PSP Previews

Coming to PlayStation Portable? Then we see it first.

The Legend Of Heroes Trails In The Sky PSP review

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at 11:54am January 25 2012
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The boxart should be enough to let you know – happy kids with big eyes and bigger hair – but this should probably come with a ‘Severe RPG Warning’ regardless. Because if you’ve ever been bored senseless by reams of text dialogue or turn-based battles, run from this like a swine flu-infected flasher. But for those of us happy in that world, this is a glorious slice of genre nostalgia that hits the sweet spot between simplicity and complexity in terms of both tone and mechanics.

Persona 2: Innocent Sin review

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at 03:19pm November 28 2011
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For some, Japanese RPGs are a delicious elixir – to others they’re harder to get into than a pair of size-four jeggings. Whether you end up adoring or despising Persona 2, you’ll have made up your mind long before you visit a local private detective agency and hire them to spread a rumour that the local ramen restaurant sells weapons on the side, which makes the rumour come true so you can buy weapons to stop the ‘joker’ who’s been making the rumours come true in the first place. (Phew.)