While I'm waiting on my new DS to arrive (finally broke down and ordered one from Amazon since I have no idea when my local stores will get them back in stock) I'm playing Lego Star Wars II on my PSP. I really liked the Lego Indiana Jones game, so I thought I'd surely like this game as much or more, especially since I like Star Wars far more than I like Indiana Jones.

I was wrong.

Maybe I shouldn't have played Indy first. It's obvious that Indy, a later game, fixed a bunch of annoyances from previous Lego games. For starters, I've had to open up my instructions manual to find out how to do some things since the game doesn't have much of a play as you go tutorial. Not even buying hints helped me figure out all of the nuances, and since you didn't have to buy hints in Indy, that annoyed me a bit too.

Now since this is a Star Wars game, I should have counted on plenty of instances where I would have to fly some sort of space ship. But I didn't. I suck at flying games. Ask Shawn. My very first game ever for the PS2 was a PSOne version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I could not handle flying on the broom. I had to get Shawn to do all those parts for me. After the fifth time of asking him for help, he told me to look at getting a different game. I haven't had better luck with other games that require flight. Granted, the flying in this game isn't half as difficult as I remember flying Harry's broom was. However, I look like a drunk pilot. A very drunk pilot. It's bringing back memories of my first time to play a game with an analog stick, and I couldn't manuever my character through a doorway. It was sad then, and it's sad now. There is no way I'm going to be able to find all of the minikit pieces, gold bricks, and every other imaginable hidden thing (seriously, why are there so many hidden collectibles??) during the flying levels. It was frustrating enough the first time. With practice I'm sure I could get better, but I'm not really interested.

All in all, I'm not enjoying the game. I'm loving all of the laugh-at-loud moments from the cut-scenes (I'm not sure what was funnier: catching Stormtroopers in a hot tub or watching them wash windows) but the gameplay isn't that fun. It isn't hard, but it isn't fun. I'm going to finish the story mode, but the jury is out about anything else at this time.