/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10569963]

I feel like I missed out on the PS2. I was in love with the PS1 throughout my childhood, and I played pretty much every notable game for it, even if it was just by the demo disc or a Blockbuster rental.

I got a PS2 for christmas one year, and I was in love with it too for maybe the first year or so; but it was also around that time one of my friends showed me stuff like Unreal Tournament and Red Alert 2 on PC. I was instantly converted, I moved on and forever became a PC gamer.

I regret it, Anons. I remember how excited I was to open that box up on Christmas day, I played Jak and Daxter and Red Faction for weeks when they were the only games I had for it. But I know this system had so many great games, and I only ever experienced a handful.

So I am going to make it right. I want to know, Anon- What were YOUR favourite PS2 game(s)? I don't just want the games from internet Top 10 lists, I don't care what MetalJesus thinks are "hidden gems"; I just want to know what games YOU loved the most, for whatever reason.

[Anonymous No.10569993]

Final Fantasy X
Fatal Frame 2
Gregory horror show
Pac-man world 2
God Hand

[Anonymous No.10570042]

Motherfucking Robot Wars Arenas of Destruction.

It was probably a shit as fuck game but I enjoyed it a lot when I was a 12 year old. Pure soul.

[Anonymous No.10570046]

>>10569963
fuck the peeshitpoo
should have bought an xbox or gamcube instead

[Anonymous No.10570067]

>>10569963
>I feel like I missed out on the PS2
Didn't miss much.

>>10570046
This

[Anonymous No.10570072]

>>10569993
>Gregory Horror Show
Holy based anon. I’m gonna mention Gradius V and Frequency too.

[Anonymous No.10570158]

>>10570046
>>10570067

Why can't you people just enjoy your consoles? Why do you have to come on the internet to say how bad the other ones are?

I think you might just feel bitter that you missed out on the system too. Maybe you should listen to the games other Anons recommend, there's nothing stopping you trying them out now you are a grown up and these games are all freely and easily available.

[Anonymous No.10570165]

>>10570158
Didn't miss out. Grew up with PS1 and PS2. Revisiting the 2 now is a very stale experience.

[Anonymous No.10570178]

>>10570165
>ps2
>stale

[Anonymous No.10570183]

>>10570178
Yeah that's what I said. Need me to repeat it? Stale. Do you need a definition now too?

[Anonymous No.10570226]

>>10570183
>>10570165

You should at least elaborate on why you think it is "stale" and what aspects of the games made you feel that way.

This system literally has one of the largest libraries ever, just from a viewpoint of basic probability, highly unlikely none of them hold up.

[Anonymous No.10570252]

>>10570226
That's all your arguments ever are, from your camp. "Numbers! Statistics! Inevitability!" But games aren't numbers. Enjoyment aren't numbers. Every time I explore the PS1 library I find more and more delightful and enjoyable surprises that are experimental and original in nature, on top of being fun and engaging at the expense of almost nothing. Everything is uniquely itself with nothing to prove or to conform to. Yet the more and more I revisit the PS2, I realize more and more of the games I used to gawk at are actually shallow experiences and are more just shoveled on there to get a product on the shelves and stay within the newly formed lane of black/brown/gray "cinematic" games that all wear the same sheen of dreariness and obligation. There are exceptions on the 2, but the amount of things that the library got right in 1 is astounding, when it was something I previously dismissed. Meanwhile, my once adoration for 2 continues to subside into "well, I guess," with the number of exceptions dwindling. Thousands of acceptably mediocre titles don't outweigh hundreds of great and dazzling ones to me, often with entries from within the very same franchise.

But that's just me. I used to be part of the PS2 hype years ago. Now I've come to find its taste ever blander as time goes on, though those exceptions do exist, I can no longer agree that it's the rule everybody says it is.

[Anonymous No.10570253]

I don't know how well they hold up in 2024, but I remember loving the Thrillville games. Basically imagine Rollercoaster Tycoon, but along wit building and managing the park, you get to actually play the games you build, train staff through minigames, do quests, etc.

[Anonymous No.10570281]

>>10570252

... I don't even disagree that the PS1 has a better library with probably more quality titles overall, but I still wonder how the PS2 hurt you.

