and Scooby-Doo, as hungry as ever, venture into the swamp following a scent. There they meet swamp resident Lila who asks them to recover ingredients to finish her stew. Shaggy and Scooby set off with the gang to solve two mysteries while secretly collecting the ingredients
Gameplay
Spooky Swamp is primarily a third-person game with action elements. The player controls the five members of the Mystery Inc. The primary goal of the game is to solve mysteries and find ingredients to Lila's stew. Each character of the gang has different skills and functions. The games has light puzzle elements that allow the player reach higher platforms and objects. The game's combat system allows the character to run, jump, and perform attacks to fend off enemies that are encountered. The whole plot of the game and the stories are original. The characters' health bar goes down when a villain or enemy punches them, and it can only be restored by time or by defeating the enemies. The game contains many collectibles that are distributed in specific secret locations in the three different locations. The collectibles are: ingredients for a hoagie; the letters of the word 'Scooby'; Scooby-Doo's collar medallion; blue ghosts photographs; and costumes. Collectibles, options, cheat codes, rewards and more can be accessed on the Swamp's Clubhouse. By defeating enemies, small masks are collected; upon reaching a specified number of masks, the information about the equivalent enemy are shown in the Clubhouse. The player can get trophies for doing certain tasks. The player can also play with a friend in multiplayer co-operation. Besides the swamp, El Muncho and Howling Peaks can also be accessed. El Muncho is a Southwestern ghost town and is ruled by the unnamed Sheriff. There also lives Costington, one of the characters that appeared in First Frights, the twins Emilio and Esteban, and the secret spy Romero. El Muncho was frightened by the El Scaryachi, who wanted to keep Costington away from the town. In Howling Peaks, a snowing alpine village, lives Daphne's cousin Anna Blake, the snowboarder Moose, Dustin Planks, the tracker Barry "Baz" Buckley, and Sergio. The place was frightened by Yeti, who wanted to put away the tourists. In the Swamp, lives Lila, an intelligent girl who loves cooking. Throughout the game, the player will occasionally encounter a talking frog named Philippe Extraordinare. Just like First Frights, the game interface and its gameplay are highly reminiscent of TT GamesLego game series.
Reception
The game was met with positive to mixed reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 68.88% and 76 out of 100 for the Wii version, and 65% and 52 out of 100 for the DS version.
