Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament: All About Action
If fans of the PS2 game Steambot Chronicles were hoping that Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament for PSP was a port or spiritual sequel, then we have some sad news for you: It’s not. The new PSP game developed by IREM and to be published by Atlus later this year focuses more on the combat and less on the extracurriculars. So what won’t be in the game? According to Atlus, you won’t be playing any instruments or hanging out in seedy bars playing pool. That’s fine because what the game does focus on is its strongest aspect: Trotmobile battles.
I sent a series of questions to Atus USA PR manager Aram Jabbari to try and figure out just what was in the PSP game – including whether or not the game was a port of the beloved PS2 title. Here’s what he had to say:
“It’s not a port of the PS2 game, its all-new for PSP. The game lets you choose missions as you like, with free-world exploration and whatnot. Story is new, you’ll be meeting all new characters, and the focus of the game is much more on the action-packed mech combat, the pool and harmonica stuff doesn’t fall within the battle-ized scope of Battle Tournament. Any fan of SBC will likely dig this game (providing they have a PSP of course).”
While those extra activities really added some fun flavor to the game, it can do without all of that because the combat is so very good once you get used to the controls. Honestly that’s my biggest concern with this game on the PSP – will the controls work? We’ll have to wait and see..
