I wanna get into non Nintendo stuff. What are some good PSP games in generals.
Pretty open to genres
Mainly action games, also open to RPG games and shooter games
Any genre really
Work Time Fun! 😋
Work Time Fun is a sort of strung-out Wario Ware that I really enjoyed back in the day. If you like minigames, trinkets, and grinding, then check it out.
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Half minute hero: quirky, quick, hilarious, and a bit stressful at times. It’s a perfect mobile title.
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Disgaea: infinitely scaling/playable strategy rpg. You can power through the game pretty quickly, or take your time and slowly become a god so strong that even friendly healing spells miss you.
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Patapon (2 and 3): rhythm based game about using drum commands to get your little dudes to complete missions.
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Dj max (any/all):dance dance revolution for your thumbs. Korean game featuring Korean artists. One of my favorite continuing series.
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Monster hunter (freedom through portable 3rd): action rpg all about them boss fights. Kill monsters, use their parts to hunt tougher monsters in a game all about incremental progression, inventory management, and learning movement patterns to git gud.
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Patchwork hero: do you like the dig dug stages where you slice off bits of the land to drop enemies into the water? This is that except they are airships and you must defend your homeland
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Lumines (1 and 2): musical game about matching colors and making combos in a tetris-esque style game. The devs went on to make tetris effect.
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Cladun 2: so I heard you like action rpgs, infinite scaling, pixel art, and enough grindy systems that even my power tools get jealous. Enter Cladun.
I’m wondering if I missed any I spent a disproportionate amount of time on… But these were the first ones to pop into my head.
Edit: I am finally home so I can look over my games… and I definitely forgot a couple.
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LOCO ROCO! It’s a very simple platformer in which you guide your little dudes through stages by using the L and R to tilt the stage. You collect fruits to increase your dude into a larger dude, or several dudes, depending on the situation.
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N+ Be a platforming Ninja, die a lot… like a lot a lot. It’s… simple and hard and so satisfying to clear one set of 4 stages at a time. You can even make your own stages if you’re feeling up to the challenge.
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Mercury was a before release review game, which for mobile graphics was pretty mind blowing for me at the time of release.
Jeanne D’Arc and the PSP’s Twisted Metal were damn good.
metal gear portable ops 😎
K, tho is there an order for metal gear games? Where do I start? I have metal gear solid (the gameboy colour port)
You might want to wait on Mgs 3 if you have a modern console or modern PC
Metal Gear Solid Delta is coming out this year which is a complete remake of MGS 3 Snake Eater in the FOX Engine
not really, portable ops is pretty much self contained as a story. just hop in and enjoy ma cyber friend 😎
If you like ARPGs, I remember enjoying Untold Legends a lot as a kid. Was a PSP launch title, and had a very dark themeing. I don’t know if my kid memory can be trusted on the quality but I’ve seen a few other people recommend it on here so I doubt it’s bad.
I started Trails in the Sky on PSP and haven’t been able to stop playing trails games since. Not the best in the series, but definitely where you want to start.
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Seconding. It’s rather easy since the levels have to be so small for the PSP, but goddamn it it’s a fun game.
Throwing in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (has an English patch), Rengoku 2 (sort of action looter dungeon crawler where youre a robot and the loot replaces your arms and head and shit with weapons).
SOCOM tactical strike is one I rather enjoy, the Armored Core games as well.
I wanna get into metal gear, where do I start?
I also recommend Metal Gear Solid 1, it’s a fantastic game and it works well on PSP!
Big metal gear fan here, prepare for what might be a bit much:
There are a couple of good startig points depending on what you as a gamer want, and I’ll try to explain them without spoiling things because figuring out MGS is part of the fun (I’m quite proud that I have an encyclopedic level knowledge of this stupid series)
Metal Gear 1 (MSX) - Either grab an emulator or a copy of MGS3 remake and you can play the very first game in the series. It’d get reconned massively but playing it still gives you the info you need to understand basically all the background story. But, tbh, it’s not a very fun game and if you don’t want to play it having someone like me explain the story to you would work just as well
Metal Gear Solid (PSX) - The first 3D game in the series (solid) and where a lot of us started. Probably the most common starting point and I would likely recommend it as the best. Won’t say too much cuz it’s better to go in blind.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - The earliest game in the timeline, so starting here with Naked Snake (big boss) would let you see the series unfold chronologically, but you’ll also have plot points from later games spoiled and explained before you get to them, ruining the effect somewhat I’d say.
MGS1 is likely the best bet. MG1 is good if you can handle what it is, worth giving it a shot at least. MGS3 is good, too, if you’re more concerned than the one 5about understanding the series without needing to replay the games after beating them all so you can see how shit connected.
