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Get an appetite for destruction with PSP's Full Auto 2: Battlelines

A car crash on wheels?

Get an appetite for destruction with PSP's Full Auto 2: Battlelines

High speed racing with guns, rockets and mortars? In the real world it would be just too much man-fun to be legal. And outside of Texas, it is.

In the glorious world of games though, it's just the entry level for any self respecting piece of AAA auto action.

Or is it? Sega's Full Auto racing and shooting franchise has burnt its way through Xbox 360 and is now being prepared (hence the '2' in the title) for PSP (as well as PS3).

But can you have too much of a good thing? Racing we all know how to do. Shooting, ditto. But too often combining the two can leave you with a bit of a mush. Okay, so it's great to rocket the winner just before he crosses the finishing line, but suppose you're the winner? And aiming while trying to corner is just asking for an accident. Even if you can make it work, can you make it fun for 56 single-player levels?

These are the dilemmas gamemaker Deep Fried Entertainment will be grappling with as it prepares Full Auto 2: Battlelines for action.

What it's hoping will do the trick is a fully destructible environment, so you can block off bits of the road, drop debris on opponents or open a new clear path for yourself. Then there's the Unwreck feature, which enables you to turn back time if you really balls it up.

You'll get to choose between 15 vehicles, which have been specially modified for the PSP version, and the weapons load-in includes M60 machine guns, M203 grenade launchers, mortars, and radar-guided and heat-seeking missiles.

Multiplayer races and arena modes will also be available, and your ears will be blasted throughout with tunes from the likes of Stone Sour, Sum 41, We Are Scientists, and Wolfmother.

Full Auto 2: Battlelines is now getting a full overhaul prior to its 2007 release.

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
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