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NelDel, (edited ) do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

I love the ps2 era of games! Here are some suggestions:

  • ICO: Minimalist game about a cursed boy & a girl with mysterious powers trying to escape a castle together. An absolute classic.
  • Shadow of the Colossus: Another Team ICO game, this one you’ve probably heard of. You play as a young man who sets out for the Forbidden Lands, finding and slaying 16 colossi to resurrect his deceased love.
  • Silent Hill 2: One of the greatest survival horror games ever made. Introspective, tackles mature themes, and deeply chilling. A game I truly feel is haunted.
  • Persona 4: High schoolers solving a murder mystery in a rural Japanese town. I prefer the vanilla ps2 version to the revised Golden edition, it graphically preserves the fog & spookier ambience - with better pacing from less bloat.

For some more obscure games:

  • The Adventures of Cookie & Cream: A brutal co-op/singleplayer puzzle game developed by Fromsoft. Has a fun art style & interesting levels.
  • Tak 3 - the Great Juju Challenge: Works best in co-op but still a blast in single-player. 3D platformer with varied levels & a fantastic voice cast (Patrick Warburton as Lok is the highlight).

Btw if you’re playing mgs3 on the ps2 make sure it’s the Subsistence edition! It has a 3D camera that works way better than the top-down the og game shipped with.

bryndos,

Every time I'm walking with someone and come across a sofa out on the street I force them to . . .

spoilersit down on it for a moment with me.
Just in case they played ICO.

Also F for agro

spoilerprobably the most tragic death scene i ever played

Wrufieotnak,

Regarding your second spoiler: that colossus kill definitely felt personal after that. I mean… It’s not even their fault, but I was determined afterwards.

NelDel,

That fight is so incredible, I could gush about it all day. The ambience, the visuals, the environmental storytelling, just amazing.

Spoiler for 16th colossusThe only colossus to feel so direct in its attacks towards you, you can feel its anger at watching its fellow colossi die. Especially since when you reach the top you realize the 16th faces out from the bottom of the map, so it saw every colossus be slain one after another. Also holy shit having to snipe its hands/shoulders then jump onto it was so exciting, even if it was a bit jank.

thoro,

Kinda surprised how long it took to scroll before seeing Ico and SOTC mentioned, tbh.

Crown jewels of PS2, imo. Pushed the medium forward artistically.

NelDel,

Yes absolutely! Inspired Dark Souls, future zelda games, & basically every indie game to come out afterwards.

I started The Last Guardian, still need to go back & finish it. I liked a lot of what it was bringing to the table, but the pacing dragged a bit in the middle imo.

HubertManne, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 5th

playing the witcher but I sorta don’t like it. thinking of dropping it and pal world and bringing in the next biggest (in disk size) onto my steamdeck.

Vodulas,

I bounced hard of the first two Witcher games and to a lesser extent the third. The controls in the first are especially bad though

HubertManne,

yeah the controls are not bad. I did take it off. Honestly its an rpg where I have to be in a character class that im not big on basically. I like the horse mechanisms and such. Would sorta like fast travel from anywhere to the markers.

B0NK3RS, do games w I just want to rush down a steep ramp, jump, hear whooshing sounds and land (with skis on my feet and in first person) for points.
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Steep has an Olympics dlc but I’ve not played it so can’t say for sure if it’s what you’re after. The main game is amazing though.

PmMeFrogMemes,

I’ve played it! It’s more arcade-y than the base game. The maps are small and focused, with more of a focus on the events and curated slopes than exploration. It’s a little clunky IMO, but still very fun.

zipzoopaboop, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

Mister mosquito

Shadow of the colossus

Robot Alchemic Drive

Dark cloud

Dragon quest 8

Super monkey ball

Twisted metal black

Soul Calibur 2

Bamboodpanda,
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Solid list! I am glad someone else recommended Dragon Quest 8 as it’s god tier good.

I like Dark Cloud 2 more than the original myself. It’s completely separate from the original and feels like an improvement on the concepts of the first.

stellkilo, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

Ratchet and Clank is a great series, and so are the Jak and Daxter series; both are excellent platformers for different reasons. Although, it might be easier to play Jak 1 and 2 through OpelGOAL, which will run the games natively on the Deck instead of emulation and isn’t too hard to set up.

