The best the PS2 has to offer.

[deamondragon]

If you enjoy rpgs then try out shadow hearts 1 and 2. Those are my favorite rpg titles.

OMG YES!!! Unfortunately, Shadow Hearts 3 fell flat IMO.

 

[Nutcase]

Since very few have recommended any two-player co-op as requested, this stuff is all top notch.

Contra: Shattered Soldier
Espgaluda
Mushihime-sama
Metal Slug Anthology

Don't recall any co-op with leveling etc., sorry.

 

[DigitalSushi]

THIS!!! THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH GOD THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most awesome game for the PS2 of all time! WITH THE POWER OF MY GOD HAND!!!!! The game is so hilarious and just pure fun that it deserves to have a spot on the top 10 all time best PS2 games EVER! But sadly it is a very rare game.. Good luck ever finding it.. The last copy i saw of it sold for 80$.. I own a copy myself but i spent 50$ for it and that was just a year ago! THIS GAME IS THE BEST PS2 TITLE EVER!!! + has some of the best music of all time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAga2AjfZlg


God power keeps my pimp hand strong!

DRAGON KICK YOUR ASS INTO THE MILKY WAY!!

BALL BUSTA!!! OMG THIS GAME IS EPIC!

I got it for 8 pounds searching high and low for it, its amazing that anyone whose played the game for more than 3 days it suddenly becomes the greatest game ever!.

For those who haven't played God Hand, basically it beats you senseless for several days (it doesn't have a block move) and suddenly something clicks and your trading punches with an enemy that just killed you 50 times in a row.

You paid 50 dollars for it?, wow, I'm not shocked that it goes for upwards of that money, I wouldn't trade mine for less than 500 pounds... its too good.

have a look at the mad midget 5 from God Hand people, too funny.

 

[keillord]

If you enjoy rpgs then try out shadow hearts 1 and 2. Those are my favorite rpg titles.

OMG YES!!! Unfortunately, Shadow Hearts 3 fell flat IMO.

Ya I know, I feel that shadow hearts 2 ended perfectly (if you saw the secret ending). Number 3 was purely fan service and no where near as good as the original 2. Still bought it though.

 

[Hikaru CF]

Rogue Galaxy
Ratchet and Clank series
Jak and Daxter Series
FF12
Dynasty Warriors 4

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

Shadow of the Colossus
The Jak and Daxter series
The Sly Cooper series

 

[TyrantGanado]

Both Max Payne games. Because awesome.

 

[feebstalicious93]

The Jak and Daxter series of course.

No Co-op, but a must have

fuck yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
fuck yes.
oh and one more thing...FUCK YES
jak and daxter rules

 

[TheEarlOfGrey]

There was so many gems on the PS2 it is truly hard to list even a handfull. One shiny example me and my mates cannot stop playing at uni is Mashed: Fully Loaded, a brilliant multiplayer party racer. It was on Xbox but not as good.

 

[VanityGirl]

I was also partial to the Star Wars BattleFront games.
It's fun to run around as a storm trooper!

Bully is also a fun PS2 game, along with the Grand Theft Auto series. (The good ones, like Vice City and San Adreas)

 

[acklumos]

Jak and Daxter Series
Ratchet and Clank series
Dark Cloud 1 and 2

 

[Draco Kaiser]

GOD OF WAR. Best game ever. Kingdom Hearts 1-2, Devil May Cry 1-3, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 4,

 

[Jamiemitsu]

Metal Gear Solid 3. Adjust for the fixed camera and awkward controls, and there you have it, best game on PS2. You don't even need to have played any other MGS game to understand the story, due to it being a prequel.

 

[Premonition]

The platform holy triquetra: Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank and Sly Cooper. Three games in each franchise (excluding the non platform games like Jak X and Ratchet Deadlocked)
Then there's: Fahrenheit, Beyond good and Evil, Splinter Cell Double Agent (the superior version of the two generation versions), Killzone, Metal gear Solid 3, Resident Evil 4, the CSI games even ... Take your pick.