So I has PSP. Can I has suggests?

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Well, I have a PSP now. Got it for free even. (Dad got it via work, and I gots it.)

So, looking for suggestions. Good ones, or at least not very bad ones.

So far, I've got Daxter, GoW:Chains & MGS: Port Ops

Beat Daxter already & really enjoyed it. Great game play, poor storyline.

...

FYI - Don't tell me about illegal mods. First, I've got a PSP-3000, which I take is the hardest to mod. Plus, I'm inherently too lazy to do the footwork on anything like that.

For hints, I likes me the platformers. Unfortunately, I've played & beaten th Ratchet & Clank PSP titles, and the newish Jak title. (All of them came out for the PS2, and I've got a fancy PS3 that plays both.)

I'm thinking I might try out the PSP Assasin's Creed and/or the Prince O' Persia titles.

SWB
- Hey, everyone seemed to help out Snake pretty well. So I don't think this is an unreasonable request. Assuming you don't hate me, in which case I guess I could expect a lot of bad suggestion.

[Tev]

I only bought my PSP for Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. It was well worth every penny.

[P-Sleazy]

Disgeae 1 & 2.
Monster Hunter 1,2, or 3. You're probably best off with 3.
Final Fantasy Tactics.

I have other games, but I don't play them nearly often enough cause they've died to me.

[greed]

Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles is a great deal. Nice old style Castlevania platformer and it comes with Symphony of the Night as an unlockable.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Castlevania looks like something I will look into. However, I am not a video game RPG fan, so those other suggestions will likely be ignored. Sorry.

(I might download a demo, if I can find it on the PSN. However, I don't expect anything to go from there.)

Also, if it helps any. I loves me some playformers. The thing is, if it got made by High Impact games, then I likely already have it.

I'm downloading a Loco-Roco demo. Not sure if it'll be anything I'm into, but I have to start somewhere.

SWB
- Also, I'm up for mini-game suggests. Not just the full things.
- And maybe PS1 titles, as aside from Metal Gear Solid & the Virtual Metal Gear Solid, I never did bother to pick up may PS1 titles for my PS2.

[tacticslion]

Actually, Bob, I didn't buy mine either (interestingly, again my dad's job handed it to him, and he passed the buck).

However, I am not a video game RPG fan, so those other suggestions will likely be ignored. Sorry.
SWB

Eh, Final Fantasy Tactics is certainly an "RPG", but it's not the typical kind. If you enjoy board games with friends at all (chess, checkers, or Heroscape, for example) I'd recommend giving it a try. Plus, you can get interaction and PvP or PwP (player with player) in FFT:War of the Lions. Even for the non-RPG-enthusiast. I unfortunately couldn't say that of Chrono Trigger - my other favorite game. which itself is non-standard - for example, but FFT:WotL is a different enough experience from most that you may enjoy it anyway.

Also:
I only bought my PSP for Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. It was well worth every penny.

QFT. But yeah. Even if you have or have played the original PS version, the new has enough new content that it's a new experience, though, both sadly and with wisdom, now some of the classic bad dialogue has been changed (you no longer summon the "Rich" for example). Also you can't use Game Shark anymore (which means no assassin for you! Also: no more fighting uber monsters at will!) but you can legally get a Dark Knight (different from Gaff, still, but better) and something called an "Onion Knight" (it sucks until you've mastered everything else. Then it only blows. Unless you have an unlimited supply of Porkies [3rd-tier Uribos]. Then it's tedius but awesome). Further, you can (also now without Game Shark) grab a buddy, and set two different teams against one another and play! Or even more nifty, you can play with a buddy on some missions. Further, several of their new optional missions have exceedingly difficult new monsters or groups of monsters. Very cool stuff. I mean, aside from that, I could recommend for you the Namco Museam, maybe? Classic games and all that. Also Tiger Woods PGA Tour (a game, I must note, that I would never have purchased - it was given to me with the PSP) has rather surprising replay value... if only to create new golfers and dress them up in silly-looking 'stat-enhancing' gear! Seriously, it's hard to find silly-looking gear in that game... though I manage. {insert evil laughter}.

