10 PS2 Games i simply couldn't live without. - Games

[url=http://errrrrrr-commissaratlas.blogspot.com/2011/09/ten-ps2-games-i-simply-couldnt-live.html]Original post on my blog[/url] Ten PS2 Games I simply couldn't live without. 10. Manhunt. [thumb]http://pics.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1070223558-01.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 7/10, I simply couldn't live my life without this gloriously violent slugfest, Its carpenter-esque synthesizer soundtrack, its horrifically nightmarish atmosphere, its wonderfully low-res yet still gory, grisly, and indie-film-like visuals, And of course, the violence, Smashing people's skulls in with baseball bats, Hammers, and stabbing their bloody eyes out with fecking shards of glass has never been so fun. 9. Grand Theft Auto III [thumb]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517EFFW0XXL._SS400_.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 9/10 Why is it 9/10? Because it's the first 3D GTA, And it's one of the greatest shooty-bang-bang romps i have ever played, With a 70's-inspired Dirty Harry-like driving and shooty bits, It's almost like someone took the campish hilarious violence of the late 90's Judge Dredd/Tank Girl/Lemmings/Carmageddon/The Punisher phase, pissed it through Magnum Force, and shat it out into a wonderful PS2 game. It's also fun. 8. The Punisher [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vINByXODtVI/Sf_XkPbpMJI/AAAAAAAAAK8/23W08j7-TA4/s320/Punisher_game_cover.jpg[/img] Rating: 8/10 Well, We all know and love Frank Castle, our leather-trenchcoat-clad murdering vigilante bastard with a skull for an emblem, And this is his best(and only good) game to date, Featuring more bang-bang-shooty ultraviolence, Gore, Killy bitz, and even more Dakka. It's very lacking in some areas and gloriously meaty in others. I couldn't live without it simply because it sculpted my opinion of video games as a whole: Yes they can be brooding, deep art forms, But they can also be bang-bang-shooty affairs, Which are still some of my favourite games. 7. The Hitman Trilogy [thumb]http://images2.playserver1.com/ProductImages/0/0/8/9/5/3/3/3359800_300x300_1.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 10/10 Remember in the last segment i said about how The Punisher taught me that video games can be a Bang-Bang-Shooty affair aswell as brooding art? This did the opposite, Hitman is a wonderfully dark(And darkly comedic) lovely-looking series in which you take the role of a slapheaded clone created from a bunch of different DNA strands. Remember Hitman: Codename 47 from 2000? No? Of course you don't. I don't mind it myself but it was a blocky, slippy-slidy ragdoll-glitchy WHAT-fest, It was still bloody brilliant, It's not covered here because it's not on Ps2 and as such it can fuck right out of this article, I'll do proper articles on the individual games themselves later, Suffice to say, The Hitman Trilogy defined video games as art for me. 6. Bully. [thumb]http://www.digitallard.com/images/ps2%20review/content689/cce-cover.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 9/10 Remember how GTAIII was up there earlier? Well Rockstar hit the money again in 2006 after the blindingly brilliant GTA:VC(Which isn't on the list because it'd be number 11, Which i'll go into later, When i have time.) and GTA:San Andreas. Bully is a lavishly-made wonderful-looking retelling of an entire school year in the life of Jimmy Hopkins, A 15-year old short-ish kid who's been kicked out of multiple schools before and is now trying to find a place to fit in this barbaric world of school castes. Suffice to say, It is a lovely beautifully-soundtracked teenage romp detailing love, war, and kicking old ladies in the face before jumping ontop of a car and having a brick thrown at you. 5. XIII [thumb]http://images.bidorbuy.co.za/user_images/575/1339575_101030115537_XIII_Ps2.jpeg[/thumb] Rating: 10/10 Oh sweet mercy where do i begin?! This game is just absoloutely bloody marvellous and it's terribly underrated, You wake up on a beach with a throbbing head and no memory of anything, All you know is a tattoo on your chest saying XIII.. I won't spoil the rest of the plot as it deserves a playthrough, Get it on PC or PS2 and sit down for a whole weekend playing it, It's tough as nails but with lavish Cel-Shaded visuals, A 70's Dirty Harry-style noir-ish plot(That always goes down good with me) and a hilariously fun two-player mode, You can't go amiss with spending five quid on this preowned. 4. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty [thumb]http://www.freewebs.com/outerheavenresistance/METAL%20GEAR%20SOLID%20SONS%20OF%20LIBERTY%20EUROPE%20COVER.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 10/10 People ask me, Atlas, What kind of horror do you like? I don't like OOGILLYBOOOGILYBOO horror where a skeleton pops out, I don't like LOLZOMBIES. I don't like Vampires, i don't like being pursued by toddlers wielding gigantic scissors, I don't even like Penumbra. I love being scared, Everyone needs to be instilled with fear for a brief moment in their sordid lives, My favourite "Induced" fears are the kind of psychological horrors you see in David Lynch horrorfests, Doctor Who's subtle nightmare fuel, Or Hideo Kojima's BLINDINGLY brilliant Metal Gear Solid 2, Where even the player themself is led to believe THEIR LIFE, not just the player character's, is a mass-media lie propagated to the masses by an omniscient group known as the Patriots. That and the main radio-consultant's face turns into a SKULL at the end of the game before beckoning you to TURN THE GAMES CONSOLE OFF RIGHT NOW. IT'S A GAME JUST LIKE ALWAYS. With an amazing, Deep plot, An incomprehensible ending, And Hideo Kojima's usual troll antics, It's worth the money, Buy Substance on PS2, But for fuck's sake don't buy it on the now-dead original Xbox like i did or you won't get the free Document Of Metal Gear Solid 2 disc. This WOULD be single-handedly the number-1 PS2 game ever... But it was topped by the No. 1 spot.. Wait till you see it. 3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas [thumb]http://gta.neoseeker.com/w/i/gta/thumb/a/a2/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreasBoxArt.jpg/300px-GrandTheftAutoSanAndreasBoxArt.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 9/10 This had to rank somewhere, Didn't it? Well basically you're Carl Johnson, A guy who spent five years in Liberty City(From GTAIII) after his brother was killed in a gang hit and has now returned to San Andreas, his home city. But do you really give a shit about the plot:? If you do you'll play it, Otherwise it's an even more amazing Bang-Bang-Shooty Affair than the past two GTA's. With wonderful plane flying, Desert Dirt-Bike riding, And a wonderful soundtrack. I don't rank Vice City above it as i don't have as many nostalgic memories(Because all GTA Discs break the MOMENT you scratch them or blow dust on them. I'll rank VC in a different article..) 2. Resident Evil 4. [thumb]http://www.freewebs.com/thewhirl/R42.jpg[/thumb] Rating: 10/10 You are Leon S. Kennedy, One of the most BAMF PS2 chars since Naked Snake, You have been sent to NotSpain to rescue the President's daughter from certain death at the hands of a merciless cul-Do you even care? No? Alright then. It's a wonderful NotZombie slaughter affair with chainsaw-wielding spaniard bastards, Shotguns, Mine throwers, And as usual for RE, Terrible voice acting MOMENTS(The voice acting is otherwise solid) With some of the best gameplay on the PS2, It is worth getting, Unless you own a Wii, In which case get the far superior Wii version, As the tin-cased PS2 special edition is otherwise the definitive version. DO NOT BUY THE PC VERSION IT IS A CROCK OF SHIT. CAPCOM DON'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT ANYMORE. 1. METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER. [thumb]http://images.wikia.com/metalgear/de/images/a/ab/MGS3_Cover_PAL.jpg[/thumb] Rating: BYTHEDARKGODS/10 Ahem. Metal Gear Solid 3 is the BEST GAME ON THE PS2, With the most amazing graphics i've seen on a PS2 game in a long time, an amazing plot(With a slight pinch of silliness), A KICKIN' soundtrack, Cinematic-as-all-hell cutscenes(Albeit bloody long ones) Incredifun gameplay, Ball-bustingly great replayability, Massive areas, And an average playtime of 20+ hours, This is the definitive PS2 game, If not the best cinematic game ever made, If you say this game is bad then you deserve nothing but a slow, Incredibly painful death. I have bought two copies of this because i WORE THE ORIGINAL OUT. I loved it THAT MUCH. Buy it.