It’s a bit of a black sheep, but Spyro A Heroes Tale is a guilty pleasure of mine. It isn’t as great as the original Spyro trilogy on PS1, but it’s entertaining in its own right. I’m currently playing through it and enjoying it.

TheAlbatross, do games w I just want to rush down a steep ramp, jump, hear whooshing sounds and land (with skis on my feet and in first person) for points.

Annnnnnd now I miss playing Tribes.

Zortrox, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!
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Not sure how well it holds up since nobody mentions it, but Tiny Tank was fun when I was a kid!

You’re a sarcastic tank and fight other huge robots after they took over the world basically. You have 4 spots on your tank to put a lot of different weapons and could upgrade them during the level with positronic brains from enemies to make them more advanced (e.g. homing missiles, faster firing, etc.)

PerfectDark,
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Zortrox,
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I haven’t heard about Sand Land at all, but after checking it out, that looks cool!

Paradachshund, do gaming w Always feels good seeing those kids get humbled

No one is ever ready to accept that perfect matchmaking would mean every player has a 50% win rate. 😅

FlowerFan,

which is why I play singleplayer

100% winrate guaranteed, no need for frustration (this does not apply to dark souls or souls-likes lol)

gerryflap, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 5th
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Still grinding Hades 2. Just like the original Hades the game just keeps throwing new stuff at you, so you keep playing. One thing I do find weird tho is how quickly I managed to unlock the different weapons. And also that the initial staff weapon is by far my favorite, so every weapon unlock thereafter felt a bit underwhelming. I guess it makes sense that they provide you with the most all-round weapon first.

sunbunman, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

I’m running off of pure nostalgia here:

Armoured Core 3

Any of the Ratchet and Clank games

Spyhunter 2 - great local coop

Roelland, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

Highly recommend playing ‘Forbidden Siren’, but WITH A WALKTHROUGH. Amazing and scary story, but for a slow gamer.

thatKamGuy, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

Beyond Good & Evil

Devil May Cry trilogy
If you liked God of War (and its PS2 sequels), another franchise well worth checking out!

Final Fantasy X. Hands down the best entry of the franchise (fight me), and one of the best introductions to the series.

Ico + Shadow of the Colossus
Literal works of art.

Killer7

Manhunt + Manhunt 2
If you like Bully & PS2-era GTA entries, this series is well worth exploring. Very dark and gory.

Need for Speed Underground + Underground 2
Some of the best racing OSTs ever, and the offline PS2-editions don’t lose tracks when licenses expire.

Prince of Persia - Sands of Time

Silent Hill 2

Viewtiful Joe + Viewtiful Joe 2
An incredible 2d beat-em up with a great vibe.

The Warriors
Rockstar’s love letter to a cult classic 70s film.

Zone of the Enders + Zone of the Enders 2nd Runner
Hideo Kojima just doing more of his thing outside of the MGS franchise.

Voroxpete,

Zone of the Enders was phenomenal.

bss03,

Final Fantasy X. Hands down the best entry of the franchise (fight me)

I never finished X, it felt like it was dragging on and there were too many unskippable scenes.

I actually preferred XIII, which I nearly 100%'d (I think I was one or 2 combats away from 100%) and even XIII-2 which I enjoyed, tho I thought the “post-game” was too heavy with loading screens. I never played XIII-3 (Lightning Returns).

In any case, FF VI is actually the best entry in the franchise. I know that because I played and beat it as a child. (/s)

(I was really hoping FF XV [?; road trip with the boy band] would be good, but I played about 10 hours and had nothing good to say about it.)

thatKamGuy,

To each their own, I suppose!

FF7 was my entry into the franchise, and I went back to play 4-6 after 8 left me disappointed. I ended up (regretfully) skipping 9 until revisiting it much later. I’m saying this specifically to point out that I am not biased because FFX was my first.

I skipped XI as MMORPGs didn’t hold any interest to me at the time - but WoW would change that, and cause me to skip XII altogether!

I didn’t like the combat of XIII, it was too much of a departure of what came before (variants of ATB and general turn-based combat) - and I did not find the plot engaging enough to persevere much beyond I think the ~10hr mark?

