This meter gradually drains so it’s essential that you keep shooting enemies and objects to keep it above zero and your multiplier from resetting.Īt first you’ll be able to string together combos in the region of 20 or so, but the levels have been designed in such a way to allow Ram to combo throughout. The multiplier increases as you take out enemies and works as you’d expect, but the combo meter is what adds that extra something to the gameplay. The core of this high score system is your combo meter and multiplier. Exploding barrels and the like are often an overused video game cliché, but in Chili they’re far more than simple decoration.Īs well as moving through each level to progress in the story, Chili features a really impressive high score system, making replaying levels far more worthwhile than in similar games. This is a game about shooting stuff and making things explode, and if you like the idea of that you’ll probably like Chili Con Carnage. This sets up the revenge storyline, although for the most part the story only really serves as a comical sideline to the constant action. You play as Ram, a guy who loses his father at the start of the game in the most unusual of circumstances: he’s harvested into bails of hay. Loco moves are still in though, so expect to unleash all manner of crazy special attacks.
Chili con carnage psp portable#
For the PSP game there was a real focus on what works best on a portable system, so the free-roaming city from Total Overdose is gone (although vehicles still make an appearance), giving way to numerous shorter missions and plenty of bonus challenges. The development team decided to make a new game using the characters they’d already created and some of the story, almost as if this game runs in a parallel universe to that of Total Overdose. While I was beginning to think that the PSP simply couldn’t handle shooters, I now can’t believe more games haven’t used such a simple, yet enjoyable control scheme.įans of Total Overdose will feel more than a dose of déjà vu when playing Chili, but it’s not a sequel or a remake. Chili Con Carnage is the follow-up game from Total Overdose creators Deadline Games, and they’ve taken everything that was good about that explosive thrill-ride and tailored it to be a perfect fit for Sony’s handheld. It’s taken a while, but the PSP has finally got a third-person shooter that really works.
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