Make Use Of writes: When gamers think about the PlayStation 2, and the range of horror games available on the platform, a few generally come to mind, with Resident Evil and Silent Hill are the two most prominent, and with good reason, as each of them is a fantastic. Of course, being released at the right time with a good marketing budget most certainly helped their success as well.
However, with the popularity of the more known franchises, a slew of other games hit the market as well. Some of these were truly fantastic, but for one reason or another, not too many gamers actually played them. Perhaps they were marketed poorly, or maybe it was something else. Whatever the reason, October is upon us, and that means it’s time to take part in all things scary. Pull out your PS2, or your PS3 if you are fortunate enough to have a backwards compatible model, and get ready to scare yourself silly with these unknown horror games from the PlayStation 2.
From hunting ghosts to fighting it out in gladiatorial arenas, there are many underrated PS2 games you should check out in the goldmine.
The list was underrated. Ico, Okami and Black were hardly underrated. I didn't say anything about the others because I don't know enough about them. Maximo was another I knew well I just don't remember how critically it was viewed. I know it was a tough game. I owned it.
Sadly, most of these are popular. Talk to me about real underrated games like Bujingai, Rygar: The Legendary, Adventure, and Killer 7 just to name a few.
Yeah man! That's what I'm talking about.
Way of the Samurai was awesome though. You could play for 2 hours or walk off into the sunset in 5 minutes. So many weapons and characters and side choosing or helping them all.
Let me throw in Macross PS2, Berserk and Robot Alchemic Drive(RAD).
As consoles go, the Gamecube is pretty underrated, so it stands to reason that a lot of its games are too.
Without doubt for me it would be Eternal Darkness, one of the best videogames ever made IMO.
Eternal darkness was phenomenal. I remember panicking when I got an error code pop up and then it looked like all my saves had wiped off my memory card. That game would play with your mind.
Yeah loved it to, getting it all and getting the purple rune was great never felt like a chore. The only other game that I really enjoyed as much was starfox adventures. Great game
Paper Mario Thousand Year Door is just incredible, I really hope Nintendo will do a remaster or remake of it.
Big fan of Gotcha Force. A true hidden gem that rarely gets mentioned. It played a lot like Federation Vs. Zeon which is one or my favorite PS2 games.
No Paper Mario, Geist, or Eternal Darkness is surprising. Games like Second Sight can at least be played on other platforms, but some of those games are exceedingly expensive (should you want to play them on original hardware). I've got a handful of them, but Gotcha Force will sadly never end up in my collection at $700 for a CIB copy.
FreeckyCake writes: "Haunting Ground (Demento in Japan) is a survival horror title that uses assets from Resident Evil 4. But instead of following the formula, it ditches it to bring the player a unique experience that you, unfortunately, won’t find elsewhere. "
I think the criticisms are completely warranted. I loved clock tower 3. Sure it’s ridiculous, but it was really fun and quite brutal. Haunting ground felt lifeless and repetitive. Wandering around a giant maze (the castle) was a chore and the herb crafting/puzzles were tedious. The backtracking was overkill. Being stuck in that castle was a bad idea and should have only been part of the game. What ends up happening is you get tired of it really quick and it’s just going from room to room to room. Same with silent hill 2 hospital levels. Tedious, yet they are only a level and you continue moving forward in the town. You are exploring and making progress. Haunting doesn’t feel like that at all. Great premise, but i personally think clock tower 3 was way better and more fun and was Short and sweet. Never outstayed it’s welcome. Haunting is ok, just not a masterpiece by any means. It’s really boring. When you dread playing a game because of the level design that’s a problem. It’s a chore.
Yes but this wasn’t an opinion this was a total fan boy over reaching and delusional. It’s a hidden gem yes, but masterpiece? when you have games like silent hill 1 and 2, resident evil 2, re4, fatal frame 2 This is quite insulting.
I respect your opinion, and I think the part where you mentioned the herbs crafting being tedious is sometimes valid, but at the same time, it was made to be that way. I assume that if they made it easier, that would have made Fiona quite OP early on.
Clock Tower 3 had its good and bad moments. Alyssa's movements were kind of slow, she can't even run from all those stalkers, but I definitely liked the boss fights. Fighting your enemies using a bow just because you're a Rooder was a fine addition, and the sudden appearance of enemies was quite challenging too.
However, Clock Tower 3 had no exploration, Haunting Ground had. You could literally explore the entire the castle in the end ( before the final boss) or each time you outwit a boss. So, yeah, there's definitely some exploration to do in the castle and I haven't felt bored of that castle personally. In fact, I found the castle to be designed well and full of things to do. It kind of reminds me of Temi-ni-gru from DMC 3. Both are great and each corner in the castle is either a reference to Clock Tower or a horror material.
What I liked about Haunting Ground is its atmosphere, and that itself is an improvement over Clock Tower 3. Plus, fighting your enemies by only solving puzzles was a fine addition that I fell in love with immediately after defeating Debilitas.
To each his own I guess, but Haunting Ground was definitely an ambitious project by Capcom.
I agree both had good and bad as essentially haunting ground is Clock Tower 4. I really wanted to love haunting ground but the design and endless rooms really took me out of it. It’s good, just not what it could have been.
@Bathory666
I found Haunting Ground to be better than Fatal Frame 2. No need to change my mind, and I think you should learn to respect others' opinions before accusing them of something they aren't. I have to always remind myself that N4G users are just gamers who play mainstream stuff. It's funny how you want to impose your opinion, but I can't. Talk about double-standards.
Just another Capcom title they put out and magically forgotten all about like Clock Tower, Dino Crisis, Breath of Fire. I enjoy this game and play it from time to time it needs a remake or reboot same with Dino Crisis, Clock Tower and Breath of Fire.
Capcom has a plethora of dead IPs that may never make a comeback.
* Looks at Maximo *
Maximo is a name i havent heard in a while. That'd be such a great announcement.
Omg i love Maximo what a great game that was. Sad army of zin never released on psn.
I remember playing this game and found it difficult and the controls were not so great. But it’s also creepy and still a pretty good game overall IMO.
Yeah it’s ok. Masterpiece was just wow. He must be smoking some pretty good herb
Lol i know that was a fanboy article big time. I love survival horror to death, but let’s be realistic. It’s Definitely good, a solid 7/10, but not a masterpiece by any stretch.
Sadly, I'm not a fanboy, I played a lot of Capcom survival horror games and other underrated titles from them.
Another one for the PS2 that was pretty good was Cold Fear.
I knew of both Haunting Ground and Second Sight.
Your statement is invalid. :p
That said, Second Sight was by no means scary.