THE GOOD

• The return of total conquest mod from “Rainbow Six: Black Arrow.” This has to be my favorite multiplayer mode in ANY FPS on any console. To win, your team must control all three control points for 30 consecutive seconds. Very intense and fun.
• You can still map your face onto your in game character. If you look as pretty as me, this means that your player could be, quite possibly, the most attractive video game model evAr!
• The experience and challenge system is copied almost exactly from “Call of Duty 4.” You’ll always have a completely arbitrary goal to work towards (this time to unlock delicious achievement points.)

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I left the safety of my home theater room, as well as country, and traveled to Jamaica for a week. In preparation for this exodus, I dusted off and charged up my Sony PSP and in doing so, I was reminding of a new game coming out for it, “Patapon.”

On the flight down to paradise, I fired up the new game. I liked the company’s previous title, “Loco Roco,” and I like this one too. The art style is perfect for the PSP and I find it very appealing. I’m not sure how long this game lasts and while it’s cute, it’s kind of repetitive. You’re essentially a drum major and your beats determine the actions of your band of warriors. You know four songs: march, attack, defend and some other special beat which I haven’t discovered yet. In keeping time, you hit the various beats in time and if your timing is right, your warriors act on your drum command.

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