little floaty but that's it. And downtown, even though it doesn't look like downtown at all, it's my favorite level. And I'm gonna be honest here. Even though this game has 9 music tracks in the whole thing, I actually prefer it over the ost of BFBB, the music in this game is actually very charming and catchy and it's definitely something you'd hear from the show. Not saying the ost of BFBB us bad though, it's definitely very good too but the ROTFD music, I really love. And I've owned both of these games as a child so I'm not trying to be biased or anything like that. BFBB and ROTFD were my childhood and I love both games in their own way.
I played this game all the time as a kid on my PS2. I never got very far in the game, since I was a stupid, clueless kid, and couldn't even figure out how to gain access to the bus.
I gotta say; I recently got rehydrated, and Patrick is somewhat off-putting. Maybe it's how he's portrayed in modern Spongebob, maybe it's the Bikini Bottom Horror, but there's something there...
Nostalgia can make you believe shit games were good I used to believe that gorge in the jungle for ps2 was good until I watched caddicarus review and decided to replay it and I hated my life Hey wait a minute
I don't remember if you've watched the PPGZ anime, but I recently discovered that the first seven episodes of the English dub have been uploaded to a channel claiming to be the PPGZ "Official" RUclips channel. While re-watching the first story of the seventh episode I was reminded of a certain issue you've talked about regarding how Blossom is depicted. This left me wondering what your detailed take on the anime would look like. I know you want to take a break from PPG media for I while, so I understand if you never end up reviewing PPGZ, but I thought I'd bring it up here. I apologize if this message is unwanted. I think it's good taking a break from PPG given the large amount of time and effort you have placed into your PPG reviews. I don't mean to be rude by pressuring you to look at the anime. It's just that I happen to have enjoyed PPGZ despite it's many flaws and given that the live action PPG is still on its way -- and that looks like it will be horrible -- I just wanted to remind myself & others of what a good reimagining of the PPG looks like. I will include a link to the RUclips channel for anyone who may want to check it out. ruclips.net/channel/UC-T8W21aVjxfbL83t5Bm06A
It's honestly sad that this game was rushed because of Drama with certain studios like THQ and Big Sky, if this never happened i think it would be A LOT better than what it is now I still enjoy this game it had nice music, had pretty fun gameplay, pretty neat mechanics, and has Clancy Brown to voice Mr Krabs Unlike Battle for Bikini Bottom and Truth or Square now one thing i must say is the Narrator is honestly fine cause even though tom kenny didn't voice him (or maybe it was night and he had to send these files to the studio and had to be quiet lol) Other content (games, shows, movies, etc) uses different voice actors when the actual voice actor for a character is IN the content (example: Mario For the Super Mario Bros Movie was Voiced by Chris Pratt when Charles Martinet was IN THE MOVIE same for most of the characters!) I honestly don't mind the Collectathon to be part of the story cause i Love collecting stuff in video games i 100% Far cry 4 and had a blast with that so i wouldn't be mad about the game being just collecting stuff I will say, the 100 jellyfish quest, yeah uh Fuck that quest, it took me about 5 years to notice that Rusty counts jellyfish from other locations (this also goes for Larry) The story is honestly not thaat bad but like Shadow said in the video battle for bikini bottom had a way better story than flying dutchman, the story is way too short to me, i could honestly speedrun this game and maybe complete it in under an hour which is Not good! the cutscenes were okay, i liked Mr Krab's appearance where we deliver food, i always found that mission enjoyable the Levels look pretty nice, i loved Jellyfish fields, sure that one is not even close to the show but it still looks god damn beautiful, i always loved the colors of that level (and the clowns appearance was 10/10) I wish there were more levels though, 8 is NOT enough levels, and i mean sure the levels are pretty big (except Bikini bottom and Sandy's dome) but it's still not enough content i mean Battle for Bikini bottom had god damn kelp forest (which i know is a bad level but it's still more than 8!) The Jigsaw minigame was pretty cool to reveal the treasure but i'd honestly rather have more than just that, mix it up a little, make it like an actual puzzle! or make it so you have a bunch of letters and have to make a word to show where the chest is the models are rough around the edges but that's cause the game was rushed, there was no time left so i'll give that a slide The music to me was phenomenal, they were always so catchy to me, i'm not sure why... I always liked: JellyFishing, Mermaid Man, Reef Blower, Karate, Default and Chum world though the way the music was coded was fucking garbage, i mean sure it gives the feel of