PS2 Can you recommend some PS2 games that truly are under the radar?

[Flaming_Metal_Systems]

I recommend you a game truly under the skin:

and Michigan: Report from Hell:

 

[RetroLaw]

I second Shining Force Exa.
I also loved Shining Force Neo.

Haven't played Legaia 2 but it's definitively in my priority backlog

 

[Parasite_Steve]

Bmx XXX

Bmx XXX is surprisingly one of the better action sports titles on the PS2. They really shot themselves in the foot with the nudy theme though. No one's gonna take the BoobMX game seriously, and the biggest demographic for these titles, teenage boys, couldn't even buy it due to the M rating. Plus I can imagine being sued by Dave Mirra didn't help matters. Good riddance Acclaim, your harebrained attempts at generating publicity were always a reliable source of laughter.

For other action sports titles that time forgot by now, I recommend Airblade, basically Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on a hoverboard in a future dystopia, Aggressive Inline, sadly unsuccessful attempt at bringing this underrated sport to the masses with absolutely massive interactive levels and Dave Mirra Freestyle Bmx 2. A pretty ambitious title with the best level editor I've seen in the genre. It's very flawed, some challenges are basically impossible, but it's worth checking out, if only for the early 2000s vibe. If you're interested in these kinds of games, especially the more obscure titles I can recommend the youtube channel Rad Rat Video. It's mostly on skateboarding history and culture, run by an absolute nerd (I mean that as a compliment!) but he does a lot of reviews of action sports games.

 

[Gorse]

No one's gonna take the BoobMX game seriously,

 

[spectresfrommercury]

crimson tears

 

[antii]

My favorite under the radar RPG for the PS2 is Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land. I might write a review on it. one of these days. Apparently, the Wizardry series is still popular in Japan and a dev over there bought the rights to the IP. They continue to make games in the series over there and they have some interesting takes on the dungeon crawler formula. There's a sequel to that game, called Busin 0: Wizardry Alternative, that didn't get localized, but there's a fan made English guide for it floating around the internet. So there's two under the radar games for you.

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Atlus really use to pick up a lot of people in the early 2000 I’m noticing now it’s reminding me like some early 2000 devolver or something

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If your into graffiti culture i totally recommend getting up it’s really fun it can get repetitive at times but the combat and story is cool