Best of the PSP

[Michael Yagami]

I picked up a PSP back in June and I've really been enjoying it. So far I've picked up: Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles, Darkstalkers Chaos Tower, Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Guilty Gear Judgement, Metal Slug Collection, Ridge Racers, Warhammer 40k Squadron Command, Rock Band Unplugged (came with the PSP). I'm going to pick up Tekken 5 DR at some point but I really don't know what else is worth looking into. So, recommend some games for me.

 

[Raizen1984]

God of War: Chains of Olympus

 

[SouthtownKid]

I've been playing Gundam Battle Universe like crazy for weeks, which is a great game if you have any interest in that kind of thing. Probably not so much if you don't.

Exit is a very fun puzzle game you can find for about $5.

And you cannot miss Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins. Great.

 

[KagerouSama]

The one game I've had a problem with on PSP is Tekken 5 DR.
When I traded up to the 2k model from the 1k model, it had some tied-to-system part of the game save. So, it refused to let me keep all the fake money and unlocked videos/modes I'd sunk time into the game playing for.

Tekken 6 is on the Comming Soon list from Namco.
I'm hoping they don't pull the same memory card tie with it.

Guilty Gear Accent Core + may stand out for you if you enjoy choose-your-own-adventure books without the ability to play the "I didn't take my hand of the page, it doesn't count" rule or being K.O.ed at the last round you needed to win to get an alternate ending for a character in story mode.

Oddly, I've taken a liking to the Lego series games. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy is fun -- though a little glitchy. Lego Batman and Lego Indiana Jones both look pretty neat.

I recommend them for the fact that you get to use lego bricks without the risk of stepping on a small block inadvertently while walking barefoot on the carpet, to spite your best efforts of finding every brick to put away.

Other than those, it's hard to recommend games now that haven't been recommended before.

Deja vous all over again.

 

[kernow]

Really enjoyed LocoRoco, and obviously the first Ridge Racer.

 

[Ghost-Dog]

Patapon
Final Fantasy Tactics
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Gradius Collection
Phantasy Star Portable
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Ace Combat X
Burnout
Killzone Liberation
Jean D'Arc

That's just off the top of my head.

 

[milkmanv1]

Well heres some stuff I liked

Cheapish stuff (25$ or less):
Patapon or Patapon 2
Ape Escape
Death junior
Final Fantasy 1 or 2
Star Ocean 1st departure
Final Fantasy Tactics
Kingdom of Paradise
Legend of heroes
Me and my Katamari
Megaman X maverick hunter or Megaman Powered up
metal gear Portable ops
N+
Powerstone Collection
Tales of the world: Radiant Mythology
wild arms XF
Ys: Arc of Napishtim

Good games that won't be dirt cheap(25-40$):
Any monster hunter game, but monster hunter freedom unit is the newest. biggest and best so far.
Disgaea: afternoon of darkness-Perfect port of the PS2 game.(disgaea 2 is coming soon!)
Harvest moon
Prinny Can I really be the hero
Riviera the promised land
Star ocean 2nd departure



EU imports
Breath of fire 3
Tales of eternia

 

[Michael Yagami]

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm going to start digging some of this stuff up.

 

[milkmanv1]

Alot of the stuff I listed in the cheap section can probably be found used for like 10bucks or so. Patapon 2, and star ocean are new, but they have a NEW price of 19.99$ which is very fair.

 

[RAZO]

Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins. Great.

Great Remake. I love this game.

 

[Reality Check]

If you want to get Monster Hunter be sure you have friends to play it with. It's purely a mutli-player game. It's no fun playing it alone.

Some more games:

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
Crimson Gem Saga
Gitaroo Man Lives!
Mega Man Powered Up!
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
Power Stone Collection
Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins
Phantasy Star Portable
Crush
Jeanne D'arc
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Daxter
Lumines I & II
Gurumin

 

[AppleiDog]

I am very surprised no one has said resistance: retribution and echochrome

 

[DanAdamKOF]

DJ Max Portable series, there's 4 import versions, but Fever (the domestic release) is a good starting point.

Initial D Street Stage is good if you like the arcade version.

Patapon is pretty damn fun, get that, or the sequel I guess (I'm still playing through the first one).

 

[evil son]

kingdom of paradise is prolly one of the brst rpgs on it thats not a port.

 

[Baseley09]

Do all of the tracks spanning the PSP Ridge Racers appear in RR7?

 

[Phoenix Down]

Mega Man: Powered Up

 

[Geralds]

I have to say Star OCean First departure and Second evolution are great games to get on a psp.

 

[Bay78]

I love Outrun 2006, Final Fantasy Crisis Core, Jean D'arc (very under rated game),GOW Chains of Olympus, Castlevania Dracula X

 

[MoriyaMinakata]

Persona is coming out soon too.

 

[famicommander]

Crush >>> the entire rest of the PSP library combined.

And this is coming from someone who holds the PSP library in much higher regard than most.

 

[Nemesis]

I really enjoyed Metal Gear Solid Portable OPS. If you love the MGS franchise you are going to love this game. It takes place after Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Another game I enjoy was Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Great racing game and a very good soundtrack to go along with it. Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold just to name a few Artist in the game.

Here are some other great games that I love

Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror. Good all around shooter

Both Grand Theft Auto's Vice City Stories and Liberty City Stories.

Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters

Daxter

 

[Joe West]

great game for the psp is Hot shot golf......

 

[Electric Grave]

Really enjoyed LocoRoco, and obviously the first Ridge Racer.

I love the first one as well. I've never played the second one, it never got here to the US, I'd like to get the UK one 'cause is all in english, have you played it yet? Any thoughts?

 

[HeartlessNinny]

Isn't LocoRoco 2 a download title here? I know the demo is out at least, so I'd imagine it's out here too in some form or another.

 

[Electric Grave]

You missunderstood or maybe I wasn't specific enough, I was talking about Ridge Racers.