When Sony still produced portable consoles, one of the best options to pass the time in transport was a series Patapon. The rhythm game about the painted people was successful, the players sang “pum pum pata pum”And waited for a full sequel. After the last part of the series was released, they forgot and remembered only in 2017, when they decided to release a remaster of the original for Ps4. Now to virtual shelves Playstation store got the second part. In this review, we will see how well it is adapted for a modern TV set-top box.
The main task of the player in Patapon 2 remastered – manage a squad consisting of funny painted creatures resembling eyes with legs and arms. The player must beat the rhythm on the magic reels, thereby giving orders, such as “go”, “attack” or “defend”.
For the characters to move forward, you need to press the “square” and then the “circle” three times at the right pace, and in order for the squad to launch an attack, you need to double-click the “circle”, then the “square” and again the “circle”. Your wards begin to act, and only then, getting into timing, you need to start tapping a new team.
The difficulty is that you cannot stop or make mistakes. If you didn’t get into the rhythm or pressed the wrong buttons, the squad goes astray, and one of the soldiers may stumble and remain inactive for some time.
Heroes are opposed not only by other tribes, but also by huge monsters. After each mistake and delay, the fighters risk missing a dangerous attack from the enemy.
As soon as your wards began to move at the beginning of the mission, you need to keep up the pace with timely teams. If everything is done correctly, you can hear how with each successful combination, the squad begins to sing along, amplifying the background melody with other sounds.
At a certain moment, after successful actions, the “Fever”, Which raises the characteristics of fighters. There is little difficulty with this. If you play clearly by ear, then at this moment you will want to change the timing of the buttons to get into the rhythm of the opening melody of this “super-mode”, but in fact you need to continue to press the buttons as before and after a couple of seconds the melody will return to the original pace.
Since errors in such moments are extremely undesirable, playing Patapon 2, reacting purely by ear, may not work out at first. For safety, the developers have provided a special indicator that blinks around the edges of the screen like a frame.
