Poll: PS2 10th anniversary celebration! Top 10 PS2 games to date and more!

[Tryzon]

Oh, but I DID LOVE the part where you'd walk under a bridge, use the fly technique, and whack your head on the bridge

I concur. Most amusing times indeed.

 

[Tryzon]

I have yet to jump ship to the newer consoles, mainly due to money, so the PS2 is still my most current system, but even if I get a PS3, I'll still be playing the PS2 for a long, LONG time.I have my own personal Top Ten, as well, and I'll try to use the same guidelines as Tryzon.

Devil May Cry 3
Final Fantasy X
God of War II
Grand Theft Auto III
Kingdom Hearts
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Odin Sphere
Resident Evil 4
Rock Band
Soul Calibur II

I admire your decision to follow my example, and I would delay getting a 7th gen console for some time. The PS2 beats them all hands-down, I say. Quality list, too.

 

[Mehall]

Transformers (The Atari licensed one, not the movie tie-in)

I didn't make a distinction on my list because there are no other TF games for the PS2!

None!

At all!

Also, you have an awesome avatar. Just sayin'.

Was the movie tie-in 360 and PS3 only? I thought there was a PS2 version too... ah well.

and thank you! I memegenerator'd It myself.

 

[Tryzon]

Was the movie tie-in 360 and PS3 only? I thought there was a PS2 version too... ah well.

and thank you! I memegenerator'd It myself.

I think they might have been denying the other PS2 games because they hate the films they're based on. You'll have to ask them, though.

 

[Iwata]

I don't hate the films. I love the films (and I'm a die-hard Gee-Wun-er)!

It's just the games that... uh...

Ah, you ruined it!

 

[TheEarlOfGrey]

Mashed needs to be an honorable mention. One of the system's later titles that changed mutliplayer racers. I mean they're making a sequel, but Mashed still rocks.

 

[Tryzon]

I don't hate the films. I love the films (and I'm a die-hard Gee-Wun-er)!

It's just the games that... uh...

Ah, you ruined it!

My apologies for giving the game away. At least I think that's qhat happened.

 

[Tryzon]

Mashed needs to be an honorable mention. One of the system's later titles that changed mutliplayer racers. I mean they're making a sequel, but Mashed still rocks.

That also was something I considered before sadly leaving out. Burnout is the better racer and TimeSplitters is the better multiplayer experience, so Mashed got left behind.

Also, I'm not sure how it worked wherever you are, but here in Blighty Mashed came out in 2004, and then a another version came out the next year. I wouldn't call that a "later title". Regardless, the upcoming successor is a very promising concept, and I hope it gets more universal attention that its precursor.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

-SUPER-SNIP-

It seems that we've got a very similar PS2 game taste.

My top tens is (1 = best game, 10 = 10th best game):

1. God of War
2. Burnout 3 - Takedown
3. Ratchet and Clank
4. God of War II
5. Jak 3
6. Jak and Daxter - The Precursor Legacy
7. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
8. War of the Monsters
9. Grand theft Auto: San Andreas
10. Baldur's Gte: Dark Alliance II

I picked these games because those are the one who have been the most enjoying again and again, love those ten games.

 

[Tryzon]

-SUPER-SNIP-

It seems that we've got a very similar PS2 game taste.

My top tens is (1 = best game, 10 = 10th best game):

1. God of War
2. Burnout 3 - Takedown
3. Ratchet and Clank
4. God of War II
5. Jak 3
6. Jak and Daxter - The Precursor Legacy
7. Need for Speed: Most Wanted
8. War of the Monsters
9. Grand theft Auto: San Andreas
10. Baldur's Gte: Dark Alliance II

I picked these games because those are the one who have been the most enjoying again and again, love those ten games.

