Recommend me some [PSP games]

TwoQuestions

I've recently found out I'm going to be in possession of a PSP this Thursday, and found out that I know precisely fuckall about PSP games. I know I'm getting Valkyria Chronicles 2, Patapon, and a Star Wars Battlefront game, but other than that, I don't know what's good on Sony's little obscure system.

Any thoughts?

Jubal77

God of War
Monster Hunter

Those are the games I put the most time into. I dont play my PSP much anymore other than the occasional PS1 game from the market or for games ported to it: aka Persona

Magic Pink

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Cladun (dlc title)
Phantasy Star Portable 2
Get Patapon 2, not Patapon (or wait for 3 which is out next month)
I liked Crisis Core a bit.
Dungeon Maker 1 and 2 are fun.
Yggrda Union if you don't have it on DS. Ditto Knights in the Knightmare.
Loco Roco

mere_immortal

Lumiiiiiiiiiiines.

manji

Valkyria Chronicles 2
MHFU
crisis core
40k: squad command
loco roco
tekken: DR (or 6 now)

download ps1 vagrant story off PSN too

Zenitram

-Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions if you like SRPGs.

-Crisis Core

-Patapon 1/2

Heard good things about Jeanne d'Arc too.

Darlan

Portable PS1 games is a huge part of why I'm kinda tempted to get one. FFVII-IX, RE1-3, Silent Hill, FFT and the other awesome JRPGs...there's a ton of great stuff there.

Elderlycrawfish

Nobody mentioned Peace Walker yet. You're all going on the list.


Other stuff to check out:
Syphon Filter series
Ace Combat X (Joint Assault came out recently, haven't tried it yet)
Puzzle Quest

Cool stuff already listed:
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Crisis Core
FFT
Valkyria Chronicles 2

Jubal77

I forgot about Mega Man... the art is cutsey cartoony but its a solid mega man game.

Umbry

Persona 3 Portable is a great JRPG if you've never played the original Persona 3 yet.

Satanic Jesus

LocoRoco 1 & 2
Star Ocean First Departure
Star Ocean Second Evolution
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
Tales of Eternia
Sega Mega Drive Collection (I love having a portable Phantasy Star IV)
Half-Minute Hero
Wipeout
Dissidia

Stupid

Zenitram wrote: »

Heard good things about Jeanne d'Arc too.

This.

The games which I keep coming back to on my PSP are

Patapon (either)
Jeanne d'Arc
Valkyria Chronicles 2
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Eye of Judgment: Legends

I've heard very good things about Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, but have not played it (yet?)

And for some unexplainable reason I have this desire to buy Invisimals. I do not own a child to blame the purchase on, so I resist. So far.

cj iwakura

No one mentioned DJ Max Portable, so... DJ Max Fever. Either that or Clazziquai edition.

Bartholamue

Ys Seven. I really enjoyed this one, and it's one of the few PSP games that I actually finished.
Pangya Fantasy Golf. Good little golf game that I spent 40 hours on.
Tales Of Eternia (if you can find it online).
Breath Of Fire III (same as above)
Megaman Legends (same as above)
Parappa The Rapper (a great port of the PSX original)
LoCo RoCo 1 or 2
Gran Turismo (should be pretty cheap now)
Disgaea 1 and 2 (great ports of the PS2 games)
Final Fantasy Tactics (not the PSX classics one, War Of The Lions)

Kaseius

cj iwakura wrote: »

No one mentioned DJ Max Portable, so... DJ Max Fever. Either that or Clazziquai edition.

Wasn't there a DJMP3 thread around here somewhere? I have the LE waiting for me to rip the UMD out and jam it into my PSP come this Christmas.

cj iwakura

Kaseius wrote: »

cj iwakura wrote: »

No one mentioned DJ Max Portable, so... DJ Max Fever. Either that or Clazziquai edition.

Wasn't there a DJMP3 thread around here somewhere? I have the LE waiting for me to rip the UMD out and jam it into my PSP come this Christmas.

Yep. No one posts in it, so I gave up.

I entered a contest at Siliconera to win a copy, so we'll see.

