G-Force for PSP Is Definitely Rated G

While I understand the idea  of creating games that appeal specifically to younger players, especially  when adapting a child’s movie, game makers may have gone a little  too far with the PSP adaptation of G-Force. I don’t expect a lot from  a game where the heroes are a bunch of guinea pigs and the enemies are  rogue kitchen appliances, but this particular adaptation falls below  my already low expectations.

Perhaps most distressing is  the incredibly repetitive gameplay offered here. While scurrying around  the nicely created but nondescript environments is entertaining at first,  the novelty quickly wears off during action sequences. While other adaptations  of this game offered many choices of weapons to vary the action, this  entire ten hour game offers only one weapon – a short range whip.  Beyond just being dull, this can actually make it difficult to successfully  play the game in several spots.

The jetpack is a fun feature,  and zooming to different platforms can actually be fun. The storyline  is unremarkable, and the dialogue is laden with jokes that should appeal  to younger generations, seeing as they’re the kind of jokes that make  me groan. There’s a frequently reappearing minigame that is actually  fun – the first ten or so times you play it. That’s sort of the  bottom line to this game, which could have been at least a harmlessly  entertaining way to spend a few hours if a little more variety had been  added to the mix.

A highlight is probably the  most creative aspect of the game – the ability to occasionally control  those nefarious kitchen appliances to wreak havoc. These moment are  entirely too few and far between though, and at the end of the day this  is a game that really only appeals to younger, beginning gamers.