PlayStation Move Heroes - Move Required (PS3)

I've been a huge fan on the Sly, Jak and Ratchet series.
The story is fun and comical much like the other games, sadly it is short.
The games are fun, challenging and keep you interested in wanting to play more.

The Move works very well, this is the first game I've played for the Move where I found myself really liking the Move and the idea behind it.

If you want some fun for the Move then I would say this is one of the best games to get! (and for a good price)
Or if you like the Sly, Jak and Ratchet series you'll enjoy seeing them interact for the first time!

I was sceptical, as the game came across as looking quite gimmicky, and was even more unsure after playing the demo. However, I took the risk and bought the game, and I was extremely happy with my purchase!

The game consists of many different mini-game style events, three of which involve weapons, two involve projectiles:

Weapon based games:

Survival: You have to survive three increasingly difficult waves of enemies. This is a very basic game mode, but is extremely fun, especially when it gets a bit more challenging.

Rescue: Your aim is to collect a number of little baby alien things, and take them back to the mother, while fighting off enemies. Also a lot of fun!

Guardian: You must protect three cages from enemies who will be trying to attack them. You "repair" the cages by standing near them. This can be frustrating, and is probably my least favourite game mode, but it is still fun and challenging!

Projectile based games:

Jailbreak: Your aim is to destroy a number of floating prisons within the time limit. Can be a little frustrating, but works well.

Countdown: You must shatter and then gather crystals to launch rockets.

The weapons are all very different and interesting. Jak, Ratchet and Sly get to use their respective melee weapon, as well as a lightning whip and a bowling ball, whereas Daxter, Clank and Bentley are armed with either a gun or a frisbee-like disc.

Weapons:
Melee: The melee weapons handle well. Jak uses a staff, Ratchet uses his omniwrench and Sly uses his cane. Movement is controlled with the PlayStation Move controller with one-to-one movement. By swinging the move controller quickly, the character attacks in that direction, and by holding the trigger button while swinging, a bigger, more powerful move can be used. This weapon handles well, and is very innovative to use.

Whip: This weapon is extremely well designed for the move. By making a "whipping" action, the whip is cracked in the direction aimed. By holding the whip over your shoulder (tipping the controller backwards) the whip can be charged up for a larger, more powerful and often explosive hit. The whip handles well with the Move controller.

Guns: There are three different guns, depending on the challenge undertaken. These include the Combuster (a long range pistol), the Red Morphgun from Jak and Daxter (a short range shotgun weapon) and the Bouncer, a grenade launcher. The T button is used to fire, with the Move controller being used to aim. While this generally works well, sometimes the aiming gets a little bit complicated, especially when you have your back against a wall and for some reason you have to aim the controller upwards for the character to aim straight forwards.

Projectiles:
Bowling Ball: Pretty self explanatory, except that after releasing the ball, you still have full control over its direction, and can even make it jump over obstacles. The steering of the ball is easy to get used to, and fun to try and master.

Disc: I find this the most difficult weapon to use. You throw the disc, and must steer it through the air in a similar way to the bowling ball. By twisting the controller, you can rotate the disc, so you can fly vertically if the situation demands it! However, very often you find yourself crashing straight away, and running out of discs very early in the game.

Each character plays very differently. Each has different movements, so Sly runs as though he is sneaking around, whereas Ratchet, for example, walks heroically, and Jak runs along in the way that Jak does! The same goes for the sidekicks; Daxter sort of scampers around, Clank walks more carefully, and Bentley floats around.

Each character also has a special ability that can be used when enough crystals have been collected.
Ratchet throws the Groovitron, making all nearby enemies dance (or in bowling, increases the size of the ball).
Sly activates Thief Time, which slows down time, which when bowling also slows down the ball, giving you more precision.
Jak activates Dark Jak, sending out bolts of lightning at enemies (or in bowling, the ball shoots out lightning at targets).
Clank summons the Zoni, who shoot incoming enemies, or who follow the disc, shooting targets.
Bentley uses Auto-Hack, which forces enemies to attack each other (very useful on the Guardian game mode, as enemies then stop attacking the cages), or reveals the location of targets when playing disc-throw.
Daxter turns into Dark Daxter, and becomes a spinning whirlwind that you can direct around towards enemies, or when using the disc, the disc shoots out lightning.

The locations are lovingly recreated, resembling the different home-locations of each of the hero groups. The levels are very different to the locations they are based on, however, as each has been "recreated" on floating rocks, so that they are small enclosed arenas. I am personally most familiar with the Jak and Daxter series, and it is nice to see four familiar locations from Haven City recreated in such a unique way.

Another aspect of the game that I'm enjoying is the cutscenes. It is great to see the characters all together, and especially nice to see Sly and Bentley, and even more so, Jak and Daxter. Jak and Daxter are so well suited to the PlayStation 3 graphics and high-definition that it makes me sad that there is currently no news of a Jak and Daxter game coming to the PS3.

Overall, the game is fantastic, the best Move game I've played so far, and an absolute treat for anyone who is a fan of even one of the three root games.

This is a selextion of move based games centred around 3 playstation franchises brought together. All 3 franchises have 2 main characters in this game with a combined story of being ripped from their seperate universes to compete in heroic games. Except the game organisers are up to something dodgy. The plot is rubbish, and in all honesty the game could get along with random characters. Not much use is made of Jak, Daxter, Racthet, Clank, Sly and Bentley. They have a unique special ability whenb you collect enough crystals, but thats the only distinction. Other than appearance they all behave the same.

The mini games are quite short and do make good use of the move controllers (you need navigation controller too). The bowling game has you destroying targets, but you can tilt the ball and make it jump even after launching. This works well apart from one or two instances using bumpers. The gun game is great. move with the navi, aim with the move controller. Doesnt require spot on accuracy so works very well. The games involving the whip are ok but the whip can be a chore. The disc game has you throwing a disc and then controlling it mid air to take down targets. This works best when you know where the targets are, half the time you are left spinning around due to the tight nature of the small arenas. You may also run out of discs and have to go around looking for some more (would be better to just have a set number). Protection involves guarding 3 seperate pods, standing next to a damaged pod will help repair it and put it back in the air. The rescue games have you finding whibbles in the level and returning them to their mama. This is set as either gun or whip. The arenas are meant to resemble those from each respective franchise, but dont really give you that feeling as they are smashed up cut outs placed on asteroids.

The games are pretty alright, but all can be completed within a couple of days. There are collectables, but these seem a bit stupid as exploration is limited. You can aim for gold in all games, but some are very hard to do because of bad design (particularly the disc games as you cant find the damn targets). I got this game for £8 which is brilliant. Dont pay too much. I cant comment on multiplayer as i am not shelling out money on more controllers.