the costume spongebob is wearing but hearing the same damn song over and over again gets fucking annoying Some of the mechanics in the game seems very odd but some i honestly think makes sense, the one biggest one is the costume changing, sure it's annoying to go back and change costumes via the tent every time but it gives it that realism with the show, in the Ripped Pants episode spongebob is in the changing tent when he's changing into his swim trunks, this makes sense to have the tent to be the costume changer because of this reason i wish this game had a remaster, cause if it did it would have A LOOTT more content to explore than this better graphics, better music (and remixes of some music), Better Dialogue and story, etc this game deserves better because of how bigsky had to deal with some of the other studios
I'd remembered playing a lot of SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom even in the Rehyrated edition But Revenge of the Flying Dutchman I'd hard time to play through
Yeah this game isnt the best spongebob game out there, it is fair if someone does just call this a bad game. For me, i do remember having the PS2 version, and i dont think i ever had a crash, but i dont think i even went that far, i just remember not liking it, and did not like the timed kraby patty delivery for whatever reason it was, i did like BfBB more, and the movie game more than this one. this is a great review of the game, and if you want to watch another review of the game, Badman Reviews i think did a good video too
The narrator not having his regular voice can maybe be explained like this…if you’re a company being time crunched and money crunched, which character is better money and time wise for a SpongeBob game? The main character or someone who has a page worth of lines…
I have never played battle for bikkni bottom but i'm aware of it because of the remake and the fact that a lot of fans kinda overhype it a bit....so um yeah:) I did rent a shrek game once ...i can't seem to remember the fact that it was Shrek 2 until i checked my memory card
Right? I always said they should take the games that weren’t given the attention needed and remaster them but make them the way they should have been made. For instance, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
Im literally playing this game rn lmao hahaha Ive been wanting to play this since i first got battle for bikini bottom back in the mid 2000s. Crazy im 23 playing this shit lmao I just finished the downtown level
Call me a nostalgia biased, but I feel bad for Revenge of the Flying Dutchman. It had potential, just not executed well in the later half of the game. I wish this got remade, but that's asking alot. Still glad Battle for Bikini Bottom got the love it deserve if not for this game as a testing start for the remaining staff members who made the remastered.
Agreed
If they do remake Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, they need to get Tom Kenny to do the French Narrator voice. In Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, the French narrator sounds different whenever he is heard speaking, but who he was voiced by is NOT mentioned in the game credits.
@@andykishore Also the animation to the cutscenes
Imma go nick Robinson and find the narrator for revenge of the Flying Dutchman lol
Any game can be good if it is made good. Just because it is revenge of the Flying Dutchman doesn’t mean it had to be bad
The story about the developers is absolutely tragic and I feel horrible for them. Tossed around and blacklisted by the industry... poor guys.
Man this game was eerie. I felt really alone playing it. There's almost no life in these levels
I haven't played this game in like 20 years and haven't started the video yet and I already know what you're talking about.
I also remember really long loading screens.
The soundtrack (while not bad) also totally contributes to the eeriness and deadness.
It's weird SpongeBob is old enough to have had a game on an 8-bit system.
And now a game comming for new gen systems aka cosmic shake
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@@RealLarsUlrichISwearwhy the confusion?
@@gracekim25 i forgor
I have a feeling that this game kinda foreshadowed that one scene in the episode "Pets or Pests".
Probably the only time Larry was this much of a jerk
I vaguely remember seeing a commercial for this game, or at least the cover for it, but I've never played it.
Also, why did they make Larry the Lobster a jerk jock when he was a completely friendly and welcoming dude in the show? Couldn't they have just made it that he was hiding from the dangers looming in Bikini Bottom and maybe help Spongebob on his quest for a bit?
I remember being scared of a lot of the enemies in this game because of how empty most of the level's were
You're not alone when I was a kid I got scared easily I remember being scared of the sonic unleashed intro
I feel like a loser after saying that
Same lol
Personally I liked this game more then Battle for Bikini Bottom since everything wasn't tied to the plot it felt more like exploring the world of the show instead of just following a single robot fighting plot.
