PSN Review Round-up

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Welcome to PALGN's PlayStation Network Review Round-Up. At the start of every month, this article will be dedicated to reviewing the titles that have been released during the past month on the PlayStation Network and give our verdict as to whether they are worth a download or not. To access our archive of reviews for every other PSN title available for download, simply click the handy links below!

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Our PlayStation Network ratings system

We've given every game a 'buy' rating of 'Yes', 'Maybe', or 'No'.

Yes means this is a very high quality game, and we have no problem recommending it to anyone as long as they like the genre.

Maybe means we think the game is good, but not necessarily for everyone. If you know the game or like the sound of the description, go for it

No means that we don't recommend the title at all.

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Games listed in alphabetical order

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Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Price: $59.95

The second fully-fledged online game on the PlayStation Network since Warhawk was released last year, GT5: Prologue is easy to recommend. The Gran Turismo series has consistently proven itself as the best, the most stylish and the most graphically impressive driving simulator on the market, and this is no exception. With the proper Gran Turismo 5 still not due until 2009, Prologue will easily tide you over until then, with more to do than some full-priced retail releases. The only reason not to buy this would be if you'd rather have the physical disc instead.

Worth buying? Yes

Pain
Price: $12.95

It's certainly an interesting idea for a game. Place yourself into an oversized slingshot and shoot yourself towards all sorts of painful and hilarious objects to try and get the highest score possible. The more you hurt, the bigger the points. Pain is a lot of fun, to be sure, but it's short lived, with only one level and a couple of characters available. Sure, you can download other characters to fling into the sky for a couple of dollars each, and there are a bunch of trophies to collect for doing particularly insane things; but given that the game still won't last you very long, you may want to decide just how much fun you can really have repeatedly pummeling your in-game persona.

Worth buying? Maybe

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