Top 10 Most Criminally Underrated PSP JRPGs

I bring you my personal picks for the most underrated JRPGs on the PSP. Some of them used to be hidden gems. Not anymore!
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[@TheKyuuzu]

You are criminally underrated as well Erick.

[@jzblue345]

Tear of Vermillion artwork in the thumbnail is badass.

[@emmanuelblas5861]

I'm a french fan of yours video. thanks for choosing Jeanne d'arc

[@shawnsilver3430]

Great game I agree also for number 1

[@alexandrojavierpinto2501]

And those you already mention before: Hexyz Force, Mystic Chronicles, Ragnarok Tactics, etc.

[@djsangre]

Hexyz Force was a revelation! A true hidden gem.

[@eduardoruiz8725]

Ah! Jeanne D'arc, what a excellent game!

[@danielmales123]

It was suprisingly good

[@aaronpischke5019]

Yeah, it's a legitimate masterpiece in my mind. I almost NEVER replay super long games, but I've returned to Jeanne D'arc several times over the years. It's really THAT good.

[@danielmales123]

@@aaronpischke5019 is the game on the vita store?

[@aaronpischke5019]

@@danielmales123 It doesn't look like it. 😥

[@danielmales123]

@@aaronpischke5019 shame lots of psp games that never made it to vita i miss crisis core to

[@Soukenshi]

Very fond memories of working my way through Jeanne D'Arc on my commute to and from work back in the day. I was a little reluctant to start it because I worried I would be frustrated with the difficulty and forget what I was doing when I inevitably had to out it down mid-battle, but I fell so in love with it that I ended up playing it almost exclusively after I would get home from work, which was super rare for me with handheld games. Agree completely with the recommendation there!

[@djsangre]

Half Minute Hero is awesome as a commuter game! Seriously, my home-work trip have never been so funny and the PSPgo fits in every pocket.

[@danielmales123]

Half minute hero was a blast and had a great soundtrack

[@ZealPropht]

Hi there! I love your videos. You’re always excited to talk about RPGs, and you give fair and honest assessments on things you did and didn’t like about them. Keep up the great work!

[@ThePerro]

I would’ve also added Crimson Gem Saga. I saw that you played it recently on a livestream, it’s definitely a solid JRPg

[@formerlostcause3573]

as much as i like crimson gem saga.it does not belong here.this list is about J.R.P.G(JAPANESE role playing games).crimson gem saga is a korean rpg

[@ThePerro]

@@formerlostcause3573 Oh really? That's fair. On that note, it'd be neat to see Erik do a video about RPGs that were made in different countries, aside from the US and Japan

[@formerlostcause3573]

@@ThePerro damn he acually did it

[@ThePerro]

@@formerlostcause3573 Ha! And Crimson Gem Saga is on that list lol Erick rocks.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

As always we only heard of half of these :), fun and insightful as always Erick thank you for sharing your passion :)

[@alexvanderpool88]

Tales of Eternia was my introduction to the Tales franchise, back on PS1. I'm also happy to see Jeanne D'arc here. I was in love with that game when it came out.

[@wabisabi7755]

I got traumatized by Tales of Eternia for PSP because it bugged out when I arrived at Chambard. 😔 That being said, Eternia is a fantastic game and I recommend it to everyone.

[@roguerifter9724]

My best friend would definitely agree with your number 1. Jeanne D'arc was the first PSP game I ever owned because its his favorite PSP game so he got me a copy when he got me a PSP for Christmas a few years ago.

[@thunderousavenger2382]

What a lad

[@AlGoreBitesTheWeeny]

GROWLANSER!! one of my favorite series, though this one is lower on my list. Hardly anyone mentions these games. thank you.

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

Tales of Eternia was awsome!

[@Kaitou1412Fangirl]

I want to play that one! A Japanese group called Garnet Crow did the opening in Japan, and that piqued my interest.

[@yonesobi]

PS version is good but the PSP was better for me

[@Kaitou1412Fangirl]

@Vegesther If that happens, I'll eat my hat. Namco has a history of treating western fans like trash. Granted, I do have a PS2...

[@cinnamonblade64]

I always follow your channel in search of underrated JRPGs in every console. Props to you, man. You do an excellent job. If anyone reading this knows any other channel or site that does similar work with other genres of games, let me know, please.

