The 19 Best PlayStation 2 Games of All Time

Sony's game culture has brought huge fruit for decades. Sli Cooper, "Ancharmed", "ICO", "Metal Gear", to Astrobot as Astrobot has produced hig h-quality products for generations. Despite the fact that all the PlayStation console had their own elements, a certain console had long reigned in the Sony royal family.

Of course, PlayStation 2.

The unique design, many games, and 155 million unit s-PS2 are considered one of the most famous game consoles. Before the 25th anniversary of the release, we decided to celebrate PS2 in the best form.

Our 19 Top PlayStation 2 Games

People who like beautiful rol e-playing games, people who like very interesting horror, people who like leisurely shooting games, or those who like randomly licensed games are necessary for PS2. Everything is available. Without unnecessary sentences, here are 19 favorite PlayStation games (in the alphabetical order).

Dark Cloud

I have never seen a similar thing to this day. If you search for "Games similar to dark clouds" on Google, you will definitely get a hit. In fact, what is similar to the original is this organic complex, such as dungeon combat and the construction of a settlement, and these are united, enabling interesting gameplay.

In the story, the protagonist, Toan wearing a gree n-like hat on the cover, travels to defeat the attacker, recover the universe, and confront the evil Dark Jin. This cursed soul is magically sealed on a huge floating ball called Atla, all of which can be accessed by Toan. Each Atla, which can explore and find dungeons, black forests, sinking ships, etc., may contain various things, from neighboring bedside tables, rivers and lakes ... There is. Yes, your neighbor!

In order to touch various values, collect items, and enrich the world around you, it is very important to talk to people in the town you helped and ask how to restore the house. 。 It is a great killing time to get acquainted with various characters, reproduce the village as they want, and reward the efforts. There is also a pleasure to assemble the house like a puzzle and analyze it.

I could go on and on about the handful of cool supporters that join your party on your adventure, or the unimaginably powerful gun crafting system, but I really won't stop. In the end, Dark Cloud is a masterpiece and one of my must-have games of all time, and I've been able to confirm that it is such a game.

Dark Cloud 2

Dark Cloud 2 (known overseas as Dark Chronicle) sees Max and Monica travel through time to save the world. The plot is what you'd expect from an early 2000s PS2 adventure action game, but the gameplay alone prepares this game brilliantly. Unlike Zao, I didn't play Dark Cloud. I even swore to the founder that I would buy the game at Sam's Club just by looking at the cover. She became one of my fans of random buying for all time.

Gameplay in this fantasy world inspired by Steampanese takes place in a series of value passages in dungeons, and now, from time to time, you can use these to execute or limit the situation, such as "only use this gun or character" or "overcome it in the direction of X temporal framework". In this IRG, there are revolvers, mystics, knives, cultists, including large robots, all of which can be composed.

By passing each dungeon, you will definitely collect resources that will help you restart the universe, thanks to a big flying car that can help you have materials, like a rollercoaster mart. With a sensory mechanism, you can keep track of your personal progress in time and recognize what materials are handled in each area. Photos also play an important role, Max gets intuition from each photo and creates new objects for the characters on his journey.

If you add to this game, clever mini-games and rich character composition, you will have one of the most fun and difficult games of your own time, and another one that I loved for a long time.

Final Fantasy X

Modern games of the Final Fantasy series often scold them for really directing them from their own roots. Among the common claims ("Not step-step! Where's Cole! There are no party members!"), the consideration that basically Final Fantasy is not as elements as it was before, for example good, dominates.

I don't always agree with this statement, but if you're in the old high school camp, I can understand why you might feel that way. The old Final Fantasy games are great, and it's a real shame we don't see them sticking to a less rushed, more logical layout for chivalrous fantasy.

Laugh at Tydus all you want. When it comes to epic storytelling, compelling contractions, and psychological percentages, Final Fantasy X was an unconditionally perfect set.

- Creator David Silbert

Final Fantasy XII

Final Fantasy X, who said the end of the turn game, was a franchise that completely accepted its fresh future. The random encounter is gone, and monsters are walking around the open zone. While fighting monsters, you can enter the command to the members of your group and see the execution in real time. In addition, a Gambit system has been added for each character that creates a detailed "IF-Then" logic and can execute these Gambits as a detailed computer program.

In many ways, Final Fantasy XII was a natural evolution of tur n-based combat. Although it is still a command, the command was wider and strategic, similar to rea l-time strategy games. However, the mechanism caused the pros and cons of many people, and the whole "Final Fantasy XII" was criticized. Some blamed the plot, and some accused the ensemble cast and the weak hero Vhan.

However, it is worth taking a step back, and it is possible to evaluate Final Fantasy XII for its true value. No, it wasn't a work that everyone received, and it's a wel l-known fact that Baltier was a true key person. But XII was the first dark, mature tone game in the series long before Cryvi Rosfield. The plot was heavy, the cast was attractive, and the voice actor's performance was wonderful. Like the 2 0-year Bordeaux bottle, "Final Fantasy XII" has grown grilledly.

