Sony PlayStation PS2 Favorites

[racecar]

the ps2 launch title- GT3
and then the great rpg and fighting titles of the past , present and future..

[pixelsnpolygons]

All my favorites are covered.

[LiquidX01]

PS2 Favorites are,

I love the .Hack Series.:D

Gran Tourismo 3 A:Spec

Silent Hill (Series)

Madden (Series)

[ldkspardante]

-Devil May Cry Series (2 wasn't all that fun)
-Dynasty Warriors Series
-Escape from Monkey Island (Insult armwrestling and swordfighting is hilarious,
and Mr. Cheese is awesome)
-GTA Series
-Onimusha Series (3 kinda sucked
-Red Faction 1 (Diggin tunnels)
-GunGrave
-Legaia 2 (First one for PS1 was better)

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Kingdom hearts
Wild arms 3
Silent hill 2,3
Dark Cloud 2
Devil May cry
________
vapolution (http://www.vaporshop.com/vapolution-vaporizer.html)

[Sibs]

Add Katamari Damacy to my list of favs.

[sabre2922]

SILENT HILL series (even though i probably already stated that)
TENCHU series luv the "feel" of these games Ninja gaiden cant touch this!
GTA series
STREETFIGHTER ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION!!!!
the Sega made NFL 2K series
V-rally3
Tiger woods golf series
Shadow Hearts series
Devil May cry series
and so many others!

[jdc]

My latest favorite is that new Star Wars Battlefront game. Bought it yesterday. Can you say "high immersion factor"? Wow.

My all time favorite on the system is Final Fantasy 10. It really is.

[Richter Belmount]

sadly the only ps2 games that are truly my fav are
ddr max 1 and 2
metal gear solid 2

thats it and its been so many years XD

[Tatsu]

My favourites are Baldurs Gate - Dark Alliance 1 and 2 and Final Fantasy X. I still didn't spend much time with FFX, only about 8 hours or something, but it really is an amazing game.

[jasonegitto]

MDK 2
Resident Evil Code: Veronica
Resident Evil Outbreak
Okage Shadow King
RPG Maker 2
Final Fantasy X
Silent Hill 3
Star Wars Battlefront
Mortal Kombat Deadly Aliance
Devil May Cry
Silent Hill 2

[Cirrus]

I would like to add "Way of the Samurai" to the list. I am not sure about the sequel, but the first game was one of my favorite PS2 games.

[Crush Crawfish]

Shadow Hearts & Shadow Hearts Covenant are easily the two best reasons to own a PS2. They are nothing short of classics. They need to added here.

Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Megaman X8, and Suikoden 4 all rock as well.

[Falcon]

Burnout 3
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec*
Killzone*
Ratchet and Clank (1, 2, and 3)*
Sly 2: Band of Thieves*
SOCOM: U.S. NAVY SEALS*
SOCOM II: U.S. NAVY SEALS*

[PDorr3]

My favs:

ICO (my fav gamer ever)
FFXI
frequency
socom I and II
everquest
r type final
jak and daxter
dynasty warriors 2 & 3
shadow hearts 1 & 2
mad maestro
okage
gauntlet dark legacy
bloody roar 3
ratchet and clank 3
beyond good and evil
guilty gear x2
kingdom hearts
klonoaa2
dark cloud
katamari damashi
fantavision
summoner
the bouncer
rygar
harvest moon save the homeland
baldurs gate dark alliance
zone of the enders

[RJ]

Bloodrayne, & where the hell is Champions of Norrath???

Also, EVERYTHING that lendelin said about Everblue 2 is true. Awesome game.

[Cirrus]

Ico
Ratchet and Clank 1, 2, and 3 (What games!)
Rez
Maximo
Mark of Kri
Culdcept
Disgaea
Kingdom Hearts
Virtua Fighter 4

[towerofsong]

no Star Ocean! eeek.

[PrototypeFC3S]

my fav's have always been:

GT3
Ico
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Street Fighter: Anniversary Collection
Burnout 3: Takedown

[Endiga]

Siren!

[sabre2922]

i must add:
Bloody Roar 3 always liked this series
and Jak 2 @ 3 very funny games with great graphics and gameplay

[sabre2922]

and...
VIRTUA FIGHTER 4: Evolution probably the best 3-D fighter ever made.

You go AM2!

[shoes23]

Dropship: United Peace Force
This game is right on in every area! Highly recommended!!!!! Better add a couple more !!!! for emphasis.

[digitalpress]

Dropship: United Peace Force
This game is right on in every area! Highly recommended!!!!! Better add a couple more !!!! for emphasis.

Hmm... I own that one and have yet to play it! I'll wait until someone has backed up your exclamation points with some solid reasons why :)

Otherwise... list UPDATED.