Interestingly, I bought this recently on gamecube to complete after so many years. While a fun blast from the past, it was a case where I wondered why I struggled so much with it as a kid, plus the lack of reward for 100% was disappointing 😞
While I don't necessarily agree with some of your opinions of the game(they are opinions after all, we all have our own lol) I respect them regardless.
Thanks for the shout out!
Actually, I played Revenge of the Flying Dutchman before Battle for Bikini Bottom came out. But I didn't beat the game as a kid, because I never I couldn't figure out how to get the Flying Dutchman Treasure in Jellyfish Fields. But I did buy the game again and beat it after remembering it it in college. But even when I was still a kid, I could still tell that Battle for Bikini Bottom is the superior game.
I actually think the reef blower theme would have been perfect for goo lagoon. like the bfbb goo lagoon theme, it's got that "surf's up" kinda vibe
I’m pretty sure that a couple months ago the prototype of this game was found. Apparently, Larry the Lobster was supposed to chase you down and attack you in the first level. There were also animations for boat mobiles in Downtown and a bus in Jellyfish Fields. It’s definitely strange that they decided to take a lot of these things out of the game. The final version of the game made most areas feel like an eerie and lifeless ghost town or an empty fishbowl.
I can't imagine listening to the same song on repeat for more than 10 minutes when playing a game... Unless it's a rhythm game, that is. (Because I usually suck at most of them.) And this game is not that.
5:18 funny how these old games seem to commonly have a circus themed level.
I didn’t grow up with this game, but as someone who’s love for spongebob rivals patchy the pirate, of course I got it eventually.
I can tell it’s not a good game, but I love it anyway. There’s something extremely special feeling whenever I get to experience new spongebob content from the golden age of the show. even without the amazing writing, there’s still something very specific about the way each of the voice actors played their roles in the first 3 seasons, especially spongebob, just by the pitch and tone of his voice, I can tell this game was made around season 2. The same goes for supersponge being 1 and BFBB being 3.
I actually really like a lot of the dialogue in this game, it’s the delivery that makes it. Like it may have been out of character for Larry to be that annoyed by spongebob, but I found spongebob following him around and trying to sing him his song pretty funny. Then of course there’s the whole “booty” thing.
The only reason most of the jokes don’t land properly is because of poor pacing, everything in this game feels oddly sluggish. I would love a remake of this game that fixes all the little issues, and just puts the game in rehydrated’s engine.
Also, I got the gba version too, and it’s really bad. The controls feel awful, and spongebob’s sprite looks really weird? Like he’s got really soulless looking eyes? Every other character was just a pre-rendered sprite of the console games models, why didn’t they just do that for sponge? Also the passwords they gave me never worked.
A remake would be cool
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1. Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage (Cartoon Network: 1) (The BEST "Main" Cartoon Network show.)
2. Dexter's Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes (Cartoon Network: 2) (The first of what we would call the "Main" Cartoon Network shows, with only a few anthologies and Space Ghost (Proto Adult Swim) before it.)
3. SpongeBob Squarepants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (Nickelodeon: 1) (Longest Lasting Nicktoon)
Predictions:
4. Rugrats: Search for Reptar (One of the first three Nicktoons, and, of those first three, the one with the shiniest legacy overall. John K's stink is all over Ren & Stimpy, and Doug was a dull first stab at the kind of show Hey Arnold and The Loud House did WAY better later. So Rugrats is probably going to be the first of those showing up here.)
5. DuckTales: Remastered (Basically the same game as DuckTales 1989, but better.)
Finally seeing Cosmic Shake out in the wild now, that game has made me double take a few times wondering "wait, was that a Revenge of the Flying Dutchman reference??" Stuff like the big mean snails seen by the mermaid lady (an ominous enemy from this game I don't ever recall seeing in the show) or the grossout hyper detailed character portraits that remind me of the art for the Dutchman's treasures. This game had a lot of weird moments that ingrained itself in my brain - that part with boat chasing you down the pier I remember really terrifying me. The game was tedious, but it was very approachable as a kid and I think it was one of the first games I can recall beating.
Also I recall Spongebob's interactions with the Dutchman's pirates being really funny. They keep talking about fetching booty, and by the end Spongebob said a line "Don't even THINK about saying the B word!" that I remember repeating as a kid.
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Lil late be I REALLY am liking these analysis/deep dives into these games. Really cool that your passion for both cartoons and games have the chance to shine through.
