PSP: Worth of adquire

Lezard Valeth

Hi, guys. I want to give to me as chrismas present a PSP. Is a good idea? Also, what games you recommend? I like RPG, plattaforms, action, puzzle, things like that.
For now, i want to play valkyrie profile:lenneth, ace combat x, echochrome and mgs:portable ops.
Thanks!!:P

Reznik

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core is alone worth the price of a PSP.

Also, Patapon is pretty rad.

maximumzero

Worth the price of Admission.

AJR

Jeanne D’Arc is a fun, simple SRPG.
CRUSH is a fun little puzzle game.
Tales of Eternity is good if you never played the PS1 version.
Killzone: Liberation is a nice little isometric shooter.

Lezard Valeth

there are some Atlus RPG for the psp? ; to be honest, if i play some Final Fantasy, i prefer to pick the SNES ones; ff7 was good, but is enought of cloud & co (except if crisis core is truly good)

Lezard Valeth

Ah, and you´re right. A friend of mine has Patapon. Is very cool
PATA - PATA -PATA -PON

Lord Yod

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
Final Fantasy Tactics
Jeanne d'Arc

Go go go!

cj iwakura

The PSP is a great system for a little of everything. Disgaea, Yggdra Union, and FFT for strategy, Crisis Core and Ys: Ark of Naphistim for action-RPGs, and then there's quirky games like Lumines and DJ MAX Portable(the best handheld music game in existence), so it's definitely worth getting.

As for original Atlus RPGs, the only one I know of is Jewel Summoner, which I think is mediocre at best. They did publish quite a few, though.

Lezard Valeth

cj iwakura wrote: »

The PSP is a great system for a little of everything. Disgaea, Yggdra Union, and FFT for strategy, Crisis Core and Ys: Ark of Naphistim for action-RPGs, and then there's quirky games like Lumines and DJ MAX Portable(the best handheld music game in existence), so it's definitely worth getting.

As for original Atlus RPGs, the only one I know of is Jewel Summoner, which I think is mediocre at best. They did publish quite a few, though.

Ah, so nothing MegaTen-style in the psp:|
Well, and the fact than you can browse the web with the PSP add points:P

DeathPrawn

Lezard Valeth wrote: »

there are some Atlus RPG for the psp? ; to be honest, if i play some Final Fantasy, i prefer to pick the SNES ones; ff7 was good, but is enought of cloud & co (except if crisis core is truly good)

Crisis Core is excellent, and this is coming from someone who is rarely a fan of Square-Enix games. It's a mistake to write it off as a FFVII cash-in; it's one of the best things they've made in years.

If you like SRPGs, be sure to check out FF Tactics, Disgaea, and Jeanne D'Arc.

Games I particularly enjoy:
Patapon, Crush, Hot Shots Golf Open Tee 2, Space Invaders Extreme (if you don't have the DS version), Loco Roco, Pirates.

Also, I would highly recommend getting an older PSP-2000 model and enabling homebrew. It allows you to rip all of your UMDs yourself and run them off the memory card, as well as play awesome homebrew games like Cave Story.

Lezard Valeth

Homebrew is the first thing than i have in mind. I want to run the games from the memcard than the UMD. Also, a question: ¿ Is possible play PS1 games in the psp?
I really like to play vagrant story, siphon filter o parasite eve again..

slash000

Over the years I have collected various recommendations from these forums, and combined them into a nice list of titles with short descriptions of each game.

Since people asked, I posted the lists online.

The PSP list is here.


You may find it useful in looking into which PSP games to consider buying.

cj iwakura

Lezard Valeth wrote: »

cj iwakura wrote: »

The PSP is a great system for a little of everything. Disgaea, Yggdra Union, and FFT for strategy, Crisis Core and Ys: Ark of Naphistim for action-RPGs, and then there's quirky games like Lumines and DJ MAX Portable(the best handheld music game in existence), so it's definitely worth getting.

As for original Atlus RPGs, the only one I know of is Jewel Summoner, which I think is mediocre at best. They did publish quite a few, though.

Ah, so nothing MegaTen-style in the psp:|
Well, and the fact than you can browse the web with the PSP add points:P

There is a port of the first Devil Summoner game, but it was never localized.

