Spelunky
Sound Shapes
LittleBigPlanet (easily my favorite game in the series)
P4G
Tearaway
Hotline Miami
Sound Shapes
LittleBigPlanet (easily my favorite game in the series)
P4G
Tearaway
Hotline Miami
What are your esential games for PS Vita?
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For more casual portable play:
- Lumines: Electronic Symphony
- The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
- Rogue Legacy
Persona 4 Golden
Killzone Mercenary
Muramasa Rebirth.
Soul Sacrifice
Freedom Wars
Also, there's a game I can't remember the name for the life of me so I'd have to check at home, that is a 2d game where you play as the rebellion commander on a kingdom, There's a ps4 version as well which you plays as the queen of the kingdom. It looked pretty neat, but I didn't get around to it.
Killzone Mercenary
Muramasa Rebirth.
Soul Sacrifice
Freedom Wars
Also, there's a game I can't remember the name for the life of me so I'd have to check at home, that is a 2d game where you play as the rebellion commander on a kingdom, There's a ps4 version as well which you plays as the queen of the kingdom. It looked pretty neat, but I didn't get around to it.
First post wins again! Other recommendations:
Muramasa Rebirth
YS IV: Memoeries of Celceta
Freedom Wars
Killzone Mercenaries
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Freedom Wars
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2
PSP:
Final Fantasy Dissidia 012
YS: 1&2/ 3/ 7
PS1:
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC/SC
Breath of Fire IV
Xenogears
Parastie Eve 1& 2
Final Fantasy 7/8/9
Muramasa Rebirth
YS IV: Memoeries of Celceta
Freedom Wars
Killzone Mercenaries
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Freedom Wars
Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2
PSP:
Final Fantasy Dissidia 012
YS: 1&2/ 3/ 7
PS1:
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC/SC
Breath of Fire IV
Xenogears
Parastie Eve 1& 2
Final Fantasy 7/8/9
Not unless you Absolutely need it on your Vita...
Also seconding iceblade's Undertale rec if you haven't played it, it's a great experience!
All of them. Even bad games are made better just by virtue of being on the Vita. It's what sets Vita apart from every other platform. You don't play Vita because it has a game. You play a game because it's on the Vita.
But to answer the question, good lord where do I begin? On the visual novel front you've got all time greats like Steins Gate and to a lesser extent Steins Gate 0, Virtues Last Reward and all 3 Danganronpa games. All must plays. Killzone Mercenary is still the top FPS on a portable. Spelunky, Binding of Isaac and Rogue Legacy all great roguelikes. Get TxK one of the top Vita games for sure. Vita has such a killer library I could go on and on.
But to answer the question, good lord where do I begin? On the visual novel front you've got all time greats like Steins Gate and to a lesser extent Steins Gate 0, Virtues Last Reward and all 3 Danganronpa games. All must plays. Killzone Mercenary is still the top FPS on a portable. Spelunky, Binding of Isaac and Rogue Legacy all great roguelikes. Get TxK one of the top Vita games for sure. Vita has such a killer library I could go on and on.
All of this.
Stardew Valley, Binding of Isaac, Rogue Legacy, and Hotline Miami are all perfect to play on Vita.
I put countless hours into all of them.
I put countless hours into all of them.
This, War of the Lions, and Muramasa Rebirth are my favorite games on the platform.
Utawarerumono Trilogy is a must own, Trails of Cold Steel 1&2 and Muv Luv Extra/Unlimited and Alternative as well.
Not Vita specifically, but Killzone Liberation on PSP is excellent. I think you can play it on the Vita, I'm not sure.
P4G
Tearaway (better version than PS4)
Danganronpa
Dragon's crown
Guacamelee
Uncharted
Assasin's Creed Liberty
Gravity Rush
Jak & Daxter
Hotline Miami
OlliOlli2
Those are my favorite games on the Vita
The guacamelee team also made Severed, but haven't played it, because my Vita died
Tearaway (better version than PS4)
Danganronpa
Dragon's crown
Guacamelee
Uncharted
Assasin's Creed Liberty
Gravity Rush
Jak & Daxter
Hotline Miami
OlliOlli2
Those are my favorite games on the Vita
The guacamelee team also made Severed, but haven't played it, because my Vita died
I had to use my sea bands due to motion sickness that game gave me, but I ended up loving it.
I would suggest playing Steins;Gate before you play 0.
Killzone Mercenaries. It's the best FPS handheld game can find. It's more structured around the portability, it's got great visuals for what it does, the games really got a fun fleshed out MP mode with bots.
Tearaway. Most charming game I've played that puts a smile on my face throughout the whole duration. Makes unique use of the Vita features for gameplay/platforming purposes.
Soul Sacrifice Delta. Very fun gameplay, incredible lore, great bosses. I've played through a lot of monster type games and this was my favourite one.
