Hidden Gems!

[Viviana Santos]

 

[BigTony]

Rengoku is ballin'

 

[Zerohour2k12]

Kenka Banchou
Persuit Force
RGG Black Panther 1 & 2
Untold Legends
Lord of Arcana

 

[TortaMexicana]

I gotta say Resistance: Retribution.

I would say it's nostalgia for me, but I download to pass time in school, and man I forgot how good it was.

I dare say, it feels like playing, uh, Gears of War for the psp? But yeah, I don't see many people talking about it.

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Kenka Banchou
Persuit Force
RGG Black Panther 1 & 2
Untold Legends
Lord of Arcana

LORD OF ARCANA MENTIONED

 

[DeadVoivod]

To name a few:

- Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable
- Echo Night: The First Voyage
- Genso Suikoden Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki
- Kinnikuman Muscle Generation
- Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura Hen
- Nayuta no Kiseki
- R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate
- Senritsu no Stratus
- Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula VS
- Sol Trigger
- Soreyuke Burunyanman Portable
- Sunday vs Magazine Shuuketsu: Choujou Daikessen
- Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment
- Toaru Majutsu no Index
- Toukiden Kiwami
- Umihara Kawase Portable
- Wangan Midnight Portable
- White Knight Chronicles: Origins
- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3 aka Disaster Report 3

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

 

[Deleted member 1816]

 

[darkmood]

some crazy recommendations itt. Y'all really came through sheessh I think I'll need a bigger sd card lol

 

[un1uckychloe]

the red star is a neat hidden gem i found.
also if you havent played phantasy star portable 2 infinity, it is 100% worth the time

 

[jankusanagi jankusanagi]

- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3 aka Disaster Report 3

I didn't know this one. It's a pretty cool and refreshing concept!

 

[DeadVoivod]

I didn't know this one. It's a pretty cool and refreshing concept!

Didin't you know the Disaster Report games or just not the PSP one?

There's also Disaster Report on the PS2, called SOS: The Final Escape in PAL regions.

And there's Disaster Report 4 on the PS4.

 

[jankusanagi jankusanagi]

Didin't you know the Disaster Report games or just not the PSP one?

None from this saga, but the PSP one is the one I can easily play

 

[xardani]

Arx Fatalis.

I don't see much about it.

I'll never forget being blown away watching the dough cook by the fire in the beginning of that game. The world building was excellent too.

 

[The Vagrant]

Esper Boukan Tai

this game is really cool if you like jumping, exploration and freedom of movement

 

[RocketPowered]

Ace Combat: The Belkan War! It's not exactly the most popular game around (being a PS2 game released in 2006 doesn't help), but it's definitely a gem. The PS2 Ace Combat games in general are a real treat, so definitely check them out.

 

[Pikachun]

Absolutely loved this series of games

 

[Boo Man]

Recently discovered this X Files game that is surprisingly good!
its very similar to Silent Hill and Resident Evil

for some reason it wont save or load game on PCSX2 so you have to use save states but no big deal

 

[albrown267]

Haunting Ground for the PS2 deserves more love honestly. It is just a shame that it had to be overshadowed by Silent Hill 3 and Resident Hill 4.

 

[SLEDGE_DOG]

DJ Max series for rhythm games. I think there's like 4 or 5 of them for PSP.

 

[rugal]

blade dancer is a really hidden gem
in the beginning you may not like the game but it do get bette the more you play it
to bad it never got a sequel

generation of chaos really good
a really god SRPG

medievil resurection
puzzle quest challenge of the warlord
adventure to go
brandish the dark revenant

 

[Lokgamer]

Gurumi a monstrum adventure (What a great hidden gem)
Lord of arcana

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

WTF: Work Time Fun

It's a bunch of mini games where you earn money to buy trinkets from vending machines.

It's really weird but at the same time really fun.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Bomberman: Bakufuu Sentai Bomberman

interesting take on the original series re-imagined as a tokusatsu team

 

[oldfrankie]

- Infected, pretty strange but catchy gameplay and good soundtrack
- OMG-Z (minis game) kind of chain reaction zombie shooter

Gitaroo Man Lives was mentioned in the first post, but I strongly recommend not only play US or EU version, but JP version as well because as far as I remember some songs in it are a bit different.

 

[illwireless]

For me Saints Row 1 is incredibly good. Here in South Korea, this game is pretty rare and underrated(unlike the successor), so I had quite a hard time getting one. Well, yes, many consider Saints Row 2 the greatest, but the overall atmosphere of Saints Row 1 is simply unparalleled and I definitely prefer the original to the successor. Thank you!