[Dahne]

Metal Gear Solid 3 MUST be added. Volgin commands you.

[packratshow]

Although not system specific, I'd have to add Beyond Good and Evil. I pray for a sequel.

Also, with San Andreas being as amazing as it is, might as well list the GTA games as a series.

[digdug]

It may be a little early but I must say that GOD OF WAR is one of the BEST PS2 games out there.


Dig Dug

[sabre2922]

The King of Fighter collections are great My KOF 2000 disc stays in my PS2.

[sabre2922]

Also have to add Hitman:Contracts to one of my fav games ever a very well made mature title that really surprised me.

[AtariBuff]

GT 4 and the limited PAL release "BMW 1 series GT 4 Dealer Demo" besides some others (ICO comes to mind).

[Tatsu]

Some of my favourites:

Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance I
I love this Diablo stiled games and the first part is definitely better than the second. Some of the missions in the second part just suck. For example all of the four elemental levesl, especially the air one.

Champions Of Norrath
I've only played the first game but this sure rocks. I'm temped to say it's even better than the first Baldur's Gate game. I love how you can custome your charakter and the levels are just great. What I dislike is that the animals also lose weapons and gold. That's not exactly realistic and if I remember right this wasn't the case in Baldur's Gate.

Dark Cloud 1 and 2
Both games have their advantages but in general the second game is a bit better. The graphics are more comic like and very cute. You have more possibilities (like inventing new weapons and other stuff and taking pictures) but the side quests can get a bit too much after some time. What I like better in the first part is the recreation of the cities. It is much easier and logical. Somehow I didn't really got into it in the second part.

Fallout - Brotherhood Of Steel
Not exactly a surprise to find this game in my list after seeing Baldur's Gate and Champions Of Norrath in it... The game is very similar to the other two games, but it plays in a science-fiction surrounding and you can use guns and stuff. The game is very underestimated, I hardly know anybody who likes it and I've seen it in nearly all the bargain-bins around town. That's really a shame.

And now to a game that is definitely not in my list: Final Fantasy X! Nice graphics but somehow the storyline hasn't sucked me in so far. Too much blitzball and less depth. I will sure play on but the series has somehow lost it's magic touch to me at the moment. I'd rather play Dawn Of Souls or the other old games I haven't finished.

[rick weis]

i would agreee that the first dark cloud should be listed, it's a great game but you have to like RPG games and sell in stores cheap. :D
another title is blowout, short but good game. has a contra type feel to the game. and is another cheap title.

Rick

[AtariBuff]

A friend showed me Space Channel 5 Part 2 on his Dreamcast last weekend which I have for my PS2 but never bothered to play - hilarious. A definite fun game with catchy music and funny dancing people.

I have soooo many games for the PS2 which I haven't even loaded once. When time permits titles like Gadget Racers, Herdy Gerty, Habitrail Hamster Trail, Rez, Bust-A-Move and others will occupy the PS2. I also played Extermination for half an hour yesterday to get a feel for the game - is this game worth a longer session?

[Slate]

Ape Escape 2
The Great Escape

[GamerNerd]

My PS2 favorites:

Wheel of Fortune
I became the 1st person in the history of all the Wheel games I played to win over $5 million bucks in over 60 games

NASCAR Thunder 2004
Won 119 races & 4 championships. Quite an accomplishment, huh?

Midway Treasures 1 & 2
Sega Classic Collection
State of Emergency
Namco Museum
Super Bust A Move 2
Atari Anthology

[eden]

Under-rated...

I-Ninja - A lovely little platformer that's a sort of cross between Ratchet & Clank and Dynasty Warriors. Well designed levels, lovely graphics, a nice control system. Time-limit replays ala (Crash Bandicoot 2-4) that are 'down to the second' hardcore. Cute, fun, creative and a personal third choice for 3d platformer after R&C and J&D.

A few more slumbering giants (most of which have been mentioned in this thread already)...

The Bouncer - Meh launch title but very enjoyable.
Flipnic - I think this is getting US launch this year.
Freak Out (Stretch Panic) - Love it or loath it.
Gregory Horror Show - Ditto.
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil - A beautifully crafted 2.5D platformer. Solidly designed and made.
Mad Maestro - Unique (for the west) Orchestral Bemani.
Pac-man World 2 - Surprisingly enjoyable if a little unforgiving.
Project Zero - Disturbing.
SOS - The Final Escape - Disturbing in a different way.
Space Channel 5 1&2 - Ditto :D


Darren

[Moon Patrol]

God of War could easily be one of my favorites. Its so bad ass, its one of the better action/rpgish games out on the PS-2. A second game I would have to say is neat, is I-Ninja, that game is awesome!

