PS2 Reccomendations

[cheebacheeba]

Hey...I had a ps2 some time back, like a few years ago...so I'm a little bit behind when it comes to the games.
I'm getting another one from EB, as the games are becoming so damn cheap so damn soon, a situation that will only continue with the launch of more x360 games and the eventual release of the ps3...so yeah...I figure I'll get a ps2 again, now that I don't have to modify my machine to get "cheap" games...

So, onto business...I'm looking for some reccomendations.

I've played and enjoyed:
Onimusha 1, Kingdom Hearts, Eve of Extinction, Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance and I'll most likely be getting those again.

I generally like some rpgs (not overly complex ones), darker titles like survival horror stuff, weird and unusual games, FPS and games that are good for 2player. I hate sports games, but some racing games that aren't ultra "real" are ok.

Some titles I've looked at and considered are
*Second Sight
*Resident evil 4, outbreak.
*Jak & Daxter
*Ico
*Shadow of memories
*Onimusha series (haven't played much of #1)
*Evil dead regeneration
*Ultimate Spider-Man
*Crash Nitro (hoping it's as good as CTR).
*Viewtiful Joe looks...interesting...

Can anyone give any information about the titles above?
I'd also like some solid reccomendations for other titles.

I just ebayed "the bouncer" really cheap...I haven't heard great things about it, but I've always wondered.
Also...was the ape escape sequel worth a look?

- B

[AUSTIN316426808]

*Second Sight
*Resident evil 4
*Jak & Daxter
*Onimusha series (haven't played much of #1)
*Ultimate Spider-Man
*Viewtiful Joe looks...interesting...

All those are at the very least decent.

Jak and Daxter started to bore me after about halfway through but it was still fun.

As for Viewtiful Joe, I watched a friend of mine play it for about 15 minutes and it damn near put me to sleep but...1)I've never liked games like that too much in the first place and 2)He wasn't really good at it at all. You like cartoon and comic book stuff alot so you might like it for all I know but I just couldn't get into it.


There's Kindom Hearts 2 , if you liked the first then there's always the chance you'll like the second. Couple of friends told me it's longer and better than the first for what that's worth.

Metal Gear series is awesome imo.

Grand Theft Auto series very good as well.

The Godfather is an excellent game, which is basically Grand Theft Auto set in the time,style and story of The Godfather.

For whatever reason the only racing games I've ever really enjoyed are the Midnight Club games. Midnight Club 3:Dub Edition is the latest and my personal fav.

God of War is another one I haven't played(well, haven't owned) that a few people have told me is great.

Nothing else is springing to mind at the moment.

[cheebacheeba]

Cool man...thanks for all the info...Yeah, I saw kingdom hearts 2 on ebay, but an ntsc only copy (our machines are PAL only here)...so I guess it's relatively new.
I liked the first one, so I'll probably check out this one too, eventually.
The godfather DOES look pretty solid, and I'd probably try that before getting into one of the GTA games again, I've played them all...although, the psp port of liberty city stories might be good.
Metal Gear Solid...I played a little of the first one on ps1, I think I'd have to get that to get into the series...I have this continuity thing in my head...I should be able to find a copy someplace anyway.
Again, thanks for the info.

Any other suggestions, people?

- B

[noctuary]

The PS2 is a great console for RPGs. Most of the current-gen RPGs that I've played, however, are rather complex. But anyway, I'll just list a few games that I've enjoyed by genre.

RPG: Disgaea (good luck finding it, it's pretty rare these days), Shadow Hearts series, Digital Devil Saga, Makai Kingdom

Horror: Silent Hill 2&3... I'd avoid the 4th one though... Fatal Frame series, RE4 if you haven't played the GC version

Action: God of War, Shadow of the Colossus

[doctor satan]

If your after a great FPS get Black

[mothermold]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
Cool man...thanks for all the info...Yeah, I saw kingdom hearts 2 on ebay, but an ntsc only copy (our machines are PAL only here)...so I guess it's relatively new.
I liked the first one, so I'll probably check out this one too, eventually.
The godfather DOES look pretty solid, and I'd probably try that before getting into one of the GTA games again, I've played them all...although, the psp port of liberty city stories might be good.
Metal Gear Solid...I played a little of the first one on ps1, I think I'd have to get that to get into the series...I have this continuity thing in my head...I should be able to find a copy someplace anyway.
Again, thanks for the info.

Any other suggestions, people?

- B

Suggustions:Survival Horror

Resident Evil 4- Rock soild purchase you won't regret.An excellent game with hours of play time.

