Metal Jesus Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Are you thinking of getting into PS2 collecting? This video explains the different models of Playstation 2, what to look for that tends to fail, some different controllers and 10 games we highly recommend to get you started! What are the 10 PS2 Games a new collector should snag Day 1? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Day 1: FF10 (I haven't played 12) God of War 1 or 2 Devil May Cry 3 Sly Cooper 2 (or any of them) Ratchet: Up Your Arsenal Persona 3 or 4 Disgaea Fatal Frame II Yakuza 2 Onimusha 3 or 4 Hard for me not to have include these as well: REZ, Gitaroo Man, Mega Man X Collection, Klonoa 2, DQ VIII, Champions of Norrath and Drakan the Ancients' Gates. As far as collecting there is some weird stuff out there: Flipnic, Dogs Life, Mr. Mosquito, Mad Maestro, Chulip, Trapt, Choro Q (a car RPG) and its "sequel" Road Trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 What are the 10 PS2 Games a new collector should snag Day 1? I'm not a big PS2 guy, but I can give you a few: Resident Evil 4, Grand Theft Auto III, Star Wars: Battlefront, Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I just got my PS2 recently at a thrift store for $15 complete and it's good to know what is out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheObscureGamer Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) I got a little over 600 PS2 games so I should be able to chime in here. My top ten consists of mainly the 2 best in each genre Transformers(2004) Racing --------- Burnout 3 Takedown Gran Turismo 4 honorable mentions:Need for speed Hot Pursuit, Need for speed underground 1 & 2, NFS Carbon and Most Wanted, Kinetica, Crazy taxi, Crash nitro kart, Midnight Club 3, ATV offroad fury 4, Sonic Riders, Micro Machines v4 Sports -------- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 SSX Tricky honorable mentions: Hot Shots Golf, Blitz the league, MLB Slugfest, NBA Street, Metal Gear Solid 3 Yakuza Hack N slash ---------------- Devil may cry 3 Kingdom Hearts 2 honorable mentions: Onimusha 3, Dynasty Warriors(any), Prince of persia warrior within,Maximo ghosts to glory,Blood will tell, Castlevania sands of darkness Adventure ------------- Okami (hard to choose a 2nd one so...) honorable mentions:Ratchet and clank, Ico, Shadow of the colossus, Lego Star wars, Lego batman, katamari Damacy, Tomb Raider legends, Tak, Ty the Tasmanian tiger, Klona, Jak 3, Viewtiful Joe, Sly cooper FPS: ------ Star wars battlefront Quake 3 Arena honorable mentions: Area 51, 007 Goldeneye rogue agent, Timesplitters 2, Red fraction 2, Black, Killzone, Project Snowblind, Deus XIII,Tribes, Warhammer 40,000 fire warrior,Killer 7, Star Trek Voyager, Judge Dredd vs Death RPG's: --------- Final Fantasy X .................................... honorable mentions:....................................... don't ask me! Edited June 19, 2015 by TheObscureGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Jesus Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 I got a little over 600 PS2 games so I should be able to chime in here. My top ten consists of mainly the 2 best in each genre Many great games! Many I have played and would swear by as well...and a few I haven't. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuckleCat Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Some of my faves, Dark Cloud 2, Ring of Red, the Hot Shots Golf games, Rogue Galaxy. The PS2 really excelled in obscure JRPGs, like the Atelier Iris games, Ar Tonelico, .Hack, Wild Arms. Awesome system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARusk Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Getting off-topic a bit: have you played around with the Free McBoot softmod (along with Open PS2 Loader) and do some game installs to a hard drive? Just curious on your thoughts on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I've done that, it works quite well. It's great for improving loading times and saving some money on those über expensive RPGs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I've done that too. A huge improvement on load times. The only thing I can't figure out is getting some cheats to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbeliever Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I have a PS2 slim, and I have to say, it's a great system. I don't have many games for it, but for not being tested when I got it, it worked like a charm. Great games at good prices...but are the games hard to find for the most part, though? Are they relatively easy to come by at, for example, flea markets, second-hand stores, etc? I haven't picked up anything for it in a good long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 They are getting more scarce where I live. Best places for me to buy are used book\electronic\video stores and thrift shops. Ebay is ok I guess depending on the seller of course. A few times I got a game listed as "like new" and the only thing "like new" about it was the game CD. Manual and box were shit. "Like new" my ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copper20 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Most of the multi port games (Monopoly Party, Hulk, etc) were better on the PlayStation 2 if you ask me. Sold a few games that I had on the Gamecube that I could get for the PS2 (Excluding Sonic Heroes) and I'll swipe those for PS2 releases if I see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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