Topic: PSP Fan Thread

Hahahahaha! Square? Putting the games on PSN?

Seriously though, they still refuse to give the Go buyers the option to play Birth By Sleep.

I never thought I'd say this, but... I ma PSP.

@Machu

Whatcha playing?

It's a two disk set, last I heard. Sounds like a PSN release would be difficult.

Maybe on the NGP then? I have to play this game somehow, along with all the other SE PSP titles (including Dissidia 012) D:

_{of course the first dissidia was released on the PSN, so I can hope}

Tactics Ogre is also on PSN, and we're apparently getting FF1 and FF2 at some point. Square-Enix is getting better when it comes to PSN releases for sure. I just think Type-0 might be a problem and will probably take a while.

Let us hope they release it on PSN as it looks awesome.

I'm looking forward to Valkyria Chronicles 3 though more.

FF 1 and 2 is out here... But no sign of Tactics Ogre in Australia yet

Woah, I am surprised, because you used to hate Sony. What game are you playing that changed your opinion on the PSP?

By the way, is anyone else going to buy The 3rd Birthday besides me? It is coming out in NA on March 29th.

I was totally gonna put my Birthday money towards it, until I read some reader impressions, which make it sounds like it sucks. Bosses take way too long to take down (though some do have tricks), the gameplay gets repetitive, and the story is batty and not particularly good. I'll still get it to judge it for myself, but after I've gotten a job and everything so I have some spare cash for it. It helps that it's only $30.

Hey, found Tactics Ogre. Downloading

Are you familiar with the Tactics Ogre game, Waltz, because if not, you're in for a treat.

I'd rank it as one of the best, and most satisfying games I've ever played (even though when I first played it through emulation, I couldn't read the Japanese text, and the shop screen was corrupted).

Naturally, I jumped at the opportunity to buy it in Europe (despite not owning a PSP - thankfully, my sister graced me with her old PSP in exchange for some wii downloads), and it's turning out to be a much better game.

I was a bit dissapointed you couldn't train your troops individually initially (in fact, they remove the whole training function altogether), as it means your troops (denim, katchua and characters like that aside) end up dispensible. "Oh no! Rodney's died. Oh well. I'll just recruit a level 20 clone in all but name..."

In the end, I don't think it matters too much.

I've played the two Ogre Battle, and Tactics Ogre on the GBA.

It's a great series, but I personally do prefer Final Fantasy tactics. Perhaps partly because I wish that the series had have stuck with the RTS format. My initial impressions of the PSP game are the same (and the visuals are nowhere near as clear as I would like), but I can see myself sinking many hours into ts game anyway.

The Third Birthday is definitely on my list of games to play this year, but with 3DS coming out on the 27th, it will be awhile before I get to it.

Anybody played Killzone Liberation? After wrapping up the Killzone 3 review, I had to go back to this Awesome PSP version of the series. Great game!

Vagrant Story finally hits US PSN!

PSP Mini Enigmo and A Space Shooter for Two Bucks are both incredible games on the cheap that you guys should check out as well.

I didn't care for the controls in Killzone Liberation.

Vagrant Story is pretty great so far, btw, and I really wanna pick up A Space Shooter for Two Bucks someday.

I have VS stored in my PS3 game files. The controls are really weird and I accidentally skipped dialogue as you have no clue on when a cutscenes occurs.

Yeah, Vagrant Story definitely took some getting used to. I still haven't quite gotten it down, actually. I still end up destorying blocks when I meant to jump.

Indeed, it's the Japanese layout I think...a recent game I played does this too...which was annoying but I've since gotten used to it.

Another thing that puts me off of this game is the visuals...brown makes the already ugly ploys look even more revolting.

Just found out one of my favourite PS2 games was ported to PSP and is available on PSN. Look up The Red Star. It's a cross between Streets of Rage with RPG elements and bullet hell shmups (like Ikaruga). It's most fun with a friend, though I don't know if the PSP version has 2P mode. Some gameplay footage:

The Red Star reminds me of a Metal Slug/Shadow Complex mash up more then Streets of Rage.

Hmm. To clarify, The Red Star involves more HtH combat than is shown in the video but the players there are noobs and keep using their guns for everything. In general you use melee weapons for smaller enemies and guns for bosses but there are plenty of exceptions to that rule. If you fast forward to about 1:30 it shows a a sub-boss which reveals its bullet hell influences. The genre crossover in the game is pretty original.

Gameplay occurs in a 3D environment like arcade beat 'em ups (SoR, TMNT, Power Stone) rather than on a side-scrolling 2D plane (Metal Slug, Shadow Complex, Contra). Plus there is no platforming since there isn't a jump button, nor can you aim your gun vertically. The comparison between TRS and SoR is a common one which I agree with.

Oh, and it has the obligatory descending elevator level where enemies jump down at you. Good times.