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Although it may not be top of many PlayStation Portable (PSP)
owners’ lists, Pac-Man World 3 even in its current build is
a reliable, fun gameplay experience. Despite being a sequel and
following all the general-sequel rules, in its present state
there’s enough here to recommend the title over previous Pac-Man
World outings.
The Levels are totally free-roaming and bounding about can
easily be shifted between the “advised” route (marked by the
common little yellow Pac-Pills) and wandering wherever your
investigating feet take you. The enemies are varied and Pac-Man
has a variety of moves in his arsenal to take them down. While
pretty generic platform gaming appears to be the order of the day,
the feeling of playing the title stands-up to even that of the
original Super Mario64 – gasp!
The graphics are solid and,
although the title probably shouldn’t have been shown on the stand
next to the GameCube version, it easily matches polygon-for-polygon
with the PlayStation2 version.
There’s still a fair-way to go before release, and if the
subsequent level design is on par with that shown, the PSP has its
first great platform game on it’s – and in yours – hands.
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