[@joydivson]

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[@jumpupsupercast3785]

Nice, gotta love seeing Jeanne D'arc getting attention. We're doing an episode on that next for one of our series lol

[@Char_009]

I played Growlanser 4 last year thanks for your recomendation, and oh man is a great game fun to play and some missions are hard, I wish Atlus make another game with the same game mechanic.

[@thomasgellhaus306]

Is Jeanne D'Arc really so under-rated? It's usually on every list of "best strategy rpgs" for the PSP that I see. I'm a bit surprised you didn't include PoPoLoCrois, or Brave Story: New Traveler, since I know you like both games.

[@martybalamb4174]

I think that Jeanne D'arc is very well known nowadays but in its time it wasn´t that much though.

[@Demokaze]

You've talked about Growlanser so many times but I've never got around to checking any entry in the series. I wish Atlus, or whoever holds the rights to the IP would do a collection release so I could play them all on a single platform.

[@QueenViolet8]

Yeah 😊I would hope they would release it on the Switch due to the whole internal time bomb that’s in the PS4 🤨

[@lupinelancer9032]

My man, I wholly agree with the top 5, working through Jeanne D'Arc, just got Gilles in my party and have the Gagrvel trilogy of Legend of Heroes bookmarked to emulate come the new billing cycle

[@taskvasdekis]

I agree with Silver Star Complete, the quality of life changes vastly improve the game. I still love and own the original, but it's basically just on display for me, but I absolutely fell in love with the original localized by Working Designs. It's not like the remake nullifies the originals existence, so just enjoy both! =)

[@Tenpouin]

Nayuta no Kiseki is a must play on PSP. It has a fan translation. A remaster was announced for PS4, but I have my doubts if it will be localized

[@anderxale1]

Cranking out the great content! Thanks for the videos!

[@FreeRPGer]

Good picks. I have most of these, except Eternia, which I have on PS1. As for Eternia released as Destiny II in the US, that was not a mistake at all. Namco called it Destiny II because Mattel had a copyright on the *Eternia* name due to *He Man & the Masters of the Universe.* Because of that, I'm so PO'ed @ Eternia/Destiny II, because we never got the "true" Destiny 2 because of it, which I would've preferred to have gotten here in the US (because Destiny is my favorite Tales game ... as well as Phantasia).

[@justjoshininjapan700]

I love the Level-5 Mecha Action JRPGS! Both the Gundam AGE games as well as the LBX （ダンボール戦機) games! Still underrated in my opinion.

[@srjohnwinstonlennon]

GrowLanser is by far one of my favorites games of all time! I finished the 2, 3, 4 and 5, the 4 is by far my favorite. Never founded the 6 and the 1 is only in japanese, so I'd never understand the history. But really, people got to know this serie!!!

[@srjohnwinstonlennon]

I liked the 2; the 3 is also pretty good, but by far the 4 is the better!

[@srjohnwinstonlennon]

@John Mayer really? Then I'll give it another try. Follow a guide or something, to understand the story

[@Char_009]

Yeah 4 is an amazing game, I wish Atlus make another game with the same game mechanic, is so funny and hard sometimes.

[@suntzu4607]

I just realized that I haven't finished most of the games here except Oath of Felgana, Phantasy Star 1 and 2, and Fate/Extra. ESPECIALLY Fate/Extra. God knows how many times I've finished the game to the point that I unlocked the move sets of all enemies except bosses because in this game, the more you fight the enemy, the more you gain info about them and unlock their attack patterns.

[@PuppyPawsGamingYT]

I loved mana khemia! i lplayed both the ps2 and psp versions and i still have the second one to play on ps2.

[@Kaitou1412Fangirl]

I'm interested in that game. The protagonist especially intrigues me, as I have several characters with dark pasts and secrets.

[@Azael1332Xrd]

More games than I consider underrated: Deph Heaven series (riviera the promised land, yggdra union, knights in the nightmare and gungnir) Too bad Sting (who created that franchise) left her forgotten and incomplete; that's right, riviera is episode 1,yggdra is the ep2, knights is the fourth and gungnir is the 9. Since then, it's been 10 years and no title has come out of the franchise. (when 3ds and psvita were announced, I thought it would be a fact for this to happen, but the wait became endless) But going into details, the 4 games (all available on PSP) have quite unique mechanics. But I see that almost no one talks about them and very rarely recommends them. Kingdom of paradise/key of heaven: an ARPG, created by Sony Japan Studio, is not the big deal, but stands out in some things.

