PS2 games
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Give me some amazing PS2 games, /v/
Any type is fine, it just has to be amazing.
>>321885238
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%28video_game%29
>>321885238
-Silent Hill 2-4
-Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3
-Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII
-Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
-Jak & Daxter -trilogy
-Ratchet & Clank -games
-Fatal Frame -games
-Forbidden Siren -games
-Ico
-Shadow Of the Colossus
-Okami
-Xenosaga
-ZOE
-Persona 3 & 4
-Other Shin Megami Tensei-games
-Cold Fear
-Gran Turismo 3 & 4
-GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas
-Shadow Of Memories
-Devil May Cry 1-3
-Disgaea -games
-Evil Dead: Fistful of boomstick
And don't forget that the system's backwards compatible, so you can enjoy tons of great PS1 classics:
-Silent Hill
-Resident Evil 1-3
-MediEvil 1 & 2
-Final Fantasy VII-IX
-Spyro 1-3
-Dino Crisis 1-2
-Vagrant Story
-Metal Gear Solid
-G-Police games
-Oddworld -games
-Gex: Deep Cover Gecko
-Alundra
-Parasite Eve 1 & 2
-Crash Bandicoot 1-3
-Crash Team Racing
>>321886086
Awesome, thanks!
>>321885238
Summoner 2 is a pretty sweet hidden gem if youre lookijg for a hardcore rpg with a unique setting.
Haunting Ground/Demento
Odin Sphere
Any given jrpg, this system was the motherload
>>321885238
Odin Sphere
Ace combat 4,5 and zero
>>321885419
Fucking this. I don't remember many shooters feeling as good as this does. I fucking hate FPS games but this one had me coming back many times.
What's the easiest way to play PS2 games nowadays?
>>321888592
PS2
>>321886086
>No God Hand
7/10
>>321888592
You could get a slim ps2 for like $50
>>321885238
GUN, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil 4
>>321885238
We Love Katamari is the best Katamari game and is one of the best PS2 games.
>>321888881
>slim
Why would anyone willingly cripple his PS2 experience is beyond me.
>>321889119
Explain
>>321889119
I'm behind on my memes, which one is this?
>>321888592
Easiest is PCSX2
But it's good to have a softmodded PS2 for when emulation is fucked
Why would you want to play a shit system?
Buy Gamecube, it has the best games of that generation.
>>321889470
>>321889523
What about it?
>>321889706
It's the best way to play PS2 games and it only works in a fat.
>>321889706
How else are you going to play FFXI?
>>321886086
Loved shadow of the colossus
Played that all the time when I was younger
>>321889523
H Double D if you know what I mean
>>321889814
on a PC
>>321889523
I've had no trouble with networking games so for with OPL, save with battlefront 2 and harvest moon. Both of which I can apparently fix.
>>321890436
SMB works quite well in many cases, but it uses more RAM and IOP computing time, resulting in lower compatibility than HDD.
Slashdown: Rides Gone Wild. The tracks change each lap and have their own themes.
Burnout 3
Timesplitters 3
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition
SSX 3
Silent Hill 2/3
Soul Calibur 3
Anything with a 3 in it.
All good choices. I'd get PS2 if you like Racing / Action, FPS, and hack n' slashers.
Best.
Too bad Rocksteady is too busy shitting out yearly uninspired BamHams to make a sequel to their first game.
Always preferred it to Psi-Ops, even though I like both.
The ending was a bit goofy, and even as a kid I found the fourth wall breaking scene to be a bit obnoxious but it's a great game.
GOAT western game.
>>321891603
Yep, best way to go is HDD, but I haven't been the owner of an IDE drive in over a decade.
Neat little city builder.
Still play it occasionally.
Shame the sequel didn't live up to the first one.
>>321888786
nobody has played it sorry.
First two god of wars
Ico
Alien hominid
Katamari damaci
Evergrace
Armored core
Shadow of the collosus
Star ocean 3
.hack games
God hand
San Andres
It's Pokemon, but you draw out your own animated monsters.
My entire roster as a kid consisted of naked girls from my school. All I ever wanted in a game at that point in my life.
>>321892735
People are throwing away fully functional 120GB IDE drives or selling them for $10
Still Suda's best work.
RAWBR RAAAUGHR RABB RABB RAAWWRBB
tbqh
>>321885238
dragon quest 8
>>321893339
Please no
>>321886086
>Xenosaga
OP said games, not movies.
