Bought a Vita - what are the MUST HAVE PSP/Vita games?

[baberunisei]

Can you connect to PSN with SD2VITA? It made me think I should download all my digital Vita games and back them up. Is that possible or will I need to download to a vita memory card then copy to SD?

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Yes you can connect to the PSN while using SD2Vita, at least you could last time I turned my Vita on. I successfully synced trophies several times while using it. But I've never downloaded anything from the store since I hacked my Vita, so I don't know if that works

 

[StereoVSN]

Oh damn. Now that you mention that I think I heard about it before. That's a real bummer.

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Well, if one has a PSP, you could hack it, rip the physical copy and then hack the vita and upload it. Lots of work though because SE never bothered to get the game onto the PSN.

 

[L.O.R.D]

Ooooh, I didn't even know this was a thing! I'd bought a 16gb card and already regret not going bigger.

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bigger vita memory tend to get corrupted, espishlly the 64GB verion which will cost you more then $120 now days.
the adapter is cheaper is better, but you will sacrafice the game slot.
if you got the 3G model, you can replace the 3G chip inside it with SD card adapter.

 

[i-Jest]

Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, since everyone else beat me to all the good stuff. Hmph.

 

[ZoomyRamen]

The Warriors on PSP. Really wish they'd remaster it.

 

[Staal]

Haven't seen it listed yet, but I now recommend Risk of Rain on the Vita. Lost a surprising amount of hours to this fantastic game in the past month.

Have fun with the Vita, it's such a great system.

 

[StereoVSN]

Thanks for this suggestion. I love SRPGs and somehow have not heard of this!

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Most of the better games like P4G, P3P, Gravity Rush, Uncharted, Ys VIII, etc.. have been mentioned. I'll throw a few more.

- Don't forget Jeanne D'Arc, great SRPG game for PSP
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- Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky FC/SC. Yes, PC version is better, but this is still quite good.
- Legend of Heroes Cold Steel 1&2
- Tokyo Xanadu (newer Falcom game). Yes, PS4 / PC version is better but this is still good.
- Odin Sphere (remake by Vanillaware)
- Muramasa Remaster (awesome action game by Vanillaware)
- Shinobido 2 - flawed but quite great
- Phantom Brave - quite fun PSP RPG
- Growlanser - great SRPG with quite complex story
- P3P (need to mention that again just because :P)
- Ys games (whole bunch, Origins, Celceta and 7 are really good, 8 mentioned above)
- MGS 2&3 HD and Peace Walker

There are a ton of great, great PSP and PSX games out there that are playable. And there are a lot of awesome vita games mentioned in the thread already and more that have not.

 

[Gouf]

No Heroes Allowed: No Puzzles Either! and Soul Sacrifice Delta are excellent.

 

[Ayra Sutoraifu]

Thanks for the lists.
I regularly play on my vita during holidays. Kinda done with Stardew Valley and Persona 4 didn't do it for me, hate the dungeons.

 

[Issen]

A few of my favorites, in no particular order:

- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP, it is fucking CRAZY that this game hasn't seen any port or remaster to modern platforms/PC. One of the best FFs ever made.)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (PSP)
- Tenchu 4 (PSP, way better than the Wii version despite the graphics downgrade because the controls aren't godawful)
- Dragon Ball Tag VS (PSP)
- Gran Turismo (PSP)
- WipEout Pure (PSP)
- WipEout Pulse (PSP)
- Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X (PSP)
- OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (PSP)
- Sega Rally Revo (PSP)
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)
- Motorstorm: Arctic Edge (PSP)
- Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception (PSP)
- Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 (Vita)
- Shinobido 2 (Vita)
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus (Vita)
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus (Vita)
- WipEout 2048 (Vita)
- Samurai Warriors 4 (Vita)
- Samurai Warriors 4-II (Vita)

Guilty pleasures of mine:
- Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja (PSP)
- Tenchu: Time of the Assassins (PSP)

Japanese only:
- Tenchu San Portable (PSP port of Wrath of Heaven)
- Tenchu Kurenai Portable (PSP port of Tenchu Fatal Shadows)
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP)

 

[Novocaine]

Soul Sacrifice Delta definitely. Also Velocity Ultra/2X

 

[StereoVSN]

Thanks for the lists.
I regularly play on my vita during holidays. Kinda done with Stardew Valley and Persona 4 didn't do it for me, hate the dungeons.

