'Heroes' needs a savior

'Heroes' needs a savior

It's never a good thing for a retail release to feel like a tech demo. It's especially bad when it feels like a tech demo for a system that's been out for five years. "PlayStation Move Heroes" is admirable in its attempt to transfer combine motion-control standards like Frisbee and bowling out of the realm of sports and into the realm of combat, but the game never seems to do anything that the Move and the Move alone is capable of. The result is a middling diversion that golf lessons aberdeen, except for its graphics, feels like a Wii launch title.Shutting out Crash Bandicoot, the closest thing Sony's gaming division ever had to a mascot, "Heroes" stars everyone's favorite PlayStation-exclusive duos: Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and, uh, Sly and Bentley. You know, Bentley. The pairs are sucked up by a special vortex that avoids Microsoft and Nintendo heroes, and placed in beautiful stages with the carnival atmosphere of a "Super Monkey Ball" game. In this new world, our heroes can't go about the platforming antics they're used to, and instead must complete challenges, lasting a couple minutes each, that involve bowling, disc golf, swordfighting, whipping or shooting.Most interesting among these are bowling and Frisbee, which differ from previous incarnations by letting you continue to control the Frisbee and ball after letting them go. With Frisbee, you can pilot the disc around by twisting the Move controller. This is fun but renders your throw worthless. The result isn't Frisbee at all, but a copy of "Wii Sports Resort's" flight mode Latest Golf News of Martin Laird.