Overall good games for the PSP?

[JoonK]

Hey, I just rediscovered my PSP. An almost new PSP 1001 that I bought when I was a whiny brat. Only five dead pixels  :V

So, I have a bit of money to spend, enough for about three to four games. What do you guys suggest? I'm fine with anything that's not a racing/fighting/fps/puzzle.

LOL YES I KNOW THAT ELIMINATES MOST PSP GAMES

I'm considering Metal Gear Portable Ops/Ac!d 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics, never played the original.

And I already have both GTAs, Disgaea and Lumines. What is another "must-have" PSP game, in your opinion? I'm asking this here cause I think I would get a much more balanced opinion than say- Gamefaqs or my peers.

Edit: I am not a big Final Fantasy fanboy, so Crisis Core or Dissidia are kinda out of the question. Unless they are great games in their own right, I'm not really too hyped about them.

INB4 "hur hur hur just CFW it and get all of them,"  I already have CFW on it, but only to play Touhoumon 

[Hououin Kyouma]

FFCC (JRPG), God of war(action) and Papaton(I have no idea but I heard its good)

[Bananamatic]

I'd say Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean 2. Both RPGs.

[Sana]

The DJ Max series, any of them except for Fever. :S
Or Tales of Eternia, since the European version is already in English.

[Letty Whiterock]

Hatsune Miku Project Diva

[Esoterica]

Patapon 1 and 2.  I will come to your house and personally slap you across the face if you don't have them by the end of the week.

Valkyrie Profile's awesome, too.

[shinyjam]

FF tactic certainly a good one, although I prefer the Bad English in the original than the Shakespeare-like medieval English. >>

Not sure if you like Harvest Moon though...

Card game wise...Yugioh is good. MTG acid is not really a card battle, you always trying to hide instead of fight and the story is nice.

Lastly, get Persona.

[JoonK]

Not sure if you like Harvest Moon though...

I do, but I have Rune Factory 2 and Harvest Moon DS, so I've already had my fill.

I actually have Valkyrie Profile, but *prepares to get destroyed* I found it too depressing for my tastes. But that was when I was 14-ish, I'll pick it up again and see.

Hatsune Miku Project Diva

Sorry, I'm a dunce at rhythm games.

I'll take a look at Patapon too. To save my face. 
Oh Tales, never knew there was one out on PSP. Getting God of War, that's also a given.

[Letty Whiterock]

Sorry, I'm a dunce at rhythm games.

Miku holds your hand through most of it, and it's really fun. Easy mode = 1 button. Give it a shot.

[JoonK]

Sorry, I'm a dunce at rhythm games.

Miku holds your hand through most of it, and it's really fun. Easy mode = 1 button. Give it a shot.

heh, I actually really like it. Very catchy and fun.
but the closeups on Miku's...uh.... kinda distract me.

But Disgaea 2 requires OFW 5.55.
NOOOOOOO! Touhoumon! what will I do!

I could just re-Pandora my system, but I chickHEN'd it the first time, so I might mess up and kill my system.

EDIT: Tried Normal mode, got destroyed ;-;

[Letty Whiterock]

I think Miku's model is a 13-yr old girl. Enjoy.

[Xelotath]

@Ruri Hoshino: Yeah the idol that did the motion capture is a 13 years old idol. Miku herself is 16 years old. Still, the game is awesome even if Hard mode is nearly unplayable since the game lags way too much, probably because I have a first gen PSP. I tried with my UMD and with an iso and the result is the same.

As for recommendations, I like Mana Khemia on the PS2 so the PSP port should be good too. The game is from the Atelier series from Gust. You do alchemy, do quest, etc... It's a standard JRPG.

EDIT: Link removed, I only found the link from a google search, I didn't know links from that place were prohibited, sorry.

[shinyjam]

If it make you feel better, Miku is 18 this year.

[Letty Whiterock]

@Ruri Hoshino: Yeah the idol that did the motion capture is a SANKAKU COMPLEX LINK.

WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU PEOPLE ABOUT THIS?

[Kuma]

Gitaroo man lives!