We do have quite similar lists, although I deliberately avoided numbering them because I could never say for certain which are the absolute best. Besides, can one really compare Burnout with TimeSplitters? No, so doing that is pointless. Good effort though.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I love the PS2, it introduced me to modern gaming, and I have most games on it. My favorites are (in no order):
- Jak II
- Jak 3
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
- Kingdom Hearts 2
- Shadow of The Colossus
- Resident Evil 4
- Prince of Persia: SoT
- Sly 2: Band of Thieves
- God of War
- Final Fantasy X

 

[Tryzon]

I love the PS2, it introduced me to modern gaming, and I have most games on it. My favorites are (in no order):
- Jak II
- Jak 3
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
- Shadow of The Colossus
- Resident Evil 4
- Prince of Persia: SoT
- Sly 2: Band of Thieves
- God of War
- Final Fantasy X

You're the first person to mention Ratchet & Clank, I think, which surpises me. I thought all the fans of that series would jump up and complain that it's superior to Jak, but apparently not. Odd.

 

[Hiphophippo]

This is an upsetting list. You seem to have forgotten all the true classics in favor of dime a dozen games like Burnout (which incidentally is loaded up on my ps3 at the moment but I digress) and hitman. I respect your opinions but as the years have gone by I believe we've come to see what the true classics are, and most of these aren't it.

Well I sense a challenge here, friend. Care to suggest alternatives? I can imagine that ICO and Shadow of the Colossus might be among them.

Certainly they both would be. I'm actually really bad with lists. If I put a top 10 up I'd just remember something later and feel the need to amend it. Any top list I come up is really only a list of the top things I can think of "at that moment."

 

[TheEarlOfGrey]

Mashed needs to be an honorable mention. One of the system's later titles that changed mutliplayer racers. I mean they're making a sequel, but Mashed still rocks.

That also was something I considered before sadly leaving out. Burnout is the better racer and TimeSplitters is the better multiplayer experience, so Mashed got left behind.

Also, I'm not sure how it worked wherever you are, but here in Blighty Mashed came out in 2004, and then a another version came out the next year. I wouldn't call that a "later title". Regardless, the upcoming successor is a very promising concept, and I hope it gets more universal attention that its precursor.

Yes sorry, Mashed: Fully Loaded was the one I have. And I hope the sequel, Gas: Fuel For Fun, does get the credit it deserves. It is an arcade/PSN title though, which doesn't matter that much but surely on disc there could be so much more mutliplayer content from day one.

 

[Tryzon]

Yes sorry, Mashed: Fully Loaded was the one I have. And I hope the sequel, Gas: Fuel For Fun, does get the credit it deserves. It is an arcade/PSN title though, which doesn't matter that much but surely on disc there could be so much more mutliplayer content from day one.

Yes, the prevalance of downloads worries me more and more. How will collectors gather things up decades from now when all the download services have stopped? Not without difficulty and some not entirely legal measures. Madness.

 

[esperandote]

My favorites

Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Resident Evil 4
Fatal Frame 3
Metal Gear Solid 3
Metal Gear Solid 2
King of Fighters 2002
Devil May Cry
Soul Reaver 2
God of War

 

[Hikaru CF]

I feel bad that your original post was longer than my last English paper...

Anyway, my favourite games were: (yes, were. I sold my PS2. Biggest mistake of my life)

FF XII
Rogue Galaxy
Jak 3
Ratchet and Clank 3
Jak and Daxter: the Precursor Legacy
Okami
Soul Calibur 3
Dynasty Warriors 4
Ape Escape 3
Shadow of the Collussus

 

[Terramax]

Has nobody mentioned Silent Hill 2 & 3? EDIT: Ah, yes, ONE person did.

Ico and SotC (obviously)
Gradius V (look up 'perfection' in the dictionary)

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I love the PS2, it introduced me to modern gaming, and I have most games on it. My favorites are (in no order):
- Jak II
- Jak 3
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
- Shadow of The Colossus
- Resident Evil 4
- Prince of Persia: SoT
- Sly 2: Band of Thieves
- God of War
- Final Fantasy X

You're the first person to mention Ratchet & Clank, I think, which surpises me. I thought all the fans of that series would jump up and complain that it's superior to Jak, but apparently not. Odd.

You can't compare the series. J&D is more mission-based platforming, R&C is wacky gun toting.

 

[secretsantaone]

WAIT WAIT WAIT.

No Ratchet and Clank?
No Devil May Cry?
No Beyond Good and Evil?

I hope to hear good explanations why these were not included.