You are a part of a two man Seals team. You play as Sandman, and your teammate is Lonestar. As a SEAL, your duties include combating terrorism, foreign internal defense, information warfare, security assistance, and etc. The game starts off in Chile. As a player, your job in Chile is to help the government and stop the an organization called the CLL.. The missions span from rescuing the vice president and hostages to disabling the bombs filled with chlorine gas. There are also missions involving photographing different important objects, like a Morraco mission where the objective is to photograph a man talking to three different villigers without being detected. The story takes place in four different places around the world: Chile, Morocco, South Asia, and Poland.

This game is very much similar to the other SOCOMs. It is a first person shooter that rewards stealth. You are started off with a mission briefing before you start, and are able to pick the equipment for yourself and your teammate. The game consists of main objectives, secondary, and bonus objectives. Once you get in the game, and get used to the controls, the game gets fun. Because there is only one analog stick, you have to switch between free view mode and normal mode. First person and third person modes are also available. Luckily you can lock on to the enemy which makes killing them easier, although with freeview mode, one shot kills to the head become available, which is essential to the game.

Commands that you can issue to your teammate are available and prove to be an important part of the game. There are basic commands like "clear area" but there are also other special commands like "breach" or "diffuse bomb". Enough mission variety makes the game less repetitive and the grading system at the end of each mission rewards you for different aspects like team work and stealth. You are rewarded for completing bonus missions, with unlockables. These unlockables include weapons, characters, movies, and crosstalk. Unlockables like movies and characters are obtained by simply completing certain parts of the game, while the weapons and crosstalk are obtained by listening to enemies talking or achieving a certain rank.

On the negative side, you can’t always trust your teammate to breach the room without dying. There are no health packs during the level, you are stuck with the health you have at the beginning. On some missions, playing through the missions multiple times is inevitable. If you don't like to repeat missions, this game is not for you. Another downfall to the game is that it does not allow in mission saves. You have to beat the mission before saving. Even though the missions are about 15 minutes or more each, depending your stratagy, in mission saves would have been a plus for the gamer who picks up the psp while waiting for a bus or on their spare time in between work.

SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo allows you to play online with people around the world. The game offers two multiplayer modes: Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure. In Ad-Hoc, you play versus your friends that you are in the same house in or close to you. In the Infrastructure mode, you can play online. The online play is excellent, offering clans, a friends list and many varieties of games to play. There are many people online at any given time, which gives you a lot of opportunity. A headset is available in stores to buy, which can be used to talk to others while playing. Online play can be hard to get used considering that you are playing against real people.

The graphics are gorgeous for a PSP game. The levels are vast, with minimal load time only at the beginning of the game. Traveling in and out of buildings will not force you to sit through a loading screen. The clear and beautiful graphics allow you to get a head shot on someone who is very far away without using a scope. The levels offer a lot of variety. You can even switch to night vision mode.

The graphics, variety of missions, and the online play will make this game one of your favorite PSP games. If you have a PSP, get this game, it is a rarity on the PSP.