Anyway, the jist of my favorites are 1) Run around a world and hit crap, and 2) Mindless puzzle solving type stuff!

[museumsteve]

Pesonally:-

Winning Eleven 8 Liveware Evolution (Jpn PS2)

but it changes each time a new Winning Eleven comes out :D

[Nirvana]

Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution is amazing. Easily can make my Top 10 list of favorite fighting games ever.

Capcom vs. SNK 2 is another great fighting game. It's also out for the X-Box, but the PS2's controller is more playable for fighting games.

[Famicoman]

Not much for me.
I liked Vice City, Nightfire, and Agant underfire. I also had fun with Red Faction, and the Time Crisis games.

[Austin]

Ico, Amplitude, Frequency, Disgaea.... all my favorites are already on the list.

The only thing I really think is missing are the Karaoke Revolution games. These have spent more time in my PS2 than any other disc in my collection. (Absolutely a blast at parties!)

[manuel]

Only a few seconds of testing that game made sure for me, my favourite PS2 game is Dragon Quest 8. :D

[Princess-Isabela]

I have lots of favorites, but will post only few:

Frequency
Amplitude
DDR Extreme (Japanese)
Dragon Quest VIII
In the Groove
Berserk (Japanese)

amazing games 8-)

[SlayerX]

Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
NHL 06

[Princess-Isabela]

