#4

CHILI CON CARNAGE

Type : official PSP game
Publisher : Eidos
Developer : Deadline Games
Genre : TPS
Japan : -
US : 2007, feb 27
Europe : 2007, feb 16
Ad-hoc : 2-4 players
Online : no
Also available on : nothing

Inspired by PS2 title Total Overdose, this story of revenge on mexican gangsters arrives on PSP in a way much intense and fast version, with a gameplay system directly taken from Max Payne (I dive in slow motion and shoot everyone like I am Chow Yun Fat himself !), boosted by various vehicles, crazy sense of humor, rewind option when you die and, most important, a genuine plate-form side (you'll have to grab and jump on crates to get on a boat, for instance) saving the game from monotony.

15/20

Top of the muffin

WHAT IS GREAT
- Very communicative energy and crazyness.
- Visually excellent and Stylish.
- Great acting which helps a lot a great ambiance.
- "El Macho" mode : arcade challenges between missions allowing very short runs.
- Well worked bosses.

WHAT SUCKS
- A bit too basic.
- The cover claims an online mode you'll never find in the game !

SECRET
- Enter "ERNESTO" as a profile name to be invincible.

#3

CARS

Publisher : THQ
Developer : Locomotive Games
Genre : racing
Japan : 2006, jul 6
US : 2006, jun 6
Europe : 2006, jun 16
Ad-hoc : 4 players
Online : no
Also available on : DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, XBox, GameCube, PC, Macintosh

Inspired by the famous Pixar movie, this very arcadish racing game has the same boost system than Burnout but with tracks full of ramps, speeding arrows or shortcuts and includes one special event in each track : rocks falling down more and more dangerously after each lap for instance or a tricky manoeuvring truck for 2 laps which open a new shortcut during lap 3 ! (4 tracks available first, then 21 can be unlocked, as well as new cars).

15/20

Top of the muffin

WHAT IS GREAT
- Great fun, mainly thanks to ramps, shortcuts and speeding arrows.
- Usual but very efficient gameplay (jumps are possible but not very useful)
- The idea of one special event per track gives motivation to see the next one, cause that really makes the gameplay different each time.
- Very good ambiance, thanks for instance to characters voices ingame.

WHAT SUCKS
- Multiplayer is not as good as the one of its great challenger on PSP : Burnout.

SECRET
- Bonus track Reversed Speedway : on the main menu, hold L Button and press X, [], /\, X, /\, []
- Many players think the PSP version of this game is by far the best one.

#2

GHOST IN THE SHELL
Stand Alone Complex

Publisher : Bandai/SCE Japan
Developer : G-artists
Genre : FPS
Japan : 2005, sep 15
US : 2005, oct 25
Europe : 2005, oct 19(UK only !)
Ad-hoc : 2-6 players
Online : no
Also available on : nothing



In a cell-shading version of the animated series universe, this FPS ask you before each level to choose one of the four cops of the brigade and custom one robot Tachikoma to go with you for various missions, where you will battle terrorists, arrest androids on the run, free hostages after smooth infiltration, hack robot tanks, battle mechas and other stuff, all in various sets like streets, docks, train station, grand hotel, terrorists base and much more to finally defeat a chilling eco fascist coup d'etat project.

17/20

Unsuspected Super nova !

WHAT IS GREAT
- Unmissable great fun for arcadish gameplay lovers.
- A lot of fresh ideas, like the ability to program the Tachikoma robot and even jump in and drive it at anytime.
- Colorful cell-shading graphics very efficient to recreate the series ambiance.
- impressive choice of weapons, for the character and for the robot.

WHAT SUCKS
- Animation of the ennemies are sometimes basic.

SECRET
- After you've beaten the game, a new option appears in the menu : a little old school game in 2D where you can race as a Tachikoma robot !

#1

INFECTED

Publisher : Majesco
Developer : Planet Moon
Genre : TPS
Japan : unknown
US : 2005, nov 15
Europe : 2006, nov 30
Ad-hoc : 2-8 players
Online : 2 players
Also available on : nothing


35 levels of gory fast shooting where, in New York on Christmas, you're the only cop who can fight a zombie infection, thanks to your unique blood allowing you to make several zombies explode in one shot of your "viral gun", after you have badly injuried them with your regular gun.

17/20

Unsuspected Super nova !

WHAT IS GREAT
- Energetic, inventive and addictive gameplay
- Dark humour reminding Duke Nukem or Carmageddon
- Thousands of combinations to create your very personnal avatar.
- Online infection system which allow you to "infect" other PSPs with your avatar/virus
- Awesome Soundtrack featuring famous metal bands like Slipknot or Trivium (and their video clips are included too !)
- Dozens of special avatars to unlock, like Zombie Santa, Jason Voorhes and all the members of Slipknot !
- The chainsaw ! When you got it, you go for a short run like a bonus time where you're invicible and cut all the zombies to pieces in a big blood fest. Extatic !

WHAT SUCKS
- Only 2 players can fight online
- a bit short.

SECRET
- One of the unlockable avatars cost just one dollar. Known as the "one dollar avatar", it actually requested a special code to be unlocked, as it was designed after some guy who won a special contest launched by the developer, several weeks before the release of the game ! The secret code can be found on the internet...