#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.