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.
- Uncharted Golden Abyss
- LittleBigPlanet Vita or PSP
- Tearaway
- Killzone Mercenary or Resistance Burning Skies
- persona 4 goldens or persona 3 portable
- metal gear solid hd or peace walker
- Assassins Creed III Liberation
- Any of the PS2 rereleases like Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper and God or War (Jak and Daxter was buggy apparently)
- [INSERT INDI GAME FROM 2010-2018 HERE] Retro City Rampage, Guacamelee, Curse of the Moon, Shantae Half Genie Hero, Stealth In, Steam World Dig, Spelunky, etc.
PSP Games
- Star Wars Battlefront Renegade or Elite Squadron
- Killzone Liberation
- Resistance Retribution
- PSP God or War
- Ratchet and Clank Size Matters
- Ghostbusters
- Assassins Creed Bloodlines
- Star Wars Lethal Alliance
- GTA Vice/Liberty City Stories
- PataPon 1-3
Modded Vita
- GTA SAN Andreas
- Fallout 2 CE
- Spyro 1-3 PS1
Additional recommendations
- PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe/Ultimate HD
- Wipeout 2048
- Axiom Verge
- Sound Shapes
My son got my vita for his birthday and I have to say tearaway is really one of the best games which rally takes all the features of the vita and blends it into a very creative and fun game.
I mostly use mine for the PS1, PS2 and PSP games that were released for it. I actually don’t think I have a single original Vita game installed. I tried out the Killzone game but could never gel with anything that used the back touch panels. They never worked right for me.
I still love it, though. It’s my favourite way to play all those ports and remasters.
Touch My Katamari, Lumines Electronic Symphony & Wipeout 2048 were my most played games on my Vita. It was better suited for titles like that than story ones IMO.
Zero Escape: VLR was great if you like VNs, so was Zero Escape: ZTD. Danganronpa, same deal. Gravity Rush was fun.
The problem with the Vita is that almost everything good on it has been ported out to other platforms. So while it had a bunch of great exclusives during its lifetime, there isn’t much that hasn’t been remade or ported at this point.
Holy shit there’s a Katamari Vita game?! That was my childhood!!!
Definitely give Wipeout 2048 a try. It’s easily the best in the series imo and really feels like a proper evolution of F-Zero GX. It’s a shame it was never ported to consoles because it would look amazing on a big screen in HD.
Go acquire a copy of Persona 4 Golden and we’ll see you in 3-6 weeks. Play it blind the first time, save guides or heavy save scumming experimentation for NG+
Edit: I may or may not own a vita purely for P4G 🤫
I assume you’ve modded your vita, if so both Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre are great PSP games to play as well.
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.
If I had a Vita, I’d play Silent Hill Book of Memories. I heard it’s a really bad game, but as a Silent Hill fan, I’d still like to try it as it is exclusive to that console.
Also, Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 on a handheld sound pretty cool
Guacamelee! great side scrolling game platform with a decent story https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guacamelee!
Time Spinner is available on other platforms, but I enjoy playing it on the Vita
I picked up one the other week for similar reasons to you, and apart from the other suggestions you’ve received I would recommend:
- Olli Olli - quick to play skateboarding game
- Helldivers - still find MP games
- Grim Fandango - get it for the soundtrack
