Gonna buy a PSP. - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

zxello · 10-01-2005, 07:45 PM

Ok, so I've decided due to some shopping around, constantly going back to wanting a PSP all the time; to actually buy a PSP. So I posted a thread earlier about what game I should get, now lets turn the tides and change it up. For a PSP... what, in you alls opinions, are the MUST HAVE games for PSP, already released or GOING to be released (preferably soon) lemme know.

I <3 RPGS

lpj8 · 10-01-2005, 08:00 PM

To be honest, I think the PSP game library is somewhat lacking at this point. Other than Untold Heroes, I don't believe there are any other RPGs out.
Here are the games I have now.
Lumines - Great for long layovers
Burnout - Lots of carnage
Tiger Woods Golf

I'm much more excited about the games that are coming out soon

Grand Theft Auto
Legend of Heroes - RPG thats due out in October
Popolocrois - Traditional RPG due out in November
Virtua Tennis

mkutek630 · 10-01-2005, 08:01 PM

I just got a PSP and I love to play Burnout Lengend and Madden 06

t3m3st · 10-02-2005, 09:20 PM

Wipeout I guess, if thats your thing. Lumines is great. Other than that, considering the price increase on games, I'm gonna say theres nothing else happening with the PSP for a while. I'm really upset I bought one.

ChistledStone · 10-03-2005, 02:13 AM

Well, it seems that I am the only one with a RPG here - rightly named by lj8 - called Untold Legends.

It's okay. Never being a big RPG fan myself, I was hesitant to dive into this game, but I did it anyway and was suprised.

Although it didn't want to make me play when I was doing other stuff - not like a good game - it soaked me in when I did play and the long loading times (10 seconds + very close together) didn't stop me because of the good loading artwork.

It has good monsters, quests and rewards.

My only gripes where that;

1. Only ad-hoc wireless play. It would have made a good MMORPG.

2. Limited world - there's only one shop in the whole thing which items just randomly got better as you got better.

3. Repetetive quests - you feel like you did this thing before. Although the plot behind it may be good - it's still 'go through caverns, kill 70 creatures, kill boss'. It's idea of plot growth was 'go through level, kill 70, what! there's no boss, but there is another level, repeat'.

4. Unimaginative powers. Actually over all, no real innovations.

All in all it was okay for someone who wasn't a big fan of RPGs. A good solid start to the PSP.

El Picaro · 10-04-2005, 12:44 PM

Wipeout, as was previously mentioned, is an amazing racing game. In fact, if you like racing games, you'll love your psp. And I'll second the post that lumines is great, but it tends to only be great for a certain period of time, then you just stop wanting to pick it up for a while.

Also, they just announced that the new GTA for the PSP will have mulitplayer- both ad-hoc and internet. That makes me totally excited.

Date the Banana · 10-05-2005, 04:57 AM

totally addicted to Minna no golf Portable (hot shots golf?) got it the same day as I got the system and it's still the one I play the most. Wipeout is also good and I'm really looking forward to GTA:LCS.
Right now I'm currently on the fence about Winning 11 soccer and Guilty Gear. Both look good, but which one is best....
also, games or not, it's an all in one wonder device, with a 1gb card you can watch a whole lot of video on the train, which is great for killing the long journeys. wireless internet is good too, and I also am thrilled by the fact I can pop the memory stick duo out of my camera straight into the machine for instant picture viewing goodness.
once version 2.0 gets cracked open I'll be using it for emulation as well! all in all, well worth the 200$

(well, it needed a 1GB card to do all that stuff, so make it 300$. still, I'm not broke, so who cares?)

CyCo PL · 10-05-2005, 06:12 AM

I might have to get a PSP for GTA:LCS, because I heard it had multiplayer... Brings back memories of when I used to play the GTA1 over a LAN with one of my friends around eight years ago...

Also, if SquareEnix are making original RPG's for PSP, I'm definitely going to have to buy it... Until then though, I think my GBA is fine for me... GBA reminds me of the golden age of video games, while PSP kind of reminds me of when all of the games started turning into third-person 3D polygonal platform games, a genre that lost its novelty quick for me. I'll probably own a PSP eventually though, it's so beautiful looking... Just needs some games that I'm interested in playing.

YaWhateva · 10-05-2005, 12:13 PM

PSP is great, emulation is amazing. PM if you don't know about the wonderful downgrader to 1.50 for emulation fun.

for CyCo, PSP can play all games you want, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Neo Geo Pocket, etc etc. Commodore 64 even!

bendsley · 10-05-2005, 12:58 PM

Lumines is great, as well as Mercury.

I don't play any games on mine except those two because I'm always hacking away on my PSP. Currently part of a larger group porting Linux to the PSP.

CyCo PL · 10-05-2005, 03:31 PM

I know about the PSP having emulators, and it's pretty awesome, but I hate reading about how sony's trying to squash the homebrew firmware so nobody can use homebrew apps... and then certain games not working if you're not using sony's latest firmware, it just seems like a confusing mess to me.

