20 of Vita's best

Thanks to an almost weekly stream of downloadable gems and several 60+ hour epics, I have a bit of trouble keeping up with everything there is to play on Vita. For a system that’s meant to be dying of software drought, I feel oddly spoilt for choice when I flick through the PS Store for something new to play.

What I have here, then, is the 20 of my favourite games that the platform has bestowed upon me in its year and a half lifespan. There’s no Persona (!), no Hotline Miami (!!) and no, not even any Spy Hunter (!!!) because I simply haven’t gotten to those titles yet (I won’t actually be playing that last one). Let’s take a look:

ZombiU stumbles upon greatness

The biggest irony about ZombiU is that it’s a terrible launch game. Its bold mix on Souls-inspired ideas make for one of the better zombie games of the current generation but an absolute mess of an introduction to the Wii U gamepad. The pressure of permadeath hangs in the air during every desperate struggle, which is the last thing you need while you’re struggling to (literally) get to grips with this huge lump of plastic. The haze of panic that engulfs you as you slam your thumb into the screen, mindlessly squabbling to get some space between you and the undead makes for something of a headache at first. But, hey, isn’t that what it’s all about?