The Suffering-While the creators might have loused up the sequel part one remains solid.One of my favorites.

Evil Dead Regeneration-Any fan of the series will appreciate this entry.I assume you've played Evil Dead:Fistful of Boomstick(a better game in my opinon),if not you'll want to check it out.

Indigo Prophecy-This is a tuff one,it's hit or miss for most people.This game gives you the opportunity to "play" both sides,the police and the fugitive(think Sims with a horror twist)and the crime scene investigations are a nice idea too.I'm not going to lie though...this game can be extremely slow at times and to seems as though a character prompt pops up for every single movement.

Silent Hill 4:The Room-If you're a fan of the series this game won't disappoint.It's moody,creepy and a little disturbing as you've come to expect from the Silent Hill series.

FPS/Action:

The Godfather-What more can I say that Austin has'nt already said?This game sells itself...it's rock solid.

Metal Gear Solid 3:Snake Eater(Subsistence)-With the recent reissue and the new "third person" camera this game is even more enjoyable the second time around(lots of extras).As for continuity issues,MGS3 is actually first(taking place in the 60's)and introducing new characters and "fleshing out" old ones.Highly recommended.

Black-The guns are the stars in this game.You want to blow stuff up?You want to slaughter mass amounts of terrorists?If so this is your game...mindless good fun.On the downside the enemy A.I. seems to be pretty non-existent and it has a rather abrupt ending.

Gun-A good western themed action game on par with "Red Dead Revolver".Cons-I thought the game was over to quick(but fun while it lasted).

As usual I'm forgetting games I know.I hope you find some of these suggestions useful.

[The_Return]

Ive only played 2 on your list, Evil Dead: Regeneration and Viewtiful Joe.

Evil Dead is really fun, but way to short and pretty repetitive. I enjoyed it though, pretty good game.

As for Viewtiful Joe, I havent played it for PS2, but it's easily one of my favourite Gamecube games. It isnt too hard, the powers are really cool, the design is great, and I love the story. Highly recomended.

[cheebacheeba]

Horror: Silent Hill 2&3... I'd avoid the 4th one though... Fatal Frame series, RE4 if you haven't played the GC version
Why not silent hill 4? Yeah...I think I may have played fatal frame under another name on dreamcast back in the day...is the RE4 ps2 version better/longer in any way on ps2? Not that I've played it one way or another...

The Suffering-While the creators might have loused up the sequel part one remains solid.One of my favorites.
Hmm...I thought that game was xbox only? What's it about?

Indigo Prophecy
I think that's under the name "faranheit" over here, and to me, it looks excellent, I fully intend to get this one somewhere down the line.

Action: God of War, Shadow of the Colossus
God of War is actually one of the games I'll be getting in the package with the unit (EB has a deal on with 3 sony lable platinum games), it looked fairly good so it'll be one of my choices.
Shadow of the Collossus...is that the one with like really gigantic creatures? Can you tell me any more about it?

Any other reccomendations would be good too.
Thanks.
- B

[mothermold]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
Hmm...I thought that game was xbox only? What's it about?


The Suffering-FPS or 3rdPS shooter/survival horror.In this game you're character "Torque" a newly convicted killer who resembles a cross between Glen Danzig and Vin Diesel arrives on a Alcatraz like prison island awaiting the death sentence for a crime he may or may not have commited.Needless to say everything quickly turns to shit and your running and fighting and killing your way off the island for the rest of the game.

This is one of those games that have(I think)3 or 4 possible outcomes depending on how good or rotten you are.It's creepy and atmospheric(voices and babies crying,flashbacks),oh and the fact that your character does'nt seem to be entirely human adds to the chaos.

On a bit of a side note:the creatures were all designed by Stan Winston Studios(Predator and Pumpkinhead)which makes them fairly unique(I think)and not a single zombie which is goddamned refreshing from time to time.


These are my ramblings....hope they help.

[cheebacheeba]

Got it today with Tekken 1-5, Crash Nitro, and God of War.
Getting Unreal Tournament and "The Bouncer" through ebay within the week.

Any further recos would be appreciated.

[noctuary]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
Why not silent hill 4? Yeah...I think I may have played fatal frame under another name on dreamcast back in the day...is the RE4 ps2 version better/longer in any way on ps2? Not that I've played it one way or another...


Hmm...I thought that game was xbox only? What's it about?


I think that's under the name "faranheit" over here, and to me, it looks excellent, I fully intend to get this one somewhere down the line.


