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The magazines and web sites have given us a pretty good clue for the games of Fall 2005: Burnout Revenge, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Ultimate Spider-Man, Tiger Woods 2006, LA Rush, Half Life 2, SSX: On Tour, Far Cry Instincts, X-Men Legends 2, and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects are some of the ones I’ll be watching for on the Xbox. Some of them are slam dunks, particularly Burnout Revenge and SSX: On Tour. But what about the PSP? There’s a new wave of games coming for that and some of them look better on the PSP than on the console.
X-Men Legends 2 is a perfect example. I’ve read some articles that say XL2 will have extra content on the PSP. The flashback missions, where you fight classic villains from X-Men comics, will only be available on the PSP. If it’s as good as the first X-Men game, then I will get it for PSP. And while it’s a debut title, I am thinking the same thing for Marvel Nemesis. I may not sit down and play a fighting game endlessly, but while I’m on the go, why not? I want to see what happens when the Thing fights Wolverine, but it should be a quick and fun experience.
Tiger Woods PGA 2006 is a different case. I’ve played the console version for the past three years. This year’s edition will have some new courses and tour mode. But I might blow off the Xbox version if EA fixes the load time issue on the PSP. I have similar thoughts about NFS: Most Wanted. Burnout Legends has some exclusive PSP content and it looks highly optimized, so I have to buy that. I think the sign of the future is what EA is doing for Madden NFL 2006 on the PSP, with the ability to transfer game files on their network back to the console.
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