GamesRadar - PSP Role Playing Games

Mimana Iyar Chronicles

The title may be tough to pronounce, but this traditional JRPG wants to delight players whether they can pronounce its name or not.

Half-Minute Hero

Equal parts love letter and roast to the beloved RPG genre, Half-Minute Hero is a crazy mix of WarioWare-style speed gaming and old-school earnestness.

Lunar: Silver Star Harmony

This remake of the beloved cult favorite is coming to the US at long last. Here's hoping it's better than the previous underwhelming recreations of this classic.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

26/06/2009

The expansion is admittedly infuriating, but few games demand such tedious tasks for so little reward and still keep us playing.

Final Fantasy

14/03/2003

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona

A remake of the first entry in the critically-acclaimed RPG series, SMT: Persona features a completely redone localization and content never before seen in North America.

Crimson Gem Saga

RPG traditionalists will be impressed with Crimson Gem Saga's vibrant backgrounds, animated sprites and well-written localization, but often the high production values outshine its mediocre gameplay.

Class of Heroes

Class of Heroes takes the hardcore experience of dungeon crawling, mixes it with increasingly easy battles, dips it in Harry Potter, sprinkles anime on top and becomes a satisfying concoction that isn't for everyone.

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Tag Force 3

28/11/2008

Another Yu-Gi-Oh! that is for the hardcore fans only. Its strategy is as impenetrable as ever for the casual player. And for the hardcore, it might prove too similar to the last one.

Mana Khemia: Student Alliance

Student Alliance is an updated port of PS2's spiritual sequel to the Atelier Iris series, Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis. Notable changes to the PSP version include faster loading times and an added multiplayer co-op mode.

Final Fantasy Agito XIII

With a stand-alone story that shares the same mythos as FFXIII, Agito has a battle system similar to that of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.

Dissidia: Final Fantasy

Dissidia: Final Fantasy delivers a great experience to fans with its deep storylines and presentation. For non-fans? One of the best fighting games for the portable system.

The 3rd Birthday

Protagonist Aya Brea is back in this spin-off of the Parasite Eve series.

Dungeon Maker II: The Hidden War

Design your own dungeons and then hack-and-slash through them in real-time in Dungeon Maker II. This sequel adds more than 150 breeds of monsters, 700 items, 90 quests and more. You can also trade dungeons with your friends to add more dungeons to your collection.

Star Ocean: Second Evolution

Second Evolution suffers from all the same flaws as its predessor First Departure, but is still a formidable RPG offering on the PSP. With two distinct storylines to play through and a ton of content to explore, it's amazing how huge this game actually is.

Valhalla Knights 2

This hack-and-slash RPG returns to PSP with two new races and more classes.

Warriors of the Lost Empire

It's not the greatest fantasy action-RPG available on the PSP. Or the best looking. In fact, calling it "mediocre" is probably being a little too generous.

Phantasy Star Portable

17/04/2009

A stripped-down port of the 360 and PS2 versions. Don't expect the same online awesomeness with this one... but pared-down 4-player isn't too terrible.

Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts

If you're itching for a hack-and-slash level-grinding experience on your PSP and don't care about story, character development, or varied gameplay, this game is your fix.

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

An undisclosed hero will search out a Keyblade master in the PSP's Kingdom Hearts prequel. Will it be Roxas, or maybe FFVII's Zack? Let the speculation begin!