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I played this game before Battle For Bikini Bottom as a kid and even before the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie so it holds a special place in my heart. I always wondered why, because I had the PS2 version, the game would take me back to the Playstation menu after the loading screen so I had to save the game every single time before moving on to the next room. It was frustrating but I managed to finish it. My other complaint is how laggy the Goo Lagoon level was when Larry chases you and even the aftermath of the section. Seeing the part at 16:36 proves I wasn't just dreaming.
After this and Luigi’s Mansion, I’m starting to believe that all ghosts have an obsession with bombs
This was the only spongebob game i played growing up. It was my older brothers and i beat it on his ps3. Not sure why but this game makes me so nostalgic of my childhood
Love the redlettermedia joke you added in shadow. Didn’t expect that and it cracked me up
Ugh....when I was younger, I thought I had to catch all the jellyfish in jellyfish fields in order to complete the challenge.
Didn't know the jellyfish everywhere else counted.
That's what I was thinking at first... then I realized there were only 84 (I think) in the whole level, making it impossible to do lol. I feel your pain.
There was something about this game that really intrigued me as a kid. I played it just as much as battle for bikini bottom and the movie game. It just feels different than any other game. Almost like everything is in a dream like state and there’s also a sense of loneliness if that makes any sense. But I absolutely loved it. My favorite part was delivering orders for Mr. Crabs. I took those tasks so seriously and always did my best to make sure all the orders arrived on time 😂😂😂😂 such nostalgia
As someone who played Battle for Bikini Bottom first and later this game the difference in quality was obvious and there was glitches everywhere. I honestly feel bad for the developers.
I remember thinking this game was impossible as a kid but once I discovered the ps2 emulator in 2021 I had a mission to beat all the games I found difficult as a kid and it brought back so many memories. Asking my sister if I can play the ps2 in her room and we would play a lot of games together. When I finally got to play this game I laughed thinking why did I ever thought it was so hard 😂. It a classic game and I love it. This game is the reason why I love video games
I was 6 or 7 when I got this game, and a part of me will have a nostalgic love for it.
With that being said, yeah this game does have its fair share of issues. The weirdest part of the game for me was how empty it felt. Like battle for bikini bottom had a lot of enemies or NPCs running around, but in this game the whole world seems eerily void of life. Could just be me, but that’s what I noticed when I got older
It may have It's very rough start from the beginning once It was fresh and new during It's' time (later on making some hit or mess kind of gaming gems) but personally for us we didn't bother playnig this one and played Tak and The Power Of Juju Instead.
Sorry for being late, our grandapa yesterday and didn't bother to show up how emotional we truyl are. /:'(
Glad I'm not the only one with an extreme bee/wasp phobia.
Hopefully you start getting more views for your video game reviews. These are quite extensive and informative, much like your PPG videos.
I do too. I also had a brief one with butterflies thanks to Wormy. Though I do know that it is actually a horsefly. Still, I can never watch that episode for that reason.
Ahhhh geez hearing the theme song again is giving me anxiety!
This game did NOT lay any foundations or blueprints for BfBB, they were in development at the same time.
I had THREE copies of this game for the PS2 because I kept getting that loading glitch and still to this day, I have never gotten past the first level because of it
I’ve never actually played this game even though I owned and played a lot of other SpongeBob games. I guess it didn’t appeal to me because the commercials made it seem kind of dull and I guess it kind of was to a lot of other people. Great video btw and thanks for recommending Who Needs Normal. I’ve enjoyed the videos he’s put out.
With the flaws this game had your child self dodged a bullet.
I played the game with the music off, so I had no idea that the music was based on the outfit SpongeBob was wearing, for the most part. Back then, I just didn’t like background music in video games. I’m actually glad for that, now.
I still feel like this game was a fever dream. We spent so many hours playing this as a kid
I’m over here watching the video and yet I didn’t even know you reached 20k! Congrats man! :)
I had bfbb , the movie game, and revenge on my GameCube. Of course the only one of them that has somehow survived all these years had to be this game :(
I almost wish the game was more centered around the idea of "a day in the life of Spongebob" more so than the tacked on Flying Dutchman plot.
Tho to think, this and the Jimmy Neutron movie game were this studio's only two games.
