This game is one of the highest rated PSP gaes on Metacritic but I have just found unbelievably frustrating. The amount of key pressing is unbelievable. If I press attack and there is only one target I can attack then you know what computer machine? Just select it for me. In fact wherever I just have one option why don’t you just automatically set it up so I can confirm it? If I am going to be selecting Wait from a menu loads of times why not bind the common options to the symbol buttons so I can just press a button series rather than using arrow keys and X all the time?

There is also a lot of Game Over in War of the Lions. Fail a battle, Game Over. Your character dies in a battle, Game Over (is there a way to save a dying character? if not then why make it a game ender?). And what happens when you get game over, the game reboots… from the start sequence. Sorry but when did I switch on Iron Man mode?

I know this is a port but that’s no excuse for making no effort to try and make the user interface fit the device. Even D&D Tactics is better than this. The excellent cut scenes really don’t compensate for the cruddy design decisions.