LBP vita is often overlooked but it's a great game that's just as good as the console versions but it's shorter in length.
Tearaway. Most charming game I've played that puts a smile on my face throughout the whole duration. Makes unique use of the Vita features for gameplay/platforming purposes.
Soul Sacrifice Delta. Very fun gameplay, incredible lore, great bosses. I've played through a lot of monster type games and this was my favourite one.
LBP vita is often overlooked but it's a great game that's just as good as the console versions but it's shorter in length.
Soul Sacrifice Delta
Persona 4
Muramasa Rebirth Complete
Wipeout 2048
Everybody's Golf
Danganronpa Trilogy
Ys Origins
Tales of Hearts R
Freedom Wars
Uncharted Golden Abyss
Killzone Mercenary
Suikoden 1+2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tactics Ogre
Persona 3 Portable
La-Mulana
Spelunky
Rogue Legacy
Persona 4
Muramasa Rebirth Complete
Wipeout 2048
Everybody's Golf
Danganronpa Trilogy
Ys Origins
Tales of Hearts R
Freedom Wars
Uncharted Golden Abyss
Killzone Mercenary
Suikoden 1+2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Tactics Ogre
Persona 3 Portable
La-Mulana
Spelunky
Rogue Legacy
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I can see that from the lists here, pretty much. Saying that though, the biggest draw for me is not exclusivity, but portability. Just played the opening 2 hours of MGS at my girlfriend's house while she took a nap.
Also indie titles... when I had a Switch I spent most of my time playing those. The vita is such a great retro/indie machine.
Persona 4 Golden, easily the best Vita exclusive. I also enjoyed playing Sly Cooper Collection on the system.
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MGS plays so well on this system, not sure why people were saying it controls badly
Disabled back pad and moved l2 and r2 to the right hand side of the screen (l2 top, r2 bottom) and it plays great.
The one thing it took me time wrapping my head around coming back to this game was no crouch stealth.
Disabled back pad and moved l2 and r2 to the right hand side of the screen (l2 top, r2 bottom) and it plays great.
The one thing it took me time wrapping my head around coming back to this game was no crouch stealth.
Let me add some games that haven't been mentioned a lot.
Perfect quick fix games:
Downwell
Hotline Miami
Luftrausers
SteamWorld Heist
Great meaty games:
BlazBlue Chronophantasma Extend
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Dragon Quest Builders
Lost Dimension
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines
Shinobido 2
SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
Stardew Valley
Super Robot Wars V
Trails of Cold Steel 1-2
Play these only if you have 3.60 Henkaku Enso CFW with LOLIcon/PSVshell and Vitagrafix plugins + other misc tweaks:
Borderlands 2
God of War Collection
Killzone Mercenary
Trails in the Sky 1-3 + Zero Evolution (with English patches)
Minecraft
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus 1+2
Taiko No Tatsujin V (with English patch)
NFS Most Wanted
Generally I'd advise everyone to crack their Vitas and install 3.60 Henkaku Enso in order to use Micro SD cards and enjoy stable 30/60fps with bunch of games running native res.
Perfect quick fix games:
Downwell
Hotline Miami
Luftrausers
SteamWorld Heist
Great meaty games:
BlazBlue Chronophantasma Extend
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Dragon Quest Builders
Lost Dimension
Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines
Shinobido 2
SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
Stardew Valley
Super Robot Wars V
Trails of Cold Steel 1-2
Play these only if you have 3.60 Henkaku Enso CFW with LOLIcon/PSVshell and Vitagrafix plugins + other misc tweaks:
Borderlands 2
God of War Collection
Killzone Mercenary
Trails in the Sky 1-3 + Zero Evolution (with English patches)
Minecraft
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus 1+2
Taiko No Tatsujin V (with English patch)
NFS Most Wanted
Generally I'd advise everyone to crack their Vitas and install 3.60 Henkaku Enso in order to use Micro SD cards and enjoy stable 30/60fps with bunch of games running native res.
While I can't fully support this as a must have, it's damn close. I bought this at Vita launch, and it's one incredibly huge package, with lots of gameplay to be had. Tenchu essentially in handheld form, without the level editor, but there is a metric ton of things to do in the game. Duck it, yea, it's an essential game all right.
I'm gonna be that guy and say I did not like the changes in P4G. Marie is the devil incarnate.
The real answers are Soul Sacrifice and Danganronpa.
The real answers are Soul Sacrifice and Danganronpa.
If you want SNES and co. get an hacked New3DS , and the DS version is the better overall., if you want Ps1 get an hacked Vita.
Haven't played mine in a while, but my final lineup was something like:
- P4G (best game on the system)
- Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (my most played game)
- Rayman Origins
- Danganronpa 1
- Final Fantasy X HD
- Rogue Legacy
- Spelunky
- Shiren The Wanderer
- Hotline Miami
- Shovel Knight
- P4 DAN