- Fatal Frame (1-3)
- Katamari Damacy
- Okami
- Devil May Cry
- Kuon
- Kingdom Hearts
- Silent Hill 2-4
- The Suffering
- Rule of the Rose
- Haunting Ground
The PS2 turns 25 years old today. Crazy, right? Perfect day for revisiting some classics. What are some of your favourite PS2 games?
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2ugly2live@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MTK@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dbz, played it for hours with friends, still holds up imho.
jam12705@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Currently playing through Grand Turismo 3 A-Spec again (working through the rally stages, my favorite) and occasionally swapping out for GTA San Andreas. Love the PS2
Redkey@programming.dev 1 year ago
Some of my favourite slow-burn adventures that no one’s mentioned yet:
- Project Zero/Fatal Frame (1, 2, and 3)
- Shadow of Memories/Shadow of Destiny
- Echo Night: Beyond
- Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 1 and 2 (a.k.a. S.O.S. The Final Escape/Disaster Report, and Raw Danger)
- Killer7
And some action-adventure-RPGs that have a place in my heart but aren’t generally considered to be anything special:
- EverGrace (there’s also a sequel which I haven’t played yet)
- Eternal Ring
Zetto@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Lost many hours of my life to Gran Turismo 3 and 4!
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Just for some of the quality of life features included, Sonic Mega Collection Plus. The gamecube version may have been my first foray into classic Sonic, but eh PS2 is in my opinion the better version if you’re a more casual player like me because savestates.
Also, I need to get onto actually playing them, but I recently got all 3 of the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games on PS2. I played enough on Dolphin that I knew I had to pick it up on PS2 (since I don’t have a gamecube). From the couple levels I played in the first game, definitely a fun game and one I personally have enjoyed.
Also, big shout-out to the only Star Wars Battlefront games I acknowledge existing.
The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Metal gear, Kingdom hearts and ape escape
Lenny@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Hitman 2! First game I 100%’d the trophy’s
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sly Cooper Jak and Dexter Ratchet and Clank Suikoden III and IV God of War Tony Hawk
I remember renting God of War and my little brother wanting to watch me play. Then scrambling to turn the TV off as the opening cut scene played. Had to explain to my parents why he couldn’t watch me play.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 year ago
At some point I need to get back to Deadlocked. I didn’t get super far in, but definitely a fun entry in the series in my opinion.
MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Twisted metal
Metal gear
Toiny hawk
Resident evil
Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 1 year ago
State of emergency rocked
TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I really loved the “Anchor Man” DVD menu. Solid graphics, great playthrough, simple controls.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
After setting up emulators for both the PS2 and PS1, I’m amazed at how little I actually turn on my xbox one S anymore.
Games from that generation just hit differently for me. Especially my favourites like Final Fantasy X and XII. It took me a while to get why I felt that way, but it’s the combat systems in modern games have become to frenetic and button-mashy. How am I supposed to strategize what my team mates are doing at the speed that the combat now wants to take place at.
And that’s not just with the Final Fantasy series. God of War both went down that “let’s make combat as fast and frenetic as possible” route after the PS2 generation.
I’m also going to give an honourable mention on PS2 to the last Stalwart alternative to the EA NHL series; that being NHL 2K10. I really enjoyed the things that it did differently to EA Sports, like the ability to set two of your team-mates to hassle an opposing player. I wish 2K had kept it up. But it seems they gave up the NHL and EA gave up the NBA. Fair trade I guess.
lazyhazy@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Persona 3 FES
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My birthday today too, although I’m unfortunately not 25…
I didn’t have a PS2 (Dreamcast and Xbox in my household), but I do remember frequently staying at my cousin’s house and playing NFS, GTA, Simpsons hit and run, and SpongeBob battle for bikini bottom on his
SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Happy birthday!