My other games are:
~ Star Wars: Battlefront {Renegade Squadren} - a great game, but not on the PSP, as the screen is too small and there is too much movement, making it headache-inducing, and I've got a pretty good tolerance for such things.
~ Popolocrois - if the name doesn't scare you off, I will: it's a JRPG. It's cute and fun, but I seriously don't think you'd like it if you don't like RPGs, 'cause that's all it is.
~ Jeanne D'Arc - A poor-man's FFT:WotL. Seriously, it has some gorgeous graphics and a fascinating story but its gameplay is mostly repetative and becomes a chore to slog through when you want to level grind (which I do - constantly). Not recommended for anyone who doesn't really like RPGs or Tactical games a lot.

That (along with Namco Museum and FFT:WotL) honestly completes my collection, though I've played others and enjoyed them immensely. Just thought that might help in case someone you knew recommended one of those titles (kind of unlikely, but there you go) or you saw one and were curious about it.

[EVILNess]

Persona, Crimson Gem Saga, Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, Star Ocean 1 and 2, Lunar Silver Star Harmony, Breath of Fire III (Import from EU), Half-Minute Hero, Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, and Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days are great RPG purchases.

Persona 3 Portable and Valkyria Chronicles 2 will be out soon.

Also, get a few PSN cards and filter through the PSN storefront and get you some PSOne Classics and other downloadable games. Buy a large Memory card.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core is quite decent
Final Fantasy Dissidia
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
Castevania Dracula X Chronicles
Megaman Powered Up
And if you are playing against friends, Worms Open Warfare 2

[Seil]

This. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR5lJ80S4Uk)

[betachris_00]

Ace Combat X isn't half bad, if you're into that sort of thing. All my other games for the PSP are RPGs, though, so I can't tell you much about anything else.

[Toastburner B]

Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero is a good, old-school style platformer.

[mudah.swf]

Hacking your PSP at this stage in its life is practically a bad thing to do anyway, since right now having a hacked PSP means you can't play some of the absolute newest games, have to install various fiddly plugins with unclear instructions that may or may not work anyway, and plus since you have a 3000 hacking it would require you spending money or risking a battery, so I wouldn't recommend it even if you could do it.

As for games, if you like Gundams and action I recommend importing yourself a copy of Gundam vs Gundam Next. It supports Ad Hoc Party, has a full single-player campaign and supports up to 4 players for arena-based Gundam blasting fun. If you want RPGs Riviera is an oddball example of an RPG, with no traditional XP system, adventure-game style exploration and an item system that gives its characters different attacks and actions with the same weapon. I think there's also a version of Yggdra Union, an SRPG, on the PSP too.

Also if you want a River City Ransom-ish action RPG, get yourself Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble. The idea is that you, an angry aspiring "bancho" from a Japanese prefecture of your choosing goes on a school trip with the aim of beating the shit out of all the other banchos over 7 days to become the strongest bancho in Japan. There's decent character customisation, with the ability to customise every one of your guy's attacks and give him a hilarious hair boner hairstyle and pin striped shirt for example, open-ended gameplay that lets you go along with your classmates or ditch them to further your aim of being the strongest bancho, or just bum around the shopping malls making your guy look as silly or as badass as possible.

[Inbred Chocobo]

You may want to reconsider Monster Hunter Freedom United. It fits closer into the action rpg style rather than traditional rpg, as there are no true levels, no special attacks (you are capable of preforming every move you can do from start to finish). The only thing that progresses truly like a level is your armor, weapons, and skill. My girlfriend hates traditional rpgs with a passion, but loves this game to death.

Only catch to the game is that its better with other people. Xlinkkai or a PS3 can solve that (both will allow you to tunnel the signal through the internet to lan with other people). Everything in the game can be killed by yourself, but its just bloody fun having someone to watch your back. If you don't have a friend to play it with, I would still strongly suggest downloading the demo. If you do have a friend that wants to try it to, this then turns into pretty much a must buy.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Me: But I don't like RPG games.
Everyone else: No, but really you'll like these.
Me: But!
Everyone else: Shut up & do what we say...

Are we up to speed now? Good? Good.

So, lets try a different tack. Could anyone recommend a good case to hold my PSP? I'd like something that has a pocket to hold the outlet plug, as well as a space for the TV cable (http://www.amazon.com/PSP-Composite-AV-Cable-Sony/dp/B000VIUNZI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1272197837&sr=1-3) I bought (shipping was more than what I paid. And on the PSP 3000, I can plays games on a big screen). If it can hold games in addition to all that, that's also a plus.

