Since the Playstation 2 is now $100, there is no excuse for a gamer not to have one. As such, The Gaming Dungeon is looking at what games are essential to your collection one genre at a time; starting with RPGs.
Take it down the memory lane with this ultimate list of the best PlayStation 2 games of all time. Just the best of the best right here.
It's so disappointing that to this day, I have not seen a game match what BLACK offers in an FPS.
Shame isn't it. I thought we'd be at a point of destructible backgrounds, objects, pyrotechnics etc in shooters. I sold many a copy in the demo unit when I managed a franchise Game Crazy back then. But I stopped playing shooters because they didn't evolve. Heavy weapon. Shoot a wall or glass. Nothing happens. Lol. Except for Killzone 2. I enjoyed that.
But then I woke and remembered it's EA. EA didn't care really. They just wanted to kill competition from Criterion and Burnout. And own Renderware to profit from as many developers used that engine. Only thing was that developers ran as fast as they could away from EA to Unreal Engine and its pop in and Vaseline graphics. Shame on EA. And then they bought Dice for Frostbite. Evil busters.
Anyway, too many PS2 games to count. Some of my personal faves being DMC, Genji, Bujingai, Blood Will Tell, Onimusha, Way of the Samurai, Japanese Berserk, Japanese Macross game that blew away the US Robotech game, RAD, Castlevania Lament of Innocence.... there's just too many. Let me stop. Lol
Code Veronica
Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore
The Getaway
Time Crisis 3
Killzone
Mark of Kri
SSX
are some of my all times favorites missing on that list
I've always Saud I'm not a fan of fps much , there's been some I really like and thought were really dope. Black falls into that category.
The greatest console of all time !!!!
The last console from when gaming was pure, games didn't take 5 years to release, no online only, no half finished games, no mtx.
Ps2 was just banger after banger after banger.
It will always be my favourite.
The studio was on the verge of collapse when Persona 3 came out, and things were looking quite grim for Atlus. Regardless, many decisions made in the game paid off and became a staggering success.
Years ago, I was emulating the game on my laptop and the old thing died when I was about to get to the final boss. I'm more than happy to buy this remake when it comes out so I can finish it!
At the time I was immersed in SMT Nocturne and later DDS. I did not realize at all how important Persona would become for me years later.
Persona 3 FES was the first one that I played in the series. Looking forward to the remake.
It’s been 20+ years since the time that gave us Mulholland Drive and “Bootylicious”, meaning this look at the best games of 2001 is going to make some of you feel very old very quickly.
From this list I have all of them, even the ones in the "Honorable Mentions"... next!
Nocturne is the best from the list. Persona and FFX are pretty good. It's kinda stupid he put Digital Devil Saga and Suikoden and mentioning he hasn't played them. Odin Sphere is wonderful, but those framerate problems are a b*tch! Great list.
so true.
Final Fantasy X - The most Multi layered, well thought out game ever made.
Tidus is NOT annoying. Tidus actually has emotions of high and low. He isn't Monotone like Cloud, Cecil, or Squall--which are all great Characters, but don't diss Tidus.
Want Annoying? See FFXII. "LETS GO SAVE DALMASCA! Look at ME! I have no SHIRT ON!"
Those were the days...red faction, jak and daxter, rachet and clank, socom, god of war, killzone......
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne / Lucifer's Call is really good, it changes from the naive kiddy japanese RPG games. Dark Chronicle / Dark Cloud 2 is also a must-have, i passed many times on it and is full of ingenious stuff.