[Anonymous No.10570283]

>>10570226
PS2 graphics are new/refined enough that they have a lack of novelty about them (unlike the way that 16 bit and early 3D will always have) and old enough that they just look like crap compared to HD

>>10569963
i played PS2 for a few years til about 2004 and then I moved away from consoles to PC pretty much for life

My entire console experience was basically:
MGS2
SOCOM 1+2 online
GTA Trilogy
THPS3
Driver 3
Stuntman

[Anonymous No.10570285]

>>10570283
Also, forgot Gran Turismo 3 and Ace Combat 4

[Anonymous No.10570307]

>>10570252

So you are saying that because a console has a lot of mediocre games, that somehow makes the good games less good? That's retarded Anon.

We are interested in the good games here, it literally doesn't matter at all how many bad games there were. You can safely ignore them. Every single console ever released has way more garbage than it does good stuff. That's why OP is even asking.

No, seriously, I think you might have learning difficulties.

[Anonymous No.10570357]

>>10570281
It didn't. The hype did. People calling it the best thing ever, untouchable, for 20 years, really did a number on it. There's that word again. Number. The sales number. The game numbers. That's all anyone points to. If everything were the same but it had a few less games and didn't sell 150 million, so it's on comparable footing with everything else, there'd be no reason for the praise to get that out of hand.

>>10570307
Didn't even mention bad games. Just the ethos of the whole library is painted in one or two broad strokes that loses its appeal rapidly, rather than having actual variety and individuality.

[Anonymous No.10570456]

>>10569963
Hell yeah man, I feel like the PS2's been there every step of the way thru my growth as a gamer. We got mine the year it came out when I was just 8 years old, Tony Hawk games were all the buzz and SSX was the snowboarding heir apparent and it carried me into my teens with RPGs like FFX, action games like DMC.

Flipnic ultimate pinball, a game by sony themselves that has these multi-dimensional pinball levels, various tables built up with mechanics constantly changing, in one level you'll be blasting apart aliens with a laser while pinning back and forth, in another you'll be playing roulette wheels with a shitheaded monkey behind a waterfall. It's like the punctuation to the concept of pinball, a great time. SCE made it themselves and it has all the beauty you'd want from a first party game and shows a real love for the genre from clearly passionate people.

Next would be Firefighter FD18 which I've always heard about and even remember seeing way back on G4 20~ years ago. It's a slow paced third person shooter where you trudge through burning buildings and fires to rescue all kinds of people, collect items and defeat the fires. The best thing is the fires are all presented as types of monsters which makes them all really fun to fight. The story is another fun one too where the guy you play has clearly hates the news media, the game itself feels like it translates all the concepts laid out by the old Human Entertainment SNES game "The Firemen" to 3D despite as far as I can tell, sharing no staff.

Lastly would be Sky Odyssey which is an awesome adventure in simple planes in forgotten lands. The way it makes gameplay scenarios out of all these concepts from dumping all your fuel for more altitude to having your engine explode and having to use the lift in your wings to carefully navigate down a ravine makes it a totally unique and fun experience.

With the PS2 there's something for everyone and there's always more to uncover too, it's super rewarding.

[Anonymous No.10570475]

>>10570456
>With the PS2 there's something for everyone
There's very few 2D platformers/action games or FPS games worth playing.

[Anonymous No.10570512]

>>10570475
funny enough most 2d platformers and action games on there are well regarded must plays lol, fps games there's plenty if you're looking for something to play.

[Anonymous No.10570524]

>>10570512
>funny enough most 2d platformers and action games on there are well regarded must plays lol
By who?
>fps games there's plenty if you're looking for something to play
Timesplitters is the only good one.

[Anonymous No.10570557]

>>10569963
Play the original Ratchet & Clank trilogy, but especially Going Commando and Up Your Arsenal. You owe it to yourself.

[Anonymous No.10570587]

>>10569963
Obscure 1 and 2
Hitman 2, Blood Money, and Contracts
Persona 3 FES
Katamari Damacy
SMT 3
Fatal Frame 1 2 and 3

There's a lot of good games on this thing and it's probably the system I emulate the most.

>>10569993
>Gregory horror show
I love that game it's so weird. It's really it's own thing nothing else is quite like it. Glad to see someone other then me remembers about it.

