Patapon was a refreshing hit when it launched on the PlayStation Portable in 2008. It’s unique blend of rhythm-strategy ended up being the second-best reviewed game for the platform that year. Almost a decade later, the game has been remastered for PlayStation 4. Has time been kind to the adorable Patapon warriors"
Redone ‘pons
Since Patapon was originally designed with the PSP in mind, its native assets would definitely not scale very well to the 1080p output of the standard PS4, and especially not to the 4K resolution offered by the PS4 Pro. Japan Studio and Sony Worldwide Studios appear to have completely redone all of the game?s assets. In 4K resolution, for example, I could not see any aliasing at all. Patapon used simple assets, and naturally the console has no trouble keeping the game running without any stuttering. The Patapon have never looked better! Patapon?s audio would likely also have suffered in a straight transition to the home console format, since the PSP was such a technically limited platform compared to the PS4. Thankfully, most audio samples sound are of a high quality. Each of the four drums were crisp, and fun to use. The Patapon sound as adorable as ever, with high-pitched and highly-filtered voices which border on the annoyingly-cute level of timbre.

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