Five PS2 JRPGs I need to play, before it's too late

PSU.com writes:

"If there are PS2 games you've always wanted to play, but never got around to, you're running out of time.

I'm not saying that every one of your backlogged gems will become artifacts spoken of only in the darkest recesses of gaming-dom. The PlayStation 4 (Orbis?) won't automatically spell the end of every PS2 game you've ever wanted to play, but many will become harder to find and, as a result, markedly more expensive. There's never been a better (or, more urgent) time to go back and play what you missed, which is why I've set out to name the five last-gen JRPGs I most regret not playing; five games that I will acquire and finish post-haste, so my chance is not forever lost behind financial walls."

[Godmars290]

Or Sony could get around to putting them up on PSN.

[animegamingnerd]

i need to check out xneosaga and dark cloud

[wishingW3L]

Xenosaga it's like watching an anime with really poor voice acting. -___-

[Huntmaster17]

Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts Covenant

[Summons75]

Digital Devil Saga is an excellent set of games in the SMT series. Heck every SMT game is amazing.

[amaguli]

Then go out and play them, nothing is really stopping you.

[wishingW3L]

most of these games are pretty expensive now. But that's why emulation is a blessing....

[amaguli]

Hm, I guess I didn't take that into consideration, but it really depends where you look.

The most expensive ones on amazon.com are Xenosaga Episode III ($25.00), Rogue Galaxy ($15.00) and Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga ($14.00), but that is if you aren't terribly picky and buy them used.

Of course you could go the emulation route too.

[TheoreticalParticle]

More like, "5 RPGs on the PS2 that I need to split onto 3 pages to troll for ad revenue".

Fuck any list-based article than can't put their entire list on one page.

[wishingW3L]

use adblock on the sites you don't want to support. lol

[TheoreticalParticle]

I do. Adblock and NoScript. It's still annoying to click through 3 pages to see a list.

[Kratoscar2008]

Im playing DDS right now and is awesome, just now im getting to play these SMT games like Nocturne and the Raidouh Kuzunoha games. Instead of Persona 5 i want ATLUS to create another entry in the SMT series of spioffs.

[Arnagrim]

I managed to find copies of DDS 1, 2 and Nocturne last year, all three of them great, unfortunately my 80 Gig MGS PS3 YLOD'd on me and I lost all my save data. Haven't hooked up the old PS2 to continue playing them yet, though I have replaced the PS3.
I would pay a large sum of money for a Level-5 HD Collection of Dark Cloud, Dark Cloud 2 and Rogue Galaxy; or even DQ8, Dark Cloud 2 and Rogue Galaxy.

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

I have nvr played any of these except Dark cloud my friend let me borrow that.