PS2 Thread

It's no secret that the Playstation 2 has one of the widest and best libraries of any home console to date, but what are the best ones?

If someone was to buy a PS2 today, what would you recommend they play?

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I had a PS2 back when it was current, and I played next to fucking nothing for it. It gathered dust. All because every single thing I tried on it was fucking style-over-substance garbage not worth goddamn playing.

The PS2 is part of the nugaming generation of shit and has nothing worth playing at all. Go play NES games.

Anything that piques your interest user. I love Gta so yeah.

You tried

Ace Combat 4, 5, and Zero in that order.
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Is it worth buying a GameCube? I only really want 3 games and my pc is dead inb4 emulation.

buy a wii and hack it

the wii is a gamecube

Tales of the Abyss.

FF10
KH2(FM if its an emulator)

thats it

Or just buy a GameCube

The thing is that "HD remakes" went into overdrive the generation after PS2, so there's not a lot of stuff that hasn't been improved on. Also PC versions.

Devil may cry
Gta3
God hand
Contra:shattered soldier
Gitaroo man
Silent hill 2 and 3
Gradius V

You can't play Mario galaxy on a gamecube, plus the wii has better homebrew/emulators and just better supported in general

The wii would be cheaper and easier to get because there are so many of them too

doesn't look as good in my battlestation tho does it

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My absolute buddy

Dragon Quest 5
FF12
Dark Cloud 1
DBZ games if you care
Def Jam FFNY
Godhand
Killer 7
Namco x Capcom
Okami
Onimusher
Persona 3
Ratchet and Cland 1-3
Soul Calibur 2
Tekken Tag, 4 and 5
Valkyrie Profile 2
Wild Arms 3
Yakuza 1 and 2

Now thats only what I bothered to burn. There are probably more but this is my "greatest hits" collection.

The wii is smaller and would save more room. Why would you give a fuck what a console looks like, do you post pics in battlestation threads or something?

everything got an hd remaster or is easily emulatable

once the new spider-man game makes sm2 obsolete it's over

yes, obviously

KH 1 FM, KH 2 FM, Star Wars: Battlefront II, Jak and Daxter series, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2, LEGO: Star Wars 2, Final Fantasy X

there are more but I can't remember them right now

oh yeah God of War series for sure as well

Can't pc is dead and I really only want Animal Crossing,REmake, and RE4.

I'm going to check prices though because I've never owned either.

wii has a pretty sexy design imo, absolutely no reason to own a gamecube other than autism.

Nice list user, why not Lego Star Wars 1 though? I liked Dexter's Diner and wish it was accessible in complete saga.I even played gba Lego Star Wars and I miss when mobile were different games...

Anything SMT, Shadow Hearts/Covenant, Dark Cloud/Chronicle, Red Dead Revolver, Second Sight.

Lately I have been playing Rayman: Revolution which is pretty fun. I had Rayman 2 for PC back in the early 2000's and it's still great.

I just remember 2 having all 6 episodes from when I was a kid, but 1 could have been the better one

I honestly don't remember

Nah that's complete saga

The FUCKING HORROR GAMES!

PS2 was the worst system of that gen.

Dreamcast > Xbox > Cube > PS2

Those are some nice opinions you've got there user

Only reason I don't believe this is because the PS2 is one of the few systems where no matter what your tastes in gaming are, the library has some games you'll love. The library is massive.

>If someone was to buy a PS2 today, what would you recommend they play?
-Silent Hill 2-4
-Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3
-Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII
-Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
-Jak & Daxter -trilogy
-Ratchet & Clank -games
-Fatal Frame -games
-Forbidden Siren -games
-Psychonauts
-Ico
-Shadow Of the Colossus
-Okami
-Xenosaga
-ZOE
-Persona 3 & 4
-Other Shin Megami Tensei-games
-Cold Fear
-Gran Turismo 3 & 4
-GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas
-Shadow Of Memories
-Devil May Cry 1-3
-Disgaea -games
-Evil Dead: Fistful of boomstick

Also tons of PS1 classic, like:

-Silent Hill
-Resident Evil 1-3
-MediEvil 1 & 2
-Final Fantasy VII-IX

-Spyro 1-3
-Dino Crisis 1-2
-Vagrant Story
-Metal Gear Solid

-G-Police games
-Oddworld -games
-Gex: Deep Cover Gecko
-Alundra

-Parasite Eve 1 & 2
-Crash Bandicoot 1-3
-Crash Team Racing

true homosex.

