Recommend me a PS2 game!

[briunj04]

For the love of god and for your own good, buy Okami. One of the best games that I've ever played and also just beautiful *sniff sniff* Beautiful, I say!!! The art and music are superb. It'd probably be the biggest argument for why games are art if it weren't for

Shadow of the Colossus. This is also a great game, but it's just one of those games that you need to play lest you want your gamercard to get taken away.

And thirdly, Burnout 3. Yeah, this isn't really the artsy type of game like the previous two that I mentioned, but it's so fast paced that it makes Sonic look like he's shamed his family and gives you such an adrenaline rush that you just wanna chug Red Bull and ride a plane down a snowy mountain.

Those are my top 3, others include:
Jak and Daxter, Guilty Gear X2, Devil May Cry 3, Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest VIII, and Viewtiful Joe

 

[silent_noir_67]

all of the ratchet and clank games
all of the jak and daxter games
all of the sly cooper games
starwars battlefront
yeah

 

[InsipidMadness]

This has probably already been said, but hands down:

Resident Evil 4

 

[The Lugz]

XII Stag

because nobody remembers it, and it was EPIC.

Psi-ops the mind-gate conspiracy

was pretty darn cool too it puts modern shooters to shame, serious, serious, serious shame.

 

[harvz]

if your looking for great story based games, i would suggest persona 4 and the dot hack GU trilogy (make sure its GU, the others are ok but arnt as refined...also, the dot hack games are kinda hard to come by but it can be done).

for a more action based game, i would recommend star wars: battlefront 2.

 

[Heat149]

Persona 4. Get it now.

Edit: And I guess Persona 3.

Shadow of the Colossus

They couldn't be more right. Persona4 is by far my favorite game of any console generation to date, and shadow of the collosus, well, its shadow of the collosus, what else do you need to know?

 

[SovietX]

Timesplitters 1 and 2
Silent Hill 2 + 3
Metal Gear Solid 2 + 3

 

[Choppaduel]

ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsernal
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Beyond Good and Evil
Mercenaries
Time Splitters 2
Time Splitters: Future Perfect
Any of the Katamari games

 

[Devornine]

Persona 4!

 

[Hawk eye1466]

Destroy all humans 1
Star Wars Battlefront 2

 

[bakutert]

Maybe metal slug anthology if your into arcade side-scrolling shooters,Ratchet and Clank series and maybe destroy all humans 1 and 2.

 

[scully745]

Not sure if anyone else knows of it, but Sniper Elite, or Elite Sniper can't remember which way around it was, was one of the best I ever played. Don't think it got any of the recognition it deserved either

 

[TheMarkedOne]

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Star Wars: Battlefront II
Ratchet and Clank series
Jak and Daxter series
Sly series
God of War series
Shadow of the Colossus
Dynasty Warriors 3, 4 and 5
Samurai Warriors 2

Dynasty Warriors like this man recommended.
Love that serie

 

[EZola19]

Kingdom Hearts Series
Disgaea and NIS Games (the one with angels, and phantoms, etc)
Metal Gear 3
Soul Calibur 3 (best of the bunch imo)
Zone of the Ender Series
Silent Hill 2
Dynasty Warriors
Midnight Club / Need for Speed
GTA games
Twisted Metal Black
Timesplitters
Red Faction
Champions of Norath and Return to Arms
maybe Smackdown vs Raw?
FFX, FF X-2 (it was innovative enough)
Okami

 

[EZola19]

Legacy of Legaia and Wild Arms 3! God Hand and maybe Gauntlet Dark Legacy NBA Street!

 

[Worr Monger]

Metal Gear Solid 3

I know.. I know... the avatar seems a bias.. but I'm serious.... I had my doubts.. then I played MGS3 from around noon until about ~4am almost nonstop... and beat it in one sitting.. the game was that addicting.

If you haven't played the previous games.. MGS1 & MGS2... AND REMEMBER.. this is coming from a guy that generally has ZERO interest in Japanese games.

Other than that... if you disregard my great recommendation..

Devil May Cry 1 & 3 (skip #2, it has no impact/continuity at all and sucks)
The Legacy of Kain series (Blood Omen 1 & 2; Soul Reaver 1 & 2; LoK: Defiance).
God of War 1 & 2
Resident Evil 4

All winners

 

[Eccentric_Jon]

Persona 4. Get it now.

Edit: And I guess Persona 3.

Both, definitely.
Get the FES version of Persona 3. It has an entire extra story and is normally cheaper. (No idea why"

 

[TheLoneBeet]

Been said many times but definitely ICO and Shadow of Colossus. They're pretty much the only reason I still have my PS2. Can't wait for the HD remake collection. Also Sniper Elite, Chaos Legion, Drakengard and Star Ocean: Til the End of Time.

EDIT: Good luck finding them but the .hack games are awesome, the old ones though. New ones are OK too I guess.

 

[InsomniJack]

Both, definitely.
Get the FES version of Persona 3. It has an entire extra story and is normally cheaper. (No idea why"

Mmm, good call. The original has art and music (and I'm a sucker for game soundtracks), but FES has more content (and thusly is better than the original Persona 3).

Also:

Timesplitters 1 and 2
Silent Hill 2 + 3
Metal Gear Solid 2 + 3

This guy is right on the money. And I'd add Timesplitters: Future Perfect to that list as well.