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.
"The sequel expands the universe with fresh colourful biomes and Moja to take on, without losing any of the first game's magic. The songs stay spellbinding, the LocoRoco even more expressive; a generous, radiant follow-up."
"The add-on disc that grafts Burst content onto the original God Eater, only useful for owners of the base game. Handy for day-one buyers, but newcomers are better off with the complete edition."
"Daxter as a pest exterminator could have been a throwaway idea; it turns out to be one of the PSP's best platformers. The dreamlike minigames pay tribute to classic cinema and Josh Mancell's score is genuinely remarkable."
"The first Final Fantasy lovingly modernised, with the bonus Soul of Chaos dungeon and refreshed visuals and music; the ideal way to rediscover the saga's origins without pulling hair out. A madeleine, beautifully restored."
"A rare-intensity sound horror whose binaural cues make players literally jump under headphones. The multiple endings and bad endings leave a lasting mark; a Corpse Party that genuinely sticks."
"Adol washes up on Canaan and dives into the Ark of Napishtim's mysteries, in a very accessible Ys VI via Konami. Fluid real-time combat, elemental swords and Falcom Sound Team's rock score; perfect to discover the saga in Europe."
"Prince Laharl, Etna and Flonne on a handheld is simply perfect, and the exclusive Etna mode alone earns the price of admission. Over a hundred hours of ceiling-free Item World grinding; NIS tactics gone truly nomadic."
"Gabriel Logan runs infiltration missions against an organisation developing a bioweapon, in a surprisingly ambitious portable Syphon Filter. Sony Bend pushes the PSP technically very far, dense scenario and ad hoc versus as a bonus."
"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."
