PAW Patrol Mighty Pups: Save Adventure Bay

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups: Save Adventure Bay
This game is a job too big for pups too small.
Genre(s): Puzzle Platform Platform(s): Xbox One Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Release Date: November 6, 2020 Engine: Unity Developer(s): Drakhar Studio Publisher(s): Outright Games Country: Spain Series: PAW Patrol Predecessor: PAW Patrol: On a Roll (by release date) Successor: PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls (by release date)

PAW Patrol Mighty Pups: Save Adventure Bay is a puzzle-platform video game based on the children's television series PAW Patrol, released on November 6, 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and PC.

Why It's a Job Too Big For Pups Too Small

1. Like the rest of the PAW Patrol games, the game is far too easy and is devoid of any challenge, much like a lot of other games published by Outright.
2. Like its predecessor, the graphics, like with all of Outright's games, are quite mediocre, as it does not look like a current-gen game and instead looks like a game released for seventh-generation consoles, such as the Wii, PS3, or Xbox 360.
3. The game is essentially PAW Patrol: On a Roll but with 3D graphics, as it has the same collectibles (pup treats), and most of the gameplay revolves around doing basic platforming and boring tasks just like that game. Not helping the fact that this game would later be reskinned into yet another game made by the same developers almost a year later.
4. Ryder himself is still annoying in this game. In the main menu, he constantly reads out every single selection the player makes, and, in levels, constantly tells the player what to do and what's happening, and there is no way to turn this off.
5. The soundtrack is still generic, with no improvements.
6. No voice acting for the pups whatsoever. It is unknown why the developers still cannot afford voice acting; its predecessor also had this problem and that game was made by Torus Games, while this game is made by a completely different studio named Drakhar.
7. No enemies (or even bosses) during platforming stages, as you do nothing but run around in 3D spaces doing basic platforming and collecting nothing but dog treats. That's it.
8. Despite being based on the Mighty Pups episodes from the show, you don't even spend half of the game actually using their superpowers. They spend most of the game in their regular forms using their regular abilities as the game is a reskin.
9. The animated cutscenes are terrible, looking as if they were ripped straight from the show. They also have even worse animation, with noticeable clipping.
10. It is very short, as it can simply be beaten in about a few hours or less, just like the aformentioned On a Roll game.

Redeeming Qualities

1. It is at least faithful to the show its based on.
2. It can still be fun for little kids.

Reception

The game currently has a score of 60/100 on OpenCritic.

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