If you own a PSP, there’s simply no excuse for Loco Roco not being part of your collection.
You only need to use three buttons in this game; the L button, the R button and circle. You tilt the world of which you are in left and right by using the L and R buttons and you use circle to split your Loco Rocos apart and also to combine them back together to make one big Loco Roco. You may seem like you’ll never get the hang of the controls when you first start the game, but it surprisingly takes a very short period of time to adapt to the simple controls. While the game may sound very simple in an uninteresting way, Loco Roco is charming beyond belief and anyone with a heart will fall in love with it‘s addicitve and fun gameplay.
Unfortunately, there are some problems with the game. Most of the levels are the same and you’ll not find any new environments after venturing about half-way into the second world. Also, most of the levels are fairly easily and you’ll have barely any trouble getting through them. There can be a few tricky parts in the game; particularly towards the end of the game, but most of the difficulty is very light, meaning that it lacks the challenge that it could do with. While most people will love the game’s simplicity, some players will probably grow tired and bored with the game’s repetitive gameplay.
The graphics in this game may not look like anything spectacular or amazing to most of you, but they are outstanding. The game is obviously a 2D Platformer and the graphics fit perfectly with this. Nothing can be faulted with the game’s graphics and they are simply remarkable and a pleasure to look at; refreshing charm at it’s best. The game’s sound is not as high standard as the graphics, but it’s also refreshingly charming . The Background Music is very catchy and the Loco Roco’s singing is undeniably cute, but the constant same Background Music (especially on the title screen) can get very annoying and irritating once you’ve been listening to it for about half an hour or so.
Loco Roco offers a total of fourty levels for you to progress though, which wont last you very long, but the game has more to offer than it first seems. There are three mini-games and a Loco Roco House for you to build, aswel as a few reasons to go back through every level if you wish. The Loco Roco House lets you build your very own house for, well… Loco Rocos, of course! You find the house parts scattered and hidden away throughout all of the levels. Although collecting all of the items in every level isn’t necessary, it’s still a good reason to go back into each level and have some fun if you can‘t get enough of the game. Overall, the game has a disappointing short length, but there is plenty of extra gameplay time that can be spent on the game for die-hard fans.
The game may have it’s flaws, but it is undoubtedly one of the best PSP games to date due to it’s originality and uniqueness in every aspect of the game; it’s controls, it’s gameplay, it’s look and it’s sound. Even though it may not be particularly long or challenging, it has the charm and fun factor that almost over-shadows these problems. If you own a PSP, there’s simply no excuse for Loco Roco not being part of your collection.