Can't remember the name of that game from your past?

[bjork]

In like 2 decades I already experienced lost games from internet that not even their names are any where on internet anymore, so it gets worst and worst.

If you know these and present their loss as a problem, why are you not telling people about them?

 

[qw90700]

If you know these and present their loss as a problem, why are you not telling people about them?

I wouldn't care about preserving the games I don't care about. But then I have my own backups for it so it ain't my problem. Should I care about people able to play old games? I'm no Jesus lol.

So regarding the topic, the game OP looking for could be anything. A DEMO of a cancelled game, a game never made it to the internet, or a game from another platform, or the DEMO of the game that is nothing like the released product. Who knows at this point.

 

[Clippy]

Should I care about people able to play old games? I'm no Jesus lol.

 

[BigTony]

are you absolutely sure it was a ps2 game?

 

[bjork]

I wouldn't care about preserving the games I don't care about. But then I have my own backups for it so it ain't my problem. Should I care about people able to play old games? I'm no Jesus lol.

Being part of the problem is a good way to solve it. Very team spirit of you.

 

[HikaruKitsune]

This doesn't sound like anything that actually got released.

I can't think of a JRPG for PS2 that got an English release where the main protagonist is female AND you get an airship early on.

 

[UnDubious]

If you want an exhaustive list of PS2 RPGs your best bet is GameFAQs. Browse to the PS2, then pick RPGs under Category. A few games may be miscategorized sometimes - with SRPGs especially, you never know if they'll decide it's a strategy RPG or just a regular strategy game - but everything is there.
There are no "lost PS2 games". That's not a thing. The console was hugely popular in an era where the Internet was already established and its library is well-catalogued. The most obscure releases, typically, are Japanese games that only got an English release in Europe (happened with lots of budget games), but even those aren't lost.
As far as cancelled RPGs with playable demos, on the PS2, I'd be surprised. They'd almost certainly be covered on sites like Unseen64.net or Lost Levels.org. They have articles on cancelled games much older than that that only ever got like 3 screenshots printed in a Japanese magazine, so imagine a playable demo on the PS2.
There aren't a ton of RPGs on the PS2 with a female lead. Some of the Wild ARMs games come to mind. But if by "prominent protagonist" you meant "important female character", then that's every RPG.

 

[SoThankful]

Kya: Dark Lineage, Ribbit king, Final Fantasy X2, Transformers (2004) were games that I also recall being on the same era of disc's, but that has never narrowed it down either due to the how spaced out those releases were.

Actually those listed games might have placed this demo in 2003

Have you tried searching for people who sell demo discs and see if you recognize the disc or something?

 

[Zerpina]

Reminds me of enchanted arms

 

[qw90700]

There are no "lost PS2 games". That's not a thing.

TBH sometimes I check demo discs of PS2 and find some games like Tip and Dash: Sea of Trouble and then honestly there are like 2 links for this game that "proves" existence of the game and one of them is the link I downloaded the demo disc from. It makes you think "¿¿¿how many PS2 games there may be that didn't make it to internet???". Innit, mate, innit? lol

 

[daedric_x]

Stella Deus perhaps? Not many games I can think of that match this description.

 

[Octopus]

It could also be a bit of a false memory going here, given how long it's been. It's happened to me before where I've remembered small bits of a game or whatever from when I was a kid, only to find out years later that I was remembering some parts wrong or mixing some bits of it up with something else from that same timeframe. I'm sure the game exists, just that you may be misremembering a part of it since it's been twenty years.

 

[Anim8rDude Anim8rDude]

The intro cutscene established a world which was once technologically advanced, yet has regressed to a medieval society after a great machine summoned demons into the world, resulting in the surviving generations abandoning technology to avoid repeating this catastrophe.
The demo level involved leaving the starting village, restoring a bridge and finding a power core for an airship? It had a prominent female protagonist, was isometric in perspective was very green and vibrant in its environmental design.

This description basically fits Shining Force Neo or Shining Force Exa, but more the latter. Maybe this one?

 

[freebie#47]

Definitely Sounds a Star Ocean game. Also that opening you described reminds me of XENOGEARS for the psx.

