Best Games for PSP

The ability to manipulate public consciousness Hideo Kojima mastered almost better than the art of creating video games. After a series of statements by the leader of Kojima Productions, many fans of the famous designer's creativity to believe that the cult TV series Metal Gear has finally dried up and continuing adventures brave Solid Snake more really is not. Kojima expose the lie has not received even now: immediately announcing two projects belonging to a legendary brand, he remained true to what was said. Events of both new products will unfold in a familiar universe, but at different time intervals. "In the mythology of the series should not remain blind spots!" - Is the motto should be written on the forehead of each subordinate Kojima, recalling that when moving forward or backwards is difficult, it's time to dive deeper.

While young associates work in full swing offshoot the series for the big consoles, Kojima sculpts a completely different game for the portable console. In a recent interview, Hideo called Peace Walker to as "my personal Metal Gear 5". Apparently, another exclusive for the PlayStation Portable closes the narrative about the formation Neykid Snake, begun in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and continued in video game Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. At this time, will head writer takes us to 1974, on the coast of Costa Rica, where the hottest battle unfolds between the forces of the unknown aggressors and pro-government mercenary army Militaires Sans Fronti è res (here the authors subtle humor with a hint of "Doctors without Borders ") under the personal command of the Snake (aka Big Boss). The true essence of confrontation, of course, is not so obvious. Another less obvious it becomes a moment on the battlefield appeared one after another cloned Snake, born as a result of experiments on the DNA of Big Boss. Where they can take only two years after the birth of Solid Snake and his genetic twin brothers? Again questions ...

Peace Walker from the beginning to the end designed by Kojima. He penned the script, under his guidance the approved character design, key features of the gameplay and concept as such. According to preliminary information the game will strictly adhere to the principles of the classical series. The basis of the elements will be spying, trade tricks with a disguise, possession of special techniques and terrain orientation - all the things for which audiences love Metal Gear Solid. It also assumes the existence of team multiplayer, in which players will lead the clone Snake and equally enjoy all the features of its arsenal and skills. From a technical point of view, the game should be one of the most "advanced" on the platform. Programmers studios are busy breeding the old engine to a qualitatively new level of power that he surpassed all previous achievements. Particular attention will be given to weather effects and facial animations - these elements will further bring interactive entertainment to the standards of cinema.

Perhaps it is the development of Metal Gear universe is entering a new phase. The fact that the series went to players in two parallel ways, promises a lot of new sensations. Announced at the last E3 Metal Gear Solid: Rising will be designed for a wide audience, especially the part for which is set to the prestige of the game and its creator. In turn, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - a personal project of Hideo Kojima, the continuation of dialogue with the judges of his talent. The Japanese once again managed to intrigue absolutely everyone.

Dating from 2006 has original Steambot Chronicles emphasis on Western public is not attracted. Besides the fact that in the plot were two almost the main fetish of Japanese writers - amnesiac hero and giant fighting robots - the product of the creative tandem Irem and Atlus possessed far the most sophisticated combat system and boring design. Even in an era of stagnation of the genre holders PlayStation 2 was found, what is play. On the PlayStation Portable case is different. While some developers lint on a continuation of the series, their less puzzled colleagues presented offshoot of Steambot Chronicles, the English version of which appears on the shelves in late June.

So-called "Trotmobil" (the same steam robot at the controls of which to play tricks) can completely disassemble and reassembled from the parts extracted. Boundaries engineering fantasies virtually non-existent, in this sense Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament ready to outdo even the series of Armored Core. Up until that player has the right to disrupt the balance of tonnage to the individual sites and to appear before the public in the disabled state. However, all experiments will go with it, if would be justified - that at first looks unfit, sometimes demonstrates unique properties. Such surprises are sometimes annoying, but more often fueled the desire to look more and more components. Of particular value is acquired in multiplayer, where surprise and deal a body blow with friends - home and not with an incomparable charm. Incidentally, for multiplayer battles with the standard video game enough to have one copy of the game at all - three of them joined permitted to unite with her. To use improvised models personal copy of the game still needed.