[Anonymous No.10570739]

>>10570357

>It didn't deserve all the praise and hype it got

Even if that's true, and I'll agree that in general, it is overrated, that's not what this thread is about. This thread is here to ask what games you enjoyed on it.

So stop being a goddamn faggot.

[Anonymous No.10570759]

>>10570739
He's an unemployed 45 year old man still waging console wars settled when he was a fresh high school graduate, the goal is to derail threads about anything he doesn't like (anything not nintendo) in order to make it impossible to discuss and further entrench the board in ignorance about a thing this guy doesn't like.

[Anonymous No.10570803]

>>10569963
Ohh man i was waiting for such a question OP for a looong time!!!!
Lets see i had a Ps2 library of around 25 games, all pirated ofcourse.
And from them all i would point out Shadow of Rome, Hainting Ground, Heroes of the Pacific, Darkwatch and Ghosthunter. There, those were my favorites...

[Anonymous No.10570846]

>>10570803
ghost hunter is hilarious, what did you think of the last segment where lazarus jones dies

[Anonymous No.10570860]

>>10570846
to be honest i dont remember. I only beat the game once and that was in the late 2000's. Havent played the game since but it is in my backlog. Hopefully i'll play it this year.

[Anonymous No.10570890]

>>10569963
In no order
>Timesplitters 2
>SOCOM 2
I played the above two with my dad so much. Truly did not know how good I had it.
>MGS2
>MGS3/MGO
Obsessed. Reached 13th on the NA server rankings.
>Armored Core 2 Another Age
Really all the ACs on PS2 were bangers, but 2AA was my first.
>GTA Vice City

I'm currently playing Shadow of the Colossus for the first time and loving it.

[Anonymous No.10570894]

I'm in a strangely similar position to you, OP. I've completely lost interest in my PS2.

[Anonymous No.10570937]

>>10570158
Ignore them, they have a lacklustre life and feel the need to bring other people down by giving them "reality checks" and shitting on what other people like.

[Anonymous No.10571045]

>>10569963
>missed out on the PS2
Nigger the console hasn't gone anywhere, you can literally just hook it up right now and play it

[Anonymous No.10571049]

>>10570252
>But games aren't numbers
I mean, yeah, they technically are.

[Anonymous No.10571098]

S.L.A.I.
Alien Hominid
Super Robot Wars: Original Generations
Super Robot Wars Z
Silent Hill 2-4
Metal Gear Solid 2&3
Ratchet and Clank 1&2
We Katamari
Haunting Ground
Z.O.E. 1&2
Tales of the Abyss
F.F. 10 & 12
SSX 3
Tony Hawks Underground
Persona 3 FES
Lots of NeoGeo ports

[Anonymous No.10571748]

>>10569963
Turok Evolution and AvP Extinction.
the former is a bad game in retrospective since i replayed it a year ago, the latter is still fun and I really wished it would've gotten a PC port.
I'd rent AvP Extinction from the movie store whenever i stayed with my grandma and is probably one of my most played PS2 games, i still very much enjoy playing through it once every year or two.

[Anonymous No.10571756]

>>10570252
this anon knows.
50% of the people who defend the PS2 library haven't even played that much of it or emulated them recently.
I'm in the exact same camp anon, the more I've pushed myself to explore it the more I find myself straight up thinking the PSX is a better console by virtue of having actually fun charming games.
it even has a overall better visual style, so many PS2 games flat out look worse than PSX titles with horrible play dough looking character models and mud textures.
people just think about the 5 or so games that were actually fun to play on the PS2 and jettison the ocean of garbage around it from their memory.

[Anonymous No.10572128]

>>10571756
Sounds like you hate video games like him

[Anonymous No.10572159]

>>10572128
go and play some PS2 games outside of the top 20 or so and get back to me

[Anonymous No.10572173]

>>10572159
OK.
This is better than any gamecube game and it's at a 65 on metacritic.
Explain that.

[Anonymous No.10572315]

>>10571756

You are correct. The PS2 library is overrated and largely lacklustre compared to the charm and sheer nostalgia value of PS1. I prefer the PS1. The PS1 is better than the PS2 in every way.

Let's be clear here: I agree with you entirely.

Now, with that cleared up, are you going to answer the question I actually asked in the OP, or are you just going to carry on shitting up the thread for no fucking reason like the little virgin inbred retard nigger autistic fucking faggot you are?