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For dungeons NISA and Idea Factory have you covered!

- Disgaea 3/4
- Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy
- Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
- Stranger of the Sword City
- MeiQ and the Labyrinth of Death
- Shiren
- Mary Skelter
- Ray Gigant (good for players new to the genre)
- Dungeon Travelers 2 - kind of sketchy but not bad
- Demon Gaze 1 & 2 (good for DRPG newbies)

 

[crimsonECHIDNA]

PSP
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection

 

[unholyFarmer]

For dungeons NISA and Idea Factory have you covered!

- Disgaea 3/4
- Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy
- Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy
- Stranger of the Sword City
- MeiQ and the Labyrinth of Death
- Shiren
- Mary Skelter
- Ray Gigant (good for players new to the genre)
- Dungeon Travelers 2 - kind of sketchy but not bad
- Demon Gaze 1 & 2 (good for DRPG newbies)

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Great list, Vita is a DRPG oasis. For me Dungeon Travelers 2 is the goat DRPG, with an incredible postgame - but yeah, it has unnecessarily sketchy parts and people should read about it before diving in.

 

[StereoVSN]

Great list, Vita is a DRPG oasis. For me Dungeon Travelers 2 is the goat DRPG, with an incredible postgame - but yeah, it has unnecessarily sketchy parts and people should read about it before diving in.

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DT2 is a good DRPG from mechanics perspective. From character and enemy design though.... Yeah...

But yeah, Vita is a great DRPG machine. A lot of those games can be had on physical for not all that much either.

 

[super moustique]

Sales on PS Classics are no longer a thing, right?

 

[Mr.Branding]

Soulcalibur BD, Castlevania SOTN and Klonoa are my top picks.

 

[Qwark]

Sales on PS Classics are no longer a thing, right?

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I don't think they do sales at all that aren't PS4/PS5 :/

Was hoping to get a couple more Vita games, but they're stuck at full price now.

 

[BPHusker]

The Warriors on PSP. Really wish they'd remaster it.

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Is it the same as the PS2 and Xbox versions?

 

[super moustique]

I don't think they do sales at all that aren't PS4/PS5 :/

Was hoping to get a couple more Vita games, but they're stuck at full price now.

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Well, thankfully, the ones I'm interested in are 5 bucks or so... Much more than what I used to pay (got games like RE3 and Dino Crisis 1/2 for one buck each :D ) but still pretty fair in my book.

 

[Deleted member 16876]

Is it the same as the PS2 and Xbox versions?

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Yes. It is the exact same.

Same goes to Manhunt 2, Midnight Club 3.

 

[Qwark]

Well, thankfully, the ones I'm interested in are 5 bucks or so... Much more than what I used to pay (got games like RE3 and Dino Crisis 1/2 for one buck each :D ) but still pretty fair in my book.

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Yeah I don't mind paying full price for classics, they're priced pretty well. PSP games too. But I'd like to buy some of the Saga games for example, but only the PS4 versions go on sale.

 

[Elementje]

Killzone Mercenary was actually really great!
Darkest Dungeon is a good handheld game.
Sound Shape is very chill music ritm game
Muramasa Rebirth is beautiful and fun

 

[John Frost]

I'm disappointed this hasn't been posted yet. Are we not doing it anymore? Is this tradition dead?

All must play games have been mentioned already, so I can't add much to this thread. Props to the user who mentioned Lumines! It's really addictive. Like, seriously addictive.

Thomas Was Alone is a simple and minimalist puzzle platformer I truly enjoy. You could give it a try as well.

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Thanks, it took long enough.

 

[Jon God]

TxK!

 

[Zor]

Is Odin Sphere fine on the smaller Vita screen or am I gonna be squinting at the text/UI?

 

[i-Jest]

Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug XX

OP at this point I think it's safe to say you have alot to work with. PSP and Vita Era came clutch.

 

[secretanchitman]

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3!

 

[Deleted member 16876]

Is Odin Sphere fine on the smaller Vita screen or am I gonna be squinting at the text/UI?

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Plays perfectly well on it from my experience.

 

[StereoVSN]

Plays perfectly well on it from my experience.

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Yep, looks really good on that Vita screen.

