Patapon 2 Review

By Chris Hudak

At World’s End, Chaka.



Some folks just shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near success. It’s only been a year since their quirky, funky, kinda-sorta-music-strategy whoosit debut, but the Patapon (Patapons? Patapi?) are already hip-eye-deep in rhythmic doodoo again—shaking their collective, spear-chucking, tribal groove-thang for the glory of God (well… you, anyway) and taking on enemies many, many times their own size.

  • Lots of mission types
  • Superb audiovisuals
  • Added depth from hero abilities
  • Massive replay
  • Multiplayer!
  • Pon creation assumes player familiarity
  • Occasional sound-layer hiccups
  • New branching/level scheme gets frizzy
  • Only one multiplayer mode

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Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

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