[Anonymous No.10572546]

>>10569963
I really like Saru Getchu 3 / Ape Escape 3.
It's one of those games that doesn't get boring no matter how many times you play it because there's so many different ways to play.
If you sneak up on monkeys it's a really fun stealth game.
If you charge at them net in hand it's a great, challenging action game.
If you use the power-up costumes and the giant robots it's a power fantasy.
If you want a real challenge there's a well-implemented time trial mode that's fun to speedrun.
If you want to play something totally different there's piles of minigames and other things to do.
If you're a lolicon it's a must-play because it's got the cutest sexiest most erotic loli ever in it holy shit she's so hot
Sometimes I just walk around levels driving the little RC car.
Really, it's got something for everyone. I've bought it twice.

[Anonymous No.10572695]

I defy anyone to play this game and not enjoy it.

Pure 100% soul and arcade kino.

[Anonymous No.10572718]

>>10572173
>explain that
The game is trash.

[Anonymous No.10572742]

>>10572695
I love Outrun in most of its forms. This might be the best. It's sad nobody can buy Outrun Online Arcade anymore.

You should try Rule of Rose. It's a "bad game" but I argue it's worth experiencing for its aesthetic and storytelling elements.

[Anonymous No.10572746]

>>10572695
Fucking amazing game, sega also made f zero on GameCube. Check that out if you haven’t . It’s actually really fucking good

[Anonymous No.10572789]

>>10569963
Stuntman
The Getaway
Dog's Life
Bully

[Anonymous No.10572812]

I think the problem with the PS2 from a "retro2 perspective, is that while it had a lot of great games, most of them are still pretty well remembered today. The best stuff from the PS2 has pretty reliably been ported and re-released over the years onto PC or modern systems, so even if you think you m missed out on it at the time, whenever you try to dig into the PS2 library you just come across a lot of games you have very likely already played in one form or another.

It's ironic really, because I was never a fanboy of any one particular system, and I never liked the idea of console exclusives, but over time, those exclusives become the only genuine reason to revisit an old console. If you can plsy the same games natively on modern hardware, why bother?

This is why the 360/PS4/ and onwards will likely never matter as a "retro" system no matter how old they get. Pretty much every title of note is out on Steam or GoG etc anyway. The software has transcended the platform.

[Anonymous No.10572867]

What about mech games? Did the PS2 have any cool mech games? ArmouredCore is well known but I seem to remember it being a way bigger genre back then.

(And I don't mean shitty weeb gundam bullshit, I mean mechs.)

[Anonymous No.10572913]

>>10572695
>km units on a US roadsign

[Anonymous No.10573502]

>>10572867
SLAI

[Anonymous No.10575142]

>>10572789
superb choices

[Anonymous No.10575179]

I actually received an old PS2 from my cousin a month or two ago. First time with a non-Nintendo home console.
Currently have Ape Escape and Mr. Driller and waiting to get Ape Escape 2, Rayman, Rayman 2 Revilution, and Bomberman World.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? I mainly like 2D/3D platformers and other colorful games. So no rpgs, sports games, GTA, etc.
One question I have is it worth buying the original Katamari Damacy? I have the Switch remake and I couldn’t fully get into it, it’s good, but is the original version better? I appreciate any opinions on this.

[Anonymous No.10575720]

>>10575179

If you grew up a Nintendo kid you will love the shit out of Jak and Daxter (but only the first one, avoid the sequels). I would go so far as to say it's the best collectathon style platformer ever made, but that is partially nostalgia on my part.

Sly Cooper (aka Sly Raccoon) is also a great and very unique stealth/action platformer with a very cool visual style and presentation (as long as you don't hate furry stuff, because it is peak furry.)

The remake of Katamari is basically exact same, very little changed IIRC.

[Anonymous No.10575840]

>>10575179
are you a girl?

[Anonymous No.10575896]

>>10575720
Thanks for the suggestions. I heard about Sly Cooper and it looks cool. Neutral on furry stuff, so maybe I’ll buy those later.
I’m also tempted to maybe try Ratchet & Clank, but I’ll do more research on PS2 games.

[Anonymous No.10575945]

Sky Odyssey is the best flying game on the system. Dark Cloud 2 has a lot of soul if you like jrpg

[Anonymous No.10576080]

>>10575896
Ratchet & Clank 3 is fantastic.