Battle Tournament looks both recognizable, and to some extent in new ways. Optimized for screen image on the PSP look nicer widescreen, the number of special effects does not go beyond reasonable limits. Even bias animeshnuyu style does not discourage the desire to get acquainted with the game for those who can not stand. Japanese audiences took replenishment line is quite favorable, localized versions of the same fate at the moment is less obvious. In general, it is also entitled to a warm welcome.
The name of the project speaks for itself: if we had performed the mission, and periodically returned to the arena to earn extra money, but now the opposite is true - we will fight in the arena on a regular basis and periodically sent to third party job to be able to fill a garage with new spare parts. One of the plot as such, no - the player gets the role of a newcomer who arrived in the Orion City with the dream to conquer the city of art of driving a steam fur. Incarnation of dreams in life contributes to a special tournament, held at the local Coliseum. It was there for the hero gradually comes to fame. However, around the metropolitan life abounds, too. Numerous NPC conduct business and pleasure offering temporary work and various factions trying to find out relationships - for human resourcefulness lots of opportunities to get rich.

Monster Hunter was originally conceived as an online RPG for home consoles, claiming the right to continue the glorious traditions of Phantasy Star Online. If the Western public reacted to the new universe, calmly enough, then himself in Japan, the game is not just won recognition - it instantly rocketed to the top of the charts and sales charts. Leaders Capcom, never leave unattended commercial successes of their projects, and this time showed a sequence, adding an offshoot of the original series for the PSP.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2, dated 2007-meters a year, at the moment remains the best-selling titles for the PSP in Japan and one of the most popular in the world. Two and a half million copies sold of this video game - a worthy reason to think about the sequel, but in the future, and while Capcom has presented additional Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. English version add-on will go on sale this summer. In it players expect quite usual for such cases "doveski" to existing content. The total number of upgrades to increase the arsenal to fifteen hundred, armor - up to two thousand. Number of missions will increase to four hundred, the total duration of the order of five hundred hours of time. Those users who have had occasion to deal with MHF 2, to start "pumping" from scratch will not have to - all the saved information can be downloaded. However, even if the journey starts again, under your command at once would be enough strong characters. Developers, thereby reducing the preparatory phase so that players without so much fuss to go to the main.

The main thing in Monster Hunter - of course, hunting for monsters. They will be more, they will be stronger, more diverse and smarter. A number of fundamentally new locations and their associated quests. Management will not change, except that now from time to time be required to instruct the slave artificial intelligence assistant. The main functions of a faithful squire are simple - pick up things that did not fit in the pockets of the owner. Take part in the battles teammate also has the right, but his role is still secondary. Multiplayer is still designed for four. Revolution in the gameplay is not expected, except for small details - the speed of downloads multiplied. The game can be installed with the UMD-drive on corporate memori-stick, which requires about 500 megabytes of free space on the storage device. Drive in any case be required to run, and the decision to speed up boot fits almost perfectly: it will save many PSP owners from irritating their problems with video games.

Make a full sequel is too early - Monster Hunter Freedom 2 is not exhausted its potential. For millions of users where the topical addition of the next chapter beloved saga, so there is no doubt: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite will find their customers on this side of the ocean, as has been found in Japan.

I think Final Fantasy series invented anew. If you count all of the outstanding sequels, prequels, remakes and re-release, fell to the fans for the past few years, that comes into my head this very idea. And stop there, developers are not going: Last year in Japan, a project was launched Dissidia, which is a hybrid board game and a beautiful fighting game with beloved characters of all-all-all issues unfading series. This year this video game was released in the U.S. and just about reaches the shores of Europe. And there, staring, and continued announce.

