Although this is the first time the SWAT series has found its way onto PSP, the franchise has actually been around for two decades now. Naturally, back in 1987 it was an entirely different sort of beast – its formative years were spent in the form of Sierra’s Police Quest adventure games – but nonetheless, it’s a subject matter that has clearly stood the test of time. In fact, many gamers would argue that 2005’s first-person shooter, SWAT 4, was the best entry in the entire series.

Sensibly, the folk at 3G Studios have chosen to give Target Liberty a third-person perspective, clearly deciding that PSP has suffered from a number of poor FPSs for a reason. So to control your officer around the missions – and the squad that automatically follow him – all you will need to do is waggle the thumb stick. And this isn’t the only thing that’s been done to ensure the controls are as intuitive as possible, either. The aiming system has also been specially overhauled for Sony’s handheld. This means, instead of bursting into a hostile-filled apartment and screaming blue murder when you remember there’s only one analogue stick on a PSP, you’ll just have to press one of the four face buttons to take a foe down. No more fiddly aiming, just hold down Square if there’s an enemy marked with a Square or Triangle if the bad guy’s been labelled with a Triangle, and so on.

Of course, SWAT: Target Liberty isn’t all about filling antagonists with lead, it is, after all, the "only true PSP tactical squad-based shooter backed by an assortment of law enforcement experts." Let’s hope this just suggests you won’t be able to march around gung-ho at all times, instead of meaning you’ll have to fill out boring paperwork every time you use a gun.