[Anonymous No.10576089]

>>10572867
front mission is good if you are into tactical RPGs. i feel front mission has the most realistic mech universe. i feel the entire mech genre is completely ruined with with spastic ass fast mechas that can fly. front mission has wanzers which is a translation of walking tanks in german.

[Anonymous No.10576462]

>>10569963
Black was one of the best shooters i had for the PS2, when i was a child. It had those shooting sections and the atmosphere scenery of war in the late 20th century in an urban landscape, and had aplenty of impressive loading screen with shit ton of bullets flying around (wich in on itself is a commentary on how many bullets are wasted in our contemporaries) and even includes the option for stealth and granades. It also has good graphics for the era. I love it bros

[Anonymous No.10577001]

>>10572546
Based.

It also has the best dub of the original 3, The VAs actually give a shit even though the translation is iffy at points. "Hey, that's my pudding!"

"Free-thinkers" saying Astrology is bullshit don't know the feeling of capturing the monkey with your birthday.

OST also fucking rocks, they got Soichi Terada who did Ape Escape 1.

[Anonymous No.10577029]

Pretty sad that you abandoned the PS2 like a typical PC-fanboy. I mean....why should we suggest YOU any good games for it? Why should an abandoned SON take back his deadbeat father who went off with a different woman all those years ago...and NOW you come crawling BACK like a BITCH.

Anyway, best PS2 games in no particular odour:
1) God of War 1 and 2 (best hack and slash action adventures, better than any of the Devil May Cry capcom trash)
2) GTA Vice City (best soundtrack & style in the entire franchise, although 'Scarface The World Is Yours' gave a solid try)
3) TimeSplitters 2 and Future Perfect (best arcadey first person shooters on the console, like improved versions of Goldeneye & Perfect Dark)
4) Resident Evil 4 (the best survival horror by default, but Cold Fear is a decent alternative)
5) Tekken 5 (best 3D fighting game in terms of combos, gameplay, graphics, & stage designs)
6) Beat Down Fists of Vengeance (completely underrated/overlooked open-world beat-em-up & even more fun than the repetitive Godhand)
7) Beyond Good & Evil (solid action game about some lesbo taking photos to fight some evil bad guys...it's a lot more interesting when you play it than reading about it)
8) Prince of Persia Warrior Within (the best in the entire trilogy...great combination of fun time-warping platforming, blood pumping metal soundtrack & sex appeal)
9) King of Fighters Orochi Collection (the ultimate 2d fighting game experience since it has a bunch of the old classic 90s KOF games)
10) Burnout 3 Takedown (this was the golden standard of arcadey street racing for the 2000s era)
11) Sniper Elite (one of the best 'sniper' shooters of all time...they made a bunch of sequels later on for the PS3 or something but the OG was all about WW2-era headshot goodness)
12) Sly 2 (the best in the action platforming/stealth mascot series....1 and 3 were okay but the 2nd one perfected it)
13) Fight Night Round 3 (probably the best boxing game you can get on PS2)

[Anonymous No.10577074]

>>10576462

I really want to like Black, it has really satisfying, punchy guns and just overall it's always fun to see those really polished games that come out late in a console's cycle and push it to the limits. But when I try to play it today, I find it has unbearably sluggish controls. It's not input lag, because shooting responds instantly, but aiming and movement has like a full half second delay between input and response.

In general though I think it would have been an amazing game if it came out about 3 years earlier. But by 2006 it was already getting mogged by PC and 7th gen shooters. Call of Duty 4 came out like 6 months later and PS2 itself already had games like Killzone, which I think has actually aged better. Black just never had a time to shine.

[Anonymous No.10577479]

>>10570252
So then are you an autist who can’t understand that other people have feelings about things other than you own?

[Anonymous No.10577485]

>>10577074
The game is tuned well for the controls, I have no idea what your problem could be with them. Is it an emulation thing?

[Anonymous No.10577491]

>>10577485

Same issue on real hardware and CRT. It's not input lag, it just has sluggish movement in general.

Maybe if it's what you are used to you just don't feel it. When you are used to hyper fast shooters on PC, anything that isn't instantly responsive feels like garbage to me.

