GameSpot have got a review of the PSP Game ‘Pimp my Ride’. I don’t really want to spoil their review by giving away the final score the game gets, but I’ll give you a hint. Its more than 1.6 out of 10, and less than 1.8 out of 10.

Theres always something about a game being given a bad review that draws you in like a moth to a flame. While I never want to see a bad game on any system, as it seems its a waste of effort on the part of the developers, we need truely bad games every once in a while to balance out with the really good, and contray to popular belief, the PSP has had some outstanding games recently.

So, what is wrong with ‘Pimp my Ride’ on the PSP?

Mixing a lousy driving game with completely pointless minigames that barely tied everything together into something that vaguely resembled the concept of the show, it was a poor piece of work. Now the game has come to the PSP, and it is with no amount of exaggeration that we state that Pimp My Ride is, hands down, the worst console-to-PSP port to date. Think of every single issue that’s ever plagued a console game translated to the PSP, combine them all with a game that was already no fun to begin with, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of where this game stands.

The GameSpot review is quite long, which is amazing in itself, as it means the auother of the review had to actually sit and play the game for a reasonable length of time to get a true idea of whether it was any good or not. I advise anyone thinking of buying this game to read the review in full, to ensure you don’t waste your money.

While I’ll not condemn the game until I’ve seen it myself, I tend to use places like GameSpot to get some idea of whether I’ll like a game or not before buying it. If I had very deep pockets, I would possibly buy most PSP games and review them myself, but neither being rich in time or money, I need to be able to sort the good from the bad as easily as possible, without it costing me money.

After this review of Pimp my Ride on the PSP, I think I’ll add it to the ‘avoid at all costs’ list that I keep stored safely in my head.