I picked up a Vita recently. So far, Gravity Rush is the only game that I definitely want to play. Any other recommendations? I’m pretty open with genres, as long as it’s something with a story.
Gravity Rush is great. Persona 4 Golden and all of the Danganronpa series were my favorites on the Vita.
Muramasa Rebirth was also good, though I don’t remember much about the story.
Huge Danganronpa fan actually, but I’ve played them all on other systems. I’ve somehow played P3 and P5 without P4, so thats a great recommendation!
I would recommend Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. I played that on my Vita back in the day and thought it was great! It has a similar puzzle narrative like Danganronpa but I would say it’s more escape room puzzle like.
IMO, the Vita is the best platform for playing Hotline Miami.
Try Soul Sacrifice Delta if you are into dark games.
If you are into action RPGs, check out Odin Sphere.
Also, a good chunk of the PS1 and PSP libraries are compatible with the Vita, so it’s worth trying out some classics. I still boot up my Vita once in a while just to play Symphony of the Night.
Multiplayer games? Freedom wars, soul sacrifice delta, toukiden, various warriors games (e.g. dynasty warriors, samurai warriors, pirate warriors, etc), Darius burst, Spelunky, dragon’s crown,
My favorite single player games are: muramasha rebirth, odin sphere, tearaway, persona 4 golden, rogue ace, luftrausers, rogue legacy, steam world, binding of Isaac. Vita has a strong collection of indie games.
The vita can be unlocked to run homebrew/emulator, overclock,and to use SD card instead of the pricey Sony proprietary card. Check out https://vita.hacks.guide if you want to learn more. People also ported various games not released on vita such as GTA San Andreas, Bully, etc. check out https://github.com/MuxaJlbl4/Awesome-PlayStation-Vita and https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/List_of_Vita_homebrew_games for more.
I would NEVER buy a vita just to unlock it and play the Tales of Innocence English Patch. Idk what you’re talking about, piracy is illegal!!!1 And what sort of loser drunkenly impulse purchases a video game system on eBay because they want to play one game?
edit: if you are reading this, you definitely shouldn’t buy an SD2Vita card for a dollar on AliExpress, which is like 1/10th the price of Amazon and the exact same product. Just like you should never engage in piracy!
Check out the Ys series on PSP and Vita, they are some of the best games I’ve played through on my Vita. Digitalemelas.com has a lot of really good info on it.
Also obligatory Persona 4 Golden
I see Ys mentioned a lot! I’m a casual JRPG fan (played Persona 3, 5, maybe half the Tales games, maybe 3-4 FF games, Xenoblade trilogy, Bravely Default + both sequels, 2 or 3 Dragon Quest games, and probably a handful of others). Anything in particular that you’d compare Ys with? And do you recommend I play it in any specific order? I skimmed the site and it looks like they’re all connected, although not in order, which makes me think of MGS.
I’m just getting started with Ys myself having just finished I&II and moving to Origins. I’m playing on a Steam Deck and using this site to determine my play order.
So far I’m getting the impression that this series is going to be kind of like Zelda, but instead of exploration, puzzles and gizmos, you get storytelling, combat and magical items. There are probably much better comparisons to other popular franchises, but this is just what popped into my head as of starting Origins last night.
Yup you nailed it, think classic top down Zelda but with more fast paced bump combat/hack n slash combat depending on which game you’re playing, and less puzzles. Don’t be ashamed to use a walkthrough for Ys 1 and 2 as they are originally made in the late 80s/early 90s and have some obscure elements to them (find a boss before getting x item and you will get one shotted/ won’t be able to damage him, etc)
Tearaway was designed from the ground up to be played on the Vita and I’d say it does a pretty fantastic job of using that hardware well. It’s also super cute.
Tearaway is a great game to sink your teeth into to figure out what the vita is capable of. Sadly nobody ever takes it as far as that or beyond so it’s downhill from then on for unique experiences. Kinda like nintendo land on wii u. Showcases the huge potential of the system that nobody ever follows up on.
