Favorite PSP Games / Week 4

by Brad Larson  |  April 9, 2009

The 4th Week makes room for the PSP games which take after filmed and animated movies. Such games inherit important characteristics and elements of the actual movie. So if you liked the movies you will, for certain enjoy playing the games.

The first game addresses the cartoons, comic books and spiders fans and is:

The adventures of Spider-Man started in 1962 when the first red spider appeared on the pages of  “Amazing Fantasy” and continued soon after - in 1963 on the comic book “The Amazing Spider-Man”. After the comic books period, Spider-Man mania conquered step by step the cartoon business, the movie business and the video game market and further after, the PSP market.

The console game Spider-Man 2 appeared in 2005, published by “Activision”, soon after the release of the second Spider-Man movie. The game succeeds to impress through remarkable 3D graphics and fine animation.

It is important to mention the fact that the game does not follow entirely the storyline of the movie and offers the player more scenery and more enemies. Some of the latter are: Mysterio, Shocker, Vulture and Rhino. In order to defeat them the player can do a training session in the training mode, in order to accommodate himself with the punching, kicking and spectacular web moves – such as the web swing. Even more, the boss fights are entertaining and the sound effects are quite good, containing part of the music and voices from the actual movie. Apart from defeating foes, the user must also find the hidden “Spider Tokens” for a plus of adventure.

The game succeeds to remark itself through a variety of missions and good graphics, offering the fans of the Spider-Man movie an interesting and adventurous sequel in the game world.

In the second game of this week you will find more adventures, a lot of treasures and plenty of humor:

The game is the 4th Lego game released on the video – games market, after the 1, 2 and 3 series of the Star Wars game and depicts the adventures of Indiana Jones from the first 3 movies: “Raiders of the Lost Arch”, “Temple of Doom” and “Indiana Jones and the last Crusade”. The PSP game was developed by Travellers's Tales and published by Lucas Arts in 2008.

Being made after the Indiana Jones movies, the game preserves elements of the environment and key elements  of the characters. Although Indiana has been transformed into a lego character he maintains his charm, adventure spirit and whip – as a main weapon.

As a puzzle solving game, Lego Indiana Jones has plenty of levels packed with secrets and mystery. But, in order to collect the secret gems, the character has to pass over shabby bridges, swim with the crocodiles and fight villains. Moreover, the main character can interact with objects from his environments (such as: guns, swords and more other) and is even able to build and ride a vehicle. All these adventures are accompanied by the well known movie soundtrack.

A nice 3D game, “Lego Indiana Jones” succeeds to conquer the movie fans through its fun puzzles and humorous situations. At a price range between $20 – $39, the game makes an entertaining summary of the Indiana Jones movies.

The third game of this week will enwrap you in magic and lots of mysteries:

Released in 2007 and published by EA Games, the game continues the Harry Potter series into the fantastic and full of possibilities game world. The “Order of Phoenix” follows, most of the time, the book and movie lines, but adds a series of adventures for a plus to the game length.

Accompanied by Hermione and Ron, Harry will adventure into the dangerous Triwizard Tournament, as the 4th competitor. There he'll confront a fire breathing dragon, will adventure into an enchanted maze and will rescue his friends from perils. Out of all these adventures the player will gain points, which will later unlock more areas of the castle.

The book and movie fans will enjoy the fact that in this game they will have the possibility, as players, to explore every chamber of the Hogworts castle. Also a plus, is the fact that all locations and characters are similar – up to the details from their movie counterparts, thanks to a marvelous graphics. The fans will also be pleased by the multitude of spells available for defeating Harry's foes, such as pushing capabilities, jinxes and hexes and many, many more.

At a reasonable price of $25 the game succeed to please both the book and movie fans and proves to be entertaining, fun and quite a magical experience.

Next articles in this series:

1. Favorite PSP Games
2. Favorite PSP Games / Week 2
3. Favorite PSP Games / Week 3
4. Favorite PSP Games / Week 4
5. Favorite PSP Games / Week 5
6. Favorite PSP Games / Week 6

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