I'm going to end up shooting myself in the foot here, because there's a lot of great games that I just can't get into. But I still would like some suggestions. Over the entire life of my PSP I don't think I've beaten a single game. I honestly can hardly get into most PSP games and I think that's a shame. The only games I've really beaten on the system are ones from other consoles that I'd emulated on there
I'd say I want hidden gems, because I have a hard time getting into the mainstream ones that everyone would immediately suggest. But there's still a chance that there are mainstream gold mines that I'd just overlooked
I will preface this by saying that I did not like the original Kingdom Hearts, and had no interest in Kingdom Hearts 2 because of that. If anyone believes that it's entirely possible to enjoy a spin-off of a franchise that turned me off, I'd be willing to listen to arguments
Other than that, I own Crisis Core, and thought it was super repetitive and slow. I've already said my peace in many threads regarding why I can't get into FFT and Tactics Ogre Battle/Battle/Battle/Plot/Battle/Battle formula. So that counts out Disgaea and all its ilk too, sadly
And for some reason Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth just didn't do it for me either. Or Dissidia
I so wanted to enjoy Trails in the Sky, I actually pirated that one and then immediately bought it new due to such high praise I wanted to make sure XSeed got money for the attempt to bring over quality games. But sadly it too was a little too slow and repetitive. Great characters. Can't really speak on the story. But the battle system got me. And I lost enjoyment
I can't say that I hate the old JRPG battle/grind or have a complex against standard battle systems. I'd still play FFVI and VII and Xenogears all day everyday. But they didn't feel quite as tedious as the standard JRPG. And sadly, as far as I know there's no good Tales or Grandia games on the system to change things up
I am probably a pretty lost cause, but I would still like to one day get invested in a good JRPG on the system and have a feeling I probably overlooked some things
tl;dr - I need good JRPG PSP suggestions