My wife just surprised me with a new PSP battery after listening to me moan about not having one ever since reading PerfectDark’s most recent PSP article. After messing around with broken USB cables and jumping through hoops to un-spoof my old prome-2 firmware version for too long last night, I finally got ARK4 running and had a blast playing Wipeout Pure.
My favourite PSP game back in the day was probably Monster Hunter Freedom Unite… so many late nights spent playing that with friends in my freezing flat. There was something special about LAN parties with handheld games. I remember putting serious hours into Peace Walker and Dissidia too.
Now I want some game recommendations… tell me which games you loved on the PSP! I might even have a look around for some UMDs!
Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3 are PSP exclusives, if you liked the first one on PC or PS3 (I think the 3rd game needs a fan translation patch though).
There’s a couple decent Jak & Daxter exclusives, too.
I played VC2! Not sure if I ever finished it though… I should give it another go!
From what I recall the 2nd game is regarded by some as the weakest in the series, while the 3rd is considered quite good, so if you don’t click with the 2nd’s school theme and anime tropes, you may want to skip to the 3rd one, which I think has a more serious tone.