Hidden Gems!

[Lowpoly Kenshiro]

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2. It's even English patched.

omg! this is a super cool one :D

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What are some of your favorite PS2 Hidden Gems? I am looking for some obscure PS2 games to play this Xmas.

"GUNGRAVE" and "GUNGRAVE overdose" are titles i never see people talk about! they are very VERY short games but the experience itself stayed with me forever the entire presentation and raw fun was super nice!

 

[DjQuick2008]

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SHMUPS and action:
Silpheed
Rez
The Red Star
Contra Shattered Soldiers and Neo-Contra
R-Type Final
Space Channel Five - Part 2.

Silpheed is great for PS2

 

[KyoshiSmoshi]

Not sure if its obscure, but I never see anyone talking about it. Genuinely one of my top 3 PS2 games. The mechanics are so addicting, and the soundtrack is awesome. I think racing is so much more fun in this than anyone of the mainstream car racing games. And it has an awesome PSP port. Highly recommend this game!!

 

[Dr.Kisaragi]

 

[Spyrone]

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

NARC

The Suffering

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Second Sight

Oni

Cel Damage

God Hand

Haunting Ground

Gregory Horror Show

Urban Chaos: Riot Response

Bloodrayne

Bloodrayne 2

 

[Vardalis]

It's not an exclusive and it's nowhere on the tier of a proper game like a lot of the mentions, but Age of Zombies was one that always stuck with me from the PSP. It was one of two PSP Minis that I ever bought and I ended up blasting through it time and time again. It's short, there's not much to it, but it's absolutely perfect for short bursts of arcadey gameplay.

 

[Nawaffle]

hi do any of you guys know a hidden game on the ps2 i wanna only good games

 

[Kamako]

What kind of games do you like to play?

 

[Nawaffle]

Any type But I don't like puzzle games

 

[HANK ARISEN]

Just pull up the archive. People aren't shy about sharing their experiences in the comments, so you'll find a lot of honest reviews in there.

 

[Kamako]

Any type But I don't like puzzle games

Most of these aren't hidden gems, but are great fun anyway:

RPG:
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Racing:
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Burnout: Revenge

Shooter:
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Serious Sam: The Next Encounter
Destroy all Humans!
Ratchet & Clank
Black

Fighting:
Mortal Kombat Deception
Tekken Tag Tournament

Skating:
Tony Hawks Underground 1 and 2

Horror:
Silent Hill 2 / 3

Stealth:
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Sly Cooper

Sim/Management:
Theme Park World

That's a few to start with :)

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Snoopy vs the Red Baron is criminally underrated.

So is Backyard Baseball 09.

And, of course, Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel.

 

[Glimbo]

Adventure
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat

Action
ChainDive (Japanese only)
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
Shinobi

Action Platforming
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory

Action Rogue-lite
Way of the Samurai

Survival Horror
Gregory Horror Show

JRPG
Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis

RPG
King's Field: The Ancient City
Shadow Tower Abyss (English translation available)

 

[Sunnyside]

Graffiti Kingdom is the quintessential ps2 hidden gem, imo.

Edit: Steambot Chronicles is also a great pick.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Kya: Dark Lineage
Cold Winter
Urban Chaos: Riot Response
The Punisher
The Warriors
Manhunt 2
The Godfather
Scarface: The World Is Yours
True Crime: Streets of LA
Total Overdose
Gun
Mafia
Destroy All Humans 1 & 2
Mercenaries 1 & 2 (2 can be a bit buggy on PS2)
Freedom Fighters
Splashdown & Splashdown: Rides Gone Wild
Test Drive Unlimited
Shadow Hearts franchise
Samurai Western
Killer 7
God Hand
The Thing
Disaster Report & Raw Danger
Mark of Kri & Rise of the Kasai
Extermination
Spy Fiction
Rez
The Suffering & The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Second Sight
Oni
Smuggler's Run & Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory
RoadKill
TimeSplitters franchise
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Aggressive Inline
BMX XXX

There are so many on PS2.

 

[Menghao36]

hi do any of you guys know a hidden game on the ps2 i wanna only good games

There's TRAPT, Onimusha, Obscure and the Fatal Frame series although it's far from hidden, GameCube has BloodRayne maybe ps2 has it too

 

[KenShjIN]

The Warriors
Disaster Report
Echo Knight beyond
Extermination
Downhill Domination
Shadow of Rome
Psi Ops
Zone of the Enders 2
Vievtiful Joe
Cold Winter
Mark of Kri
Freedom Fighters

Enjoy !

 

[Vardalis]

While "good" is subjective I'd say Maken Shao is kind of a hidden gem that rarely gets mentioned. It's hard to argue if the Dreamcast or PS2 version is better (I haven't played enough of the PS2 version to make that conclusion) but most of my frame of reference comes from the DC game.

It's a third person hack and slash game where you play as a sentient sword/weapon on a mission to align with whoever you choose, really. It gives the game a fair amount of different paths and a few different endings. One of the primary mechanics is "brainjacking" to take control of different key characters who end up having different abilities, interactions, etc. The combat is a little rough around the edges at times but it has soul, and despite it getting pretty difficult later on I still enjoyed it.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

10,000 Bullets
Okage: Shadow King
Drakengard
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
Robot Alchemic Drive
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
Haunting Ground
Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
Chaos Legion
Musashi: Samurai Legend
The Sword of Etheria
Rumble Roses
Crimson Sea 2
Sub Rebellion
Nightshade
Tokobot Plus: Mysteries of the Karakuri
SkyGunner
Crimson Tears
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
Road Trip

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2!

 

[Burzuru]

yugioh duelists of the roses
mr mosqito
the two castlevania games

 

[Mechablade-X]

Kuon (PS2) survival horror game made by FromSoftware set in Japan's Heian period.

 

[anthonyjenkins813]

Grandia 3.

Only because that game alongside Xtreme are the only two Games, not counting the GBC Game that never gotten a rerelease on Modern Consoles.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Keeping it concise, Odin Sphere. Play Odin Sphere.

 

[PSVitaForever]

I've enjoyed:
"Grandia 2" (turn-based rpg),
"Stella Deus" (tactical rpg)
"Atelier Iris 3" (turn-based rpg)