If Lunar is a familiar name to your gaming vocabulary, that might be because the original Lunar: The Silver Star has been ported and remade several times on several systems since its original smash-hit release in 1992 for the Sega CD. Lead character Alex, his trusty flying companion Nall, and the sweet Luna are back again in their seemingly timeless RPG journey for 2010 in Lunar: Silver Star Harmony, courtesy of XSEED Games, for the PSP. Completely remade for Sony's portable, the game has brought both the good and bad back from the past.
RPGFan - "Over the years, those of us who love RPGs have spent a lot of time with Sony's consoles. The PlayStation 2, for example, was the undeniable king of home consoles for RPGFans of its time. However, when it comes to handhelds, the PlayStation Portable faced an uphill climb from the day it was released. In Japan, it came on the scene just 10 days after Nintendo's DS, but the gap was three months longer in the US. And although both consoles had great features, the DS went on to outsell the PSP two to one."
Yea the games on the list are good but the order is iffy in some parts. Not a terrible list though.
To be honest I was expected something better from RPGFan & disappointed very hard at the end.. for example Crisis Core on No3 is outrageous & completely ridiculous choice... & then we have Kingdom Hearts which I can't even call rpg on No8.. tragic nothing else to say many other wrong selection no reason to mention them all & it's pointless this list is simply teribad, at least they put Trails in the Sky high enough this I'm sure is something most ppl agree with.
Weird list... Some games just shouldn't be on there, like (I might grilled for this, but) Star Ocean 2, and Lunar. Those games are seriously overrated by the rpg community.
Tales of Eternia and Breath of Fire 3, although ports, should really be on there. And what about Dissidia? It's got a ton of rpg elements to it, and certainly takes as long as any rpg to fully complete.
Also I never played Trails in the Sky, but that girl looks EXACTLY like Kid from Chrono Cross.
Let us Cling Together cannot touch FFT. Besides that, it's all games I wish I played
oprainfall writes:
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another Monday and another episode of The Downpour Podcast!
“This week is a very special episode of the podcast. While we certainly do touch on some happenings on the site, we devote much time to Jonathan, Randy, and Jared sharing their gaming stories. From childhood to youth to now, everyone has a story of how they got into gaming. And no one’s is ever the same, even when some strings of the intertwined web cross.
“Have we been about niche RPGs and Japanese games our entire life? Or is there much more to each of us?”
"The last of these PSP 8th birthday posts will salute the system’s best ports and remakes.
Expect a lot of RPGs on this one." -Hindman of PSLS
I have quite a list of games I want to get for the PSP, I think this site mentioned the ones I haven't played yet.
I kind of missed out on a lot of amazing games for the PSP. A lot of them are available on the PSN which I definitely need to go and get, they are quite cheap now. I just want to get a Vita first, this way I will have quite a lot of space to put them all on :D
Too bad they didn't fix some of the original issues in the game.
Too bad they couldn't do more to bring it up to speed.
This was my favorite rpg when I first start gaming, this and maybe the Grandia series. May need to download this...