>>321893339
>>321893339
oh shit anon, I thought I was the only one who played this
Persona 3 and Persona 4
Dragon Quest VIII
Dragon Quest V (there's an english patch)
Phantasy Star Generations 1 and 2
We Love Katamari
Okami (PS3 HD version is nice, too)
Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2
Raidou 1 and 2
Silent Hill 2, 3, 4
BLACK
Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Ultimate Ninja 5
Odin Sphere
Final Fantasy X, XII
REZ
Nocturne (Lucifer's Call)
Devil May Cry 1, 3
Metal Gear 2, 3
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Ys
Kingdom Hearts
Suikoden V
Lord of The Rings
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Code Veronica
Beyond Good & Evil
Wizardry
Path of Neo
Crash: Twinsanity
Bully
Star Wars Battlefront II
Shadows of the Colossus
ICO
>>321893449
If you think that game is good on the PS2, you're literally insane
>>321893339
>>321893572
>>321894034
>>321894206
Mandatory
>>321894476
>Valkyria chronicles 2
Hmm...
>>321894572
I don't know, I liked it.
But then, I never played the portable version so I have no point of reference.
FES was alright
>>321894841
Fuck, i meant Valkyria Profile 2
And also the first Disgaea
>>321894898
I played P3P first before P3Fes, and I couldn't even get 2 hours in (skipped story since I already knew it) without wanting to die. It's just so damn slow compared to the portable one, and I felt the extra story mode was completely unnecessary.
>>321892248
mah nigga
that burning building level was the shit
>that backdraft
>>321885238
God Hand
>>321895120
I don't know, I suppose I'll give P3P a shot since I like the vanilla game well enough.
I might just like different pacing in games than you. With story driven RPGs I like a slow start because it makes the tougher enemies and dungeons feel more meaningful later on and adds a general sense of progression.
I also just like filling out the compendium and trying to get all my favourite purseowners as soon as possible.
>>321892248
>>321895325
The burners are one of my favourite gangs in all of vidya.
>>321895752
When I say slower, I mean like loading screens. There are virtually none in P3P.
Also the inventory system is shit in Fes, but in P3P, they made it the one from P4, meaning you don't have to go to the dungeon to change gear.
Also, instead of walking around the city or school, it's an overhead view with a circle to select things making it easier to find things and talk to people.
Also it has all the bonus persona's from Fes and the dungeon from Fes as a bonus hard dungeon.
I just can't think of any reason to play Fes over it.
>>321896324
Also you can control every party member individually instead of relying on AI to fuck you over
>>321896324
Oh, alright.
Well, I'll definitely give that version a shot then. Thanks Anon.
I still think it belongs in a PS2 thread though, since it came out first on PS2 which makes it noteworthy because a lot of people's first playthrough will have likely been on the ps2.
Shame most people only started playing the series to get the MGS2 demo
>>321897254
And instead of getting the game and a demo, they got two demos
Shame
>>321896656
Sure it's good to own the PS2 version, but for gameplay, the PSP version beats that.
>>321897426I don't know anything about handhelds. Is there some kind of adapter that lets me play on a TV or monitor?
>>321885238
If you like neat RPGs then I suggest Rogue Galaxy
Nothing too difficult but has my favourite final boss fight, and a sweet bonus level that only unlocks after you beat the game.also, steve blum
I ordered an IDE HDD for my fat softmodded PS2 so I could play games on it, how does it work though? Do you just need to run the ESR patcher on ISO's and you're good to drop them on the drive and run them? How's the compatibility compared to burned discs?
>>321897609
There are some PSP hacks that allow you to play through your computer onto your monitor, but I think the new version of the PSP emulator can handle the game fine.
>>321897609
>I don't know anything about handhelds. Is there some kind of adapter that lets me play on a TV or monitor?
PPSSPP is a fantastic emulator, try that.
The PSP also has component video out cables. It's windowboxed but if you CFW then you can fill the screen, or use your TV's crop function.
>>321894741
even without the controller?
>>321897703
No, you don't run ESR patcher. You plug it into your PC and use a manager or use HDL_DUMB to transfer the games to the HDD, and then you run them using Open PS2 Loader.
King's Field IV
Amazing PS2 games don't exist.
Ace Combat 4
SSX 3
Burnout 3: Takedown
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Tekken Tag Tournament
>>321898298
Xbot spotted
>>321898298
>being mad after all these years
quality > quantity amirite? ;^)
>>321898298
el em ay oh
>>321898402
>>321898441
Not at all. I'm an RPG fan who grew up with SNES and PS1, and the PS2 era was objectively shit. There is not ONE good RPG from any console in the PS2 era.
>>321898094
>HDL_DUMB
Thanks, couldn't find out what the software was called. Could you do the transfers via LAN connection with the ethernet cable between the PS2 & PC or do you need to load the HDD up on PC before installing it into the PS2?
