Your Favorite Game for the PS2
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I don't like following the crowd, but sometimes the crowd is right. Persona 4, without question.
To add a few others, I also highly recommend Spider-Man 2 (no, really, it's great), and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
To add a few others, I also highly recommend Spider-Man 2 (no, really, it's great), and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
Metal Gear Solid 3 was my absolute favorite. I was never really big into the MGS games before that one, but my buddy is a die-hard Metal Gear fan. When he got that game, we played through it and for whatever reason it hooked me in. So glad it came out in HD.
As far as hours gotten out of a game, Champions of Norath: Return To Arms is certainly first.
Second probably would be the Phantasy Star Online expansion. (something about the Illuminus)
Runners up:
Final Fantasy X-2
Ratchet Deadlocked
Star Ocean:Till The End of Time
Dark Cloud 2
Second probably would be the Phantasy Star Online expansion. (something about the Illuminus)
Runners up:
Final Fantasy X-2
Ratchet Deadlocked
Star Ocean:Till The End of Time
Dark Cloud 2
Timesplitters 2 or Future Perfect - So much content and overall fun gameplay, the second one is more dated but also more unique, the third one (Future Perfect) has a really good and funny story to compliment the varied missions style that the second game provided.
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction - Its a military based GTA and it has such an unique atmoshpere to it, it really feels like a war is taking place. The gameplay is very fun and it has a good amount of content. Its comparable to Just Cause 2 and The Sabeuter.
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction - Its a military based GTA and it has such an unique atmoshpere to it, it really feels like a war is taking place. The gameplay is very fun and it has a good amount of content. Its comparable to Just Cause 2 and The Sabeuter.
Persona 4 for me as well. Probably THE quintessential RPG released on the PS2 (and one of the absolute best ones ever made in general.) If you like Turn-Based JRPGs, get this game at all costs. You will not regret the story told, that is for sure.
Here are my honorable mentions:
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 3
Odin Sphere
Final Fantasy XII
Okami
Kingdom Hearts II
Silent Hill 2
Time Splitters: Future Perfect (Because it is fun as hell and you all know it! <.<')
Here are my honorable mentions:
Shadow of the Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 3
Odin Sphere
Final Fantasy XII
Okami
Kingdom Hearts II
Silent Hill 2
Time Splitters: Future Perfect (Because it is fun as hell and you all know it! <.<')
Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistance. The camera makes this version so much more engaging then Snake Eater's.
Persona 3 FES and 4. Especially PERSONA 4.
SMT Nocturne.
Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition.
Shadow of the Colossus.
GTA San Andreas.
Odin Sphere.
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2.
God Hand.
Spiderman 2.
Time Splitters Future Perfect. Dat train level.
Ratchet Deadlocked.
Resident Evil 4.
Silent Hill 2.
Wow. Last gen sure was amazing... wait you said favorite GAME?! As in singular?! Impossible... sorry.
Persona 3 FES and 4. Especially PERSONA 4.
SMT Nocturne.
Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition.
Shadow of the Colossus.
GTA San Andreas.
Odin Sphere.
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2.
God Hand.
Spiderman 2.
Time Splitters Future Perfect. Dat train level.
Ratchet Deadlocked.
Resident Evil 4.
Silent Hill 2.
Wow. Last gen sure was amazing... wait you said favorite GAME?! As in singular?! Impossible... sorry.
Christ that's a hard one. It's honestly a multi-way tie.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was easily the best GTA game (ever), with memorable characters, massive world that wasn't just one huge sprawling city, and pretty solid third person shooty gameplay (...for the time). Vehicle controls will seem a little dated, particularly when you have to fly planes about 3/4 of the way in. The rest of the game was just pure gold, though. If you've ever liked any GTA, GTASA is a must play.
Final Fantasy X is another solid contender. It's far more linear than the legendary final fantasy games, and honestly the characters aren't as deep as those in 6 or 8, but the plot is what saves the game. Most final fantasies just fall apart entirely when it comes to the plot - the third act of 7, the entire game of 8, 9 comes in bits and pieces, but X had a really solid theme of the conflict between the church and non-believers (and the influence the church has over the common folk), which was highlighted by members of your party being from different camps. Easily replayable even today, FFX has aged very well and the combat (which can be a bit of a chore in earlier FF titles) flows smoothly. Blitzball (a minigame) is also pretty fucking fun after the first few matches, and contains a roster of like 50+ players, a ton of skills, and 99 levels to play through. Imagine soccer, except underwater. And with the rules of physics completely ignored.
Timesplitters 2 was the FPS I put most hours of my life into. It looks *very* dated, even by PS2 standards, and some of the guns are just plain trash, but the level maker was almost unbeatable (for a console shooter, anyway) and it has a lot of fun multiplayer maps and game types. The story campaign can also be done solo or two player, and the harder modes are *fucking hard*.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. It gets a lot of (mostly undeserved) flak for not being... well, Baldur's Gate. It isn't an RPG at all, going instead for a more combat-driven hack n slash with elements taken from D&D but with a completely new combat system (i.e., one that doesn't make you sit around for 3 days waiting for the "round" to end so your character can attack again). The 3 characters in Dark Alliance all play quite differently, and aside from the sorceress, who really falls behind in the hardest mode since spell damage doesn't scale with gear are still pretty viable most of the way through. If you enjoy the first game, definitely pick up Dark Alliance 2, which is more of the same Hack n Slash with more class choice (...unfortunately, the classes aren't very standard, lacking a pure damage caster and a pure bow type).
Hope that helped.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was easily the best GTA game (ever), with memorable characters, massive world that wasn't just one huge sprawling city, and pretty solid third person shooty gameplay (...for the time). Vehicle controls will seem a little dated, particularly when you have to fly planes about 3/4 of the way in. The rest of the game was just pure gold, though. If you've ever liked any GTA, GTASA is a must play.
