BoneSnapDeez wrote:Exhuminator wrote:I can understand that. I personally have amassed quite the Vita collection. It's been a very fun, and rather expensive platform to collect for. I say expensive, because most of its releases were printed in a highly limited fashion, or only received English versions as Asian import releases. For a fan of Japanese game design, the Vita is a true boon. I think the Vita will become a popular platform for retro gamers years down the road. A lot of people missed something amazing with this platform during its actual run. I wonder how expensive some of the Vita exclusives will eventually become.
Speaking as someone who is mostly only interested in Vita's JRPGs...
I can see this system one day being popular among those who collect full sets of games. But the quality of these games is severely lacking -- countless examples of weeb bait, eroge dungeon crawlers, and so on. Incredibly disappointing compared to the 3DS, DS, PSP, and basically any popular retro handheld or console. I can't see folks earnestly discussing "Vita hidden gems" decades down the road.
As it stands now, I think the best Vita games are actually ports and/or multi-platform titles. If there are any obscurities worth playing that I haven't discovered, I hope they end up ported to the Switch (or whatever) where they'll be more accessible.
You nailed it, bone. There's collectability for sure, but so many games look like... what's that phrase? "Weeb bait eroge dungeon crawlers"? Yeah, I can't seriously see myself playing any Vita games that have been released in the last four years.
I'm thinking that most of the best Vita games came out early in the system's life. There were minor entries in popular series like Assassin's Creed or Uncharted. These games will keep Vita popular among fans of these respective franchises. I guess a good analogy might be the Castlevania and Mega Man games released for gameboy. Even if you don't think the gameboy entries are particularly good, you need them to complete your collection. Likewise, you can't complete an Uncharted collection or Assassin's creed collection without the Vita games.