It not being available in stores was a downer.

Dirty

Bartholamue wrote: »

Megaman Legends

Isn't the PSP version of that game Japan-only with no English language option? Not saying you shouldn't recommend it, but that little tidbit is probably more important than whether or not it's hard to find.


I agree that Ys Seven is pretty damn good. I'm probably 6 or 7 hours in and really digging it. It's rare that I get into a JRPG, but the combat is fast and fun.

Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X is another one I'm playing right now. Even if you've already played the SNES original a bunch, Hard mode and Vile mode are both worth checking out.

Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Two great CV games, one low price.

gunwarrior

mere_immortal wrote: »

Lumiiiiiiiiiiines.

Its been five years and I'm still playing it for hours at a time. I suggest the first one, my enthusiasm for the series kind of went away after they started putting the black eyed peas in it.

• Try Gitaroo man if you like music games. Japanese-y story, but the actual game part is tons of fun.
• Final fantasy tactics: war of the lions
• Disgaea 2
• Syphon Filter dark mirror
• Metal gear solid: Portable ops (I havent played peace walker yet)
• If you like Ratchet and Clank, Size matters is pretty fun.
• If you're a KH fan, Birth By Sleep is fun. The combat is great but installing is a must, so make sure you have ~700mb of free space on your memory stick

Edit: Oh how could I forget Metal Gear Acid 2. I loved that game, must've played through it over 8 times by now

Frem

Obligatory Slash signal. That guy has good taste in games.

BornToHula

I think there's a Super Robot Taisen available on the PSP as well, which should be pretty aces if it's based around any of the PSX games.

Also, you really need to check out Disgaea, great port for an engrossing SRPG.

IceBurner

Honestly at this point I'd skip Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and wait for Monster Hunter Freedom 3. As much as MHFU has a massive amount of content, the only thing it did to truly improve upon the 6-year-old Monster Hunter 1/G engine was make item storage convenient for the first time.

With a new engine including MH3's massive (-ly overdue) improvements to the fundamentals of the game, Freedom 3 is set to be a better game in every way, and it already shows in the Japanese demo.

• Collision very accurate to what you can actually see
• Better Controls
• Better graphics and color depth
• Better Menus
• Revised and much, much improved move sets for all weapon classes
• New, very well-balanced cast of large and small monsters
• Monster "recolors" are actually very different subspecies instead of the NES-like "the red ones are harder".
• Fantastic new levels.
• A vastly better localization which retains the game's sense of humor.

It's much needed fresh start for Freedom, similar to the MH3(tri) reboot, and a superior choice for new players.

TwoQuestions

Thanks for all the recommendations! I didn't know before this thread that Sony put PS1 games on their PSP store.

My wallet and what's left of my free time weep as I bookmark this thread.

Magic Pink

IceBurner wrote: »

Honestly at this point I'd skip Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and wait for Monster Hunter Freedom 3. As much as MHFU has a massive amount of content, the only thing it did to truly improve upon the 6-year-old Monster Hunter 1/G engine was make item storage convenient for the first time.

With a new engine including MH3's massive (-ly overdue) improvements to the fundamentals of the game, Freedom 3 is set to be a better game in every way, and it already shows in the Japanese demo.

• Collision very accurate to what you can actually see
• Better Controls
• Better graphics and color depth
• Better Menus
• Revised and much, much improved move sets for all weapon classes
• New, very well-balanced cast of large and small monsters
• Monster "recolors" are actually very different subspecies instead of the NES-like "the red ones are harder".
• Fantastic new levels.
• A vastly better localization which retains the game's sense of humor.

It's much needed fresh start for Freedom, similar to the MH3(tri) reboot, and a superior choice for new players.

True but it hasn't been released in Japan yet which means we'll have a good year+ wait for it.

lionheart_m

I remember playing the original Star Ocean 2 on my PS1. Are there any enhancements in the PSP port/remake?

Diarmuid

lionheart_m wrote: »

I remember playing the original Star Ocean 2 on my PS1. Are there any enhancements in the PSP port/remake?

