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Not too challenging but worth the price of admission

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I spent hours and hours playing Lemmings in the various forms. When I heard it was being released for the PSP a few years back, I put the PSP on my wish list. With a family of five, money is tight, and I just now got around to picking it up. Next to my Archos video player, the PSP is the best purchase I've ever made.

Lemmings was my first game purchase and I certainly don't regret it. It was everything I hoped it would be. If there is any disappointment, it's that the levels are a little too easy. Although there are 156 levels, you can discount the first 60 because they are WAY too easy. I was also able to burn through the 36 new levels created specifically for the PSP. I figured they'd gradually get more difficult but that really wasn't the case.

The controls are easy to learn. One great feature is the ability to pause the game and select a lemming and then restart. This resolves any issue of not being able to move the cursor fast enough. Oddly, I thought the analog stick would be the natural choice in moving the cursor, but it was the d-pad. Just an odd design choice, in my opinion... You will also wear out the fast forward button.

Overall, I think this game is four-star. It loses a star for not having more unique levels and more challenging levels. That being said, if you are looking for a puzzle game for younger kids, this probably isn't it. They might enjoy the first 30 levels which are so easy a monkey could solve them, but after that it will be too difficult for them. I might try to create some age-appropriate levels for my kids. But I think this game is for older kids or adults. My next step is to figure out how to download user-created levels. I am sure some of those will be more difficult.

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