SWB
- I don't really care about space for mem cards.

[greed]

Just checked some more PSN games. Not sure if these are all available for the PSP though.

You have the first three Resident Evils.

The first two Abe's Oddworld games. If you haven't heard of it, it is a platformer series that became a Xbox exclusive when the the Xbox came out. First two games came out in the PSX era and were multiplatform titles. Was pretty damn good too.

MediEvil was a lot of fun from what I remember, it was from what I remember sort of like Zelda crossed with Gauntlet and Diablo. My memory is vague on this one though, other than that it was pretty enjoyable so take that description witha grain of salt.

There's also a couple of Ape Escape games for the PSP. Not sure of the quality of the PSP ones(haven't got them) but the PS2 ones were pretty great platformers, probably the best ones not on a Nintendo system since Sega died.

[tacticslion]

I don't like RPG games. Everyone else shut up.

First: Sorry! I'm one of those 'everyone else'. I apologize for any frustration we've given you.

Explanation: I think the main issue is that the PSP has good graphics, but is small and thus difficult to focus in on too much for heavily action-oriented games. At least, that's my conclusion based off of growing experience. Also, I think that "RPG" has enough 'normal' elements that we all assume(d) you're talking about the 'generic' kind and were recommending those we thought you might like that weren't so 'typical'. I can't actually speak for everyone else, of course, but I know that's the gist of what I was thinking.

As for a case: I don't use mine for my PSP anymore ('tis used as my dice-bag now) but the GameStop "official" PSP Kit is both comprehensive and durable. As a case for the PSP (and as a dice bag) it has withstood alot of punishment and saved my system a few times - even now it's in pretty good shape, especially considering the stuff it's been through. It has plenty of 'pockets' (the kind that are made of netting) inside the protective soft-shell which is good too... sort of. I'm not certain that any of the myriad of pockets are large enough in and of themselves, however. I found that space cramped and never used it - I just zipped cords and stuff inside however they would lay down flat.

The PSP case cannot hold games, however, the official GameStop stuff that I got came with a game-case; it's a flip-case that holds up to eight games. It's really durable, but I'm not sure it's worth the expense.

Speaking of expense, all this stuff came with my PSP when I got it, so I don't know how much this is - I don't work for GameStop I swear! It's just what I've had and my own experiences.

[Donomni]

Xlinkkai

As long as this doesn't work like Ad-Hoc Party(As in wired connections or bust), I will love you forever.

Need some Dissidia multiplayer! D:

On topic, the Prinny game is fuck-all hard. There's a reason I call it Prinny: I Wanna Be The Dood.

[mudah.swf]

Well to be honest SWB there isn't much in the way of platformers for the PSP as far as I know. If you want those then you'd probably be better suited to a DS. It seems to be the system of portable RPGs really.

[Jagos]

Patapon is always good.

[Ecks]

Not sure if you'd call Kingdom Hearts an RPG, as it seems far more action oriented, but if you've ever played Kingdom Hearts... get Birth By Sleep. Supposed to be pretty good. I know, I know, SWB does not like RPG, but like I said, it's hard to pay attention to levels when you're too busy swinging your giant key around bashing in some skulls.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Explanation: I think the main issue is that the PSP has good graphics, but is small and thus difficult to focus in on too much for heavily action-oriented games. At least, that's my conclusion based off of growing experience. Also, I think that "RPG" has enough 'normal' elements that we all assume(d) you're talking about the 'generic' kind and were recommending those we thought you might like that weren't so 'typical'. I can't actually speak for everyone else, of course, but I know that's the gist of what I was thinking.

I'm nearsighted, so the small screen isn't an issue for me. Just plop off my glasses, and I'm good. (Plus, if it were a problem, I do have the ability to play on my larger TV, thanks to a cheap $4 used video cable. $7 after s/h.)

After playing Daxter & God of War, I have to disagree. I'd likely throw in Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, Secret Agent Clank and Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier. However, the last 3 I didn't play on the PSP, rather on my backward compatible PS3 (& the PS2 versions).

The little system is perfectly capable of doing it, its just a question of having all that many titles that try. Well at least titles that I haven't played in one form or another.

SWB