The PSP does have more 'generic' JRPGs, while the DS tends to have more original ones. I mean, if you look at the games listed here, there are very few typical RPGs... TWEWY is obviously its own thing, DQM:J is a monster-collecting game under its hood, Partners in Time is original, Etrian Odyssey, Shiren the Wanderer, and Izuna are "traditional" for different traditions... and most of the relatively generic JRPGs that we do have either aren't that great (Lunar: Dragon Song, anyone?) or are remakes.cutterjohn said:Are you on crack? None of the three supposed RPGs for the PSP are evenly remotely good...Gestahl said:DS is not an RPG machine. PSP on the other hand is a true JRPG sanctuary.
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Unless you mean running PSX RPGs on the PSP, and others under other emulators, e.g. SNES, etc.
The native RPGs for PSP are pretty pathetic...
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By comparison, the PSP has several generic RPGs that wouldn't be at all out of place on a home console. Call it the Golden Sun effect: Some people like playing types of games they're used to, even if (taken outside the context of a handheld, and compared to the rest of their genre) they're not very good.
(Also, while it's a strategy-RPG, that Joan of Arc game was supposedly pretty good. I mean, it's a strategy RPG. Where you play Joan of Arc. How can that fail?)