[Anonymous No.10577492]

>>10577491
Every game has a different feel, so when I play cs2 on PC I'm not disgusted that it doesn't feel like quake. That's a very unique problem you have.

[Anonymous No.10577504]

>>10577492
Not him, but I'm kind of displeased with any FPS that doesn't feel like Quake 3 even though I haven't played it in a long time. Man the inertia, gravity, jump acceleration and whatever is tuned to perfection there.

[Anonymous No.10577732]

>>10577492

The problem isn't that it "doesn't feel like Quake", the problem is that there's a noticeable and very distracting delay between your control inputs and the game's response.

I am sorry that you have such low standards, but I would rather spend my time playing games that actually respond to inputs faster than your dad typing a text. You can carry on pretending it's not an issue without me, I'll be okay.

[Anonymous No.10578169]

I bought the console when i saw it had Serious Sam: Next Encounter on it, having been a big pc shooter kid and loving the first two Serious Sams. I didn't play many obscure games on it though.

Other games i liked included
SMT: Nocturne
DDS 1+2
Suikoden V
Castlevania Lament + Curse
R-Type Final
Yugioh Duelists of the Roses

[Anonymous No.10578483]

PS2 games were mostly quantity over quality. GameCube holds up better.

[Anonymous No.10578501]

>>10569963
The PS2 was a huge part of my life, I think what was awesome about it was there were tons of games (good and bad) but also the PS1 backwards compat meant that I could play cheap games from last gen that my friends' older siblings would rave about too. So in a way, you got to experience two gens at once.

Having said that, some standout PS2 games of mine are:

Dragonball Budokai Series
Star Wars Battlefront Series
LotR RotK and Third Age (Yeah Third age was unfinished but I loved it anyway)
Crash Twinsanity (ditto)
Burnout 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Tekken 5
James Bond: Agent Under Fire

Looking back, the quality of these is a mixed bag. But all these games give me comfy vibes of Saturday nights in my room under a blanket with a few sodas.

[Anonymous No.10578509]

>>10569963
Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 are the most kino jarpigs ever created

[Anonymous No.10578885]

>>10577732
Sounds like genetic inferiority if you struggle to wield your tools to an adequate level. Ah well, not my problem. More for me to enjoy. Maybe one day you can unlock this level of skill.

[Anonymous No.10578907]

>>10569963
I missed out too anon.

Right when the PS2 came out I got into the house party scene in high school and my weekends turned into drug and alcohol fuelled adventures primarily revolving around meeting girls to have sex with.

I think Vice City and NFS Underground would be the only games I actually played during that time.

I was in a stable relationship when the PS3 came out and got to experience that generation to the fullest though :)

[Anonymous No.10579572]

>>10570183
Then you probably just hate video games, since it has every genre for it except for 1 or 2

I already you just do this contrarian edge crap for science. I do it too just not for this because I don't see the reason for it

[Anonymous No.10579573]

>>10579572
(Already know)

If you genuinely don't like it, my only other guess is you really don't like someone that does like it

[Anonymous No.10579580]

>>10572867
Robot Alchemic Drive

[Anonymous No.10579684]

>>10577074
I found the first level in Black to be terrible and a poor representation of the rest of the game which is terrific. For some reason I don't mind the lag in that title.

[Anonymous No.10579780]

>>10569963
Ace combat 4 over everything else.
Planes.
Waifu.
Kino story.
14 years old me was amazed.

[Anonymous No.10579861]

One thing I always thought was weird about the PS2 is how many of the biggest blockbuster franchises from the PS1 days all kind of fell apart when they made the transition.

There's plenty that made the transition successfully, like MGS, Gran Turismo, GTA, but it feels like the console had a lot of its potential squandered when so many of the most beloved series like Tomb Raider, Crash, Spyro, Wipeout, etc all kind of crashed and burned.

And there were a lot of good series that simply never made the jump. Stuff like Syphon Filter, MediEvIl, G-Police... It makes me sad games like those got left behind.

[Anonymous No.10579897]

>>10569963
Persona 3 and 4
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Ratchet and Clank

[Anonymous No.10579938]

>>10579780
nice, really nice.

[Anonymous No.10579953]

>>10569963
play Drakengard, join me in this hole, anon!