God of War is actually one of the games I'll be getting in the package with the unit (EB has a deal on with 3 sony lable platinum games), it looked fairly good so it'll be one of my choices.
Shadow of the Collossus...is that the one with like really gigantic creatures? Can you tell me any more about it?

Any other reccomendations would be good too.
Thanks.
- B
Well, this is just my opinion, but I think that SH4 is by far the weakest game in the series. It's worth playing if you're a huge fan, but otherwise I'd stick to the first three.

As for RE4 on PS2, I can't really say if it's any different as I've only played it on GC. I was just throwing it out there.

And yes, Shadow of the Colossus is the one with the really huge creatures. It's a very interesting game, sort of a puzzle/action hybrid. Basically, you are tasked with killing the 16 colossi that roam the land. Those are the only enemies in the game, but as it takes quite a long time to destroy each one, the game isn't negatively affected by the lack of enemies.

[cheebacheeba]

Ha...turns out the stupid fucks at EB put something called "ghost recon" in my "god of war" case.
Yknow...if the controls on the ps2 for fps games aren't a little more customisable with their control schemes than this one was, I'll be sticking to the pc for FPS's.
All I want is to be able to customise them so I control the movement with the 4 buttons on the right, and control the view with the one on the left, as per the old dreamcast kinda scheme...I hope I can work it out for SOME fps games...either way I'm taking this ghost recon thing back to get God of War, 'cos it totally doesn't look like my kinda FPS anyway.

Tekken 4 is fine...I used to have this, and it's still fun.

Tekken 5 seems a little hard, and the controls aren't as good (has anyone else noticed this?)...and even though I thought I'd play Tekken 1-3 (which came in addition to #5), I won't...

Crash Nitro Kart isn't HALF as good or fun as CTR was...and it's actually SLOWER which really spoils it for me, even the 2-player games are a bit shit.

So, at this point I'm keeping Tekken 4, maybe 5, and exchanging the others. I'm a bit dissapointed in the FPS thing...all I can say is that I hope to find that "black" and Half Life (among a few others) have suitable controls...

[cheebacheeba]

Dumped tekken 4 after all...just wasn't doing a damn thing for me...yup, for fighters, I'll eventually just pick up the soul calibur series (too bad #1 didn't come out on anything but dreamcast...did it?), and marvel vs capcom 2.

So I think I've finally got a bunch of games I'm gonna stick with, no more returns to EB...the four I ended up with are Kingdom Hearts (still cool), God of War (now one of my favourite games), I just started playing Fahrenheit...what an interesting game..true, a little slow at times, I just like the "movie style", the storyline is great, and it's just got this whole unique feel to it...I'm diggin' it so far.
The one left that I haven't yet played, is Jak and Daxter 1. I'm confident that it'll be decent enough, and I've heard it's an ok storyline and series of games...gonna chuck that on soon...


So yeah, any further recos?
I was thinking about the punisher, the warriors, and ultimate spider-man.

[Posher778]

Well, when all else fails... there's always HalfLife2

[knife_fight]

lately I've been addicted to the Godfather. someone on here recommended it highly so I bought it. haven't been disappointed.

[kpropain]

Some of the other titles not mentioned are the James Bond games, "From Russia With Love" and "Everything Or Nothing" are both awesome...

Also check out Socom 1, 2 and 3

[cheebacheeba]

The SOCOM games...probably not...see, I love FPS and TPS action games, but, the thing is, I don't like 'em when they're anything but "shoot these fuckers", I don't like consequences, or having to give a shit about what's happening with a squad.
ONE exception would be the call of duty series, which still allows for a LOT of independance during play...I guess essentially I just don't like my games too "realistic".

I'll have a look at the Bond games, provided I can customise a comfortable controller setup with them. Are they BOTH set in the "old" JB world? That'd have to be cool...

[kpropain]

Yeah From Russia With Love is basically like playing the movie and Sean Connery does the voiceovers

Every Thing Or Nothing is set in the present time with Pierce Brosnan doing the voiceovers...

Both are really good though I highly recomend them..

[cheebacheeba]

Yeah...the JB titles have always been pretty high quality...didn't really like Nightfire, but the rest I've played have been good...

I dunno, I'm just wanting to play a whole buncha stuff, dunno where to start...

[kpropain]

Also meant to mention another game "BMX XXX", as you know I'm a bmx'er and love anything about BMX.... But most games based on bmx are shit and don't live up to the expectations, but this one was fun as hell, and it's got some funny ass stuff in it :)

[cheebacheeba]

Yeah, I've played a bit of Dave Mirra in the past, and thought it seemed ok, but could've been a hell of a lot better.
I HAVE heard of xxx, and might pik it up for a trial run at EB.

