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While some may not consider it "retro" as such, as a younger millennial I spent most of my childhood gaming on a Sony PlayStation 2. I was especially fond of the Jak and Daxter and Splinter Cell series.
Since re-acquiring a fat PS2 as an adult, I've been eager to check out some of the more obscure (in the US at least) titles out there. I've been working my way through King's Field IV and Nightmare of Druaga lately.
I'd love to hear what other folks' favorite titles for the PlayStation 2 are.
2023-07-05 · 10 months ago
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction, All the Ratchet and Clank games, Super Bust-A-Move, Shadow of the Colosssus, Burnout, Simpsons Hit N Run, Guitar Hero, Gitarooman, Smuggler's Run.
Rez and Shadow of the Colosus!
I modded my PS2 -- first with a chip that did not work, then by removing the door sensor and buying a swappable boot disk. I then had a boatload of bootlegs I burned from the newsgroups. One in particular - a bus simulator in Tokyo, was particularly impossible. Everyone who tried could not make it past about 5 seconds without curbing the bus!
For FPSs, I adore the TimeSplitters series
I remember Spiderman 2 being really good but I'm curious how it has or hasn't held up with time.
My ps2 childhood games were kingdom hearts 1 & 2, crash bandicoot 2 and 3, spyro 2 and 3, ed edd and eddy, spongebob battle for bikini bottom (great game! Give it a Try!!!) jak and daxter like you mentioned, I liked the first one the best 2 and 3 were kind of meh didn't like 2's gunplay or 3's race car gimmick.
Tekken Tag Tournament, Gran Turismo 3, and Rival Schools were probably my favorite games for the PS2! I guess technically Rival Schools was for the PS1, but part of the fun was always the backwards compatibility. I never had a PS1, so it was a PS2 game for me! :)
This is hard for me to make a list because PS2 had such a huge library of great games. My favorites would have to be Angel's Present (coming soon to Switch in English miraculously, this is my personal Mother 3), La Pucelle (also now on Switch), Haunting Ground, Rule of Rose, Dark Cloud, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, Gitaroo Man, Rez, We Love Katamari, Roommania 203 and Space Channel 5 for Dreamcast ports...if you wanna get weird, The Daibijin and Dog of Bay.
Katamari, God of War, all the Ratchet and Clank games, Lego Starwars (original trilogy)
I think that the "Tales of ..." series was around its peak in the PS 2 era. Tales of Legendia and Tales of the Abyss were great games.
I remember Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana extremely fondly. I haven't played it in about 15 years. I hope it's actually as good as I remember. Beats the heck out of more recent Atelier Iris titles, for sure.
As Acidus already mentioned, Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari are gems.
If you want to try something truly bizarre, check out "Chulip". It's...well, it's something, that's for sure.
Oh nice! PS2 was one of my favorite consoles from high-school through to finishing university in 2010, and I got a ton of use of it. Some favorites I liked: Katamari Damacy, We Love Katamari, Soul Calibur 3, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Odin Sphere, R-Type Final, Gradius V, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, Okami, Killer7, Shadow of the Colossus, Wild Arms 3, Final Fantasy X, Ape Escape 2, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2, to name a few I own / remember liking. And if you count the PS1 compatibility up to later-gen slim models, there's even more to check out! It even had a "fast disc" option that could make those games load faster, and you could back up PS1 memory cards onto a bigger PS2 card, which was nice.
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