Love this game, not sure how I’ll get a hold of it now a days without paying a pretty penny lmao but emulators always help! Thanks for a reminder for such a fun childhood game :)
Theres Still some reasons to play this game over bfbb this game the jellyfishing was fun imo chum world is a nice exclusive level and the reef blower while rarely used was fun to use and had great music .also i like the idea of a spongebob game with an eerie enviorment makes the game standout not every spongebob game should be sunshines and rainbows. so yeah still love the game to death
i never got to fully experience this game. i rented it and played it on my brother's ps2 and didnt know until i was an adult about rhe glitch that made the game cut out.
This game definitely doesn't come close to the quality of BFBB and the movie game, but it still seems like a cool, chill little spongebob game you can have some fun with and just burn through quickly.
From what I saw in AntDude's "Playing 10 Disasterous Spongebob Games" video, he played the GameCube version of this game and he too had the glitch where he went into an area and it caused the game to reset and erase his progress.
Weird. Never happened to me.
I guess it's uncommon on GCN and consistent on PS2
@@CosmicSponge2004 That's probably the case. In contrast, the GameCube version of "The Spongebob Squarepants Movie", had this issue where the game would soft lock on loading screans. Thankfully its nothing that'll corrupt your save data, but it happens just enough to be noticeable. Where the PS2 and XBOX versions don't have that problem.
@@supermariof0521 Funny how ROTFD had better stability on GCN than PS2, but then The Movie Game has better Stability & Graphics on PS2 than GCN (Plus Progressive Scan on Xbox)
@@CosmicSponge2004 IKR? Also the PS2 and XBOX versions of the Spongebob movie game went f..king nuts with the bloom effect that was just not there on GameCube.
I played Battle for Bikini Bottom and the Movie game before this one, and I honestly didn't mind this game. I never got that empty feel to the game that people like to bring up, seriously what's up with that? I didn't hate it, I honestly was kinda intrigued with what it had to offer. Of course I'm not the kind of SpongeBob fan that would have a heart attack because of something as insignificant as continuity, like some others would, and I hope you didn't do the same.
It's honestly tragic what happened to the developers of the game, to the point I can't really hate it.
It's no Battle for Bikini Bottom, that's for sure, but before that masterpiece came out, we had this. And back in the day, I remember kind of enjoying it when I was little.
Out of curiosity, I’m wondering if you’re going to cover the PC versions of Spongebob RotFD and BFBB, since they’re completely different from the console versions, being point and click games.
I do plan to cover those at some point! Not sure when, but I want to!
Revenge of the Flying Dutchman did NOT have a PC version.
@@andykishore oh yeah, that’s right. It was the movie game that had a point and click PC version. My bad
I played it when I gotten older and I didn’t like this at all
Me too.
This was the first game I got when I bought my PS2 in 5th grade, so I kind of have a bit of fond memories of this game. I remember taking months to beat the game the first time but then replayed it and beat it within a weekend. I'm sure I can beat it within a few hours if I played it now since I've seen a small time speedrun of it. lol. I remember the jellyfish grind in Jellyfish Fields. omg. lol.
Oh, also this was the only game I had a blue disc of. So I had to turn my PS2 vertical in order to play it.
I hated the fishing gear music too.
19:42 I don’t know about that, BFBB came out nearly the same time as this game so they were probably developing it before this game was released.
rotfd was such an amazing game to me as a kid i remember playing it around when i was 6 constantly but i never finished the game i always remember being stuck on planktons world from a glitch i think but ive always thought of finishing the game so im getting a ps2 for nostalgia but to also finally finish the game since im 21 and have been waiting to finish it since i was 6 lmao
I know many people hate this game, and I can see that it is not a good game either, but this is my childhood, the nostalgia is unreal, my first ever ps2 game. The atmosphere made me love this game, just having 0 NPC'S just made it feel eerie, it felt like I was in a ghost town. And the character models are so bad, they are actually funny, and I like that, it has a certain charm. And the gameplay for some reason, I actually kinda liked, controls weren't bad honestly, they did feel a little floaty but that's it. And downtown, even though it doesn't look like downtown at all, it's my favorite level. And I'm gonna be honest here. Even though this game has 9 music tracks in the whole thing, I actually prefer it over the ost of BFBB, the music in this game is actually very charming and catchy and it's definitely something you'd hear from the show. Not saying the ost of BFBB us bad though, it's definitely very good too but the ROTFD music, I really love. And I've owned both of these games as a child so I'm not trying to be biased or anything like that. BFBB and ROTFD were my childhood and I love both games in their own way.
