Recommend some PS2 Titles

[Rauten]

From my collection, I'd recommend:

-Killer 7 <-- This one is a freaking must. It's like they grabbed Quentin Tarantino, ground him to fine powder, then the guys at Grasshopper sniffed it all in one go and made the game while under influence. FREAKING. AWESOME.

-Star Ocean Till The End Of Time
-Disgaea 1&2
-Devil May Cry 3
-Final Fantasy X
-Katamari Damacy
-Tales of the Abyss

 

[Kouen]

lol my wallet may cry after all this xD but keep em coming xD

 

[cpnichol]

The Time Splitters series. Me and my brother played through all of those, unlocked all the extras and completed on the hardest level (except for one that was just impossible on the last level). Then we played a ton of split screen multiplayer.

I loved GTA Vice City, San Andreas was good too.

Psychonaughts I played on PC not PS2, it's excellent.

Racing games. Burnout series and Colin McRae Rally.

SSX 3 and Tricky were good fun as were a few of the Tony Hawks series.

Global Defence Force is an under rated game, poor graphics but you do get to level cities while battling giant ants, spiders, flying saucers and various B movie monsters. Best enjoyed with a friend, probably hard to get hold of.

Sorry for not naming which in a series is best, it's been a years since I played a lot of them.

 

[ThePurpleStuff]

Dark Cloud 1
Odin Sphere
Grim Grimorie
Graffiti Kingdom (look this up on youtube, I don't wanna spoil anything myself)
Fatal Frame
Jak and Daxter (the very first one)
God Hand (hard as hell, prepare for frustration, but that aside, the humor is amazing)
Grandia 2
Silent Hill 2
Rule of Rose (if you're willing to sacrifice gameplay a little, you'll find a very good story)
Shadow Hearts
Legaia 2
Okage: Shadow King
The Digital Devil Saga series (this is an amazing series, you will love it)

 

[Jfswift]

My PS2 recommendations

Metal Gear Solid 2
Need For Speed: Underground 1
Soul Calibur 3
Final Fantasy 12
Gran Turismo 4
Shadow of the Colossus
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
Any Resident Evil game
Any Silent Hill game
Dragon Warrior 7 (it's not bad but graphics suck)
MTV music generator 1(PS1) and 2(PS2) (3 just sucks)
Katamari, any of them

also check this site for top 25 PS2 games

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/772/772296p1.html

 

[Kouen]

ok so far added to the list in my Pocket Pc for my next visit at GameStop

.hack series
007: Nightfire
Amplitude
Beyond Good and Evil
Black
Burnout
Burnout 3 & Revenge
Canis Canem Edit
Castlevania Lament of Innocence
Champions of Norrath
Clock Tower 3
Colosseum: Road to Freedom.
Dark Cloud
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Destroy all Humans!
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
devil may cry
Digital Devil Saga
disgaea
Dragon Warrior 7
evil dead
Fahrenheit
Fatal Frame
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Front Mission
Full Spectrum Warrior
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Global Defence Force
God Hand
God Of War
Gradius V
Gran Turismo 4
Grandia II
Grim Grimorie
gta
Gundam Climax UC
Half-Life
hitman blood money
ICO
Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb
Jak and Daxter
Katamari Damacy
Killer7
Kingdom Hearts
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
Legaia 2
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mad Maestro
Makai Kingdom
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Megaman Anniversary Collection
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Metal Arms: A Glitch In the System
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Slug Anthology
MTV music generator 2
Need For Speed: Underground 1
Odin Sphere
Okage: Shadow King
Okami
Onimusha 3
Persona 3
Persona 4
Pitfall
Primal
Prince of Persia
Psychonauts
RAD (or Robot Alchemic Drive)
Ratchet & Clank
Red Faction
Resident Evil
Rez
Ribbit King
Rogue Galaxy
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms 8
Rule of Rose
S.L.A.I
Samurai 2
scarface
Shadow Hearts
Shadow of Rome.
SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Silent hill
Simpsons: Hit & Run
Sly Coopers
Soul Calibur 3
Spider Man 2
SSX Tricky
Star Ocean Till The End Of Time
star wars battlefront
Syberia
Tales Of The Abyss
Tenchu
The Digital Devil Saga series
Time Splitters: Future Perfect
Tony Hawk's Underground
Twisted Metal: Black
Vexx
Viewtiful Joe
Virtua Quest
Way of the Samurai
Yakuza
Zone Of Enders 1+2
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

and if that fails Ebay!

 

[Scumpernickle]

Try to nab a copy of Final Fantasy 7, its PS1 so it may be hard to find an in store copy, buy ebay should have some up for auction.

Burnout Revenge or Takedown are also awesome racing games if you like spectacular crashes.

 

[Kouen]

Try to nab a copy of Final Fantasy 7, its PS1 so it may be hard to find an in store copy, buy ebay should have some up for auction.

