"The PSP is still alive and kicking; just look at all these RPGs coming out. Here are scans of 10 upcoming PSP RPGs." -Janelle on RPGLand
2019 is a big year for The Legend of Heroes. Both of the Trails of Cold Steel installments that appeared on the PS3, Vita and PC are coming to the PS4 with more voice acting than every before. This is to prepare for the console's shift to the PS4 outside of Japan with Trails of Cold Steel III, which is on the way. It is a great time to get into this Nihon Falcom series. But, how should someone get started? Well, reading this guide might help.
Just bought The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel literally an hour ago, I was on the fence of buying it right now because I know I'm not going to be able to play it right away, between work and my backlog it will be months, but then decided to do it and pay full price now so I could support the series and the localization of the next ones in the series / possibly a new one
Been playing the Decisive edition since release and I've been loving every minute of it. First-time player here. Story is great, love the characters and I've been taking my time exploring the world. About 80-hours in and I'm only in Chapter 4, average level 42. Trying to max out/discover everything during my first play-through with multiple save files. Is it possible?
VGChartz: “While the PSP definitely got off to a flying start in terms of sales thanks to the promise of console quality gaming on the go, things took a downturn in the following years due to a variety of factors including increasing competition from the DS & phones, and a lack of quality exclusives. In Japan, one franchise injected new life into the little handheld turning it from a decent seller into the must-have machine in the country - this was, of course, Monster Hunter.
Capcom's co-operative action-adventure series was born on the PS2 but found a much better audience on the PSP, where local ad-hoc play became somewhat of a phenomenon in the country. Each successive release sold better than the previous entry, culminating in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd clearing nearly 5 million copies. The stage was all set for the franchise to make the jump to Sony's new handheld in 2011, but in a surprise piece of news it was announced the series would instead be transitioning to Nintendo's new 3DS handheld.
With the audience still very much interested in buying a true next-gen successor on the Vita despite the hardware shift, other companies stepped in to attempt to plug the gap in the market, leading to a large variety of imitator franchises on the Vita. It's these series I'm intending to examine in this article - what they are (including many that actually pre-dated Monster Hunter or appeared alongside it on PSP), how many entries Vita saw, how well they sold, and how well they succeeded at providing a co-operative hunting experience.”
Lol i remember soul sacrifice, i remember when people hyped it up to be the next monster esque game, it was fun for a while but it didn't do it for me.
Honestly, story wise, I enjoyed it more than Monster Hunter, but it's comparing apples to oranges really.
I don't play monster hunter for story, honestly the monster games have terrible stories but I still love them. I couldn't stand the bland environments in soul sacrifice and having to regenerate the abilities.
Freedom wars, God eater, Toukiden, and soul sacrifice I loved. Well the single player stories that is which is the one thing the mh games lacked to me. Very underrated games.
wow wow stop there lack of quality exclusives? Crisis Core FFVII, Dissidia, Dissidia 012, The 3rd Birthday, KH BBS, Type 0, other SE games, 2 GOW games, DW games, MGS Peace Walker, Dragon Ball Tag Tenkaichi (best DB on the go ever), tons of best anime games including Yu Gi Oh GX, Gundam, HxH, Naruto and so more, Megan Man X, Gran Turismo, 2 GTA games, without mentioning other PS exclusives and MH. PSP main issue was the HACK, without hacking I assume psp games would had sold much better. best portable device ever. with ton of PS1 classics.
I actually thought Freedom Wars was excellent. Loved the setting, loved the combat, in some aspects I think it beats even Monster Hunter World. (Although MH's scale, scope and depth makes it better overall) I'd love to see a sequel or spiritual successor.
Geoff Embree has released a full English translation patch for 7th Dragon 2020 on PSP.
And how many do we reckon will make it to Europe?
0.
I can only imagine how being a PSP owner must feel like in Japan with release after release.
With the Vita though, it's looking more and more likely.
I wish all of these were coming to US on Vita at least. I would totally buy them up. If they come out for vita they can be put in the limelight as they will be beside a fresh and new handheld system, also TROPHIES!!!! PSP has so many stellar RPGs that everyone totally slept on.
-Crimson Gem Saga
-Crisis Core:FFVII
-FFT:War of the Lions
-Jeanne D'Arc
-Dissidia Duodecim(RPG/Fighter)
-Disgaea
-Hexyz Force
-God Eater(RPGish)
-Clandunx2
-Legend of Heroes:TITS
and the massive plethora of JRPGs that seemingly won't make it stateside :(