This pleasure is amplified by the inclusion of aWiFi twoplayer mode, which provides instant camaraderie as Crockett and Tubbs hole up behind a bar in a dealer-infested nightclub and pop their heads up Punch-and-Judy style as one takes aim while the other reloads.
It may be that the single-player's appeal palls more quickly than you'd want, but it already seems clear that co-op offers a convivial thrill still mostly missing from PSP's library.
Above: This'll be the sniper rifle, then. Or maybe the bottom of a dirty shot glass
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