Sony's troubled handheld needs all the help it can get these days, and this is a surprisingly solid effort. Very much like the DS's Advance Wars with mechs, Mytran Wars boasts a pleasing anime style and well-balanced units.
Obviously the fun comes from beefing up your mechs with strap-on weapons and upgrades before swarming across the landscape and out-manoeuvring your enemy. Plotwise it's full of twists and turns and, despite some terrible voice acting, it's hard not to get sucked into the story, which comes jam-packed with missions and well animated battles. It's a lot more inventive and action-packed than you might expect, and well worth a look for game-starved PSP'ers.