I'm adding one of my very best games ever played (beat today):

~~~~~~~~~~~ Shadow of Colossus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


:)

[Nebagram]

Flipnic. Oh man. There is no game as freaky as that one. Imagine sonic spinball, cross it with mercury for the PSP and induce the biggest acid trip of all time. Pinball has a new king. :)

[MarHel78]

my PS2 favorites include:

ICO
The Mark of Kri
Klonoa 2 - Lunatea's Veil
Frequenzy and Amplitude
Dark Chronicle (DCloud2)
Ribbit King
SingStar, SS Party, SS The Dome
Eye Toy Play 1-3
Ratchet & Clank
Sly Racoon series

[christhegamer]

Dog's life
ICO
Parappa the Rapper 2
Soul Calibur 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

[videogameking26]

Need For Speed: Most Wanted
Dragon Quest VIII
Shining Force Neo
Pac-Man World 3

[sabre2922]

RE4

Gradius V

Tenchu: Fatal Shadows

more PS2 favs

[Austin]

Been a while, but I think it's necessary to add Guitar Hero at this point. I'm sure others will back me up.

Also, has Culdcept been nominated yet? Or Gradius V?

[Bad Pudding]

Twisted Metal: Black
Kingdom Hearts
Contra: Shattered Soldier
Neo Contra
Ratchet & Clank 3
Ratchet Deadlocked
Jak II
Jak X: Combat Racing
Katamari Damacy
We <3 Katamari
Megaman X Collection
Megaman X8
God of War
War of the Monsters

[neonesmaster]

there are so many awesome games for playstation 2!
where should i begin?

lets start with games that xbox only wished they could have!

God of War: what else needs to be said?
Sequal: not out yet but God of War 2!!!!!!!!!!

microsoft eat your hearts out!

God of War will never be on the Microsoft Xbox.

Why?

Well its Sony's baby thats why...they have awesome programmers that make games people want!





Next title?

how about......hmmmmm......1.....2....then there was a 3!

SOUL CALIBUR 3!

what can the xbox say about this other than....well, it was supposed to come over to play, but IT DIDNT!!!!!!!

then you got another game to add to this list.......

FINAL FANTASY 12.............!

some of you reading this may be xbox fans and that is ok, but i know what you are thinking...."Well we got 11.....so im sure we are going to get 12!"


Ding Ding Ding.....Youre wrong!

"But what do they win Jack?"

hmmmm.....NOTHING!

Xbox will never get Final Fantasy 12......NEVER!!!!!!

youve seen the pics, youve played the demo, youve read the reviews.....Final Fantasy is Japanese and Sony speaks Japanese. Microsoft is just left behind when it comes to games people want.


the defense rests your honor......

[B - Mark]

My favorites PS 2 Games
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus
- Megaman Anniversary Collection
- Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
- Resident Evil 4
- Golden Axe: Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 5
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto Vice City
- Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

[Austin]

I really think Culdcept should be on this list.

[sabre2922]

must add:

SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS

Soul Calibur 3

BLACK -thats right BLACK

[DigitalSpace]

Since I've played more PS2 games than I did when I made my original post in 2004, here's what I've liked:

4x4 Evolution
Activision Anthology
Atari Anthology
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Burnout 3: Takedown
Burnout Revenge
Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1
Castle Shikigami 2
Crazy Taxi
Destroy All Humans!
Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball
Ford Racing 3
God Of War
Gran Turismo 3 A-spec
Gran Turismo 4
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Hot Shots Golf 3
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak II
Juiced
Katamari Damacy
The King Of Route 66
Kingdom Hearts
Kya: Dark Lineage
L.A. Rush
Midnight Club
Midnight Club II
Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix
Midway Arcade Treasures
Midway Arcade Treasures 2
Midway Arcade Treasures 3
Namco Museum
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Need For Speed Underground 2
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Pinball Hall Of Fame
Psychonauts
R-Type Final
Rayman 2: Revolution
Road Trip
Scooby-Doo!: Night Of 100 Frights
Shox
The Sims
Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus
Smuggler's Run
Spy Hunter
SSX 3
Strike Force Bowling
Taito Legends
Test Drive Off-Road: Wide Open
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
Twisted Metal: Black
We Love Katamari

[theshizzle3000]

Add Bully to that list just beat it and it was amazing.

[kaedesdisciple]

Some of my faves include:

Killzone
Rez
Tekken Tag
Katamari Damacy (idk, the second one just didn't have the same magic as the first one)
Marvel vs Capcom 2

[Three-P]

Metal Gear Solid 3 MUST be added. Volgin commands you.

Even better than that would be Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence. (Not just because of the first two games of the Metal Gear series, either.)

And as far as 3-D Castlevanias go, they're not that bad. In fact, two of them are on my list.

Castlevania-Lament of Innocence.

This tells the story of how the war against evil started.

Castlevania-Curse of Darkness.

Ok, so you don't initially play as a Belmont. But you didn't in Castlevania-Symphony of the Night, which, I might add, is the best of the series. And I didn't hear any complaining about that.

A few more I'd like to add are....

Rumble Roses. (PS2's answer to the X-Box's DOA Volleyball.)
Mortal Kombat-Deadly Alliance.
Mortal Kombat-Deception. (By now, you must sense a pattern developing.)
Mortal Kombat-Shaolin Monks. (If only MKM-Sub-Zero was designed more like this.)
Taito Legends.
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Collection.
Sega Genesis Collection.
Capcom Classics Collection 1 and 2. (In case you didn't get it, I'm an old-school fan.)
Midway Arcade Treasures 1 and 2. (3 is just a bunch of racing games, not really my bag.)
God of War. (Kratos kicks Link's ass, anyday!)
Dark Cloud. (The only other game I know of where you can recreate the world is its sequel.)
Dark Cloud 2. (Harder than the original, but quite interesting.)

More will be added, later.

[bangtango]

WDL/World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks
NFL 2K3
NCAA College Football 2K3

I didn't pick up a PS2 until recently, so my library is still pretty small.

[greedostick]

I second the ring of red vote and would add...

Victorious boxers: Ippos road to glory
Skygunner (GOTTA ADD THIS!!)
Tsugunai: Atonement
Gradius 5

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

Bully
Marvel ultimate alliance
Suikoden v
God of war
Rogue Galaxy
Dragon quest 8
Okami

[TurboGenesis]

Some newer games for PlayStation 2 A+list:

Okami*
God Hand*
Odin Sphere*
Dragon Quest VIII*
Gradius V*
Raiden III*
The Red Star*
Guitar Hero*
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana*
Rouge Galaxy*

[Dreamcast]

phy-ops: Mindgate conspiracies
Twisted Metal: Black
Ratchet & Clank 3
Ratchet Deadlocked
Jak II
Gran Tourismo 4
MIDNIGHt CLUB 3: DUB EDITION REMIX! (this is the best one)
I cant think anymore of them.

[G-Boobie]

I've seen Gradius V mentioned once or twice, and I'll add my voice to the throng. It's a great game.

A few others I like:

Persona 3
Odin Sphere
Haunting Ground
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Beyond Good and Evil
Godhand
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
R-Type Final

[nate1749]

This deserves a bump - is this the official best of ps2 thread?

[SpaceHarrier]

hmm..

Shadow of the Collosus *
Okami
God of War 2 *
Outrun 2006
Persona 3 *
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology *

[Hitman Tyler]

Also don't forget to add:
MGS Series
Hitman Series
Indigo Prophecy

[Dastardly Dylan]

I never had a wide selection of PS2 games, but some of my favorites are Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, Everything releated to Kingdom Hearts, Ratchet and Clank series, Jak and Daxter, Jak II, Jak III, and some other games I can't quite remember now. Sweet.

[Rogmeister]

I'm surprised no one has apparently listed MLB Power Pros. It's now my favorite baseball game...it's the first baseball game to get me to put MVP Baseball down. I played the first one...now I'm playing the 2008 edition. I love it.

[RPG_Fanatic]

The only PS2 game I really loved was Dragon Quest VIII