New PSP: spec me some games

Deadbeat · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:44

to my knowledge, this is my first foray into the console gaming forum. Had to happen sooner or later, I guess. Hi, consolers.

So I got a PSP from the member's market recently. Honestly, it was a bit of an impulse buy - I really wanted to see what Crisis Core was like, and I had a shocking amount of disposable income left after what I envisaged was going to be a very lean January. Now that I've picked that up, and FFVII from the PS store, I feel I need to validate my purchase with a bigger library. My main genre of choice is RPG, but I'm pretty broad-spectrum when it comes to most types - just not racers or sports games. Any suggestions?

bledd · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:45

The 300 game was surprisingly good, I think it uses the same game engine as God of War (also very good)

Tekken games are good

Lumines (similar to tetris, but much better)

Lemmings

exhashdotdot · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:49

Check out the PSP scene related to "modifying".

Deadbeat · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:50

exhashdotdot said:
Check out the PSP scene related to "modifying".

No. I haven't pirated games since I was about 16.

exhashdotdot · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:54

Deadbeat said:
No. I haven't pirated games since I was about 16.

Yeah I'm not talking about piracy. Nice of you to have such high morals however.

Deadbeat · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:56

exhashdotdot said:
Yeah I'm not talking about piracy. Nice of you to have such high morals however.

My mistake, I jumped to conclusions. What else would I want to modify for?

exhashdotdot · 31 Jan 2010 at 16:59

Deadbeat said:
My mistake, I jumped to conclusions. What else would I want to modify for?

I actually just read the rules on discussing piracy related material. So I'll just say, check out what options are available. You'll soon find that the PSP is probably the most versatile portable gaming platform money can buy.

You'll find that there aren't that many great PSP games out there to play. But the PSP exclusives are just the tip of the iceberg - if you pardon the cliche.

Monster Hunter Freedom (or whatever the latest game is) kept my attention for a long time.

Begbie · 31 Jan 2010 at 17:00

Deadbeat said:
My mistake, I jumped to conclusions. What else would I want to modify for?

Emulators, better media capabilities mostly. ( well mostly for dodgy games, the rest is a by product really.)

Bevysters · 31 Jan 2010 at 17:07

Street Fighter Alpha 3
Metal Gear Solid
Tekken
The sega compilation thing
China Town Wars

First few that sprung to mind.

jcb33 · 31 Jan 2010 at 17:34

Suprised no one has said it yet.... Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII

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Jcb33.

Deadbeat · 31 Jan 2010 at 17:38

Referred to it in my OP, it's the only game I've bought so far, apart from Wipeout & GTA that came with the PSP. How's Breath of Fire 3?

jcb33 · 2 Feb 2010 at 23:16

Deadbeat said:
Referred to it in my OP, it's the only game I've bought so far, apart from Wipeout & GTA that came with the PSP. How's Breath of Fire 3?

Ah my bad, in that case if you are into RPG's look out for Star Ocean 1 + 2, they are great games

Jcb33.

K1LLSW1TCH · 3 Feb 2010 at 10:37

Mainly the PS1 Classics from the store. Socom, Tekken, Grand Theft Auto series, Wipeout, Gran Turismo.

Those are the games that are on my PSP.

ro55o · 3 Feb 2010 at 10:45

God of War, excellent game on the PSP. Final Fantasy VII from the PSN as well. I think that was all I played before I got rid of mine

Those games were really good though.

AGD · 3 Feb 2010 at 12:18

Just get Final Fantasy VII. I think Final Fantasy 8 is coming out this week on psn as well.

exhashdotdot · 3 Feb 2010 at 14:13

Until they patch the PSP playstation emulator, I'm not actually sure if FF8 will work yet. There's a lot of points in the game which cause the game to freeze unless you switch between different popsloader versions.
From what I've read, the American version still experienced these issues.

Yrkoon · 3 Feb 2010 at 15:52

ff8 should be on the psn tomorrow, oh and have a look at disgaea its a pretty sweet strategy/rpg