>>321898634
You mean jRPG fan, who cares about you
No one said Yakuza 1 and 2
shaking my head familia
>>321898687
>Could you do the transfers via LAN connection with the ethernet cable between the PS2 & PC
That's what I do but it's really finicky and pretty slow. Ideally you do it in your PC.
>>321894476
>Dragon Quest V (there's an english patch)
Cool, other than the Berserk game are there other PS2 Nip games that got English patches?
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Playstation_2
>>321898634
Onimusha: warlords
Timesplitters 2
>>321898784
FF12 Zodiac edition if you care about that
>>321886086
Devil May Cry 2? Nigga that game was god awful. 1 and 3, escepially 3 op
>>321885238
Isn't there a wiki for this shit? I'd rather give you a concussion.
>>321898784
Front Mission
>>321898906
Meh, it was godawful because it came after DMC1.
I recently replayed it and it's ok.
>>321898771
I'll load as much as I can before installing the HDD to the PS2 but I'll probably try out the LAN connection if i ever want to add more games later on.
>>321898894
>FF12 Zodiac edition never came out in the west
Fuck Square-Enix. If one day they release FFXII HD, i hope is the Zodiac edition
>>321886086
Even when SH1 was amazing.
>Dat graphical jump in 2 years.
>In 2 fucking years.
I know some people will say that the ps2 was galaxies more powerful than the psx, but still when you see the "meh" jump from ps2 to ps3, but you could see the difference still, and now this gen, when it looks the exactly fucking same thing, it breaks my heart, because it looks like the industry has given up on trying to improve.
And people wonder why we get angry with the devs.
>>321892374
I was pretty young when I first played both of those games and Second sight was the one that did not scare me to death.
I took scissors to the Psi-ops disk so I could never play it again after I got the the part with the flying shrimps
>>321892540
It was like Enter the Matrix on steroids.
dumb ending and kungfu fighing those ants was trippy but was a fun game
S.L.A.I., fantastic light-hearted mecha game with a feels twist at the end.
>>321886086
I know some people will say they are not amazing, but I would recommend:
- .hack G.U. trilogy
- Wild Arms (both for psx and ps2 you have like 5 games)
- Dark Cloud 1 and 2.
- Rogue Galaxy.
- Dragon Quest 8 (even when I don't like dq games, I admit when a game is good).
They are just some that I thought in a few seconds and they weren't in that list.
>>321900070
Wild Arms and Dark Cloud were cool. Dark Cloud in particular had a really unique atmosphere that I don't think any other game has been quite able to recreate.
Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets
Ace Combat 4 5 and Zero
Ratchet and Clank 1 2 3
Sly Cooper
>>321889523
>>321889423
Wait you can softmod a PS2? Didn't know this, I have a couple IDE HDD's lying around, how would you go about doing this?
>>321901858
Stick a softmod on the IDE hard drive
plug it in the back with the HDD/network adaptor
play shit
>>321901975
>tfw found out about this 2 hours after ordering 18 games from ebay
>>321901975
>dat iPod
>>321901975
Well this is fantastic news. I've got some reading to do
>>321891851
Tekken 3in tekken 5
>>321898043
Y....you mean there was a special controllar for Guitaroo man? i always played it with a Dualshock.
>>321898787
The wiki has been shit for a while now, that's sad because its a pretty good idea i got some great games from there.
>>321903304
You run homebrew applications by using an exploit of some sort. The most useful are FreeMCBoot and FreeHDBoot. The PS2 BIOS just looks on a memory card or a HDD for an updated BIOS and runs it if it's there. FreeMCBoot/FreeHDBoot is a modded BIOS that lets you run other homebrew apps.
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f153/unofficial-fhdb-1-93-noobie-package-obt-119562/
This is a bit out of date, but you can write this image to the HDD and your PS2 will boot it. From there you might want to update some of the stuff.
Important homebrew apps for piracy are ESR and OPL.
The PS2's drive will reject all discs that are not pressed (i.e. produced in a factory) or look like a DVD Video. It's forced in hardware, you need a modchip to get around this restriction. Old hacks used a swap trick so that the drive would authenticate the disc, and then you could replace it with a burned one, and the drive controller wouldn't notice the change. Cogswap is a homebrew for this, swapmagic is a standalone bootable disc you can purchase.
Nowadays if you want to play a burned game, you use ESR. You patch the disc so that it looks like a DVD video, burn it, and the drive controller is nonethewiser. Then you run the ESR application and it'll boot the game. FreeMCBoot/FreeHDBoot has automatic ESR disc recognition so it's pretty much plug and play - download or rip your iso, patch it, burn it and it will play.
Open PS2 Loader will play games from a USB drive, an IDE hard drive or an SMB share. It's in semi-active development still. Since you're planning on using FreeHDBoot then OPL will also be convenient for loading games.
