Patchwork Heroes

I dug out my PSP yesterday to play an odd little game called Patchwork Heroes, I haven’t used my PSP for a great deal other than Monster Hunter in the past which I have always thought was a shame so I’m always on the lookout for something interesting.

Patchwork Heroes sees you protecting your hometown from attacking airships by climbing aboard and chopping them up until they lose enough mass to fall out of the sky, this simple idea is expanded upon by the placement of enemies, comrades to be rescued and reinforced sections. Players clamber across the side of the ship as Titori and pressing the circle button saws out a chunk where he is clinging, when a player separates one section from another the smallest section falls away and the airship gets a little closer to stopping

If players can cut off a section that an enemy is clinging too they drop out of the sky and your Mojo meter fills up, this can be unleashed to provide an essential boost in times of need by granting invulnerability, speed and the ability to saw through even the reinforced sections of the ship. This is essential to dismantle some of the more intricate airships and means you need more forethought about when to saw.

Rescuing comrades is an interesting system as they are used as spare lives if you get hit but also can be instructed to detonate a small area of the ship, even a reinforced area can be taken out, providing players a choice between utility or protection. Some levels I have completed easily without using any bombs but sometime it ends up your only option if you have made a few bad cuts and left yourself with no Mojo.

Patchwork Heroes came in quite cheap at around £7 and it fits its niche perfectly as a downloadable game to while away a few minutes on the bus or even a longer trip it still keeps you entertained with new difficulties and challenges opening up. At some point I would like to go back and make sure I rescue everyone as the comrades sacrificed for protection end up in the graveyard mode and mine is looking worryingly full.

I would say if your PSP is starting to look a little undernourished, relegated to the back of the cupboard, then download Patchwork Heroes and give is some hearty gameplay to put some meat back on its bones and have it once again as an amusing travelling companion.