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Mar 18, 2008

Wild Arms XF

PSP Review

On the surface, the glitzy anime style and catchy music of Wild Arms XF scream "come play with me, I'm shiny." But underneath that, the hardcore strategy-RPG gameplay and complex battle system warn "noobs need not apply." Some familiar trappings of the Wild Arms series are there to sweeten the deal - an engrossing story, ARMs combat, etc. - but the desperado cowboy lore of old gets ditched in favor of a greener, more medieval fantasy ...
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Mar 17, 2008

Puzzle Guzzle

PSP Review

Puzzle Guzzle has the hallmarks of a great block puzzler - it's simple (like Tetris), easy to pick up yet hard to master (like Puzzle Fighter), and novel (like Lumines). Our first look impressed us with its fresh take on the genre, and left us eager to see the final product. Although fun and innovative, Puzzle Guzzle's playability suffers horribly due to drab visuals and borderline grating audio.Here's how it works: each block has a ...
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Mar 13, 2008

Major League Baseball 2K8

PSP Review

PSP - Major League Baseball 2K8 - MLB 2K8

We may be mixing our sports metaphors, but there’s no doubt that 2K Sports has launched a full-court press on MLB-licensed games the last couple of years. Between the The Bigs, Power Pros, and its 2K(insert number here) sim, they’ve taken their third-party exclusive-license ball and run with it. With so many games and platforms, there are bound to be winners and losers across the spectrum. Unfortunately for PSP owners, MLB 2K8 is ...
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Mar 12, 2008

MLB 08: The Show

PSP Review

PSP - MLB 08: The Show - MLB 08 The Show

Fans have come to know and love the handheld versions of Sony’s baseball games for the past couple of years now, so no one should be surprised to hear that the 2008 version is yet another gem. However, even we were surprised by how much more the developers were able to squeeze into a single UMD this time around. MLB 08 The Show is the best-looking and most complete baseball experience the PSP has ever seen. Color us impressed – and, ...
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Mar 12, 2008

FlatOut: Head On

PSP Review

PSP - FlatOut: Head On - FlatOut: Head On

Liked the Destruction Derby games on the original PlayStation? Then you’ll get a kick out of this. Featuring smashable cars, tracks littered with physics-enabled objects and upgradeable motors, Head On is, like FlatOut on PS2, an unashamedly silly racer that mixes preposterous minigames, regular races and arena-based derbies to entertaining effect. It looks great. The framerate is super smooth and the courses are large and detailed; the ...
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Mar 7, 2008

Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship

PSP Review

PSP - Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship - Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship

Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship proves that neat ideas don't always make neat video games. Originally a board game, the goal is to fill a grid with as many of your Tetris-style blocks as possible while forcing the other players to hold onto theirs. You do this by placing your shapes so that no edges run parallel to one another, but so there also are no whole gaps on the grid between them. The end result will usually look something like a ...
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Feb 29, 2008

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

PSP Review

PSP - Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

Oh, OK, so Pro Evolution Soccer on PSP has suffered slowdown in every one of its incarnations, but after the framerate debacle on PS3 we’re that bit more sensitive to the jerkiness. We’d been hoping that this would be the year that handheld PES would be lag-free, but no - every so often, predominantly on scrambles in the box following corners, the game lurches all over the place. It’s no worse than previous years, and you can ...
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Feb 28, 2008

Chessmaster: The Art Of Learning

PSP Review

PSP - Chessmaster: The Art Of Learning - Chessmaster: The Art of Learning

Hey, it’s chess. Well, that pretty much sums it up… just kidding. The Art of Learning doesn’t stray far from any other Chessmaster title in the past 15 years ...

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Feb 28, 2008

God of War: Chains of Olympus

PSP Review

Long before he was the god of war, bald badass Kratos was just the Ghost of Sparta, a berserk agent of the ancient Greek gods. God of War: Chains of Olympus delves into those dark years, shedding light on Kratos' troubled past while delivering the same epic storytelling, beautiful scenery and vicious ass-stomping we've come to expect from the series. ...
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Feb 27, 2008

Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts

PSP Review

PSP - Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts - Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of the Ancient Arts

If you’re itching for a hack-and-slash level-grinding experience on your PSP and don’t care about story, character development, or varied gameplay, you might find Dungeon Explorer: Keepers of the Ancient Arts bland but tolerable. If you’re looking for anything beyond that, however, this action RPG is sure to disappoint. After customizing your character (you’ll get to choose your general look, race, gender, and job), ...
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