I haven’t bothered to revisit the newer entries since, even though I have added XII, XIII, XIII-2 & Lightning Returns to my retro collection. Perhaps one day?

bss03,

I thought I wasn’t going to like the combat of XIII, but I ended up really quite enjoying it most of the time. I thought the support roles AI was quite good, and eventually I figured out a rhythm of switching roles that felt really good.

But, I probably should go back and play some of the 7-9, maybe even X again. I picked up 2, 3, and 5 (and the portable Nintendo consoles to play them) and never made the time to play them.

I know some are on Steam, but I’m on Linux and I don’t know how well the Proton/SteamPlay works with them. (Plus, I need to finish up Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 before I buy yet another JRPG.)

thatKamGuy,

According to protondb.com the entire Final Fantasy catalogue is pretty much flagged as either Gold or Platinum so you shouldn’t have issues.

For what it’s worth, the console versions also run great through EmuDeck and RetroDeck on my Steam Deck too!

I need to get around to playing Clair Obscur - I’ve seen and heard great things about it, but with a 2yo running around the house - I just don’t have the bandwidth currently to invest in new games… 😅

baronofclubs, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

Just throwing Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero into the mix.

a_pithy_name, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

I strongly recommend Dark Cloud and Dark Cloud 2. DC2, to my memory, could have aged well, but DC1 might be a rough play if you’re not in the headspace for a game of that era. I haven’t played them in an age, though.

Otherwise, I find that Kingdom Hearts (and KH2 in particular) aged very well. KH2 just feels really good to play.

As for Final Fantasy, if you have a wild hair to play just one, you’ll get a dozen different opinions. However, since essentially every game plays with new universes and new gameplay mechanics, you really do get a fresh start with each one.

Glide,

Seconded for Dark Cloud 2 specifically. Game is incredibly good.

codexarcanum,

DC2 is absolutely a must play. Its a ridiculously big game though, be warned. You’ll be deep into the latter chapters with the game still throwing new mechanics at you like “omg, I have to play golf in dungeons now too, and fishing, and base building, and photography, and and and and”

I kind of do reccomend a guide for it as there’s some permanent misables.

Cethin,

From my memory, the misable stuff isn’t the important, but it is frustrating to not be able to get. I would say if you aren’t worried about missing a few unlocks, just accept that you’ll miss stuff and don’t stress about it.

If you’re the type of person (like me) who finds out they missed something and feel compelled to restart, even if you were never planning on 100% the game, then yeah, use a guide. I wouldn’t use a guide for everything, but I’m certain there are guides that say when misable stuff is coming and how to get them.

twinklefruit,

I tried play DC1 recently because it looked good and was pretty disappointed.

It’s kind of a janky dungeon-crawler, not necessarily the adventure I was hoping for.

a_pithy_name,

I’m not too surprised; it’s been a long time since I’ve played it, and I suspected my fond memories might not reflect reality. Did you give the sequel a shot?

twinklefruit,

No, but I might if you recommend it. It’s actually the game that stood out to me on store shelves as a kid.

I just thought I’d start with the first 🤷

a_pithy_name,

I remember it being a great game! Moreso than DC1; I think the former appealed to me so much because it was the first game I played with a base-building gameplay loop like that. If you’re looking for a game to play, consider giving it a shot. I remember being reeled in pretty quickly, so you ought to be able to make up your mind early on (although more and more interesting systems get introduced the longer you play, of course).

twinklefruit,

Thanks. I’m definitely gonna check it out now 😎

Cethin,

DC2 is still fairly similar with the dungeons (though much less grindy, and far less annoying with running out of water or whatever, from my memory). 2 adds a ton of other things to do though. If you’re tired of grinding dungeons, go fishing, breed your fish for races and events, go golfing, find things to take pictures of for inventing, progress your town for more unlocks, advance NPC quests to add them to your group, etc. 1 is fairly linear with one way to progress. 2 has probably a dozen different activities to progress in, so you can do whatever you want in the moment.

Strider, do games w Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions!

I came here to make sure outrun 2006 is mentioned. Try it!

(Also SC2, Burnout and Gradius V but I saw those mentioned)

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