Brandon Salcedo writes:
"Across a fantasy skyscape of Miyazaki-esque contraptions and story-book anime, Sky Gunner carves its own little niche into the flight shooter genre. Every chapter floods the screen with machine gun fire, whizzing past imaginative flight machines of every size, zooming in and out in formation. Cannons fire from surrounding airships in every direction as the horizon dots with the tiny parachutes of the less fortunate, spouting their adorable verbal comebacks. If it sounds exhilarating, it's because it is... most of the time.
Sky Gunner is a series of action-packed air skirmishes set within and around the fictional city of Rive. The infamous treasure thief, Ventre, has set his sights on the Eternal Engine, a device that promises limitless energy, and the gala unveiling is the sort of scene he just loves to crash. As the Rive police chief and a newly hired female cadet keep watch inside the museum, two famous sky gunners secure the outside, ready for action at a moment's notice. When Ventre makes his grand entrance, with a myriad of pygmy soldiers and his impressive armada of clockwork warships, the scene turns to magnificent chaos. The Chief sends Femme to the air to meet up with the Sky Gunner duo of Copain and Ciel. A friendship, alliance and competitive spirit ensues between the three as they aim to take down Ventre and retrieve the engine."
Here's a list of some great PS2 games that you may have overlooked and should be able to be picked up relatively cheaply from second hand websites
Ten games, and ten pages in one article. I know ads are used to make money, but I could only get through number 8 before giving up. Too much clicking for me! Yes, you're allowed to call me lazy.
Here is the list so you don't have to click through all ten pages.
10. Amplitude
9. Katamari Demacy
8. Growlanser Generations
7. The Adventures of Cookie and Cream
6. Flipnic: Ultimate Pinball
5. Soul Nomad and the World Eaters
4. Shadow Hearts: Covenant
3. Okage: Shadow King
2. Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
1. Skygunner
Thx, I couldnt even read the pages because some fking ads covered the whole screen (Im using a semi old phone so that might be part of the reason)
SBG: "The Best to Own Forever series isn’t about what’s great right now. It’s about what will be great in 10 years, even though there will be better-looking games and later sequels, and what will keep you pulling that dusty old console out of the closet every once in a while. In this installment, we look at the long-lived PS2."
gta3, persona3 persona4, granturismo4, jak3, mgs3/sub, gtaSA, time slitters4, socom2, shadow of the colossus, cod1, ssx tricky. easy.
san Andreas, mgs 3, ff 10, dave mira freestyle bmx 2, gran turismo 4, socom 2, god of war, shadow of colossus, bully, black.
man, their list sucks
Good call out on black, one of the best fps made. I would've also included Mercenaries and Psi-Ops.
good list. davemirras bmx2 was so good one of the first games i played for ps2. bully was also really good, and i had Black in my list but took it out because i only played it i didnt play the whole thing, the shooting and the graphics were incredible tho.
and mercenaries was insane too. too many games.
FFXII over FFX. Suikoden V over Suikoden III. Maximo over Jak... What crappy list is this? DQVIII and Nocturne are the only games on that list that are worth mentioning.
at home i have WipEout Fusion, Dead or Alive 2, GT4, MGS2&3, Buzz, Code:Veronica, FF12, Jak & Daxter, EyeToy Kinetics and a bunch of EyeToy games.