Cool I guess Road Trip: Adventure was a great game for PS2

[img]http://www.gamechecker.nl/products/boxshots/f98bace2cd565a63b8d339dba4e257b7.jpg[/img] If you didnt play this I feel more sorry for you than I do for children in Africa.

Since you didn't mention black I predict someone's going to get up in your grill about it.

Tbh nobody cares, if someone wants to prove me wrong that you care about his favorite ps2 games and did not just join the site.

[QUOTE=nige111;32327832]Since you didn't mention black I predict someone's going to get up in your grill about it.[/QUOTE] I played very little FPS on the PS2. Sue me. [editline]17th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=IMoo;32327844]Tbh nobody cares, if someone wants to prove me wrong that you care about his favorite ps2 games and did not just join the site.[/QUOTE] because sharing your opinion is a dumb idea and nobody ever does it. :downs:

[QUOTE=i-am-teh-sex;32327823]Cool I guess Road Trip: Adventure was a great game for PS2[/QUOTE] Holy shit I completely forgot about that game. It was awesome, I loved it.

[QUOTE=evilweazel;32327826][img]http://www.gamechecker.nl/products/boxshots/f98bace2cd565a63b8d339dba4e257b7.jpg[/img] If you didnt play this I feel more sorry for you than I do for children in Africa.[/QUOTE] Oh god I loved this game so fucking much you have no idea man no fucking idea how much i love this fucking game

[img]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs45/i/2009/064/5/e/Destroy_All_Humans_by_OnlyToDownload.jpg[/img] my favourite ps2 game

Care to elaborate what War Of the Monsters is about? I may pick it up next time i swing by CEX(My local second-hand game store) if it's highly reccomended. [editline]17th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=peaceful guy;32327890][img]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs45/i/2009/064/5/e/Destroy_All_Humans_by_OnlyToDownload.jpg[/img] my favourite ps2 game[/QUOTE] thumb that plzkthx it almost broke my eyes.

out of that list i've only played MGS3 and resident evil but that was on gamecube

[QUOTE=PurgerOfXenos;32327899]Care to elaborate what War Of the Monsters is about? I may pick it up next time i swing by CEX(My local second-hand game store) if it's highly reccomended. [editline]17th September 2011[/editline] thumb that plzkthx it almost broke my eyes.[/QUOTE] You take Monsters. Big monsters. You put them on a Resort Island/City/Aiport/Tokyo/Nuclear power plant and many other places, and you make them kill the absolute fuck out of each other by using radar antennas and javelins, houses as swords, tanks as pistols, and a dick ton of other things.

wait and san andreas

[QUOTE=evilweazel;32327933]You take Monsters. Big monsters. You put them on a Resort Island/City/Aiport/Tokyo/Nuclear power plant and many other places, and you make them kill the absolute fuck out of each other by using radar antennas and javelins, houses as swords, tanks as pistols, and a dick ton of other things.[/QUOTE] ..That sounds like the Mecha-Rez V. Gexzilla level of Gex 3D. I must find this game!

I totally agree with Bully and GTA San Andreas, I pumped a ridiculous amount of hours into those. I'd also add The Warriors, another Rockstar classic.

Good thread. MGS3 is probably the best game I've played for the ps2.

[QUOTE=PurgerOfXenos;32327847] because sharing your opinion is a dumb idea and nobody ever does it. :downs:[/QUOTE]' Becuase this is not a site where you randomly post shit that your feeling unless its fast threads or in GD and you will prob get banned if you post it in GD.

Sadly, i can't find a copy of The Warriors anywhere, I've been looking for it since it came out, I don't like to use Ebay as that ruins the "thrill of the chase" for me.

I didn't really like bully...

great list but you forgot gta vice city

[QUOTE=Ermac20;32328036]great list but you forgot gta vice city[/QUOTE] As i said, I have reasons for not adding it which i will add to my blog later.

I think in these "Best of" lists for specific consoles, you should only include games exclusive to said console. Well, unless the console has the best version, I suppose.

[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MGC364EZL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img] Fucking loved this game it was sort of an rpg with cars Plus you were mayor of a city that people moved into

[QUOTE=Funky Pickle;32328112]I think in these "Best of" lists for specific consoles, you should only include games exclusive to said console. Well, unless the console has the best version, I suppose.[/QUOTE] The only game in this list that doesn't have a PS2-specific best version is XIII. GTAIII is best on a PS2, As is San Andreas.

XIII was fucking brilliant. I loved the throwing knives.

Star Wars Battlefront 1&2, Rachet and Clank 1&2, James Bond Nightfire, and Spiderman 2. Those were the days.

[img]http://www.cvgames.com/sites/default/files/Ratchet%20&%20Clank%20Boxshot.jpeg[/img] Pretty much every single Ratchet & Clank game. And of course Kingdom Hearts [img]http://www.cvgames.com/sites/default/files/Kingdom%20Hearts%20Boxshot.jpeg[/img]

[QUOTE=evilweazel;32327826][img]http://www.gamechecker.nl/products/boxshots/f98bace2cd565a63b8d339dba4e257b7.jpg[/img] If you didnt play this I feel more sorry for you than I do for children in Africa.[/QUOTE] But children in Africa didn't play the game either. How does that work? You feel more sorry for children in Africa than you do for children in Africa? It hurts my brain just thinking about it.

My god I can't even remember how many times I played the Resident Evil 4 Campain Back then before they closed the online servers for it, Resident Evil Outbreak was the shit back then.

First three (fourth was good, if not a bit short and bland) Ratchet & Clanks. \my childhood.