- Creator David Silbert

Jak II

Natdog's "JAK II" was magical. This work is a platformer like the previous work and is also a clone of "Grand Theft Auto", as a "serious" sequel to "Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy", a vehicle mode and dystopia story. , Dark JAK was introduced. Many years ago my parents allowed me to play in "GTA", I borrowed the help of the zoomers (motorcycles riding on a cushionless cushion) and Morf guns in Heaven City. Caused.

My main memory of JAK II was to play with my cousin on a rare cool day in February in Texas. The two boys, who grew up in the Renaissance era, were unified in communication, even if there was a video game that was playing at the time. JAK II was newly added to my library, stirring my imagination and taking all conversations. It didn't take much time to persuade his cousin, play some platform games, and explore a large cities in dystopia.

JAK II changed the no tea dog from a platformer to a story as a story. I still talk about the latest studio games and play an unknown game in his college days, play our last work and its sequel, and recently what will come out. I'm talking about.

-The author: Clint Morrison JR ...

Katamari Damacy

When talking about generations, PS2 tends to be forgotten, but some of the most notable games were very cinematic and focused, but there are still more outstanding games in game consoles. It was done. At the time, there were few games that symbolized "Katamari Deimashi" released by Namco in 2004.

The idea of ​​this game is simple but excellent. The player is instructed to play a new star for the king of the whole universe instead of a small green man (prince). How do you make a star? Of course, riding a magical sticky ball, passing a lot of objects and creatures with different sizes, and proceeding until the ball becomes a star. At some levels, players must roll small objects in small environments. 1) Sends, paper clips, dominoes, and even large boats and the entire island.

Katamari Deimashi is a strange and basic idea, but perfect. Each level is the same task, but each time is different. You have to always increase the size of the ball to roll on a larger object, and after rolling around, you can access new areas and even larger objects (sometimes humans). This is a long feedback cycle that attracts me and never stops.

There's nothing else to say about this game (other than the cheerful and u p-beat soundtrack, other than the artists who are almost perfect for Lego). In fact, this is simply fun, and it's one of the most creative and strange ideas realized by major game publishers, even after several decades.

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

In childhood, there is no more urgent feeling as you own something that should not be. A secret chocolate bar, a DVD specified by R, negotiated in the playground, and a WWE PPV fuzzy shot that only you know (the last one may apply).

When I was a child, I was the oldest and youngest in my family. In my house, I was a straight sister's older brother. Nevertheless, I grew up with three cousins ​​and two neighbors. Jimmy, Kimmy, and Kelly were five years older than me, Ray (brother Kimmy) and Erin (sister Kelly). On the other hand, for example, I was obliged to my real brother as an older brother. On the other hand, I was still one of the youngest and longed for the interest and evaluation of older cousins.

I steal the coolest game with Jimmy. I steal the coolest game with Jimmy. Before that, did you play other games in the Legacy of Kane series? no! Did I get lost the moment I inserted a disc into my PS2? Definitely! But at the same time, I was absorbed in the exciting story. Vuldalaki, ghost and ghos t-vampire, planning for the end of the puzzle, travel fraud: All of them destroyed my childhood rooftop. I was addicted to Radiel's tragedy and revenge, including whether the hack and slash game play was quite light. I ate Soulley Bar 2, how to eat my soul and make my method possible.

If you return to Jimmy, "I actually have it," imagine your shock when you are basically not playing. I think crawl catastrophe is cool.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

As you can see from the other memos on this list, PlayStation 2 Era is still overlapping with my passion for my movie franchise. Sadly, this means that many of my favorite films have actually played in the sem i-public sem i-private video game. However, there was one game that surpassed them-"Return of the King".

To be honest, it is not easy to talk about this IRGE, without it, but if the previous work drew only the adventures of Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, "The Return of the King" The whole (no, almost the whole country. It is recklessly interesting that each main hero is given to test himself personally, and compete with friends in the number of kills due to the cooperative play function. I could do it with countless games at the "South Gate", and it can be said that it has actually reached the maximum number of oaks, which seemed to be inexhaustible.

This was basically made at the same time as the movie, but the production team didn't know all the finishing touches. As a result, this IRG has a lot of unique scenes and concept designs, making it a more independent work. In fact, it's completely true that the best masterpiece of all time was one of the best video game adaptations of all time, and it still remains in my mind.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Metal Gear Solid 2 was my encounter with postmodernism. Maybe not exactly, but I was still young when Hideo Kojima's masterpiece was released, and I was still young when I had the possibility to play it.

I've already written that I didn't really know how to do something different with the main character, going from the famous hero Solid Snake on a tanker to a massive explosion. But, and this is blasphemous, I remember that it wasn't really ecstasy from the first mission of the game on a tanker with sneaking. Frankly, I didn't know who the similar Sneep was, not the slight time that Metal Gear Lady: Twin Snake and the Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer are taking place.

When it turned out, I felt a wave of relief, Raden had, in fact, an understanding of the espionage world that he, like me, for example, had not gotten enough of. My knowledge was based on ads and notes in Game Informer, and Raden's awareness of VR training. We both had an incomplete version that we had broken down, carefully read, and rethought for ourselves. It was a reimagining of the espionage situation, making it accessible to a different audience. The game plays with this discomfort of friends as the player sneaks into the Big Shell, and the components are reimagined to the point of being elated, as if living inside a strange video game.

