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IGN's Top 25 PS Vita Games

PlayStation Vita has a certain unearned stigma with some, that it doesn't have any games. Of course, anyone who has paid attention to Vita knows that the exact opposite is true: it has plenty of games, and plenty of great ones, to boot.

SpiralTear3857d ago

Nice choice on #1. Predictable, but still a solid choice.

dedicatedtogamers3856d ago

There are 25 games on the Vita? I say that as a happy Vita owner.

Anyway, I'm glad to see Vita picking up momentum. It's a great gaming device and gaming "journalists" have done a wonderful job of lying about it's games and turning people away from it. Uncharted Golden Abyss was/is one of the best games I've played on any platform in the last 3 years.

PoSTedUP3856d ago (Edited 3856d ago )

what is this, HighGN?? not one vita owner would agree wih this list. an 11 y/o would make a better list.

and i only say this because the vita doesnt have a lot of games, so its like virtually impossible to not make an even Semi-decent list, unless you were really trying hard not to. and this isnt anywhere near reasonable tbh. most of these games are crap. a lot of really good ones are missing, and the few good ones that are there just seem shuffeled in like a deck of cards. did an actual human being make this list? or was it computer generated?

dedicatedtogamers3856d ago

@ PoSTedUP

Well, Persona 4 Golden (a port) at the Number One spot should've tipped you off. IGN has never really been a big fan of the Vita. Oh, sure, they'll give a token good score to a few Vita games, but when it really matters (like giving a fair score to a new Vita IP) they pile on the hate like everyone else.

CalebZachary84113857d ago

Well I think Soul Sacrifice deserves a spot, and I also think Gravity Rush is too low. There are a few other fun games, Sonic Racing, Hot Shots Golf, Rayman Legends etc..

admiralvic3856d ago (Edited 3856d ago )

Horrible list, especially since it makes the Vita look like an awful system.

Like Dragon's Crown, Gravity Daze and Muramasa really should be higher, where as Guacamelee, Sound Shapes are hardly among the top 6 and 5 games on the system. In fact, I wouldn't even consider Sound Shapes among the top 25 games on the system! Ranking aside, this list is missing some obviously better games...

Rayman Legends should replace Origins. Especially since a lot / most of Origins is IN Rayman Legends by default.
Soul Sacrifice might not be the MH clone, system selling machine people wanted it to be... but it's certainly better than Tales from Space, Spelunky, Hotline Miami, Sound Shapes, Plants vs Zombies, Guacamelee, Velocity and really should be on the list.
Zero Escape is interesting and certainly deserves a spot if The Walking Dead deserves one.
Disgaea 3 is an amazing RPG, which also includes all the DLC from the console version. Sure the story was trash, but that is certainly a game that deserves a spot a lot more than some of the games listed with SS.

If IGN really thinks games like Tales from Space, yet another Plants vs Zombies port and Sound Shapes are better than Disgaea 3, Soul Sacrifice and Zero Escape, then I think I made the right choice in not reading their reviews.

TheFirstClassic3856d ago

Yeah Zero Escape definitely deserves a spot, and Gravity Rush should be in the top 10 at least.

TongkatAli3856d ago (Edited 3856d ago )

Boom! Nailed it, well said.

In my opinion Gucamelee is really good and should be in the top five. Its my favorite indie game right next to Rocketbirds Hardboiled and Hotline Miami.

Lovable3856d ago

Glad the best game of all time Persona 4 is No.1 on the list. No denying how awesome it is.

CanadianTurtle3856d ago

This is why the Vita is not selling too well.

Look at the games on the list, there's quite a few re-released ports, and some of them on the list are already available on the PS3. It's not really something specifically built for the PSVita. You can already get these on previous systems.

They have games in there like Velocity Ultra and Plants VS Zombies, but I'm sorry, these games don't show off the hardware.

Sony made a great system. But there are very few games that use it's hardware to it's max potential

admiralvic3856d ago

"This is why the Vita is not selling too well. "

Nah! This is why informed gamers don't care what IGN says. However, uninformed gamers will look at this list and see the Vita is a wasteland, which might result in lower sales. Hence why I said it makes the Vita look awful in my other post.

Some examples of this...