Yes, it's been a while since I played it but the graphics have been cleaned up quite a bit and there's been some animated cutscenes added. I'm sure there are some other things, but I can't remember off hand.

Sangheili91

No one's mention Kingdom Hearts yet. Birth by Sleep is totally awesome, best in the series BY FAR.

gunwarrior

Sangheili91 wrote: »

No one's mention Kingdom Hearts yet. Birth by Sleep is totally awesome, best in the series BY FAR.

gunwarrior wrote: »

mere_immortal wrote: »

Lumiiiiiiiiiiines.

Its been five years and I'm still playing it for hours at a time. I suggest the first one, my enthusiasm for the series kind of went away after they started putting the black eyed peas in it.

• Try Gitaroo man if you like music games. Japanese-y story, but the actual game part is tons of fun.
• Final fantasy tactics: war of the lions
• Disgaea 2
• Syphon Filter dark mirror
• Metal gear solid: Portable ops (I havent played peace walker yet)
• If you like Ratchet and Clank, Size matters is pretty fun.
  
• If you're a KH fan, Birth By Sleep is fun. The combat is great but installing is a must, so make sure you have ~700mb of free space on your memory stick

Edit: Oh how could I forget Metal Gear Acid 2. I loved that game, must've played through it over 8 times by now

I liked 2 more than BBS, better combat imo

Sangheili91

Ahh. Well my suggestion still stands.

ystael

Satanic Jesus wrote: »

Half-Minute Hero

This game is a hilarious send-up of RPG cliches in a format whose mechanics actually make a weird kind of internal sense after a while. I think of it as something like an RPG game show.

If you like action puzzle games, Crush and Exit are both a lot of fun.

Also, if you like strategy RPGs, consider Wild Arms XF. I think it sold precisely squat, but it's unusually deep and interesting. The PSP has a disgusting number of excellent SRPGs though, as other posters have demonstrated.

ShinyRedKnight

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Its one of my favorite games on any system.

And I am disappointed it wasn't suggested yet.

Elderlycrawfish

Elderlycrawfish wrote: »

Nobody mentioned Peace Walker yet. You're all going on the list.

ShinyRedKnight wrote: »

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Its one of my favorite games on any system.

And I am disappointed it wasn't suggested yet.

You're going on the list. :P

Princepeach

Gonna name some titles here that are rarely recommended, but still good. After all, if you're buying a PSP you probably already know about high-profile games like the God of Wars and the Metal Gears and what have you.

Neverland Card Battles: It's a strategy/card game, with a bit of reversi thrown in, and it's pretty good. Actually, it's pretty broken, with enemy decks way, way outclassing your own, and they get worse as the game goes on. BUT, their AI is so dumb that it balances out to be a really fun, and really challenging game. Just don't expect much from the production values, and you'll be ok.

Echoshift: This is a really great puzzler, that borrows the mechanics of that flash game Click*10 or whatever, where you repeatedly play a level over and over, and the "echoes" of your past playthroughs help you complete it. What's great about it is that it is intensely forgiving, and almost anyone could beat any stage. You're allowed 10 "echoes" for every level, but the most any stage explicitly requires is 4. The game is essentially as challenge as you want it to be, which is a trait I think more puzzle games should have.

Armored Core 3 Portable: The controls take some getting used to, but once that's down it'll make you wonder why Armored Core was ever on a console. The setup is absolutely perfect for a portable system, with missions taking under 10 minutes, punctuated by tinkering with your giganto-mech. I was really impressed with this one, and I think it's 10 bucks or so?

Pata

ystael wrote: »

Also, if you like strategy RPGs, consider Wild Arms XF.

This.

It is by far my favorite SRPG on the PSP.

If you like action RPGs, get Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

ShinyRedKnight

Elderlycrawfish wrote: »

Elderlycrawfish wrote: »

Nobody mentioned Peace Walker yet. You're all going on the list.

ShinyRedKnight wrote: »

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Its one of my favorite games on any system.

And I am disappointed it wasn't suggested yet.

You're going on the list. :P

Hmm, my reading comprehension fails me yet again.