[N-Forza]

The DJ Max series, any of them except for Fever. :S

What

Considering it's the easiest/cheapest to get, I'd say it a good start! It's not like he's looking for rhythm games anyway though.

I recommend Gradius Collection and Parodius Portable.

[Grand Octopus]

CTRL+F 'Power Stone' --> 'No results found'.

Sad face. Get Power Stone collection now, if not sooner.

[Sana]

The DJ Max series, any of them except for Fever. :S

What

Considering it's the easiest/cheapest to get, I'd say it a good start! It's not like he's looking for rhythm games anyway though.

I suppose, it's just....the others are so much better. Fever might give him a bad first impression. :S

As for cheaper, Clazziquai and Black Square are actually $5 less than Fever on Play-Asia. Which makes no sense...

[Letty Whiterock]

I suppose, it's just....the others are so much better. Fever might give him a bad first impression. :S

How so?

[An Odd Sea Slug]

Do not forget about Maverick Hunter X.

[Sana]

I suppose, it's just....the others are so much better. Fever might give him a bad first impression. :S

How so?

Well...ok, it's not that Fever is bad, it just feels like it was rushed to me.

I will admit Fever is a much better choice in this case because it's much easier to get though. And more people playing DJ Max in any form is fine by me.

[Letty Whiterock]

I suppose, it's just....the others are so much better. Fever might give him a bad first impression. :S

How so?

Well...ok, it's not that Fever is bad, it just feels like it was rushed to me.

I will admit Fever is a much better choice in this case because it's much easier to get though. And more people playing DJ Max in any form is fine by me.

Not that anyone who didn't play the others is gonna know. >_>

[cleartailcat]

speaking of DJ Max, I just max combo'd Nightmare on portable 2 4B.  now i just have to wait over this hand cramp.

seems i'm better at rhythm games than danmaku.

[Menorah Jams, Pham]

I know you said racing is a no-no, but Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast is a lot of fun.  You aren't really doing a go-for-first thing... it's more of a fun game where you're driving cool cars.  The music is amazing and it's got a fun, arcadey feel, like you're playing the game in Miami in an arcade just off Calle Ocho.

[JoonK]

hah alright. Thanks for the recommendations, I beat GoW and playing Valkyrie Profile right now. Enjoying it much more now.

I'll definitely take a look (whether it's borrowing, renting or buying) at all the games listed here. Hopefully that will tide me over until a 5.55 or 6.00 CFW comes out. 

[Ragnikarth]

LOL YES I KNOW THAT ELIMINATES MOST PSP GAMES

Yes it does. I got nothing :V

[Third Eye Lem]

There's only like two games I owned for the PSP for a brief time, but both of them were good: Gradius Collection and Rock Band Unplugged. Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters is also good, but it's got a PS2 port, so it's up to you if you want it or not.

Don't forget the PSP Go is coming out next month, and there are those PSP Mini titles too, so you may want to look at the game list when the Go comes out and trade in your old PSP to credit towards it if you're interested.

[Nobu]

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 Unite. Fun by yourself, but it's incredibly fun when you have people to play with. Be warned, it's a hard game. Like the Touhou of Action RPGs.

[JoonK]

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 Unite. Fun by yourself, but it's incredibly fun when you have people to play with. Be warned, it's a hard game. Like the Touhou of Action RPGs.

I played the first Monster Hunter Freedom, but I got sick of it because nobody else played. And I'm pretty much the only person in my group of friends who has a PSP and enough time to play MHF2U. I was thinking about it too, maybe if I play with MotK folks it would be better? 

[Nobu]

I played the first Monster Hunter Freedom, but I got sick of it because nobody else played. And I'm pretty much the only person in my group of friends who has a PSP and enough time to play MHF2U. I was thinking about it too, maybe if I play with MotK folks it would be better? 

I'm played out when it comes to MHF2U (something like 300+ hours logged), but it'd be fun to start up again if I had new people to play with. That would require shelling out money on XLinkKai and a wireless hub though.

In retrospect, waiting for Monster Hunter 3 Tri would probably just be a better option. :\ You could always get any pre-PSX/64 gen emulator and do that. Showing people Touhoumon on your PSP is a good way to confuse random pokemon players.