PS2 Need Some PS2 Game Recommendations

[ThatOneLum]

Jak and Daxter, I can't believe I was sleeping on this series personally. I know it's not some obscure gem or anything, just something I've played recently and couldn't believe I didn't until now.
But besides that, check out The Suffering and Gitaroo Man, I rarely see anyone talking about those games and they're both good franchises.

Unfortuantely, I own all 3 (not counting Daxter or Lost Frontiers) of the Jak & Daxter games and have played them to death. Easily some of my top 3D platformers of the era.

I can second the SUffering. Recently completed it on my HDD, and it was a really good time. Been thinking about trying out the sequel, though I had heard that it's not as good as the original.

Heard loads about Gitaroo Man, so I'll add that to the list of stuff to try out.

 

[RustySK]

Actually not all that obscure series that are well worth checking out anyway:
Onimusha
Fatal Frame
Tenchu
Zone of the Enders
King's Field IV and Shadow Tower Abyss
Ace Combat

Actually obscure stuff:
The Nightmare of Druaga - a traditional roguelike (think Pokemon Mystery Dungeon or Shiren The Wanderer)

Chulip - a weird little... adventure game (?) about finding love by smooching just about every inhabitant of a small town

Magic Pengel - The Quest for Color - a charming little monster collecting JRPG with rock-paper-scissors combat where you make your own monsters, apparently has a Touhou cameo in it

Ring of Red - a part turn-based, part real-time mecha/military strategy game with simulation elements... there's a lot to this one, if you're only going to check out one of these, make it this one

 

[Deleted member 134552]

Fatal Frame

Second this and Haunting Grounds

 

[Qbert]

As of right now I'm installing all my games. I'll update it once its done. Its a huge list.

 

[PSVitaForever]

For PS2, I always recommend (because I've liked them so much):

"Stella Deus", tactical rpg with beautiful graphics, interesting story and characters
"Atelier Iris 3", interesting job system, nice graphics, turn based battles
"Suikoden 5", turn based battles, LOTS of recruitable characters, big world to explore, maybe the encounter rate is a bit high
"Odin Sphere", if you haven't played it already on Vita and you cannot (or don't want to) try that better version, you may play it on ps2: beautiful graphics, beautiful story, beautiful music, 5 playable characs, I've 100%ed it on ps2, maybe a guide is needed to obtain all endings and all achievements.

 

[Ain_Gamer]

Enthusia Profressional racing.

Xenosaga Trilogy

Unlimited SaGa

 

[ThatOneLum]

For PS2, I always recommend (because I've liked them so much):

"Stella Deus", tactical rpg with beautiful graphics, interesting story and characters
"Atelier Iris 3", interesting job system, nice graphics, turn based battles
"Suikoden 5", turn based battles, LOTS of recruitable characters, big world to explore, maybe the encounter rate is a bit high
"Odin Sphere", if you haven't played it already on Vita and you cannot (or don't want to) try that better version, you may play it on ps2: beautiful graphics, beautiful story, beautiful music, 5 playable characs, I've 100%ed it on ps2, maybe a guide is needed to obtain all endings and all achievements.

I will deffo try out at least Stella Deus and Atelier Iris 3. I'm a fan of some of the newer Atelier games.

I'm gonna take a rain check on Suikoden because I'm literally still midway through the first game lol

RE: Odin Sphere, I'll deffo try out the vita version. I still use mine pretty religiously, so I'm always on the lookout for recs on that platform too.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Shadow the Hedgehog

 

[ThatOneLum]

Shadow the Hedgehog

 

[PhrawzT]

Aqua Aqua
Dynasty Warriors 3 - 5
Onimusha
Zone of the Enders

 

[RetroFreax]

Mr Mosquitto, Demolition Girl if You like Hidden Gems :)

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/ps2-iso/simple-2000-series-vol-50-the-daibijin-japan/

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/ps2-iso/mister-mosquito-usa/

 

[middler]

Something good: Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
Something Bad: Masters of the Universe
Something different: Rez

So many goodies on the PS2, lots of baddies as well :)

 

[Jotaro]

So, I have a Phat PS2 with a harddrive and FreeMCBoot installed on it. I've got a fair few GB left on the harddrive, but I have also ran out of decent games I've not tried before to shove on there. I've included a list of the games I've already got installed on it, but does anyone else have some interesting suggestions?

Obviously, I have played/own more games than the ones listed, but I'm hoping you beautiful people will have some recommendations of obscure shit I've never heard of before, let alone tried.