 

[nobitakun]

Arc The Lad Twilight of the Spirits

 

[XenoVeritas]

I couldn't think of the game you were describing so I asked Gemini on my phone in case that could identify, as it has helped me in the past with games I have barely remembered:

(Abridged version)
Based on your detailed description, the PS2 JRPG you're likely thinking of is Dark Cloud 2 (known as Dark Chronicle in PAL regions).

That being said, it doesn't appear to be an isometric game, so perhaps not.

 

[Fateman 2006]

Wild arms 3​

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood​

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2​

I don't play ps2 games that much so I can only recommend games that I saw on the repo.

 

[Ezri_Muldoon]

are you absolutely sure it was a ps2 game?

The disc was from the Official Playstation 2 Magazine, so I'm confident it was for the PS2.

I'm currently trawing through these videos:
Official UK PS2 Magazine Demo Discs longplays
To try and grant some catharsis to end this thread as you've all been amazingly helpful.

I can't think of a JRPG for PS2 that got an English release where the main protagonist is female AND you get an airship early on.

I believe the airship was just to cross a chasm, from the way the demo was set up I don't think you would have controlled it afterwards as the main quest of the demon was to obtain a power supply, and the environment was overgrown with foliage where ever metal surfaces were present so I doubt the power core would have lasted long.

Whilst I appreciate all the suggestions, having looked up the intro videos to each game (As I don't know whether the demo level was the tutorial or vertical slice) nothing seems to match my memory.

Which I was expecting, I've spent the last 10 years on and of trying to recall this game.
Odds are it's just some mediocre game no one really cares about.

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Arc The Lad Twilight of the Spirits

THIS IS IT!

Okay, so my memory was way off BUT:

The castle and the forbidden science.

The bridge with the power core:

It could also be a bit of a false memory going here,

Oh definitely. I don't know where I pulled the airship for female protagonist from, but the demo I recall playing (Issue 43) was from 21 years ago.
But that location in the second screenshot is clear as day in my mind. Thank you all so much!

 

[nobitakun]

Happy to have helped :)

 

[daedric_x]

Glad you found it!

 

[UnDubious]

I beat Twilight of the Spirits but could have never guessed from that description. It's one of my favorite PS2 RPGs, btw. The action rpg pseudo-sequel End of Darkness is weak though.

 

[SoThankful]

It could also be a bit of a false memory going here

Happened to me very recently.

 

[job32]

If you want an exhaustive list of PS2 RPGs your best bet is GameFAQs. Browse to the PS2, then pick RPGs under Category. A few games may be miscategorized sometimes - with SRPGs especially, you never know if they'll decide it's a strategy RPG or just a regular strategy game - but everything is there.
There are no "lost PS2 games". That's not a thing. The console was hugely popular in an era where the Internet was already established and its library is well-catalogued. The most obscure releases, typically, are Japanese games that only got an English release in Europe (happened with lots of budget games), but even those aren't lost.
As far as cancelled RPGs with playable demos, on the PS2, I'd be surprised. They'd almost certainly be covered on sites like Unseen64.net or Lost Levels.org. They have articles on cancelled games much older than that that only ever got like 3 screenshots printed in a Japanese magazine, so imagine a playable demo on the PS2.
There aren't a ton of RPGs on the PS2 with a female lead. Some of the Wild ARMs games come to mind. But if by "prominent protagonist" you meant "important female character", then that's every RPG.

Thanks, that game FAQ's is a handy resource.

Glad you found the game too. I played Twilight of the Spirits on Nethersx2. I thought the game had huge glitches but it turned out I should have had the graphics setting to Vulkan rather than OpenOGL, or something similar. The Arc the Lad games are enjoyable. Think they should have stuck with the original gamestyle & comedy and just made the world larger but definitely one of the better series.

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2'nd paragraph directed to Ezri

 

[solnK!]

Glad you could find it

 

[Deleted member 560402]

Wild arms 3​

Magna Carta: Tears of Blood​

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2​

I don't play ps2 games that much so I can only recommend games that I saw on the repo.

I've played Wild Arms 3. I like how it's episodic. The anime openings are cool!