DeathPrawn

Lezard Valeth wrote: »

Homebrew is the first thing than i have in mind. I want to run the games from the memcard than the UMD. Also, a question: ¿ Is possible play PS1 games in the psp?
I really like to play vagrant story, siphon filter o parasite eve again..

If you are running custom firmware, it is possible to rip your own PS1 games and convert them into a format your PSP can play.

AJR

Of course, such matters cannot be discussed in detail on this forum. But yeah, I know homebrew allows for things like that. I think you can also use the remote play feature of the PS3 (not idea how well this works) or download PS1 games off the PSP store, but there isn’t a very big range at this stage.

Dirty

I know we can't get into a lot of detail, but without specifics, how hard would it be to get homebrew going on a newer PSP system? Like, on a 10-scale.

DeathPrawn

I just wish Sony would get its head out of its ass and start releasing PS1 games on a weekly basis via PSN. It's not like the PSP is brimming with new releases these days and it would be almost no work for a giant cash cow. Right now it's pretty much just Cool Boarders 1 and 2.

Lezard Valeth

Well, now what i have to do is wait for the first week of january to buy my PSP. In this country the prices fall really hard after christmas and new year eve.

Funguy McAids

Reznik wrote: »

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core is alone worth the price of a PSP.

Also, Patapon is pretty rad.

How is Crisis Core any good??

I have it and it is so fucking monotonous and simple. The combat is a joke with stupid huge numbers being thrown around that mean absolutely nothing. There is no danger in confrontations. Block and dodge are rarely useful and magic seems utterly pointless. The game holds your hand for you doing the stupid random roulette wheel thing that occasionally makes you invincible, or have infinite magic etc. In short the fighting system in Crisis Core is the worst garbage i have ever played. And i loved FFVII!

How can anyone seriously enjoy this game? What is enjoyable about it??!?

Patapon however is totally awesome.

Iceman.USAF

I hear rumors of a new fangled PSP coming in the near future. Not a PSP2 mind you (give it a year or 2 though) but another minor upgrade.

Reznik

Funguy McAids wrote: »

Reznik wrote: »

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core is alone worth the price of a PSP.

Also, Patapon is pretty rad.

How is Crisis Core any good??

I have it and it is so fucking monotonous and simple. The combat is a joke with stupid huge numbers being thrown around that mean absolutely nothing. There is no danger in confrontations. Block and dodge are rarely useful and magic seems utterly pointless. The game holds your hand for you doing the stupid random roulette wheel thing that occasionally makes you invincible, or have infinite magic etc. In short the fighting system in Crisis Core is the worst garbage i have ever played. And i loved FFVII!

How can anyone seriously enjoy this game? What is enjoyable about it??!?

Patapon however is totally awesome.

If you're playing Crisis Core for the combat system you're doing it wrong.

It's the story.

Keep in mind I still enjoy the gameplay of FFVII original, though, so I had no problem at all with CC.

Also Squeenix pretty graphics etc etc

Cymoro

Dirty wrote: »

I know we can't get into a lot of detail, but without specifics, how hard would it be to get homebrew going on a newer PSP system? Like, on a 10-scale.

It all depends. As far as custom firmware goes, up to 3.80 will play homebrew without flaw (3.90 has kinks being worked out) as long as you have the 1.5 kernel installed (it removes the korean language set and the intellistation whatever thing no one uses). The latest that is out is 5.0, but so far I haven't gotten anything to run yet (my sudoku games, nooooooo). If a mod doesn't mind I'll post links, but doing any shit to your PSP with custom firmware is RISKY. YOU COULD BRICK YOUR PSP IF YOU ARE TECHNO-DUMB.

AJR

Reznik wrote: »

If you're playing Crisis Core for the combat system you're doing it wrong.

It's the story.

Keep in mind I still enjoy the gameplay of FFVII original, though, so I had no problem at all with CC.

Also Squeenix pretty graphics etc etc

I guess this is why I'll never get around to playing it. The world of FFVII just doesn't interest me anymore. My only interest in CC stems from the fact that it's an action RPG, but if the battle system isn't that fun, then it's a lost cause for me.