[@sunekoo]

Yes, THANK YOU! I absolutely love this series. A shame Gungnir didn’t sell enough (I assume) to get a sequel as the story is left hanging. One of the best srpgs I’ve played though.

[@YacDiesel]

I’m frankly surprised to see the Lunar remake on here. From what I read, it was rather well-received upon its release. I own both the PS1 and PSP versions (both of which I have yet to play lol). Would like to play and get through the PS1 version prior to tackling the PSP version

[@outkastshadowking2719]

Playing Growlanser IV on Android and *boy it is good!* Never I have played an SRPG with so much freedom and exploration except for Arc the Lad: Spirit of the Twilight which came pretty close to that.

[@alanscott2517]

Trails in the Sky isn't criminally underrated, but it IS a hidden gem on the Vita.

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

For anyone who wants the physical copy of Tales of Eternia on PSP, try and look for the later release that came out primarily in France (may be other regions, still has english). The original release had a bug in it that makes the game unbeatable without a patch, but the later released fixed this. You can tell if its the fixed version based on the games version number when first booted up.

[@danielhumes]

Tear of Vermillion was my first LOH game still have the case

[@11Knives11]

Bought Tales of Eternia retail because it was on the shelves in Australia, probably the PSP game I played the most.

[@Rihcterwilker]

Honestly, my favourite jrpg on the psp is Nayuta no Kiseki. Perfect blend of a cool story + exploring short dungeons for quick pick up and play.

[@Erdie5]

That game is excellent! But why they stuck the 4th season behind newgame+ is a mystery. If anyone is going to buy this, do yourself a favor and download a save file of clear data and start a new game from that, you can choose not to carry anything over so it'll be just the same as starting fresh.

[@sunekoo]

If you like srpgs, please check out Yggdra Union & Gungnir on PSP. 2 of the best I’ve played. Really deep, satisfying mechanics and very addictive gameplay.

[@elbravovierde8010]

Ok!!! Lunar Silver Star Harmony is the game that make me buy an PSP in the first place!!! When I saw the legendary heroes content on youtube I was hooked instantly! I wish they made the same with Eternal Blue!!

[@bloodknight3907]

Don't forget about Phantasy star portable 2 infinity(Which is an extension to the vanilla game)Game was a lot of fun,more than the other previous games it's a highly recommended hidden gem so,give it a try

[@Докторпарадокс]

Akyell and That FUCKING BRIDGE!

[@Moon-rune]

great video :) some of them i have yet to play and some i did already :) Jeanne d'arc is great even though i hate seeing Liane being gone from the party

[@Azael1332Xrd]

I've been highly recommended jeanne darc, but I haven't had a chance to play it. And the reason why such eternia, in its location for the West of its original version of PS1, was changed to such destiny 2, more than anything it was because of Mattel... Because the name "ethernia" is a registered trademark, as you know, it belongs to the universe of He-Man (although Namco personally only had to change the name to "tales of eternity", seriously, they didn't think of it at the time?), Already when the real Tales of destiny 2 would come out in Japan, I would have liked the expression put by the marketers in Namco. And for that reason (I suppose), tales of eternia for PSP did not come out in America, But in Europe. I guess the reason why mana khemia 1 for PSP didn't have good sales or the terrible decisions on the part of NISA (I say this because it itself did not located many games expected by the public: the pucelle ragnarok, makai kingdom portable, etc.) , they didn't locate mana khemia 2 for PSP, a pity because I expected it, I almost thought they'd locate it too, but it didn't happen. Although its original version for PS2 was located for the West. The gramnad duology (atelier judie and atelier viorate) also came out on PSP, but as you can imagine, they only stayed in Japan, although I suppose they would have been overshadowed by the arland saga, which was the saga in turn. At least mana khemia 2 portable has an unofficial translation, how bad the portable versions of Atelier judie & atelier viorate do not yet have translation (I do not know if the original versions of PS2 have them)

[@SaintGabriel11]

Shout Out to Odin Sphere Leifthrasir in the background. One of the best games ever made on the PS2, even with the slowdown. When I beat the game and found out there was a "good/best/true ending" I went back for it. I'm so glad that I did. I'm glad that Leifthrasir has it play out that way in the game. Have you played Mana Khemia? I'm guessing you have, but that's another fav of mine that I'd think is under-rated.

