PSP PSP hidden gems?

[darkmood]

I know ¨¨hidden gems¨¨ could be a broad term but I been playing Final Fantasy in chronological order on my PSP and I love using this console, I also been trying hidden gems or games that you generally wouldn't see on a top 10 list or whatever. I'll leave some of those but lemme know if you have more suggestions!!

• What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? - wtf this game is so weird lol but very charming
• Gitaroo Man Lives! - I LOVE RYTHM GAMES
• Capcom Classics Remixed - I love collections too, who knew?

 

[Eclipse14]

Hexyz Force and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

 

[Cu-Neo]

Gungnir

 

[RustySK]

I've never been a PSP expert, but the Prinny games might fit this maybe?
Quite good and surprisingly challenging 2.5D platformers - good stuff. They're not super unknown or anything - even got ported to Switch! - but they also don't get brought up all that often.

Oh and maybe Metal Gear Acid 1 and 2.
They're turn-based stealth games with deckbuilding elements - the first is kinda janky, but the second is genuinely quite good! Since they're part of the Metal Gear franchise they're definitely no underdogs, but it's not like many people remember this particular spin-off series.

 

[DunkeyKong]

Zenonia and N.O.V.A, a top down Zelda like game and a Halo clone

 

[jankusanagi]

Not sure it I'd call them "hidden", but 7th Dragon 2020 and 7th Dragon 2020-II are pretty great

 

[MemeAlert]

Ys VII

 

[ThatOneLum]

I second Metal Gear Acid. Also recommend Gurumin for an action adventure and maybe Mercury/Mercury Meltdown if you're into puzzlers.

 

[psvitaforever]

If you like third-person-shooter, try "Coded Arms" and "Coded Arms Contagion": the first is random-generated areas, the second one has a plot and a fixed progression.

If you like racing games, try "M.A.C.H." racing with planes in different and cool scenarios.

If you like real-time-strategy, try "Generation of Chaos Pandora Reflection", it also involves sort of rhythm-based (button pressing in a certain and different order for different characters) minigames for attacking.

 

[Ícaro Oliveira Santos]

 

[BigTony]

Rengoku is ballin'

 

[TotzOnGaming]

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]

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

 

[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]

- 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]

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

 

[Pikachun]

Absolutely loved this series of games

 

[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