I bought a PS2 about 6 months ago from a coworker and finally got around to getting it working at a good enough resolution on my monitor. I currently have:
- GTA 3
- GTA Vice City
- Gran Turismo 3
- Matrix: Path of Neo
- Katamari Damacy
- Midnight Club: Street Racing
Any other suggestions? I know off the top of my head I want to get the SSX games, maybe some sports games, and of course the MGS titles that came out on PS2. Anything else?
My PS2 is basically a Tony Hawk machine, all of them are good but THPS4 is my favorite.
Also, Psychonauts aged very well!
shadow of the colossus, metal gear solid 3 substistence
If you can find a copy I would suggest the first Sly Cooper game.
007: Nightfire
Even if you’re not a huge James Bond fan, it’s still a fantastic game. I sank countless amounts of hours into it as a kid. The multiplayer is top notch as well.
Really can’t go wrong with any of the Bond games on the PS2.
- Need For Speed Underground 1 & 2
- NFS Most Wanted
- GTA San Andreas
- Call of Duty 3
- Lord of the Rings Return of the King
Interesting, I heard cod 3 was the worst one
It was one of the few games I had for the PS2. Never played the multiplayer, but the SP campaign is awesome! I highly recommend it.
Gonna have to get We Love Katamari as well…
Naaa nananananananana Katamari Damacy
Max Payne 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 Gradius V - amazing arcade shooter
I don’t see it here so I’ll mention Ty the Tasmanian Tiger! Really fun collectathon platformer. Played through the more recent remaster on PC and realized it’s very easy, but I spent a huge amount of time as a kid just running around the maps and hub area.
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Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Kingdom Hearts and Burnout are some of the franchises worth looking into.
Burnout and that free off-road ATV game that came along with the later PS2s are both responsible for my taste in music.
You can’t talk PS2 without mentioning Jak and Daxter or Ratcher and Clank. Each trilogy is incredible and absolutely worth a play.
If you are into horror there are some excellent titles for ps2
Silent Hill 2, Siren, Fatal Frame, Kuon
(though theyve become a lot more popular and collectible recently)
Shadow of the colossus is good, ps2 is before my time but I played part of colossus and loved it
There are a bunch of good suggestions already, so I’m gonna say some of my favorites:
- Def jam: Fight for NY (really good 4-player fighting game)
- Digimon Rumble Arena 2 (another 4-player fighting game, similar to Smash Bros)
- D.O.N. (Dragonball, One Piece and Naruto 4-player fighting game, might have to pirate it to play with the english language patch)
- Digimon World 4 (4-player hack’n’slash with rpg elements)
- Radiata Stories (Single player action rpg, with 175 recruitable NPCs)
- The Sims 2 (2-player)
- Final Fantasy X, X-2 ans XII (famous jrpgs)
- Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (single player hack’n’slash)