[@SaintGabriel11]

Obviously commented before watching the whole vid..... #8 is Mana Khemia!!!

[@hhaammzzaattaarraaff3313]

I think Yggdra Union is criminally underrated

[@danielmales123]

Tactics ogre is also very underated hidden gem

[@blackmanlistening7909]

awesome video I need to know what I need to buy before PSP store goes offline fore ever!

[@Fesovika]

How about Sol Trigger and suikoden taumugareshi hyakunen no toki? Sol Trigger is english translated and is available to download from everywhere Passed it 3 times and definitely my fav game on PSP

[@jaimereupert4247]

Now that i have a phone which can play the ppsspp psp emulator, I can finally play some of these games. Mostly Trails, Hexys Force, Valkyria Chronicles 2.

[@mementomori502]

The merchant escort mission pained me in growlanser, when the enemies would cast death and then you would redo it over again. I wanted to stop once I got a certain item but I continued.

[@MuntoRickDiaz]

ys: arc of napishtim was also great :)

[@minjod]

I played Jeanne D'Arc a long time ago, it took me 100 hrs to finish and I loved every second of it. It even has some endgame content. One of the best RPGs ever. I wish it got a remaster on Switch. Day one buy for sure.

[@KentHamson]

I had to load Phantasy Star Portable into PPSSPP and play on my PC with a dual analog controller. I couldn't quit get the hang of handling with the PSP controls.

[@tamodolo]

About Lunar, Eternal Blue is the game that diserved a remake as it's the better and more complex story. I understand this game was releases in the wrong plataform and see that if it was on SNES chrono trigger may not be the hit it was as Eternal Blue is overwhelming better.

[@miguelespinal2889]

I’ve played Persona 3-5 but still need to play 1,2, and it’s sequel, need to pick them up on the vita store before the store closes!

[@Putopetaldo]

Ive never hear anyone talk about mana khemia before and its si good holy shit

[@NicoMoratinos]

I played tales of eternia on my psp. and I love it!

[@tinthequeenMD]

I totally agree with you that Tear of Vermillion is the best of the Legend of Heroes trilogy. I also like Song of the Ocean though, its not mediocre for me. And yes, Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch is bad. Haha Lunar is one of the best JRPGs I played on the PSP! I wish they made a remake of the sequel too.

[@uhtyp1]

Lunar SSS for the PSP was on the another level I love that game I know it's along shot but I love to see it on the Switch

[@Erdie5]

I had to go easy on Ys: the Oath in Felghana. That game was way too rough for me on Normal lol. I know I'm not the best at games, but holy cow the first boss (shown in video) killed me way too many times.

[@truepatriot6657]

Me too it's nonsense to have such hard boss in the beginning of game

[@t_wr3kz176]

I'm at the end now of Tales of Eternity, though on psx it's tales of destiny 2. Which the original I love and just downloaded psp tales of destiny 2. Great vid BTW.

[@FriedPotatoesForLife]

Can u tell me what type of game is Fate ? And also persona series the anime covers look cool but so far videos on KZbin I don’t think it matches the cover cause i think it’s a dating game ?

[@knivez.official]

I see erick landon new video i immediately click!!! Love your videos sir erick!

[@Joe-Rad]

You really think Lunar is a criminally underrated game? I mean. It's like one of the most beloved rpg franchises of all time.

[@UsedGames]

Oh my god I'm currently facing the 5th master in fate/extra and holy crap people who slept on this game are probably regretting it, especially, if they are playing fate umbral star for the vita because probably have no idea about the back story that it's referring to (fate/extra)

[@fatkoopa1588]

Jeez never been this early here, good video!

[@isaacguerra7888]

I play Growlancer , it word it indeed 😎

[@allissonpereira9640]

You need to play Black Rock Shooter, excellent action Rpg

[@sundip8849]

I recently played jean d arc . Perfectly balanced . Best elements from all games likes ff tactics fire emblem spectral soul.

[@philosophyoftrucking]

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

[@TheGoldenPS1]

Fate is very popular and mostly thanks to Aniplex. They treat their licensees better than Sony Interactive Entertainment treated their Japanese IPs. When Fate/Extra came out on PSP from Marvelous there was no game business to be found from Aniplex. They didn't entered the game business until Fate/Grand Order on smartphones in 2015. Since then it has evolved to consoles and they continue to enhance and expand upon their game business. Fate/Extra was quite niche when Marvelous published it and was produced by Type-moon and Imageepoch. This released in 2010 when Ufotable hadn't released Fate/Zero anime adaptation yet. That's when the popularity started to gain for Type-moon franchise when Ufotable replaced Studio Deen with Fate/Zero and beyond. The Garden of Sinners adapted by Ufotable was already a success so it was a crucial move for Aniplex to approach Ufotable with all Type-moon franchises. When Studio Deen adapted the original of Fate/stay night it was a less popular franchise.

