True to its classic RPG roots and baring fangs, Stranger of Sword City is often frustrating but still rewarding, as long as you’re the special kind of masochist to get something out of it. What really makes Stranger of Sword City pop is how its monster designs fit into its world - as planes, trains, and automobiles have found their way into this parallel world, it’s not unusual to find a city built within a wrecked cruise ship, or a hydra exploding from a broken television set.
As a student lost in a Bermuda Triangle-esque pocket dimension, you have to assemble a motley crew of fellow castaways to seek a way back to your own world. and Team Muramasa have your back with Stranger of Sword City, a bizarre science fantasy that closely echoes the developer’s past Wizardry spin-offs. If you’re seeking a slightly less saucy spelunk, Experience Inc. However, a good chunk of these dungeon crawlers also happen to feature anime girls in various states of undress, which really just isn’t going to appeal to everyone (not to mention being embarrassing to play in public). The Vita may not have Etrian Odyssey, but its library is filled to the brim with old-school dungeon crawlers. Sure, we all knew we’d be seeing Cloud, Lightning, and so on, but who was expecting Shelke (from Dirge of Cerberus) or Sherlotta (from Echoes of Time) to make appearances? World of Final Fantasy is an utter delight and one of the most criminally underrated games you can play on your PlayStation Vita. The adorable chibi renditions of Final Fantasy‘s heroes and heroines are also fun to see, and there are some pretty obscure inclusions in the roster. Not only is it a classically styled turn-based RPG like the Final Fantasies of yore, with gorgeous visuals and a great soundtrack, but it has a surprisingly involved Pokémon-esque monster raising system that lets players fight alongside a whole menagerie of Final Fantasy beasties. Still, when push comes to shove, World of Final Fantasy is a wonderfully charming game that every Final Fantasy fan should try. When it first released in 2016, World of Final Fantasy didn’t exactly light the world on fire, presumably because all eyes were looking towards the impending release of Final Fantasy XV. One final note: While the Vita’s usefulness in playing PSone Classics is a major selling point, we chose to only focus on games actually developed for the Vita on this list. Hopefully, some third party developers will continue to be interested in making new games available there. We hope you find this compilation useful and that it may be an introduction to some unfamiliar games, especially since recent years has seen the Vita become a go-to system for visual novels and indie games. Like our Nintendo 3DS feature, there were many games to work through and several that were close in ranking. This provides an interesting context for our choices, which span this console’s production lifetime. The Vita had a bit of an identity crisis early on: The variety of non-gaming apps that were being developed suggested Sony wasn’t sure what they wanted the Vita to become.
The Vita allows us to collect games from many different sources, and it was one of the first systems with hardware that really made console-level gaming portable. Many of us have found ourselves circling back to it not only for the welcome cross-save features, but to try older games we may have missed. When we decided to compile a list of the best games for the PlayStation Vita, we didn’t intend it to be a farewell to the much beloved handheld console, yet not mentioning its actual discontinuation next year (when Sony will cease manufacturing the handheld) would be thoughtless. 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