The broken cutscenes and the broken face expressions are funny
9:21
Larry just supports social distancing haha!
Oh no wonder I could never get past that level as a kid, why did they make it into a MAZE?!
Well this sure was a great Shadow Streak of this SpongeBob game.
I played this game all the time as a kid on my PS2. I never got very far in the game, since I was a stupid, clueless kid, and couldn't even figure out how to gain access to the bus.
Assigning the entire soundtrack to the costumes sounds like one of the worst ideas they could have implemented.
I mainly got the flying dutchman game as a christmas gift as an elementary schooler and boy was I glad to eventually give it away
I gotta say; I recently got rehydrated, and Patrick is somewhat off-putting. Maybe it's how he's portrayed in modern Spongebob, maybe it's the Bikini Bottom Horror, but there's something there...
Not sure anyone would claim that it even was that good .
Nostalgia can make you believe shit games were good I used to believe that gorge in the jungle for ps2 was good until I watched caddicarus review and decided to replay it and I hated my life
Hey wait a minute
I don't remember if you've watched the PPGZ anime, but I recently discovered that the first seven episodes of the English dub have been uploaded to a channel claiming to be the PPGZ "Official" RUclips channel. While re-watching the first story of the seventh episode I was reminded of a certain issue you've talked about regarding how Blossom is depicted. This left me wondering what your detailed take on the anime would look like. I know you want to take a break from PPG media for I while, so I understand if you never end up reviewing PPGZ, but I thought I'd bring it up here. I apologize if this message is unwanted. I think it's good taking a break from PPG given the large amount of time and effort you have placed into your PPG reviews. I don't mean to be rude by pressuring you to look at the anime. It's just that I happen to have enjoyed PPGZ despite it's many flaws and given that the live action PPG is still on its way -- and that looks like it will be horrible -- I just wanted to remind myself & others of what a good reimagining of the PPG looks like. I will include a link to the RUclips channel for anyone who may want to check it out.
ruclips.net/channel/UC-T8W21aVjxfbL83t5Bm06A
ROTFD is a fun game but not anything I'd wanna replay.
Also, Those Keys in the GBA Version are just like Klonoa
Honestly, i think the game is amazing, its just for little kids. It's really simple and easy and its absolutely perfect for being a kids first game
I hated the destroyed pier level in goo lagoon. It was aggravating
I play it on GameCube
It's honestly sad that this game was rushed because of Drama with certain studios like THQ and Big Sky, if this never happened i think it would be A LOT better than what it is now
I still enjoy this game
it had nice music, had pretty fun gameplay, pretty neat mechanics, and has Clancy Brown to voice Mr Krabs
Unlike Battle for Bikini Bottom and Truth or Square
now one thing i must say is the Narrator is honestly fine
cause even though tom kenny didn't voice him (or maybe it was night and he had to send these files to the studio and had to be quiet lol)
Other content (games, shows, movies, etc) uses different voice actors when the actual voice actor for a character is IN the content (example: Mario For the Super Mario Bros Movie was Voiced by Chris Pratt when Charles Martinet was IN THE MOVIE
same for most of the characters!)
I honestly don't mind the Collectathon to be part of the story cause i Love collecting stuff in video games
i 100% Far cry 4 and had a blast with that so i wouldn't be mad about the game being just collecting stuff
I will say, the 100 jellyfish quest, yeah uh Fuck that quest, it took me about 5 years to notice that Rusty counts jellyfish from other locations (this also goes for Larry)
The story is honestly not thaat bad but like Shadow said in the video battle for bikini bottom had a way better story than flying dutchman, the story is way too short to me, i could honestly speedrun this game and maybe complete it in under an hour which is Not good!
the cutscenes were okay, i liked Mr Krab's appearance where we deliver food, i always found that mission enjoyable
the Levels look pretty nice, i loved Jellyfish fields, sure that one is not even close to the show but it still looks god damn beautiful, i always loved the colors of that level (and the clowns appearance was 10/10)
I wish there were more levels though, 8 is NOT enough levels, and i mean sure the levels are pretty big (except Bikini bottom and Sandy's dome) but it's still not enough content
i mean Battle for Bikini bottom had god damn kelp forest (which i know is a bad level but it's still more than 8!)
