PSP Game of the Year, as chosen by other media outlets

Beautifully put. The PSP has been the victim of poor media attention since before it even launched, so it's unfortunately not surprising to see posers act like they know what they're talking about by writing reviews for its games. Sometimes it seems like if a game isn't for the DS, Wii or 360, nobody gives a crap.

I remember the vast amount of BS being spread about PSP hardware 'problems' and 'no good games' back when it was in its first couple of years. Although I blame Sony mostly for the system being where it is(n't) today, there has definitely been a clear bias against the system - especially with certain Gamespot, Kotaku and yes, Joystiq writers.

At what point was Zack fighting more than 100 soldiers all at once before his final fight?

The only slightly confusing part that I found was the beginning where the story first began and after awhile I understood the meaning that was.

The truth is Square Enix was trying to make it more realistic. Which ordinary being can live against more than one thousand soldiers shooting at you while you have only one sword. True, he may have fought soldiers earlier and won but at NO point did he have a thousand soldiers up against him. There was exaggeration in game play and they were trying to show you that Zack has his limits. He can take down Ifrits, Behemoths, but even Zack has his limits.

There was a separation between gameplay and storyline. True they didn't include phoenix down which confused players when Zack died with phoenix down still alive and working but THERE IS a separation between gameplay and storyline. If you can understand that then there is no reason why the ending can be called sloppy.

there is a mission where i believe you fight 1000 soldiers. and then you also kill the final-final boss (i forget her name) but i'm pretty sure she is a bit more powerful than a few soldiers

Well Wipeout Pulse was pretty much just an even-more-awesome version of Pure. It didn't do much new and wasn't a standout game like Crisis Core, GoW, and Patapon.

The reason these were standouts was because:
1) Crisis Core showed that the PSP could handle PS2 level RPG gaming and graphics, and it could be streamlined for the portable gamer. It also showed that any game on the PSP can have a real story if anyone even bothered.

2) God of War proved that action games on the PSP can work and that fixed-camera games on the way to go (which is why I found Untold Legends to be so easy to play despite me having to squint a LOT).

3) Patapon was just super creative and innovative. Since when have you heard of a rhythm based strategy game?

True it didn't standout like the others and didn't interest as many people however it did include features such as ingame music and the ability to take screenshots ( although after the race) without the use of custom firmware or homebrew.

I just thought that it would receive some recognition of the amount of features that were crammed into it. Gameshare, infrastructure, and adhoc for instance.

Ultimate Board Games did custom music in game first.

well i think i heard critics like GT saying that the campaign mode sucked because of having to do the same laps over and over again. that was the only problem the critics had. other than that, it was a masterpiece.

i don't have wipeout pulse but i think i might buy it if there isn't any games out for a a month or so.

gurbinder, you could take screenshots during the race. anyways...i'm glad patapon got it's recognition. i thought everyone would go with GoW just like they did with GTA IV on ps3.

well you could take screen shots in bounty hounds too... wait am i the only person who picked it up? (even though it didn't come out this year)

I agree.

The 1000 soldiers in the mission weren't all at once, though.

I see where you're going, but his argument is still baseless and unfounded by the mere fact that there was such a mission.

Idk... Bubble Ghost for the original gameboy was pretty fun... =P