Best 3D platformers:

Ratchet and Clank 1-3
Sly Cooper 1-3
Jak and Daxter 1-3
Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights
Rayman 2 and 3
Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom

>Evil Dead: Fistful of boomstick
noice

you can't softmod a gamecube

>wii has a pretty sexy design imo
lol, it looks like a chinese bootleg

Shadow of Memories for overlooked storytelling
Grandia 3 for the comfiest jRPG, dont listen to Cred Forums

You kind of can.

You just need a Wii to do it.

>ctrl-f
>no SSX

Does anybody here wants my old PS2 copy

more reason to buy a wii

As retarded as it sounds, try the ATV Offroad Fury games. ME and my friends had a blast playing them because they all had a free mode that let you explore huge maps and there were plenty of secrets and fun shit to do.

My favourites:
>Ratchet n clank saga
>Jack and daxter saga
>Gta San Andreas
I still play them sometimes with my ps2

DBZ Budokai and Tenkaichi games
MGS 2 and 3
Persona 3 and 4
Jak series as well as Jak X
Ace Combat 4, 5, and Zero
KH 1 and 2 if you dont have a ps3 for the superior final mix versions
DMC 1 and 3
Battlefront 2
Shadow of the Colossus

These are my personal favorites.

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You're not wrong
The PS2 was literally the worst console of it's generation, but it appealed to piratefags and casuals so it sold well enough for sonyggers to claim it was good with the sales = quality excuse

I got a Dreamcast before a PS2 and it is my opinion that the Dreamcast is highly overrated. It had a lot of great games in its short life but it was loud, the controller is awful, the discs had too little storage, the vmu was cool but mostly useless.

A lot of the games were ported to the other consoles later too, diminishing its strongest feature.

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You can turn the little Playstation emblem on it so it faces the right way up if you have it vertical

Persona 3 FES and 4.

Yakuza 1 and 2. See: youtube.com/watch?v=xkN9oru-qCQ

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My faves

Shadow of the Colossus
Burnout 3
Soul Calibur 2
Tenchu 3
DMC 3
San Andreas
Battlefront 2
Timesplitters 2

Ghosthunter
Tinesplitters
Victorious Boxers all Stars
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
Yakuza 1 & 2
The Getaway
Deus Ex The Conspiracy
Half Life

1. Darkwatch
Painkiller clone with vampires, zombies, ghosts and skeletons

2. No One Lives Forever
Campy and silly stealth game

3. Splinter Cell Trilogy
The best stealth games on the system

4. Rayman 3
A great sequel to Rayman 2

5. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Another excellent platformer from Ubisoft

6. Beyond Good and Evil
Another excellent Ubisoft game.

7. Street Fighter Alpha Collection
Okay ports of the Alpha games in 480i resolution.

8. Worms 3D
A nice transition to 3D from Team17

9. Tekken 5
Best 1o1 Tekken game

10. Silent Hill 2 & 3
Great atmospheric horror games

Omfg such a Cringelord wtf

Devil May Cry 1 and 3, Sly Cooper trilogy, Ratchet and Clank games, Jak and Daxter trilogy, Destroy All Humans, Resident Evil 4, Ultimate Spider Man, Spider man 2 (I'm told is great), Marvel vs Capcom 2 if you're looking to play with friends, Spyro enter the dragonfly, ATV Off road Fury 2, Metal Gear games on the PS2(I forget which ones).

Most exclusives like DMC series, God of War, Ratchet & Clank etc.

Avoid the multiplats, those tend to run the worst on the PS2 out of all three consoles.

Chaos Theory is and looks a lot better on xbox and Gamecube had the best Timesplitters version.

PS2 is the reason why I haven't bought a Sony console since 2005. Shit games, shit hardware, everything hyped up and shit exclusives. Never again will I waste my money by being tricked by slick marketing and sweet talking game forum posters.