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Seeing this late, but thank you very much, that’s very kind ☺️
SimplyTadpole@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Cars, NFS Hot Pursuit 2 (and Underground 2), Test Drive Unlimited, and The Simpsons Game (and Hit & Run). Mostly racing games lol.
dutchkimble@lemy.lol 1 year ago
Twisted metal, vice city, predator
So many great games on the PS2, I think of it as the best console and best gaming period of my life, these 3 are on the top of my mind of that time.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I never owned a PS2 when they were still being manufactured and sold. I still do not own a PS2. However, there are some games I actually liked that released on PS2 (I did not list games that were better on other platforms, for example, Silent Hill 2 Enhanced Edition on PC is still the best way to play SH2):
Metal Gear Solid 3
Kuon
King’s Field 4
CyGirls (I liked Disk 1 more than Disk 2)
Drakengard 1 and 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
Extermination
Lifeline
Ico
Syltti@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
ill try to name things most people havent played.
I heavily recommend people to try Downhill Domination. think like snowboard kids or mario kart(specifically mount wario or dk mountain tracks) but on mountain bikes. Silly bike combat with soo many side paths for players to try to forge their own way on winning a race.
HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Too many to even mention.
Even more than the games, I cherish the memories made with friends.
Driving around different towns to finally find FFX, four people sitting around a 15 inch TV to marvel at MGS2, drag racing our ugly custom cars in NFS Underground, spending a whole summer rocking out and breaking highscores in Guitar Hero…
To me, it was the golden age of video gaming.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 year ago
STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD, SIR!!!
Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Final Fantasy X is tied as my favorite game of all time. Funny enough, the game it’s tied with came out on Xbox.
Worth mentioning: Final Fantasy XII Kingdom Hearts I & II Ratchet & Clank (all) Tony Hawk’s Underground Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Burnout 3: Takedown Rock Band NFL Street Amplitude X-Men Legends
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Jak and Daxter series is still in my top 10
WhatSay@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
I ❤️ Katamari
Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 1 year ago
KATAMARI DAMACYYYYYY BUM BUM BUM BUM
whostosay@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Game still goes hard in the paint
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 year ago
MGS2 and 3, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, GTA… There’s so many great games specifically from that era, and even exclusive to the PS2.
theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
A few titles that I never really hear anyone mention:
Mister Mosquito
Wetrix
Steambot Chronicles
Auto Modellista
XIII
And then some of my favourites that everyone knows about:
Burnout 3: Takedown
Smugglers Run
State of Emergency
NFS: Underground
Manhunt
Shadow of the Colossus
SOCOM, specifically the online MP
To name but a few, I don’t want to write an absurdly long list which is just too easy to do.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I still can’t believe Socom was real. A game released in like 2003…where you can fight as the “terrorists”, and if you win the game says “terrorists win”.
This something like 18 months after 9/11.
I cannot believe this game was real. I mean I know it was. I played it. It’s just…what?
LordCrom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I went to use my old PS2 the other night after many years. The controllers thumpads had turned into this sticky, rubbery, goo. Gross. I couldn’t play it
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
You can clean that with some isopropyl alcohol
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Disassemble, clean with isopropyl alcohol, reassemble.
I assume there are guides on youtube.
Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I cleaned mine with alcohol and it did not help. The material (silicone?) is breaking down so just cleaning it didn’t help that much.
timo_timboo_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh that sucks. I only had this problem with a Dualshock 1 a while ago, my Dualshock 2s thankfully never got into that state. Maybe it has something to do with how they’re stored? Anyway, you can always replace the thumbsticks if cleaning doesn’t help.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gosh where to start…
Shadow of the Colossus Ratchet and Clank Jak and Daxter Final Fantasy X Kingdom Hearts Devil May Cry God of War Resident Evil 4 Metal Gear Solid 2/3 Singstar Eye Toy Spider Man 2
And I could go on and on. We had it good back then.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 year ago
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was the shit growing up. I didn’t have a PS2 myself but would regularly be over at a friend’s house to play. I remember taking turns in the campaign and unlocking the secret level/secret character. Even as years went by and his PS2 got replaced by a PS3 we kept coming back to Tenchu, playing late night multiplayer sessions or doing co-op and trying to set up the various two-player combo stealth kills. Such good times.