[Anonymous No.10579957]

>>10569963
Aside from the classics literally everyone knows about (I guess Timesplitters might be one but oh well), here are some of my favourites:
Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires
Dynasty Warriors 5 Xtreme Legends
Soul Calibur 2
Timesplitters 2
Timesplitters Future Perfect
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII
Romance of the Three Kingdoms X

The PS1's library is better. PS2's library is great but the PS1 is 10/10.

[Anonymous No.10579974]

>>10569963
Oh, and SSX 3/SSX Tricky

[Anonymous No.10580586]

>>10579861
>Syphon Filter
Are you a cocksucker? There's Syphon Filter on PS2.

[Anonymous No.10582198]

Ratchet and Clank 1,2,3
Jak and Daxter 1,2,3
Sly 1,2,3
Silent Hill 2,3,4
Okami
Beyond good and evil
Backyard Wrestling dont try this at home
dead or alive 2
tekken 4,5
Dogs Life
Dynasty Warriors 3
Ice Age 2
Psychonauts
Kung fu panda
Over the hedge
space race
Taz wanted
Barnyard
Bionicle Heroes
Bully
Codename kids next door
Devil may cry
The incredibles
Madagascar
Ed Edd n Eddy
Extermination
Fatal Frame
Forbiden Siren
Futurama
God of War 1,2
Gregory horror show
Obscure
Haunting Ground
Kuon
Rule of Rose
Manhunt 1,2
The Suffering
The Thing
Ico
Kingdom Hearts
Spyro
Little Britan
Looney Tunes
Lord of the rings
Michigan Report From Hell
Monster Hunter
Need for Speed Undreground 2
Spongebob battle for bikkini bottom
Onimusha
Powepuff girls
Prince of Persia
The Punisher
Resident Evil
Samurai Jack
Samurai Warriors
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow the hedgehog
Shrek 2
Simpsons hit and run
Siren
Sonic Heroes
Star Trek Voyager Elite Force
Terminator 3
Formula 2001
Star Wars
Stuart Little
Ultimate Spiderman
Vexx
Warriors Orochi
Woody Woodpecker
WEE SmackDown vs Raw

[Anonymous No.10582315]

Can anyone post games that aren't better on the competing consoles? Most of these are in 480p with better framerate on both the xbox and gamecube. Besides the exclusives of course.

[Anonymous No.10582410]

Playing any SOCOM game online was almost the entirety of my PS2 experience. I'll always fondly remember them days.

[Anonymous No.10582668]

>>10579861
Ya ps2 was an absolute shredder for many franchises. I believe its due to the fact that the PS2 was much more difficult to develop for and the fact studios feel they had to up the ante for the new gen which did nothing but detract from what made many franchises good.

I just got a ps2 and softmodded it and I'm combing through the library and I'm not finding it hyped as everyone says. Tons of the 90+ rated titles are just overhyped sports, dudebro or wigger games that weren't particularly groundbreaking or innovative. I feel like it was a middle ground where the industry was still creative and striving but was also starting to fall into bad habits of over hype and IP whoring and movie games that really started to become evident with 7th gen.

[Anonymous No.10582692]

>>10570524
motherfucking Odin Sphere, anon. More of a hack and slash, but still a charming, fun game. Shameful nobody ITT has mentioned it yet.

[Anonymous No.10582769]

Might not be related but
>world went to shit few years ago
>all I do now is work, come home and play sixth gen console/pc games
>watch old cartoons and G4 reruns
I realize I'm in a hole and I'm sinking but Im not sure what can be done

[Anonymous No.10582838]

Ps2 was launched when i was studying at uni, so i didn't have the money and time to have it. Any good games to play with keyboard?

[Anonymous No.10583058]

>>10582769
I'm basically at this point too, I have a CRT on which I watch anime and tv in 4:3 and play games in 4:3. If it wasn't made in 4:3 its probably garbage.

[Anonymous No.10584458]

>>10582315
Most are worse on the gc.

[Anonymous No.10584510]

>>10582838
rpgs, puzzle games maybe, where your inputs don't need to be exact or timed. you should get a controller though, any pos that works is better than a keyboard. i use a wired 360 which covers most things but there is a few games that use analog controls that the 360 controller lacks for face buttons which can be tricky.

