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When an indie company proudly calling themselves The Bearded Ladies (and the award for “Best Company Name Ever” goes to…) bursts onto the gaming scene, you’d be right to expect something a little different. Landit Bandit, their first release, is something of a revelation for the PSN Store. Not only is it a cracking title worthy of your time, it’s almost an entirely unique concept in the age of copycat companies and endless bedroom indies duplicating each other’s designs.

To put it simply; Landit Bandit plays out like every other retro-advanced-casual-physics-based-chopper-game you’ve ever played. That’ll be none, then…

Landit Bandit will be your first taste of the casual-helicopter-sim genre, and you’ll be left hoping it isn’t your last. This is a game full of charm and charisma, never taking itself seriously and expertly walking that fine line between tedium and “just one more try before bed, whoops another 2 hours have passed” addictiveness. While the £9.99 price point is undeniably steep for a debut release from a bunch of unknowns, especially for a game not even offering a try-before-you-buy demo, you’ll have to trust us when we say the purchase is justified from that first moment you nail a perfect helicopter landing to the last.

The game’s somewhat thin story centres around art thief Lander, who mysteriously washes up on a desert island and is confronted by chilled out local, Marley. Lander has an important upcoming meeting to attend with the aptly named “Mr Art Steeler” in the ‘Big City’, but it looks like the washed-up (heh) crook is stuck, thanks to the shark infested waters surrounding the island.
Pretty pissed off about it all, Lander throws his briefcase at Marley’s head, causing it to open on impact and reveal the valuable contents inside – one of them being Da Vinci’s original plans for a pedal-based flying machine. Luckily for Lander, Marley is quite the craftsman and soon puts it together for them both to use. The escape is on.

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