As for which games you need to play, some aren’t canon, so just avoid: MG1&2 on the NES, Twin Snakes remake on GC, the GBA game, and Acid! The details of Portable Ops aren’t canon, but the general story is, that one is up to you if you wanna play it, I think peace walker is so much better that it’s a skip, personally.
Always down to answer questions or discuss MGS if you need it, shits amazing
Which platform is the first one, the only mg game I played is the GBC one, and well, its either very hard or I suck at it
I listed the consoles next to the games (forgot MGS3, which is PS2 originally)
MSX is an old Japanese computer, and why I recommended emulation or the copy that comes with MGS3s remakes
PSX is the original PlayStation
If you found the GBC one hard then the very first Metal Gear on MSX will be even worse. MGS1 shouldn’t be too bad, though.
Yea, prolly wind bother with msx
You’re not missing much. I would honestly just stick with the order in which they were released, starting with Metal Gear Solid 1 on the ps1. It holds up well.
I personally disliked mgs2 a lot, but found 3 to be fantastic. 4 I also disliked for story which just draaaags, and 5 has the most fluid gameplay, which I did find fun, but the story was pretty meh on that one, and it ends pretty jarringly since they fired the creator mid production.
If you want just the highlights, play 1, 3, and 5.
The two PSP games are chronologically after mgs3, so I’d recommend playing that first to get the most out of them.
Mgs5 is basically a direct sequel to peacewalker on the PSP.
Star Ocean Second Evolution for me, faithful port of the original PSX RPG. It’s very good, but if you do play it, it is worth researching which two skills help you power through the game lol.
If you’re into racing games, I would suggest ATV Offroad Fury Pro. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately; it’s one of my favourites for that system
EDIT: Also, Monster Hunter games are a classic! I’ve never played any for the PSP, though
I hope I don’t derail the thread, but I feel like this is an opportunity to ask about a couple of games myself:
How are the two PSP Valkyria Chronicles games and do they perform well on PPSSPP? Preferably Android (Snapdragon 670, Adreno 615, if that helps), but PC is fine as well.
I really enjoyed the first on PC and bought IV ages ago, but I haven’t played it because I kind of want to play the others first (which were never ported to PC or any other console for whatever reason).
From what I understand, all the games are more or less self-contained, so I can play IV without missing much but I’d really like to give II and III a shot if I can.
Was actually gonna ask lol, what PSP emulators are good. The fdroid ppsspp is from 2015
Lol, I saw the same thing when I hopped onto F-Droid.
I think the better options there are probably RetroArch or Lemuroid, which seem to be better maintained and can both use PPSSPP as the backend (though I think you need to add the libretro core for the emulator in RetroArch).
Hopefully their versions of PPSSPP are more up to date, but I’m not certain.
Edit: Actually best option seems to be the official site where they have a standalone APK, so you don’t need to use Google Play (also, there’s no difference between the “Gold” and regular version, it’s just an option if you’d like to donate).
Yea I got the apk
Final fantasy 1-4 (the qol changes are great and the music was gorgeous). You can’t go wrong with the GTA games. God of war games were also super fun.
Edit: ayo we meet again 👋. Small world lol
Hai. Yea, I’ll get ff. Also playing god of war. Started with the ps2 one
Goodluck mate
Yea. At the second boss??? Rn
The 2 hydra heads
I kill them bit they keep regennign
It’d the one after you get pesiodens rage
Maybe check out a walkthrough or guide? Been a long time since I played gow1. But iirc you have to climb up the boxes near their head (after they’ve been knocked out) and jump on the platform that has an anchor attached to it.
Oh ok
Every PSP I own must have the following games ready to go at any time:
-Lumines
-Rock Band Unplugged
-Patapon 2
-WipEout Pulse
-Final Fantasy: Crystal Defenders (gorgeous small tower defense game, but with enough strategy behind it for hours of play)What are the others? What’s lumines?
So a Tetris like puzzle game? Sounds nice
It’s a pretty great game. Really good music and one of those gameplay loops that is easy to pick up and difficult to master. If you like Tetris and the like, Lumines is worth your attention.
I’m not one for tetris like puzzle games, but I eventually got sucked in and spent 60 hours with the game. It’s really good!
It’s really about the music.
I don’t know if I could call it good, exactly, but one unique concept that I haven’t really seen captured anywhere else was the Dungeon Maker series on PSP, that allowed you to build dungeons that you would then explore/fight/loot, to give yourself funds to build out further/deeper, ad infinitum. It was clunky, controlled pretty stiffly and basic as ARPGs go, and after a certain point you kind of went on autopilot, but there’s a certain je ne sais quoi to it that I really quite enjoyed, especially if you planned out your builds. I think a similar title was released on the DS but it was turn-based and not particularly well-executed.