[Anonymous No.10584601]

>>10582769
it only gets worse anon
I'm filling the void rn by collecting $1 thrift store DVDs of movies i used to watch in the 90s

[Anonymous No.10584702]

>>10582769
I used to live like this for 10+ years, now I finally went to shit with brain and got fired, My plan rn is to live a few more months off of money I saved, and then lay in bed and wait 40-75 days to die of starvation. Life is a fucking joke.

[Anonymous No.10584732]

>>10569963
Shadow of Destiny/Memories
CvS2
Way of the Samurai 1/2
Ico/Shadow of the Colossus
FF XII
SSX Tricky/3
Smackdown Here Comes the Pain
Ring of Red
Lifeline

Those are some that I liked a lot, and there are plenty more!

[Anonymous No.10584819]

>>10584458
I don't see how many games having frame drops, running at 30fps and at 480i is an inprovment over the gamecube.

[Anonymous No.10584824]

>>10584819
>running at 30fps and at 480i
That's the gc alright

[Anonymous No.10584836]

>>10584824
Sure buddy. Both get easily beaten by the xbox in terms of resolution and performance but the ps2 as great as it is. Sucks at most multi plats.

[Anonymous No.10584839]

>>10584836
>Sucks at most multi plats.
No, that's the GC. Why can't you get that right? They even had to remove half the moves you could do in SSX3 to get it to work on the console.

[Anonymous No.10585062]

>>10584839
"get it to work on the console" Let's just agree to disagree here. You don't understand what I'm telling you. You can't compare storage size to capability. Go look at the sonic games. Something that simple shouldn't be running at 30ish fps on the ps2 but they just do.

[Anonymous No.10585073]

>>10585062
It's always the same boring examples. RE4, Sonic (that everyone agrees is terrible) but then suddenly examples to the contary "don't count!" you don't even like the PS2. You're just in this thread to shit it up because you're a lonely failure. Well you fail again big boy.

[Anonymous No.10585083]

>>10582315
>Let's talk about the Gamecube vs the PS2
>A-ah but...but no talking about exclusives!
Yeah alright. Let's talk about how much more habitable Mars is than Earth...but no talking about the atmosphere!

[Anonymous No.10585101]

>>10585073
>>10585083
Eat shit you obvious console waring fags. I have a ps2 phat, a slim before they changed the hardware and a ps3 fat used to play ps2 games when I please. I love the library for the jap slop but to pretend it's better or stronger than it's contemporaries is stupid.

[Anonymous No.10585118]

>>10585101
>you obvious console waring fags.
What's the war? I had a gamecube too for F-Zero GX. It's just asinine to ignore the most important thing about the PS2: Its giant fucking library.

[Anonymous No.10585136]

>>10577074
>Call of Duty 4 came out like 6 months later
CoD4 came out 21 months later, what the fuck? Even GoW and R6V weren't around until 9 months later and the FEAR port was 8, basically the only 7th gen shooter contemporary to it was GRAW.

[Anonymous No.10586896]

>>10569963
I feel the same too. Since I quit video games around the time the Dreamcast run ended, I feel like I missed out on a lot of PS2 games. There were still some standout games I enjoyed on the system, but the magic wasn't really there for it. I did spend the most time on the PS2 with games like Klonoa 2, Victorious Boxers, Skygunner, Capcom Vs. SNK 2, Culdcept Second, Shadow Hearts, Silent Hill 2+3, Rumble Roses, Metal Gear Solid 2+3, Flipnic, Chain Dive, Ibara, and Virtua Fighter 4, but also a lot of ports/remakes from older systems that they adapted to the PS2.

[Anonymous No.10586940]

Gonna brag a little, but working at a Gamestop right at the end of the PS2's life was absolutely nuts. We had probably over 1000 ps2 games in our store from absolute shovelware to the rarest jrpg's I still regret not picking up to this day. I played and bought so many games. On top of that, I still have a copy of Rule of Rose somebody randomly traded in one day (though I'm all but sure that copy doesn't work anymore). It was one of the few fond memories I have of that awful place.

[Anonymous No.10587367]

>>10569963
>What were YOUR favourite PS2 game(s)?
you need to play evergrace
the david lynch movie of the ps2 library
ok that was a bad comparison but whatever

[Anonymous No.10588247]

>>10569963
So go buy one

Ya you probably did