Patapon 2 to be Remastered in the short test

To not belong In a time when Smartphones are still an integral part of the game industry, could Sony have some of its Playstation Portable in many ways a milestone in the history of Mobile gaming. One of the most famous Franchises from this Era is the music and rhythm game Patapon. Nearly twelve years after its first publication, the second part of the series now appears in a Remastered Version.

After a Kraken has sunk the boat, suffer the little Patapon tribe to a new unknown Land a shipwreck. Your slips, as in the first part, in the role of a divine being, and supports your subjects to leave the island, so you can put the from the first part started in search of the promised Land, Earthend, Fort. Your possibilities as God but they are limited to something, because you can to your subjects, only provide very rudimentary commands. This is done by means of a simple Knock- (patapata) and gossip noise (ponpon), wherein each Button of the Dualshock controller, a specific sound, circle = Pon, triangle = Chaka, Square = Pata, cross = Don) is associated with (. Certain combinations a bit then let our subjects to run forward, attack or Defensive move. It is important to always pay attention to the correct rhythm, because otherwise denied to you, the Patapon tribe are the followers.

During the more than 30-mission long adventure, including hunting and Escort missions, including challenging boss fights, you learn more and more sound combinations, with which your subjects leads across the island. In addition, during your inserts various objects you can collect and find, with which you then even single fighters be equipped individually and, thus, also enhance can. Papaton 2 combines elements of music play, real time strategy, and the gods of simulations to create a unique Mix, even twelve years after its initial release none of its fascination lost has.

Light and shadow

Visually presents Patapon 2 in his unique, brightly colored paper cut-Look for the Remastered Version in addition, even with a 4K-resolution pimped was. This is on the big screen and TV, even prettier than the little Handheld, especially the already sometimes very chaotic gameplay is now much clearer, however, you have to take a few compromises in buying. So the game supports, for example, no HDR, and many of the cutscenes were simply scaled up, then during the playback, some of them heavily blurred image. Also, the screen texts are sometimes a little confusing, what is due to the fact that the German Translation was sloppy. As you can imagine, probably the first time they Click only, that’s behind the menu item “Change” is actually the “Switch” the order of your units hidden. A further fly in the ointment: from The Original multi player mode for up to four players has been deleted. Very bad! This is the core of Patapon 2 the musical background of the game action, as in the Original superbly managed and the individual Songs have, once again, earworm qualities.

CONCLUSION

It is an open secret that I’m a big Fan of PlayStation portable consoles, be it from the Vita or the PSP. Despite some high-class titles to me, but only three, for these two platforms (initially) exclusive game series, remained in my memory: Lumines, LocoRoco and Patapon. The play I even still enjoy it very much, and on the origin platform. Exactly why can I good at and like to the Remastered versions for the current Generation of consoles do without – especially if, as in the case of Patapon 2, less content and Features than the Original (cue Multiplayer). And what is a higher video brings me to resolution on the Playstation 4, which was then partly implemented very sloppy, if the basic game is clearly designed for shorter games and for mobile Gaming the ideal one would offer. Yes, this is clearly the disappointed Fanboy out of me, because Patapon 2 is a really fun, unique game and a real PSP classic, but on a stationary console, in my opinion, nothing to search. Who wants to does not have a PSP or PS Vita, or is this not extra the dust, but now finally have a reason to, the Patapon tribe to lead. All the others can save themselves the Trip to Earthend, but.

What Patapon 2 Remastered is? A rhythm-based 2D platform/Action game.
Platforms: PS4
Tested on: PS4
Developer / Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Release: 30. January 2020
Link: Official Website