Another PS2 thread

[The Blue Mongoose]

God Hand.
It's hard, fair, and loads of fun! It takes some getting used to, but is a truely great game.

Devil May Cry 3.
Yes, it has already been said... But I'll say it again because it's awesome!

Metal Gear Solid 3.
Even if you haven't played the games before it, I'm sure you'll find some fun here too.

Katamari Damacy.
Mindless good times!

EDIT: Oh yes, can't believe I forgot Ratchet and Clank 2; the others are also great, but this is a must have.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

Any Ratchet and Clank game, and Destroy All Humans 1.

 

[TheSupremeForce]

The Disgaea games
Suikoden 3 & 5

 

[Daedalus1942]

I only just recently aquired a PS2 (not poor, just late) and I need to know the hands-down best PS2 game of all time. inb4 SotC and God of war

Easy.
Killer7, Beyond good and evil, Okami, Rogue Galaxy, Wild arms 3, Project Zero, Valkyrie Profile 2: tales of Silmeria, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Ico, Shadows of the collossus, Metal Gear solid 2: Sons of liberty, Metal Gear solid 3: Snake Eater, Shin Megami Tensei (pretty much any of them, though my personal Favourite is the Digital Devil Saga), Killzone (no, i'm only joking), Tokobots plus is pretty damn awesome, and a little known game called Ghost Hunter, i found to be alot of fun. Kingdom hearts I and II, Final fantasy X, Odin Sphere, Zone of the enders one and two, Disgaea, Monster Hunter (an acquired taste, and an EXTREMELY hard game, it's massive in Japan, but not so well recieved here. Fahrenheit AKA the Indigo Prochecy was an immensely good game, though there were some slowdown issues on ps2, so it might be better to get it on PC? Resident Evil 4 is an absolutely breathtaking game, and if you hated the controls of the previous 3, you will love it.
And last, but certainly not least, Dragon Quest VIII: Journet of the Cursed King is very very awesome. The Onimusha series is quite well-done too, and As for Psychonaughts, i myself am yet to play the game, but I hear good things.

Hope that helps. Happy Gaming!

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I would recommend Shadow of the Colossus or God of War. I'm not good with acronyms...

Beyond Good & Evil, Tekken 4, Max Payne, and Siren are all in my game list. They're pretty fun.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Time Splitters 2 and Future Perfect, not sure about 1
Red Faction 1
War of the Monsters
Black
Mercenaries
Ace Combat 4,5,0
Star Wars Battlefront II
Killzone

Killzone wasn't great, and while the graphics and story did alot to keep me playing and finishing the game, the slowdown and sensitivity for the controls were simply abhorrent.
I liked the game though, even though I'll NEVER play it ever again.
I feel bad for not mentioning Red Faction one and two though, and Black... Easily the best FPS on ps2 ever.

 

[Gigaguy64]

For RPG, I recommend Shadow Heart Series, anything from Atlus and Tales game.

same here, but be careful, atlus seams to have an obsession with deamons, so if a pentacon appears on your ps2 and you start seeing monsters with HP bars over there heads. remember..... i so called it!!!

 

[fenrizz]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Grand Theft Auto 3: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto 3: San Andreas
Ratchet Gladiator

 

[Gerazzi]

The Ratchet and Clank series and the Jak and Daxter series are both pretty good.

Jak and Daxter was ruined I thought because of a glitch that ruins a chance for %100 completion.
Play the original R&C and possibly Prince of Persia

 

[Marcus Attell]

Ape Escape (come on, you hunt monkeys!), Kingdom Hearts(the feel of FF without the sucky gameplay), Katamari Damacy,

 

[Fraught]

It's a love or hate kind of game, but I loved Kingdom Hearts.
Also, God of War, of course. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence I liked very, very much.
Okami, Psychonauts. Resident Evil 4, Tekken 5.

 

[Gladion]

Shadow hearts (the FIRST one)

THE best jrpg ever created alongside FF7.
The main character is BAD-ASS, the fighting system is good old turn-based. Its challenging, amazing dark and gritty story. Great side-quests.

You forgot the awesome humour but I don't understand why you cannot recommend the second? But then you mentioned FF7 >_> Can't forgive that.

Edit: OT:

-Zone of the Enders (at least the second game, the firt wasn't all that great)
-Shadow of Rome - very varied, but hard as hell
-Any Silent Hill game - they're all worth it (edit: get origins only if you played and enjoyed every other game, too - it's the weakest in terms of atmosphere and suspense)
-Metal Gear
-Project Zero (That's Fatal Frame if you're American) - the games are, together with Condemned, the only games that get pretty damn close to Silent Hill in terms of atmosphere and scariness
-Suikoden 3 is supposed to be a pretty damn good RPG but it never got released in Europe so I cannot tell - Damn you, Konami
-Killer7 - if you've got a Gamecube, get it for that platform, though, it's a bit better to handle with the GC controller, but warning, it's extremely twisted and the gameplay is not much more than a railshooter, but it's great
-Spartan: Total Warrior - great mass-murdering action

There's about a gazillion other games to name, but I guess these are my favourites

 

[Marcus Attell]

Ape Escape (come on, you hunt monkeys!), Kingdom Hearts(the feel of FF without the sucky gameplay), Katamari Damacy,

Sorry, Ape Escape was a PS1 release...my bad

 

[KaiRai]

Monster Hunter! MONSTER HUNTER!!!!!

Also if you're into it the Need for speed series up to underground 2. MGS series, COD series, I'd also suggest Tekken and DBZ for the lols

 

[Marcus Attell]

OOOHH! OOH! Dark Cloud! Forgot about Dark Cloud! Awesome game, where you reshape the world in your image!

 

[FinalHeart95]

Believe it or not, but the original Mercenaries was REALLY good. Also, Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter. Kingdom Hearts was good too, but only if you really like stories. The gameplay was decent, but it was button-mashy. The sequel has much better gameplay.

 

[Marcus Attell]

Had Mercenaries for my XBOX, loved the game until a friend came over and decided to rampage through Korea on my game. Then he saved it. Hadn't played it since. Then again, this is the same friend who forced me to watch him playing Disgea, until I lost all interest in that game as well.

 

[quack35]

Kingdom Hearts
Ratchet and Clank series
Jak and Daxter series

 

[cordeos]

Had Mercenaries for my XBOX, loved the game until a friend came over and decided to rampage through Korea on my game. Then he saved it. Hadn't played it since. Then again, this is the same friend who forced me to watch him playing Disgea, until I lost all interest in that game as well.

i have gotten in the habit of having double saves in most games, to prevent both saving over and crazy rampage saves

 

[spikespiegel]

Shadow hearts (the FIRST one)

THE best jrpg ever created alongside FF7.
The main character is BAD-ASS, the fighting system is good old turn-based. Its challenging, amazing dark and gritty story. Great side-quests.

You forgot the awesome humour but I don't understand why you cannot recommend the second? But then you mentioned FF7 >_> Can't forgive that.

Because with the second came all the akwardness and kiddy characters.
Also, magic was nurfed down majorly. Ability up magic was the ONLY magic one ever had to use. There was no point using magic users really...
Story was also a bit meehh..
It was too easy...

It was allright, but not a must, and for allot of people it ruins the first one, including allot of my friends. I liked it, but it was only because I got a naustalgic feeling while playing it..

Don't even touch the Third one.. Trust me..