Jayricho

I'm glad this thread came up. Starting this Friday the Canada Wal-Marts are going to have the Madden PSP bundle on for about $150 and I've been looking into getting it and needed a list of games to justify it. I just wish they'd put the other bundles on for the same. I'd much rather have Ratchet & Clank.

freakish light

Cymoro wrote: »

Dirty wrote: »

I know we can't get into a lot of detail, but without specifics, how hard would it be to get homebrew going on a newer PSP system? Like, on a 10-scale.

It all depends. As far as custom firmware goes, up to 3.80 will play homebrew without flaw (3.90 has kinks being worked out) as long as you have the 1.5 kernel installed (it removes the korean language set and the intellistation whatever thing no one uses). The latest that is out is 5.0, but so far I haven't gotten anything to run yet (my sudoku games, nooooooo). If a mod doesn't mind I'll post links, but doing any shit to your PSP with custom firmware is RISKY. YOU COULD BRICK YOUR PSP IF YOU ARE TECHNO-DUMB.

Note that, as far as I'm aware, brand new off-the-shelf PSPs are hack-proof at this time. The newer 2000s and all the 3000s have a newer model of motherboard that corrects an exploit hackers have been using to get CFW on there.

My advice is to buy an older PSP-1000 or a used 2000, maybe one of the God of War or Star Wars models.

It's also commonly accepted that this will probably be broken within six months - no device is fully hack-proof. It's a matter of time, but it might be a while.

Cymoro

Yeah, I have a fat from waaaaay back that had 1.52 on it. A lot of the homebrew is open to me, but the stuff that requires the extra ram that the slim has, that's not happening anytime soon. Still, get a PSP-1000. They're really not as bad as their first-gen Japanese counterparts and you can have your way with it without it saying no :winky:

DeathPrawn

As far as I know, all of the special edition PSP-2000s (Madden, God of War, etc) are hackable, so you get all the awesomeness of the Slim without the uncertainty of getting a Core and praying you get the right motherboard.

Lezard Valeth

So, how can I know the model of the psp?

AJR

The model type is displayed on the box (or at least, it is for 2000 and above, can't remember for the original PSP). I think most models you’ll find will be 2000 anyway.

DeathPrawn

If it's big and fat, it's a 1000. If it has a built-in microphone and came with the Ratchet and Clank bundle, it's a 3000. Otherwise, it's a 2000. I don't know if they've started releasing Core 3000s yet.

MyNameIsWalrus

DeathPrawn wrote: »

I don't know if they've started releasing Core 3000s yet.

They must have started releasing them, New Egg seems to be selling them.

Satanic Jesus

LocoRoco is fun, and they've brought out a sequel too.

Lezard Valeth

Ok, i have made my mind: i will adquire a psp 200; now i had to wait until the second week of january, when the prices fall.
I was hesitant because seems than the online comunity has a deep hate towards the psp...

corin7

Whatever you do, don't buy Monster Hunter Freedom 2. Because I bought it the day I purchased my PSP and haven't put more than an hour into any of the dozen or so other games I have bought since. Current MH save is hundreds of hours now.

maximumzero

I want to pick up Loco Roco, but it's likely nearly impossible to find in stores now.

And YES I know it's available on the PSN store. I like to have a box on my shelf is possible. :P

Bartholamue

Loco Roco...not avalable? Does not compute.

solsovly

DeathPrawn wrote: »

As far as I know, all of the special edition PSP-2000s (Madden, God of War, etc) are hackable, so you get all the awesomeness of the Slim without the uncertainty of getting a Core and praying you get the right motherboard.

Not all of the special editions are hackable. The plain piano black ones for the most part are no longer hackable either. I had to buy two PSP's to get a hackable one.

I don't believe either the Madden or God of War bundle are hackable.

MinionOfCthulhu

Big List of Cool PSP Games:

The list is a tad out of date, but I'm trying to remember what's good that isn't on the list. Oh, wait. R-Type Tactics!
Edit: I believe the God of War one is hackable. At least, I saw someone selling one that had been hacked. But he could have been lying!