Burnout Revenge or Takedown are also awesome racing games if you like spectacular crashes.

Got FF7 and FF8 already Got the PS2 Slim because my PSX was giving up thought I might as well check out the ps2 games too

 

[DigitalSushi]

Got FF7 and FF8 already Got the PS2 Slim because my PSX was giving up thought I might as well check out the ps2 games too

Try to ignore anyone saying games that were great once but have been usurped by its respective next gen iteration, its not really worth the money if there is a new better installment of the genre... i'm saying this because you shouldn't waste your money when there is a game only one person has mentioned thus far that you HAVE TO EXPERIENCE.

Right, games with no next gen equals which are "must have" purchases for any self respecting PS2 fan.
Okami
Shadow of Collosus
Killer 7

Next up the one game you must own and EXPERIENCE;

GOD HAND

God Hand (hard as hell, prepare for frustration, but that aside, the humor is amazing)

Thank you PurpleStuff, an exquisite choice.


That game will destroy your will and your hands for several goes, then you'll understand the fighting mechanics a little better and you'll destroy it... and then it'll get even fucking harder.

But you have a "spanking" special move and the world feels right again, also there's a move thats fucking difficult to pull off because of the required criteria is obnoxious where Gene points his hand like a gun and shouts "bang HAAHAA!" which kills all your enemies on screen.

Did I mention there's no block button?, yeah its hard, but its so much fun.

Kung Fu Samba for the win.

 

[Kouen]

-Persona 3 & 4
-Zone of the Enders
-Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
-Killer7
-Shadow of the Colossus
-Primal

Some of my favourite games are on that list, i'm sure i could think of more if i put my mind to it.

Funny enough the guy that sold me my PS2 Slim forgot the controllers, so he brought *Them* Personally and not long left, He brought 4 games as a sorry and Primal was one of them xD

what made me feel sorry for the dude is, he has poor driving skills and on the road down to us he hit a tree and smashed his mirror for his Nissan Primara, and the controllers... well 1 was right the other was a PS3 SixAxis LOL. I'll leave it though im happy enough with the 4 bonus games and i got 1 of the 2 controllers, not to mention im sticking with my Logitech Action wireless anyways... Hrm maybe I should Ebay the SixAxis.

So ya about to try Primal now!

 

[squidbuddy99]

If you like creativity, hilarious writing and fun in general, get Psychonauts. If you don't, get it anyways.

 

[OceanRunner]

First and foremost - BUY OKAMI!!!
Of course, I have plenty more recomendations
Scarface: The World Is Yours - Shadow Of The Colossus - Ico - FFX - FFX2 - FFXII - Persona 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 - ZOE: The Second Runner - Transformers - Yakuza - Yakuza 2
GTA: Vice City - GTA: San Andreas - Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter - Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
and manymanymany more

 

[SilkySkyKitten]

Some personal recommendations of my own (games in bold are highly recommended):

FPS:
-Red Faction
-TimeSplitters series
-XIII
-Killzone
-Black
-Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
-Half-Life

TPS:
-007: Everything or Nothing
-Freedom Fighters
-Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge

Racing:
-Gran Turismo series
-Burnout series
-Test Drive Unlimited
-Ferrari F355 Challenge (if you don't own a Dreamcast)
-Le Mans 24 Hours (also if you don't already own a Dreamcast)
-Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix
-Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
-Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
-Wipeout Fusion

Other:
-Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
-Sly Cooper series
-Frequency
-Amplitude
-Time Crisis series (make sure you have a light gun compatible TV, though)
-God Hand
-Ace Combat series
-Metal Gear Solid series
-Rez (if you don't have an Xbox 360. If you do, just get Rez HD)

 

[Burningsok]

RE4 nuff said.

 

[Warchiefwill]

*coughs* FREEDOM FIGHTERS >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH XD *coughs*

 

[Kouen]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned any Tekken or Street Fighter / King Of Fighters lol

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Zone of the Enders
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death.
War of the Monsters
Star Wars: Battlefront II

 

[Kouen]

Zone of the Enders
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death.
War of the Monsters
Star Wars: Battlefront II

Wasn't Dredd vs Death the one where you could arrest people for silly things like owning a goldfish without a license?

 

[Dango]

Freedom Fighters is an amazing 3rd person shooter, buy it

 

[shotgunbob]

Sly Cooper and SSX Tricky

Also, while a lot of people are recomending Shadow of the Colosus (and I would too) do know, that while it is a brilliant and unique game, the fact that it is so differant has turned off a lot of players. It has become the default "buy this game" for the PS2, but I know a lot of people who hated it. Don't let it get built up too much before you play it. It is a lot of fun, but it will not change the world for you.

I found SSX 3 to be waaaaay better than Tricky but thats just my opinion