The Minis Review Thread!!!

Yo Peoples!If you have purchased a mini off PSN, please post a mini-review here. Give a brief description of gameplay and other important information about the game, and whether or not it was worth the cash... there are a ton of these up, and for the most part there is no information about any of them in terms of screen shots or decent descriptions of gameplay. The mini section reminds me of buying Atari 2600 carts from reading the description on the box and checking out cover art (which were misleading, to say the least, in a lot of cases).Do your fellow PSP fans a solid, and talk about what you've gotten!:DThe Minis Review Thread!!!
Hero of Sparta: 8/10, a decent god of war clone with some technical weird technical issues, such as audio bugs and glitches that sometimes force you to restart levels.Blast-Off!: 7/10, challenging little time waster, but not much depth or lasting value, you should definately pick this one up, however, as it's only $2.99 and the price is well worth it for what you get.Kahoots: 9/10, my favorite PSP Mini so far, this game packs tons of content in it, has a great style, and extremely satisfying puzzles. Plus, the game's theme music is THE SH*T, seriously, I humm it all the time, it is stuck in my head.The Minis Review Thread!!!
Fieldrunners- 8.5/10Gameplay: Your typical tower defense game, but it is very well done and accessible for players of a wide skill range.Graphics: Looks good to me. :P The graphics are more than suitable for a game of this type, and are very crisp and clean.Price: For 6.99, it's a little pricey compared to other Minis, but for what you're getting, it seems to be worth it.(Let me know if there's any questions you have on this, I'll be glad to attempt to answer them)
I got ''Savage Moon'' which doesn't quite qualify as a mini, but it's an exclusiveandI haven't seen a lot of people talk about it.It's Tower Defense, with a little galactic conquest thrown in for good measure. Unlike a lot of other TD games I've played, this one gives you a map of planets (called ''lmoons'') and your job is to design a strategy for protecting your mining interests in order to keep the planet out of the slimy hands of the Incectolytes - Really big, nasty BUGS. The more lmoons you hold, the more money you have to blow on your next invasion... it's a nice little perk system and strategy element which elevates the title above it's mindless flash game roots. The game will give you default settings for an invasion if you're unsure how much it'll take to bring an lmoon under your iron-fist control, and eventually if you're good, you can throw a rediculous amount of money at a completely inane war over natural resources...... just like the good ol' USA...Starting maps feature a tutorial on how to allocate resources for a drop (protection of a mining facility), how to deal with advancing your tech trees (making bigger and badder guns and blockades, etc.) and dealing with the Incectolyte problem on the ground and in the air... like a big ol' exterminator with GUNS. Really, really big GUNS. Menu systems work very well for selecting your defenses and become second nature very quickly. I was kind of worried about playing a TD game on a handheld without a mouse and the control issues, but they have pulled it off very nicely on this title.Graphics, sound, and an excellent zooming in-or-out camera via the shoulder buttons makes getting around the map and placing your defenses a breeze... the only minor criticism I have about the game is the load times, but they're not that long, it's just that I'm old and going to die someday so every little second counts...:lol:What is the nature of ''Blast Off!''? How would you describe the gameplay or what would you say it resembles?Keep 'em coming, folks... let's get a nice pool of information bubbling here!
[QUOTE=''ston3henge'']:What is the nature of ''Blast Off!''? How would you describe the gameplay or what would you say it resembles?[/QUOTE]It's a game in which you control a space ship and try to collect all of the spacemen on the screen, you can look up all of the titles I listed on YouTube.
Ill make this short:Blast off--9/10Echoes--7/10Fieldrunners--8.5/10Hero of Sparta--5/10And for good measure ill add Pinball Heroes at 7/10
Field Runners - 8/10Not a bad tower defense game, but its pretty basic stuff. I liked the cartoony graphics though and it was a good challenge at some parts.
Pixel Junk Monster Deluxe, 9/10, best psp mini that can last a long time. its a tower defense game that is very polished and requires a lot of strategy to get ''perfect'' score in each level. when you get enough ''perfect'' scores, then you can unlock new areas and new maps. this creates a replay value for each level and keeps you busy for a while. of course, you need to love tower defense sort of game play first in order to enjoy this psp mini. i have a lot more to say about this game, but this game deserves better reviews than what I have to offer-- look up some good reviews for this game.
[QUOTE=''jasontdoto'']Pixel Junk Monster Deluxe, 9/10, best psp mini that can last a long time. its a tower defense game that is very polished and requires a lot of strategy to get ''perfect'' score in each level. when you get enough ''perfect'' scores, then you can unlock new areas and new maps. this creates a replay value for each level and keeps you busy for a while. of course, you need to love tower defense sort of game play first in order to enjoy this psp mini. i have a lot more to say about this game, but this game deserves better reviews than what I have to offer-- look up some good reviews for this game.[/QUOTE]PixelJunk isn't a Mini, REAL MINIs are located in the Minis section, you can't just f**king call any game that comes to mind a Mini.
There are gameplay videos for all the minis (that I've looked for) on Youtube and that is what I have used to draw up my ''purchase list''So far only got Tetris - no explanation needed and for the price it's an 8/10and Vempire which is a ''be-jewelled'' type game similar to Columns in the way you rotate a 2x2 block to make 4-in-a-row to clear the blocks which I give a 7/10
[QUOTE=''Emandudeguy''][QUOTE=''jasontdoto'']Pixel Junk Monster Deluxe, 9/10, best psp mini that can last a long time. its a tower defense game that is very polished and requires a lot of strategy to get ''perfect'' score in each level. when you get enough ''perfect'' scores, then you can unlock new areas and new maps. this creates a replay value for each level and keeps you busy for a while. of course, you need to love tower defense sort of game play first in order to enjoy this psp mini. i have a lot more to say about this game, but this game deserves better reviews than what I have to offer-- look up some good reviews for this game.[/QUOTE]PixelJunk isn't a Mini, REAL MINIs are located in the Minis section, you can't just f**king call any game that comes to mind a Mini.[/QUOTE]