Question - Has anyone here played either of the tony hawk underground games, or the new final fight on ps2?
What are they like?

[Jacob Singer]

Horror: Silent Hill 2 and 4

Fatal frame (all three of this saga)

Not Horror: GTA San Adreas

Metal gear solid 3

Final Fantasy X

Ico and Shadow of the colosus

[cheebacheeba]

The final fantasy games have in all honesty kinda pissed me off since #8 (although I only ever played a tiny bit of #9, and saw the intro of x, but I'm sure the same problems are there)...always great storylines, excellent looking games, brilliant score...but all that guardian force shit just pissed me off.

Yes, fatal frame is on the list.

I've already played GTA:SA, I kinda still preferred vice city....actually, I'm getting the PS2 port of Liberty City stories in a week or so....don't suppose anyone has played that?

MGS3 - I'd have to play through the first 2 first.

Ico has ALWAYS looked really interesting to me...

Just been playing God of War so much today...seriously, if anyone hasn't you guys at least gotta hire it to check it out.

[cheebacheeba]

This just in - God of War is now one of my all-time favourite games...I'm SO fucking into it...any ps2 owner, you GOTTA geddit.

In related events - I have discovered after unsuccessfully trying to use "unreal tournament", that I simply cannot get FPS controls working for me on the PS2. Kinda pissed about that, but seriously, it's not as confy as the dreamcast was, I usually rock the fps thing, but I spend hours stumbling around like a retard...I mean fuck...how hard is it to have the option to FULLY customise controls? Dumb move not to, Sony. Ah well...I always have known pc is the king of fps, I guess it'll remain that way.

Also, help me out with this title: A while back I heard of this and really wanted to get it...You play a character living in a city (not sure which), and an earthquake strikes...and the whole thing is esssentially just about you running around, surviving, interacting with other characters...etc, and apparently finding out about a govt plot to do with the earthquake being a weapons test. I don't remember all that much else, other than supposedly throughout the game there's multiple earthquakes and aftershocks, looters, and assassins sent in after you...it really sounded like a kickass game, but the title just isn't coming to me, I'd love to get my hands on a copy though, so if you know what the fuck I'm talking about (for once), lemme know that title...


Another thing, there's some cel-shaded game out with a racoon theif or some shit as the character, looked kinda cool, is that one worth a look?

[The_Return]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
This just in - God of War is now one of my all-time favourite games...I'm SO fucking into it...any ps2 owner, you GOTTA geddit.

In related events - I have discovered after unsuccessfully trying to use "unreal tournament", that I simply cannot get FPS controls working for me on the PS2. Kinda pissed about that, but seriously, it's not as confy as the dreamcast was, I usually rock the fps thing, but I spend hours stumbling around like a retard...I mean fuck...how hard is it to have the option to FULLY customise controls? Dumb move not to, Sony. Ah well...I always have known pc is the king of fps, I guess it'll remain that way.

Also, help me out with this title: A while back I heard of this and really wanted to get it...You play a character living in a city (not sure which), and an earthquake strikes...and the whole thing is esssentially just about you running around, surviving, interacting with other characters...etc, and apparently finding out about a govt plot to do with the earthquake being a weapons test. I don't remember all that much else, other than supposedly throughout the game there's multiple earthquakes and aftershocks, looters, and assassins sent in after you...it really sounded like a kickass game, but the title just isn't coming to me, I'd love to get my hands on a copy though, so if you know what the fuck I'm talking about (for once), lemme know that title...


Another thing, there's some cel-shaded game out with a racoon theif or some shit as the character, looked kinda cool, is that one worth a look?


1st one is called Disaster Report:

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/017/017289.html

I havent played it, but the reviews are pretty negative.


2nd is the Sly Cooper series:

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/481/481887.html

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/640/640601.html

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/738/738000.html

I havent played any, but I watched a friend of mine play Sly 3, looked pretty fun.

[_____V_____]

Black...without a doubt THE game to have hit the PS2 so far...

Shadow of the Colossus...impressive visuals, lovely game...

Matrix-Path of Neo...a must...

Predator: Concrete Jungle...for die-hard predator fans...

Silent Hill 2,3 & 4 all of em rock...

DarkWatch...excellent game...

Resident Evil: Outbreak...

Resident Evil 4: Final Retail...

The Thing...excellent game...