Gravity Daze had some issues and short comings, but it is one of the most interesting and unique titles on the Vita. Though despite being one of the most worthwhile experiences on the Vita, it's instead listed as the worst of the best losing out to games like PS All-Stars.
PS All-Stars might be a fun fighter, but it's HARDLY the best fighter on the Vita, yet it is the only fighter represented on the list.
Killzone Mercenary might have a short campaign, but has a fantastic "true to console" multiplayer experience, but it's still seen as a lesser game than Hotline Miami. Like I love Dokuro, but it's not among the top 10 games on the Vita...
Rayman Origins beats out Legends, even though Legends has most of Origins in it.
Guacamelee and Sound Shapes were interesting and fun games, but you have to question a sites creditability when they beat out most of Sony's AAA titles and even more so when you figure they made it on the list before... WipEout 2048, Soul Sacrifice, Rayman Legends, Disgaea 3, Both Ninja Gaidens, Dead or Alive 5 Plus, Assassins Creed Liberation (Owned, but didn't play. I heard it was good though...), Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, SF X Tekken (the amount of content this game had, with the frame rate was impressive in its own right!), Zero Escape (this game literally won GOTY's last year...), Altelier series, Ragnarok (fun game, certainly more deserving than some of these digital games),

Hicken3856d ago

You can't blame the Vita or Sony for IGN not making a very good list. They left out a lot of quality titles- see comments above yours-that easily could have made the list, and a title like Gravity Rush deserves to be far higher.

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PlayStation Boasts Record 123 Million Monthly Active Users, Shows Glimpse of Gravity Rush Movie

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Barlos100d ago

Forget Gravity Rush movie, give us another GR game!

porkChop100d ago

I didn't even know a movie was coming. If they can get the visuals and everything right I'll watch it.

Barlos100d ago

I didn't either, until this article. I'm also surprised, since GR was a commercial flop. Seems weird that they'd want to invest money into making it into a film.

I think the games are great though, especially on Vita. I think the move to PS4 killed the experience a little, but I'd still like to see a new one.

1Victor99d ago

I didn’t know it was in development ether but it makes sense after they saw the first doctor strange movie and the far from home fight, if it’s like that’s it’s going to be one of those Oscar nominees

Cacabunga99d ago

GR movie and shutting Japan Studio.. so stupid

porkChop99d ago

@Cacabunga

Oh yeah... Well there goes any hope for a new game. Shuttering Japan Studio was a really bad decision.

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purple101100d ago

Surely you’d think if the movie is coming so is another game

And I couldn’t be happier.

Only played the demo of gr2 but let me say it’s one of the most artistic and inventive new games. Ps5 will power gr3 to new heights
Fingers crossed

Made my day hearing this.

Finally, something innovative

Redemption-64100d ago

GR2 flopped, which would they make a new game? A movie has more appeal and a successful hit at the bix office, could lead to a new game for the franchise

ChasterMies100d ago

Ok, I’ll stop sitting on Gravity Rush 2. It’s been in my library for only 8 years.

Chocoburger100d ago

Play Gravity Rush Remastered first if you haven't already, the stories are linked together. GR 2 is a fantastic game, it has a lot of stuff to see and do. In fact I have purposefully not completed the game 100% because I simply didn't want the game to end. I still have some trophies to collect, and a whole free story DLC chapter to play through.

Gravity Rush 3 would be amazing! But the team that made parts 1 and 2 were shut down, so I don't expect it to happen. This was Jim Ryan's biggest sin of all, shutting down PlayStation Japan Studios. What a shame.

FinalFantasyFanatic100d ago

Why not both? I really like the games and was disappointed we didn't get a third game to finish off the story, but I wouldn't mind a movie either if it's well done. Maybe it'll drum up enough interest to get us that third game.

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gold_drake100d ago

damn that is aaalot of ppl

id rather have another Gravity Rush game than a movie tbh

DarXyde100d ago

Same. This series really resonates with my gaming spirit. I love these games so much that I got four platinums out of two games. I was always dreading that we would never get another game after Japan Studio's closure, but I'm feeling hopeful in them not giving up on the franchise with this move. My guess is that they're going to use this as a funding point

MrNinosan100d ago

That is the same amount as daily loading screens... never mind

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Inverno513d ago

It wouldn't have mattered, Sony would've rushed it out and left it to die. More so now than before with their focus now being on SP narrative driven AAA games.

CrimsonWing69513d ago

Oh, but somehow Smash Bros. 64 made it work?

It just couldn’t compete with Smash Bros. and it wasn’t a free-to-play game like Multiversus.

PapaBop513d ago

I think it released at the right time. It's just after the success of Smash and Multiversus, it's finally time for a sequel.

spoonard513d ago

I'd be all in on a remake or remaster of the original. I enjoyed it because I didn't sit there and compare every aspect to SSB. I just enjoyed it as it was.

Magatsuhi513d ago

Sony should make part 2 and dump a good amount of money on it. Scrap super only kills and it's bound to succeed.

Father__Merrin513d ago

Yes the power kills spoilt it completely WTH was they thinking you should have hp bar that's it

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