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Much has been discussed about the focus  of PlayStation
Portable “Infection” with the very promising title Infected
and the game’s general premise has been disclosed – run around a
large environment, blasting everything. Yet, until this years’
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), we hadn’t actually been given
the chance to get hands-on with the title.
Having now had an extensive playtest with the title, and as a
by-product managed to batter one of the games’ developers
repeatedly with the trusty ol’ shotgun, I can honestly that the
title’s shaping up nicely. Featuring gorgeous polygon models,
expansive environments and a very tight control-system (based,
thankfully, purely on the PSPs’ analogue capacity) the gameplay
becomes a hugely addictive experience.
 While, of course, we weren’t able to experience much of the
“infection” experience – due to playing on show model PSPs and
not our own – the Wi-Fi LAN gaming was nigh-on flawless. Having a
screen full of zombies and living players was all in the PSPs’
stride and offering tidy environments without any drops in
frame-rate made a move to dispel many worries about the titles
eventual release. The short, sharp play (the demo build was limited
to 3-minute bursts) equating to a parallel with the PSPs’ intended
use, it’s hard to find any PSP titles that are currently feeling
any more impressive or dutiful.
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