 

[Slick Butter]

Hands down the best game on the Vita, imo. It's a "monster hunt" game but it has an amazing story with a really interesting world and characters. The voice work and narration are top notch and there are several moments where I straight up cried. I can't sing its praises enough and I hope Sony doesn't abandon it.

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this is the only vita exclusive truly worth it

other than that, TxK and Spelunky are the best reasons to use a vita

 

[AusGeno]

Persona 4 Golden
Hotline Miami
Danganronpa series
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
Steins;Gate

 

[KDR_11k]

I'm disappointed this hasn't been posted yet. Are we not doing it anymore? Is this tradition dead?

All must play games have been mentioned already, so I can't add much to this thread. Props to the user who mentioned Lumines! It's really addictive. Like, seriously addictive.

Thomas Was Alone is a simple and minimalist puzzle platformer I truly enjoy. You could give it a try as well.

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Is this the part where we trick the newbie into playing Monster Monpiece?

 

[Zor]

So I'm around 5 hours into Odin Sphere and it is fantastic. Anyone know if cross save works okay with PS5? I'd love to see this art on the big screen too and am really tempted to buy it on PS5 and move between it and Vita for my playthrough.

 

[Aimi]

I do not own a Vita but if you're into Farm Sims, check out Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley for the PSP.
I played it so many times just to marry all the bachelors. I still have all the tricks and notes I made for myself while playing through the game lol. This game was so confusing to lil 9 yr old me.

 

[Zor]

So I've had my VITA for several days now.

Long story short, I absolutely love this thing. I'm so bummed it flopped but then it's not difficult to see why.

I've almost exclusively been playing LBP PSP and Odin Sphere, but I've grabbed a number of other games recommended in this thread. I also just grabbed the first Persona, which I'm pumped to check out!

 

[Deleted member 16876]

Glad you are enjoying it.

I believe you can transfer your save to ps4 in the otions menu for Odin Sphere. Though it had been a while so I could be wrong.

 

[Tigress]

Get it modded to SDVita. Vita memory cards are absolute garbage. Lost a 40 hour persona 4G campaign.

Horrible system at stock due to this. Those propriety cards are also hard to find and have high failure rates. So it's a double whammy of awfulness.

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how do you do this? I've had luck with my vita mem Card so far but I have heard about the reliability issues.

 

[OldBritBloke]

how do you do this? I've had luck with my vita mem Card so far but I have heard about the reliability issues.

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It depends on your current firmware, but there's a lot of helpful information in the 'PS Vita - Hacking & Homebrew' section of gbatemp.

 

[Igor]

I'm disappointed this hasn't been posted yet. Are we not doing it anymore? Is this tradition dead?

All must play games have been mentioned already, so I can't add much to this thread. Props to the user who mentioned Lumines! It's really addictive. Like, seriously addictive.

Thomas Was Alone is a simple and minimalist puzzle platformer I truly enjoy. You could give it a try as well.

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I can't believe this took this long to be posted.
Also in case nobody did, Tactics Ogre for PSP.

 

[Another]

that would only really be possible if he has the 2nd gen model vita, og vita would still need a vita memory card for vita homebrew

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You'll need a memory card for either model unless you plan to go 100% digital (and kiss some gems goodbye in the process) since the internal memory on the slim won't be enough to rip your physical games so you can use them with SD2Vita afterwards.

Personally, I'd recommend a 4Gb card. It's pointless to go bigger and only increases risk.

As for the SD2Vita, I'm rocking a 256Gb myself but I'll have to make one final upgrade to 400Gb before long.

 

[Croc Man]

I came in to say Spelunky and TxK and have been beaten multiple times, Glad to see TxK appreciated, shame it'll never reach a wider audience.

 

[stn]

PSP = FF Dissidia 012, Kenka Bancho Badass Rumble
Vita = Ninja Gaiden Plus, Uncharted, Ys 8 Lacrimosa, Ys Memories of Celcetta

Definitely more but I'm not remembering them now.

 

[AFI-kun]

Vita:
- Project Diva series (imo best played on the Vita because of the amazing dpad and buttons)
- Freedom Wars
- Soul Sacrifice
- Danganronpa series (Vita was, and remains, the best VN console)
- Oreshika

It's a shame Freedom Wars and Soul Sacrifice still haven't been revived. Freedom Wars is my favorite MH-like, and you would think Sony would've done something with the property given its similarity to (and the enduring popularity of) Attack on Titan.