[@Cookiedon15]

Is it worth getting a PSP just for the games that are not digitally available on Vita?

[@spectralfire4842]

Vita store is closing very soon so check quickly. If you buy what’s available now you can download games you own after the store closes but you can’t buy any new games.

[@virgilioperez830]

How can I play these games if I can’t find the physical copies??

[@Dhaos620]

I need to play Jeane D'arc once again

[@Hijikata-T7]

with sony closing store for all legacy consolo/handheld , you have to move topic to newer generations games

[@hachiko187]

I cant believe that they underrated the lunar psp version, I loved! everything is better

[@ragzlz8266]

Thank you youtubes Pedro Pascal! great games, I found what I wanted ✌🏻

[@ronsilk6212]

As for Lunar the ps1 version is so much more smoother and i found that the load times are bad in the psp version. Ps1 Lunar is the way to go.

[@juniorjimenez72]

Sólo de ver la intro me pongo celoso con los juegos que tienes.

[@gyrenrockz]

remember when Luna from Lunar Legends use a fucking frying fan as a weapon?

[@Erdie5]

And you know you took that garbage can lid and gloves from Ramus and stuck them on Alex!

[@gyrenrockz]

@@Erdie5 good ol' days :D

[@wedasantika6079]

Like Leena from Chrono Cross

[@tendtherabbits5412]

Alot of these are on the psp network till June get them!

[@Sebastian-ov9mz]

LETS BEGIN!!!

[@ryxvenx]

What is the game on 0:29 please tell me

[@rayita3000]

I Love your videos!!!

[@blogcarnaval]

Excelent video!!!

[@ltb1345]

Which game is in the thumbnail?

[@MewsHeart151]

I own both phantasy star portables lol and the ps2 Games

[@TimBitten]

What a sick shirt!!

[@azurekite3870]

but sadly i heard that mana khemia for psp has no voice acting compared to the ps2 version

[@sirnightw]

Persona 2 IS and EP!! Really wish this got a remake!

[@martinde-serres8724]

they don't need the modern treatment honestly as they've aged so well Persona was better in its classic style before they turned it into 100+ hour-long overrated Saturday Morning cartoons with the later entries sure, they have their dark moments, but they get buried under all the flashy and bubbly J-Pop clichés that felt out of place for MegaTen standards P1 and P2ISEP are the best representations of MegaTen while P3-5 felt like an entirely different brand unrelated to SMT

[@martinde-serres8724]

@@darkfyraproductions7958 both parts were localized, just IS's PSP remake made it in the West while EP's PS1 version got re-released on PSN in the West

[@cthulhuschosen4173]

If growlanser 4 made it to mainstream the others would have remade graphics & artwork and i dont think that is a sacrifice i want to be made

[@siamesegiant]

Silver Star Harmony might have better graphics, but the difficulty is so trivial and the retranslated script has way less charm than the Working Designs versions.

[@TenchiHawkwing]

Hexyz Force surely should have been here.

[@ralfxephon1]

Name of the song at the end of this video..?

[@audioaudio4878]

rock on the road trails in the sky fc

[@r.a.fgattaiguy845]

I would play Jeanne D´arc if I could find an undub

[@aron7496]

Mana Khemia is really great

[@MegaPieru3000]

If you don't have a PSP and you want to play these, download a PSP emulator.

[@SkyYuyo]

I bought Tear of Vermillion when it first came out for the PSP back in the day. Gameplay good game but the problem is it has a terrible translation. Grammar and misspellings everywhere. Felt like it was a combination of a non native English speaker translating it with google translate.

[@ligma2382]

Valkyria Chronicles?

[@jeffcox6539]

I'm going to ask a controversial question; which is better, psp or vita? I like psp better myself.

[@TenchiHawkwing]

Depends on whether you mean with homebrew or not. With homebrew it's Vita 100% because it can fully emulate the PSP.

[@majimakyoudai1284]

I need port to pc of these gems.