Wingless · 10-05-2005, 06:25 PM

Working at a video game store for the past year has shown me that if you're a gamer, that doesn't mean you're computer literate or technically inclined. I had quite a few PSP owners ask me how to do homebrew on the PSP and if you don't know what a zip file is, or hell, if you don't know how to find the stupid link on a site that says "PSP Tutorials", you're not going to do homebrew.

With that fact, I'd say less than 10% of PSP owners actually go ahead with homebrew mods, and of course, it's those people who are posting on sites like this

There was a point to this post, but I lost it. Bah. I'll be back

YaWhateva · 10-06-2005, 08:02 AM

the downgrader lets you upgrade back to 2.00 anytime you want. I have the 32 MB stick just as a downgrader, and then I have the 2.00 update on my 1.00 Gig stick. It works well that way.

Wingless · 10-06-2005, 08:28 AM

Oh, and there is a 2.01 firmware upgrade now, which has the sole purpose of closing the .tif exploit.

YaWhateva · 10-06-2005, 03:07 PM

yes don't do that!

BAMF · 10-07-2005, 09:10 PM

if I was you I would get a sega saturn.

Kalibah · 10-09-2005, 08:57 PM

Only PSP gripe i have its been out for a long time now and still very limited game selection - compared to say gameboys.
This long after release there would be 2 or 3x the number of games for a gameboy

Wingless · 10-10-2005, 08:04 AM

*cough* hasn't the basic GameBoy system been out for nearly 20 years? And the PSP has been out for approximately a year in Japan?

*ahem* although I agree with you...

crossova · 10-10-2005, 09:15 AM

socom - fire team bravo is hot! madden is ok but not really that hot. hotshots golf is cool. other than that its a glorified video player for me

t3m3st · 10-10-2005, 09:32 AM

I've heard that if you play madden 06 online, the psp randomly shuts itself off...

Yeah... my PSP lost it's power button. I'll get a new one as soon as I can afford it...

10-01-2005, 07:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	Gonna buy a PSP. Ok, so I've decided due to some shopping around, constantly going back to wanting a PSP all the time; to actually buy a PSP. So I posted a thread earlier about what game I should get, now lets turn the tides and change it up. For a PSP... what, in you alls opinions, are the MUST HAVE games for PSP, already released or GOING to be released (preferably soon) lemme know. I <3 RPGS __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star! Last edited by zxello; 10-01-2005 at 07:54 PM..

10-02-2005, 09:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
t3m3st Vroom! Location: Toronto	Wipeout I guess, if thats your thing. Lumines is great. Other than that, considering the price increase on games, I'm gonna say theres nothing else happening with the PSP for a while. I'm really upset I bought one. __________________ I do it for the rare drops

10-03-2005, 02:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
ChistledStone Crazy Location: Australia	Well, it seems that I am the only one with a RPG here - rightly named by lj8 - called Untold Legends. It's okay. Never being a big RPG fan myself, I was hesitant to dive into this game, but I did it anyway and was suprised. Although it didn't want to make me play when I was doing other stuff - not like a good game - it soaked me in when I did play and the long loading times (10 seconds + very close together) didn't stop me because of the good loading artwork. It has good monsters, quests and rewards. My only gripes where that; 1. Only ad-hoc wireless play. It would have made a good MMORPG. 2. Limited world - there's only one shop in the whole thing which items just randomly got better as you got better. 3. Repetetive quests - you feel like you did this thing before. Although the plot behind it may be good - it's still 'go through caverns, kill 70 creatures, kill boss'. It's idea of plot growth was 'go through level, kill 70, what! there's no boss, but there is another level, repeat'. 4. Unimaginative powers. Actually over all, no real innovations. All in all it was okay for someone who wasn't a big fan of RPGs. A good solid start to the PSP. __________________ A.minor.fall.then.a.major.lift

10-04-2005, 12:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
El Picaro Upright	Wipeout and Grand Theft Auto Wipeout, as was previously mentioned, is an amazing racing game. In fact, if you like racing games, you'll love your psp. And I'll second the post that lumines is great, but it tends to only be great for a certain period of time, then you just stop wanting to pick it up for a while. Also, they just announced that the new GTA for the PSP will have mulitplayer- both ad-hoc and internet. That makes me totally excited.

