The PSP put a home console in your pocket, with the UMD format and big hits: God of War Chains of Olympus, GTA Liberty City Stories, Monster Hunter, Persona 3 Portable. This Top 50 gathers the best of Sony's handheld, re-tested and re-ranked by RomWize, each title with its re-evaluated score, its versions, their rarity and their collector value.
"A branching battle map with multiple routes and an aircraft customisation loop that gets seriously addictive. For a first PSP Ace Combat, the work Namco put in still impresses and the replay value holds up."
"The definitive cut of Final Fantasy Tactics with voiced cutscenes, two FFXII guest characters and a rebalanced ruleset. The grandeur of the Ivalice story has lost none of its bite; an all-time tactical landmark."
"Reid and Farah meet Meredy and set out to stop the Grand Dast Calamity between two planets. European Tales of Eternia on PSP remains an ideal doorway to the Tales saga, with Sakuraba's sublime score and a dense scenario."
"A clever compilation cherry-picking from the first three Burnouts to deliver a coherent best-of. Crash and Road Rage still hit like a freight train; perfect for taking on five friends over ad hoc without preamble."
"The sequel adds animated music videos in the background, Black Eyed Peas and Blink-182 in the mix, while keeping classic skins accessible. More pop, flashier, but it lands hard and the cadence stays unstoppable."
"Nayuta explores celestial ruins as the seasons shift, an unexpected Falcom title detached from the Kiseki saga. Fluid real-time combat, Sound Team score at its peak; one of the PSP's best-kept secrets."
"FFIV, its interlude and The After Years gathered with gorgeous HD 2D visuals and a remastered Uematsu score. Eighty hours of play, hand-touched pixel art; arguably the finest version of FFIV out there."
"Two years after the original, Emilia and Nagisa renew the formula with beefed-up photon arts and brand-new planets. Sega holds its course, ad hoc co-op stays a delight, and the scenario grows in scope and richness."
"The Western version of the Lunar remake, with revised English dub and remastered score. XSEED is meticulous and gives fans a proper doorway to Alex and Luna; a localisation that deeply respects the original work."
"Terra, Aqua and Ventus across three braided storylines: a Kingdom Hearts of wild scope for the PSP. The Command Deck brings real bite to combat, and Square Enix delivers one of the saga's most moving prequels."