Final Fantasy X is another solid contender. It's far more linear than the legendary final fantasy games, and honestly the characters aren't as deep as those in 6 or 8, but the plot is what saves the game. Most final fantasies just fall apart entirely when it comes to the plot - the third act of 7, the entire game of 8, 9 comes in bits and pieces, but X had a really solid theme of the conflict between the church and non-believers (and the influence the church has over the common folk), which was highlighted by members of your party being from different camps. Easily replayable even today, FFX has aged very well and the combat (which can be a bit of a chore in earlier FF titles) flows smoothly. Blitzball (a minigame) is also pretty fucking fun after the first few matches, and contains a roster of like 50+ players, a ton of skills, and 99 levels to play through. Imagine soccer, except underwater. And with the rules of physics completely ignored.
Timesplitters 2 was the FPS I put most hours of my life into. It looks *very* dated, even by PS2 standards, and some of the guns are just plain trash, but the level maker was almost unbeatable (for a console shooter, anyway) and it has a lot of fun multiplayer maps and game types. The story campaign can also be done solo or two player, and the harder modes are *fucking hard*.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. It gets a lot of (mostly undeserved) flak for not being... well, Baldur's Gate. It isn't an RPG at all, going instead for a more combat-driven hack n slash with elements taken from D&D but with a completely new combat system (i.e., one that doesn't make you sit around for 3 days waiting for the "round" to end so your character can attack again). The 3 characters in Dark Alliance all play quite differently, and aside from the sorceress, who really falls behind in the hardest mode since spell damage doesn't scale with gear are still pretty viable most of the way through. If you enjoy the first game, definitely pick up Dark Alliance 2, which is more of the same Hack n Slash with more class choice (...unfortunately, the classes aren't very standard, lacking a pure damage caster and a pure bow type).
Hope that helped.
I agree with this, I always felt 4 had the better characters but 3 had a cooler tone and overall plot. Both of them verge on the wonderfully ridiculous.IllumInaTIma said:
I'd also add Final Fantasy X and Shadow of the Colossus. Playstation 2 is still my all-time favourite console with the added benefit of PS1 backwards compatibility, so had so many good games.
Every PS1/PS2 game that spawned exactly 3 good titles on their original console, featured overly cool/cute protagonists, was played from a third person perspective, featured awesome boss fights, contained frequent animated cutscenes, and omitted part of the series' title at some point.
Which directly includes:
- Jak and Daxter 1-3
- Ratchet and Clank 1-3
- Sly Raccoon 1-3
- Spyro the Dragon 1-3
- Crash Bandicoot 1-3
And you should also get:
- Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, San Andreas
- Final Fantasy IX and X
- Road Trip Adventure (The weirdest game you've never heard of)
- God of War 1-2
- Prince of Persia 1-3
All in all, that's 26 games. And I guarantee they are all worth your time. Ahh, so many memories... Itching to get home after school because I'd finally beaten a hard boss and unlocked the next chapter of a game...
Which directly includes:
- Jak and Daxter 1-3
- Ratchet and Clank 1-3
- Sly Raccoon 1-3
- Spyro the Dragon 1-3
- Crash Bandicoot 1-3
And you should also get:
- Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, San Andreas
- Final Fantasy IX and X
- Road Trip Adventure (The weirdest game you've never heard of)
- God of War 1-2
- Prince of Persia 1-3
All in all, that's 26 games. And I guarantee they are all worth your time. Ahh, so many memories... Itching to get home after school because I'd finally beaten a hard boss and unlocked the next chapter of a game...
The Matrix: Path of Neo.... I admit not my top favourite, that will always be SPiderman 2 but
I love how in PoN you earn your difficulty setting by beating wave after wave of enemies, I love how the combat actually worked in that game, I will never forget after one of te 'Red Pill' missions, that I managed to have an enemy slightly swinging on a breeze after being kicked through the railing in the Library, and seeing it in the end scne for that mission.
Spiderman 2 is the only good SPiderman game so far, bar none. Funny how it kinda was based off the movie but was still as good as the movie...
*Glares at The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3*
I love how in PoN you earn your difficulty setting by beating wave after wave of enemies, I love how the combat actually worked in that game, I will never forget after one of te 'Red Pill' missions, that I managed to have an enemy slightly swinging on a breeze after being kicked through the railing in the Library, and seeing it in the end scne for that mission.
Spiderman 2 is the only good SPiderman game so far, bar none. Funny how it kinda was based off the movie but was still as good as the movie...
*Glares at The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 3*
You're a man with good taste.Ando85 said:
I haven't played anything on my PS2 lately (due to school and other games), but I've been dying to get back to DMC and finally start Shadow of the Colossus. I may just get them for the PS3, but for now the originals will have to due.
To answer properly I'd have to think of a game that wasn't on a rival's console too, because they were usually always done better elsewhere.
With that in mind... hmmmmm... Driver? Yeah I know it's PS1 but there weren't any exclusives for the PS2 that captivated me the same way. Shadow of the Colossus might have, but I never played it.
With that in mind... hmmmmm... Driver? Yeah I know it's PS1 but there weren't any exclusives for the PS2 that captivated me the same way. Shadow of the Colossus might have, but I never played it.
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Shadow of the Colossus is ultimately a metaphor for the PS2. You are essentially alone (there was not so much online multiplayer back then). It was a vast in game world, filled with beauty (the PS2's library of games). It came towards the end of the generation (and had to face giants: Wii, Xbox 360, and sony's own PS3). By the end of your endeavor the giants were not so big, and maybe you had no right to slay them, but you did. Upon completion you were left with the feeling that all you did was in vain. However the whole thing is remembered fondly, as rich and unforgettable.
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