10-05-2005, 04:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
Date the Banana Insane Location: Japan	totally addicted to Minna no golf Portable (hot shots golf?) got it the same day as I got the system and it's still the one I play the most. Wipeout is also good and I'm really looking forward to GTA:LCS. Right now I'm currently on the fence about Winning 11 soccer and Guilty Gear. Both look good, but which one is best.... also, games or not, it's an all in one wonder device, with a 1gb card you can watch a whole lot of video on the train, which is great for killing the long journeys. wireless internet is good too, and I also am thrilled by the fact I can pop the memory stick duo out of my camera straight into the machine for instant picture viewing goodness. once version 2.0 gets cracked open I'll be using it for emulation as well! all in all, well worth the 200$ (well, it needed a 1GB card to do all that stuff, so make it 300$. still, I'm not broke, so who cares?) __________________ all work and no play make Date something something

10-01-2005, 08:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
lpj8 Crazy Location: U.S.A	To be honest, I think the PSP game library is somewhat lacking at this point. Other than Untold Heroes, I don't believe there are any other RPGs out. Here are the games I have now. Lumines - Great for long layovers Burnout - Lots of carnage Tiger Woods Golf I'm much more excited about the games that are coming out soon Grand Theft Auto Legend of Heroes - RPG thats due out in October Popolocrois - Traditional RPG due out in November Virtua Tennis

10-01-2005, 08:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
mkutek630 Upright	I just got a PSP and I love to play Burnout Lengend and Madden 06

10-05-2005, 06:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I might have to get a PSP for GTA:LCS, because I heard it had multiplayer... Brings back memories of when I used to play the GTA1 over a LAN with one of my friends around eight years ago... Also, if SquareEnix are making original RPG's for PSP, I'm definitely going to have to buy it... Until then though, I think my GBA is fine for me... GBA reminds me of the golden age of video games, while PSP kind of reminds me of when all of the games started turning into third-person 3D polygonal platform games, a genre that lost its novelty quick for me. I'll probably own a PSP eventually though, it's so beautiful looking... Just needs some games that I'm interested in playing.

10-05-2005, 12:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
YaWhateva Friend Location: New Mexico	PSP is great, emulation is amazing. PM if you don't know about the wonderful downgrader to 1.50 for emulation fun. for CyCo, PSP can play all games you want, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Neo Geo Pocket, etc etc. Commodore 64 even! __________________ “If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly "This is my United States of Whateva!"

10-05-2005, 12:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Location: texas	Lumines is great, as well as Mercury. I don't play any games on mine except those two because I'm always hacking away on my PSP. Currently part of a larger group porting Linux to the PSP. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

10-05-2005, 03:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
CyCo PL Addict Location: Tulsa, OK	I know about the PSP having emulators, and it's pretty awesome, but I hate reading about how sony's trying to squash the homebrew firmware so nobody can use homebrew apps... and then certain games not working if you're not using sony's latest firmware, it just seems like a confusing mess to me.

10-05-2005, 06:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
Wingless Psycho Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA	Working at a video game store for the past year has shown me that if you're a gamer, that doesn't mean you're computer literate or technically inclined. I had quite a few PSP owners ask me how to do homebrew on the PSP and if you don't know what a zip file is, or hell, if you don't know how to find the stupid link on a site that says "PSP Tutorials", you're not going to do homebrew. With that fact, I'd say less than 10% of PSP owners actually go ahead with homebrew mods, and of course, it's those people who are posting on sites like this There was a point to this post, but I lost it. Bah. I'll be back __________________ Tommy Nibs is a funny word. So here I am, above palm trees, so straight and tall... You are, smaller getting smaller, but I still see... you. Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor

10-06-2005, 08:02 AM	#13 (permalink)
YaWhateva Friend Location: New Mexico	the downgrader lets you upgrade back to 2.00 anytime you want. I have the 32 MB stick just as a downgrader, and then I have the 2.00 update on my 1.00 Gig stick. It works well that way. __________________ “If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly "This is my United States of Whateva!"

10-06-2005, 08:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
Wingless Psycho Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA	Oh, and there is a 2.01 firmware upgrade now, which has the sole purpose of closing the .tif exploit. __________________ Tommy Nibs is a funny word. So here I am, above palm trees, so straight and tall... You are, smaller getting smaller, but I still see... you. Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor

10-06-2005, 03:07 PM	#15 (permalink)
YaWhateva Friend Location: New Mexico	yes don't do that! __________________ “If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly "This is my United States of Whateva!"

10-07-2005, 09:10 PM	#16 (permalink)
BAMF Crazy	if I was you I would get a sega saturn.

10-09-2005, 08:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
Kalibah Insane Location: Padded Playhouse	Only PSP gripe i have its been out for a long time now and still very limited game selection - compared to say gameboys. This long after release there would be 2 or 3x the number of games for a gameboy

10-10-2005, 08:04 AM	#18 (permalink)
Wingless Psycho Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA	cough hasn't the basic GameBoy system been out for nearly 20 years? And the PSP has been out for approximately a year in Japan? ahem although I agree with you... __________________ Tommy Nibs is a funny word. So here I am, above palm trees, so straight and tall... You are, smaller getting smaller, but I still see... you. Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor

10-10-2005, 09:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
crossova Psycho Location: new york	socom - fire team bravo is hot! madden is ok but not really that hot. hotshots golf is cool. other than that its a glorified video player for me

10-10-2005, 09:32 AM	#20 (permalink)
t3m3st Vroom! Location: Toronto	I've heard that if you play madden 06 online, the psp randomly shuts itself off... Yeah... my PSP lost it's power button. I'll get a new one as soon as I can afford it... __________________ I do it for the rare drops