The Jigsaw minigame was pretty cool to reveal the treasure but i'd honestly rather have more than just that, mix it up a little, make it like an actual puzzle! or make it so you have a bunch of letters and have to make a word to show where the chest is
the models are rough around the edges but that's cause the game was rushed, there was no time left so i'll give that a slide
The music to me was phenomenal, they were always so catchy to me, i'm not sure why...
I always liked: JellyFishing, Mermaid Man, Reef Blower, Karate, Default and Chum world
though the way the music was coded was fucking garbage, i mean sure it gives the feel of the costume spongebob is wearing but hearing the same damn song over and over again gets fucking annoying
Some of the mechanics in the game seems very odd but some i honestly think makes sense, the one biggest one is the costume changing, sure it's annoying to go back and change costumes via the tent every time but it gives it that realism with the show, in the Ripped Pants episode spongebob is in the changing tent when he's changing into his swim trunks, this makes sense to have the tent to be the costume changer because of this reason
i wish this game had a remaster, cause if it did it would have A LOOTT more content to explore than this
better graphics, better music (and remixes of some music), Better Dialogue and story, etc
this game deserves better because of how bigsky had to deal with some of the other studios
😅mmm here’s my question: do you really think Mario’s regular voice wouldn’t get annoying at movie length compared to a video game setting?
It needs a remake. It had a lot of potential
I'd remembered playing a lot of SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom even in the Rehyrated edition But Revenge of the Flying Dutchman I'd hard time to play through
2:12 Ditto
Yeah this game isnt the best spongebob game out there, it is fair if someone does just call this a bad game. For me, i do remember having the PS2 version, and i dont think i ever had a crash, but i dont think i even went that far, i just remember not liking it, and did not like the timed kraby patty delivery for whatever reason it was, i did like BfBB more, and the movie game more than this one.
this is a great review of the game, and if you want to watch another review of the game, Badman Reviews i think did a good video too
The narrator not having his regular voice can maybe be explained like this…if you’re a company being time crunched and money crunched, which character is better money and time wise for a SpongeBob game? The main character or someone who has a page worth of lines…
I have never played battle for bikkni bottom but i'm aware of it because of the remake and the fact that a lot of fans kinda overhype it a bit....so um yeah:) I did rent a shrek game once ...i can't seem to remember the fact that it was Shrek 2 until i checked my memory card
16:04 where did you get the crosshairs for the cannon? I just replayed this game last week and didn’t have that
I hated the part when you had to deliver Krabby Patties through the confusing streets
Wait, why was the Flying Dutchman sleeping inside of a box inside of another box? Did he have any contact with Yzma somehow?
Peter Jackson’s King Kong is imo the best movie licensed game
I could never get past the Patrick part
This game creeps me out
This was my first game ever
It's just off... it feels really empty, as if bikini bottom had an apocalypse
0:28: This is why I prefer Simpsons Road Rage.
I wonder if it's possible for it to be remade and given more time to tailor the side quests to the main plot better to improve it
Right? I always said they should take the games that weren’t given the attention needed and remaster them but make them the way they should have been made. For instance, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
@@ace-x6myeah 😊
You should talk about the movie Game too
some people are somehow really bad at those sliding puzzles
why did they even bother making two unique level themes if every other level song was dependent on the costume?
11:34 Rayman & Ratchet and clank he's not
I thought their first game was that jimmy neutron game which also wasn't very good.
truth or square was pog
You should review Jimmy Neutron vs Jimmy Negatron, it's another Big Sky game based around a Nickelodeon IP
13:15 so its got a DK 64 problem
aww
I played like half this game and the music got super repetitive
My guilty pleasure is yakuza and Enter the matrix for the ps2
Im literally playing this game rn lmao hahaha Ive been wanting to play this since i first got battle for bikini bottom back in the mid 2000s. Crazy im 23 playing this shit lmao I just finished the downtown level
I actually played it and liked it
Hey George
The narrator was tired so they had to hire a new one.
It was good for its time
I prefer revenge of the Flying Dutchman to battle for bikini bottom
Same bro
First Cartoon Review, now this. Reviewing licensed games is becoming more of a thing now, isn't it?