Wow at your reply. My humble apologies if i offended you in any way.
[QUOTE=''jasontdoto''][QUOTE=''Emandudeguy''][QUOTE=''jasontdoto'']Pixel Junk Monster Deluxe, 9/10, best psp mini that can last a long time. its a tower defense game that is very polished and requires a lot of strategy to get ''perfect'' score in each level. when you get enough ''perfect'' scores, then you can unlock new areas and new maps. this creates a replay value for each level and keeps you busy for a while. of course, you need to love tower defense sort of game play first in order to enjoy this psp mini. i have a lot more to say about this game, but this game deserves better reviews than what I have to offer-- look up some good reviews for this game.[/QUOTE]PixelJunk isn't a Mini, REAL MINIs are located in the Minis section, you can't just f**king call any game that comes to mind a Mini.[/QUOTE] Wow at your reply. My humble apologies if i offended you in any way. [/QUOTE]Yeah that reply is one hell of a reply.....Switch to decaf buddy
PixelJunk is, however, a PSN exclusive and not available through brick'n'mortar stores, so I think a review of it was called for...... and to the poster who went off: May I remind you that I have a corner on the ''Cranky Mouthy Offensive Dude'' around these forums, and I would appreciate it if you found your own identity...:DRight folks?
[QUOTE=''ston3henge'']PixelJunk is, however, a PSN exclusive and not available through brick'n'mortar stores, so I think a review of it was called for...... and to the poster who went off: May I remind you that I have a corner on the ''Cranky Mouthy Offensive Dude'' around these forums, and I would appreciate it if you found your own identity...:DRight folks?[/QUOTE]:lol: Sounds about right to me!!
Pinball Dreams %26 Pinball Illusions are simple pinball games 6/10 for both of them

Heroes Of Sparta is a poor mans god of war ill give it a 7/10Tetris you know what tetris is... it has a few extras 8/10

Dracula Undead Awakening is a action survial game with a few game modes an weapons ill give it a 7/10
Yes... in looking at gameplay of ''Dracula'' on the youtubes, it looks like a Goth ''Robotron'' where you kill waves of a given monster...
it's a fun game on my iphone. not sure how good the controls are on psp though. the music rocks. and i believe i made a thread about this game monthsssssss ago, when it was first announced. did not end up buying it in the end for the psp.
I like this thread. I've been curious about the minis but haven't really read any reviews on them.
I agree, great thread! I haven't purchased any of the mini's yet, but plan on some time. Now I can refer to this thread for some recommendations.
I picked up ''Blast Off!'' tonight after reading some of the comments here and looking at a bit of footage on the youtubes, I've spent about 20 minutes clearing most of the first set of puzzles... essentially what i would say this game is, is a synthesis between Atari's ''Lunar Lander'' with a little old-school ''Space Wars'' thrown in. You start with your ship on a planetoid, and several little astronauts spinning in space in some sort of pattern or lay-out, and you blast off (hence the name - there are no guns) and have to navigate various gravity fields and other planets of varying size and gravitational effect with your boosters, and you have limited fuel to get your run completed picking up as many astronauts as you can before heading for the warp gate - a finish line, basically.The layouts and gravities become more and more complicated as you go along, and various stars are awarded for numbers of rescues, score bonuses given for unused fuel and oxygen (time)... the game keeps the top five scores for each level, and there is a target high score which awards something else but I haven't been able to beat those times yet, so I don't know off hand what they are.The game has great physics, simple yet nice lighting and particle effects, and a trippy dreamy soundtrack that oozes into your head and stays awhile... I'm LOVIN' this one, and it's only $2.99. I can only imagine when I get the ''Insane'' set of puzzles unlocked!Highly recommended!~