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Thing, The
Midnight Club 3 - DUB Edition Remix
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Choro Q
Cold Winter
Constantine
Warriors, The
Echo Night - Beyond
Eternal Ring
Evergrace (UnDub)
Free Running
Ghost Master - The Gravenville Chronicles
God Hand
Godzilla - Save the Earth
Godzilla - Unleashed
Haunting Ground
Herdy Gerdy (Perdy)
Kuon
Fur Fighters - Viggos Revenge
Freak Out
Demon Chaos
Micro Machines v4
Castleween
Black
Persona 4
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
Urban Chaos - Riot Response
Resident Evil - Outbreak - File #2
Berserk
Rule of Rose
Simpsons Game, The
Silent Hill - Shattered Memories
Ratchet & Clank 2 - Locked & Loaded
Ratchet & Clank
Suffering, The
Summoner
Summoner 2
Resident Evil - Outbreak
Aliens vs Predator - Extinction
Crash Bandicoot Wratch of Cortex
Crash Twinsanity
Project Zero
Okage Shadow King
Road Trip Adventure
Monster Attack
Gadget Racers
Splatter Master
Deep Water
Global Defence Force
Global Defence Force - Tactics
Fantasy Zone Complete Collection
MISTER MOSKEETO
Warhammer 40 000 - Fire Warrior
Amplitude
Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
Bard's Tale, The
Project Eden
Mortal Kombat - Deception
Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII
Manhunt
Futurama
Forbidden Siren
Final Fantasy XII
Getaway, The - Black Monday
Getaway, The
Grand Theft Auto - Liberty City Stories
Extermination
Dragon Ball Z - Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Grand Theft Auto - Vice City
Grand Theft Auto III
Gungrave - Overdose
Gungrave
Katamari Damacy
Life Line
Deus Ex
ObsCure
ObsCure II
Raw Danger
Dark Cloud
Rogue Galaxy
Ratchet & Clank 3
Shadow Hearts
SSX Tricky
TimeSplitters - Future Perfect
TimeSplitters 2
War of the Monsters
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto - Vice City Stories
007 - From Russia with Love
Bujingai - Swordmaster
Devil Kings
Dynasty Warriors 2
Crash Nitro Kart
Crash Tag Team Racing
Persona 3 FES
Spy Fiction
Tenchu - Fatal Shadows
Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Gregory Horror Show
Hobbit, The
Legend of Spyro, The - I - A New Begining
Legend of Spyro, The - III - Dawn of the Dragon
Pac-Man World 2
Pac-Man World 3
TY 2 - Bush Rescue
Ty 3 - Night of the Quinkan
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
Jak X
Pac-Man World Rally
Tekken 5

in no order

- 10000 bullets
- seven samurai 20xx
- the samurai champloo game
- swords of destiny
- rise of the kasai
- shadow of memories
- the glass rose
- cold fear
- jet li: rise to honor
- jackie chan adventures
- samurai western
- 7 blades
- zone of the enders 2
- robot alchemic drive
- many tales of jrpg games
- ghosthunter
- code of the samurai
- the kiryu yakuza games
- the bouncer
- urban reign
- death by degrees
- headhunter: redemption
- alter echo
- psi ops
- second sight
- the lupin ps2 game
- the detective conan ps2 game
- rygar


ps2 is overall such an amazing games library, just lit, and those are some examples

 

[OPT1MUS]

Boku no Natsuyasumi 2: Umi no Bouken Hen (english patched - you find it right here) -

Cold Fear (veeery nice RE-like game)

Stretch Panic

 

[Eckori]

I love me some Gundam on PS2! My friends and I spent so much of our childhood playing Federation VS Zeon! Give it a shot for some fun robot arcade action!

 

[Graw]

Unlimited SaGa

I'd recommend Romancing SaGa over Unlimited SaGa. The ps2 remake of Romancing SaGa is one of the best rpgs on the system.

 

[Krazy Kat]

7 Sin
Playboy the Mansion
and all gravure

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Mr Mosquitto, Demolition Girl if You like Hidden Gems :)

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/ps2-iso/simple-2000-series-vol-50-the-daibijin-japan/

https://retrogametalk.com/repo/ps2-iso/mister-mosquito-usa/

Hidden Gems ? These are culturally treasures from the east !

 

[Krazy Kat]

yup along with these title
BMX x
The Guy Game
Leisure suit larry

 

[UntoldLegend13]

I've been playing Scaler and Evergrace

 

[Krazy Kat]

Sword of Etheria seems to be hidden gem

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Western games :
Hunter the Reckoning : Wayward
MDK 2 : Armageddon
Oni
Cold Fear
Headhunter
Run like Hell
XGR 3

Japanese games :
Chaos Legion
Godhand
Killer 7
Extermination
Contra : Shattered Soldier
Ghost in the shell : stand alone complex

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Nightshade
Sakura Wars V: So Long, My Love
Espgaluda
Thunder Force VI
Arcana Heart, 2
Tokobot Plus
Shining Force Neo, Exa, Tears
Forever Kingdom
Musashi: Samurai Legend
Technic Beat
SkyGunner
Bloody Roar 4
Trapt (Deception series)
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
Rumble Roses
Lupin the 3rd: Treasure of the Sorcerer King
Crimson Tears

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

Get the Sly Cooper games, you won't be disappointed.

 

[Big Finger Jim]

The Principality of Mr. Worm