Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law review for Sony PSP

If you've played legal puzzle game Ace Attorney on the DS, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is more of the same on the PSP. You'd be mistaken though, because Harvey Birdman is really quite a different game, with lots of cartoon action, a fast and funny plot and puzzles that are almost incidental to the humour and plot. So can Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law provide a challenging game to go alongside the gags? Find out more in our full review now.

Click here to read our Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law review for Sony PSP now!

Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law review for Sony PSP
Any PSP owners hoping for a serious rival to the DS's Ace Attorney series should cancel those thoughts now. Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law isn't so much a game as an interactive cartoon, with as much time spent watching than playing. It's the sort of title where you answer a multiple-choice question just to be presented with a silly, brief snippet of story. But as long as you're happy to accept Harvey Birdman as little more than a series of extended episodes, punctuated by moments of player interaction, then you'll have a great time.

This is thanks to the series' trademark humour, which – while it might polarise tastes – we happen to find highly amusing. Certainly, if you're familiar with the Adult Swim cartoon on which the game is based, you'll know to expect one-liners zinged back and forth like a game of verbal tennis, while there's plenty of surreal comedy moments. Its five cases are generally easy to figure out, with just the occasional head-scratcher that's mostly just thrown in for daftness' sake.