In the case of Dissidia first impression is deceptive. Let it in many ways is trying to look like a fool fanservisny project, designed exclusively for hardcore fans, do not pass an hour, what is your opinion will change to the opposite. Yes, everyone who has at least one part Final Fantasy, will find here the reason ponostalgirovat but true that not even familiar with the TV series gamer will almost certainly want to know how it all began to compare their. The reason for this unprecedented generosity of Square Enix. All their games look the most beautiful in the platform, and Dissidia exception to the rule did not. This applies to the interface, simple and convenient, and hundreds of spectacular, though not carrying any meaningless scenes on the engine, and an eight-CG-rollers. Wherever you look - all the delights the eye, glitters and shimmers.

Prior to the gameplay it comes only after ten minutes after the title screen, and it provided that you skip the prologue and immediately went into action. Want to start the career mode, but a huge selection of scenarios can confound any. Each of them forced to look incredibly beautiful, but very boring videos. You can then vain attempt to "run through" dialogue and then, once on a playing board, you realize that between the beginning and the end of the level there is only one trunk and two of the enemy, the battles that do not occupy more than thirty seconds. The only way, devoid of all this implies a few dozen hours of simulated and as a consequence, large amounts of local currency, which can and need to buy additional characters and different accessories. So get rid of quickly passing ridiculous stories fail - you want to get all the benefits Dissidia, good enough to study it inside and out.

Scene Mode drew attention to the history of the main characters of license parts of Final Fantasy, which, together with his newly acquired friends are fighting against evil and want to restore harmony in the universe. Not all of them get along, but the attention to this not particularly sharpened: in the foreground is always talk about honor, courage, faith in friends and so on. Selecting the hero, the player is on the small "playing board" on which the figures are depicted as enemies, items and chests. To take the location and be at the next (in fact, at the next level) is required to reach the mysterious printing on the other end of the screen. The very location is divided into fields, as in any board game, and moving on it is considered a hero for "moves". Initially, the virtual dice determine how many moves are available at the savior of the universe, then announced the prize for the implementation of additional conditions, well, and after the game begins.

To get to the press is not always as easy as it seems: a way to block it often impassable areas, which can be overcome, nakostylyav remaining opponents. Battle, of course, remain the most exciting moments of the game, but, alas, and the most fleeting. Ordinary ghosts has absolutely no resistance and with shame give way to the hero after a couple of strokes. For a species they can fly on a picturesque location, but often do not have time to even do that - it's painful to die quickly. There are also a really tough enemies, for whom have run, but they are rather exceptions to the rules under which to play comfortably when the process takes no more than a minute.

In fairness it should be noted that in general, then the potential for a great combat system. Soldiers can buy a new outfit, every element of which has its own magical properties. Also, there are several types of attacks, and at the best of circumstances you can catch the enemy in the stunningly beautiful combo bundle, where the player needs only time to press the buttons displayed on the screen and watch how the hero controlled ruthlessly mutuzit enemy. All sorts of tricks and subtleties provides a great many, but that's only to delve into them quite did not want to. Why, if everything works intuitively?

In addition to career mode is the arcade mode, where there are no half-hour conversations about the beautiful, and all attention is focused on the dynamic battles. Every enemy here is one order of magnitude stronger for the victory required not just mindlessly pressing two buttons are responsible for the attack, but the waltz in the spacious arena, dodging enemy attacks and trying to podgadat time for retaliation. Over time, the characters gain levels and acquire a good outfit, which gives them superiority over their enemies - then it makes sense to try to fight with one another and in fact prove, for example, that Zidane is stronger Sephiroth.

It is not surprising that the U.S. put the game very high marks - she deserves them: an unusual and exciting gameplay, graphics, perfect, a connoisseur of every single Final Fantasy will be more than pleased with all sorts of interesting trivia. Victory stand, additional costumes, tunes, finally, a letter from Mu%u011Fla - all this should inspire joy. Silly story? Soon you forget about it, because the main thing here - the presence of well-known heroes, and not what they said and why.