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PlayStation Network Collection Power Pack is one of two titles, each featuring a collection of three
games, released in time for Xmas which also features online play and, in this case, two of the three games have a single-player offline
mode too.
First up, Flow (below-right) features you playing as some kind of microorganism floating round and building yourself up by eating
others - and often avoiding other eating you, while some gorgeous, ethereal classical-style music plays in the background.
It's bizarre stuff and good entertainment, but only for a while. The lack of any real definition to the game is what hampers
its longevity. Maybe there's some hidden meaning to the game, but... I didn't find it.
Then comes Syphon Filter: Combat Ops and unlike the previous games in the series, such as the last-released title,
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, this one is online-only which is not
the kind of thing I'm normally a fan of, but if it's your bag then rest assured you can indulge to your heart's content adding
weapons, spawn points, objects, etc, customising all elements of the map to play with online or locally with friends.
The main game, for me at least, was Beats, which goes along the lines of Dance Dance Revolution, except by pressing
buttons. It gets more complex as time presses on and the best bit is that it uses your own music on the PSP memory stick which
is so cool as it works out where to place the beats of each track when delivering the icons you need to match with button
presses of all four Playstation symbols.
I can play the game to all those tracks I'd never admit to listening to :)
And, as such, that makes this particular game a 10/10 for enjoyment! Whether it's Incantation's Catchapaya, Teach In's
Ding-a-Dong or even Terry Wogan's Floral Dance.. oh, I've said too much already.
There's also a 'jammin' option which has you messing about with various instruments but it was nowhere near as good as
the main game for me.
What I am worried about though, overall, is that even though the PSP is only just over three years old and that there's been
rumours about it being discontinued and the games support decreasing, this is starting to feel like a self-fulfilling policy.
It's the first pair of titles I've had through review since God of War, six months ago, and that if there were an abundance
of titles due then we're well into the Xmas build-up - as it's late November as I type this - and we would've seen them by now.
It would be a great shame for the PSP to come to an end as it has featured some incredible games such as
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, the aforementioned
God of War,
Killzone: Liberation and
SOCOM: US Tactical Strike. I'd rather have more action-based games
like those than the shout-into-the-thing childish nonsense of most of the Nintendo DS games.
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