Initially, reimagining the game with Raden was dizzying, especially at a young age. It was actually similar to the earlier study of 1. Unconsciously, the metal equipment Solid 2 made a palimpsest - actually changing what was going on in something fresh. At the time, I actually, fully did not realize that it was Raden, and I put it off, but this created a fresh canvas that I still enjoy looking around.

-The author: Clint Morrison JR ...

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

When thinking about Metal Gear Solid 3, you won't be able to write without it. This work, the third series of Director Hideo Kojima, is a masterpiece for most people. For the first time, as the first game in the vast metal gear world, as a previous day, the first game in the vast metal gear world will see a man who becomes a "big boss" for the first time.

Snake Eater begins with the world's first Halo jump as part of his "noble mission" as part of his "noble mission." He was found to have been an enemy, and in this case, in the tropical forest of the Russian Federation, and was explained by famous people. The secretly rescue strategy eventually fell into chaos, and the naked servants were involved in the turmoil of the Cold War. Against the backdrop of betrayal and international corruption, Snake will invest in missions, including basic politics, advanced technology, and spy activities for national interests.

In MGS3, the CQC (proximity strategy) system uses the most advanced operation system of the games we have seen so far. The joystick angle, such as pressing the action button, determines the charge and other shocks. During the game, snakes hunt to catch everything, such as snakes, frogs, and birds, but can carry a personal knife to preserve the stamina. In addition, this game supports the damage data system of the body, tracking the injury, encouraging players to receive medical treatments that require, and achieve health and stamina results. Especially innovative is that the player can use the "camouflage index" to determine the visibility in the current environment and change the camouflage according to the territory.

-Creator Vaun Hunt

Persona 3

Persona's franchise has been a huge reputation for many years. Once a niche "Shi n-Goddess Tensei" sect, it is now the last fort of hig h-quality tur n-based RPG.

If you have played Persona, it is likely that it is Persona 5. The Joker and the Dark Frozen Group's Adventure was the easiest work, and if there was a perfect launch of the Persona series, this would be P5. Last but not least, there are many wonderful persona games that can be absorbed in patience and time. When thinking about < SPAN> Metal Gear Solid 3], you can't write without it. This work, the third series of Director Hideo Kojima, is a masterpiece for most people. For the first time, as the first game in the vast metal gear world, as a previous day, the first game in the vast metal gear world will see a man who becomes a "big boss" for the first time.

Snake Eater begins with the world's first Halo jump as part of his "noble mission" as part of his "noble mission." He was found to have been an enemy, and in this case, in the tropical forest of the Russian Federation, and was explained by famous people. The secretly rescue strategy eventually fell into chaos, and the naked servants were involved in the turmoil of the Cold War. Against the backdrop of betrayal and international corruption, Snake will invest in missions, including basic politics, advanced technology, and spy activities for national interests.

In MGS3, the CQC (proximity strategy) system uses the most advanced operation system of the games we have seen so far. The joystick angle, such as pressing the action button, determines the charge and other shocks. During the game, snakes hunt to catch everything, such as snakes, frogs, and birds, but can carry a personal knife to preserve the stamina. In addition, this game supports the damage data system of the body, tracking the injury, encouraging players to receive medical treatments that require, and achieve health and stamina results. Especially innovative is that the player can use the "camouflage index" to determine the visibility in the current environment and change the camouflage according to the territory.

-Creator Vaun Hunt

- Creator David Silbert

Persona 4

If you have played Persona, it is likely that it is Persona 5. The Joker and the Dark Frozen Group's Adventure was the easiest work, and if there was a perfect launch of the Persona series, this would be P5. Last but not least, there are many wonderful persona games that can be absorbed in patience and time. When thinking about Metal Gear Solid 3, you won't be able to write without it. This work, the third series of Director Hideo Kojima, is a masterpiece for most people. For the first time, as the first game in the vast metal gear world, as a previous day, the first game in the vast metal gear world will see a man who becomes a "big boss" for the first time.

Snake Eater begins with the world's first Halo jump as part of his "noble mission" as part of his "noble mission." He was found to have been an enemy, and in this case, in the tropical forest of the Russian Federation, and was explained by famous people. The secretly rescue strategy eventually fell into chaos, and the naked servants were involved in the turmoil of the Cold War. Against the backdrop of betrayal and international corruption, Snake will be in missions, including basic politics, advanced technology, and spy activities for national interests.

In MGS3, the CQC (proximity strategy) system uses the most advanced operation system of the games we have seen so far. The joystick angle, such as pressing the action button, determines the charge and other shocks. During the game, snakes hunt to catch everything, such as snakes, frogs, and birds, but can carry a personal knife to preserve the stamina. In addition, this game supports the damage data system of the body, tracking the injury, encouraging players to receive medical treatments that require, and achieve health and stamina results. Especially innovative is that the player can use the "camouflage index" to determine the visibility in the current environment and change the camouflage according to the territory.

-Creator Vaun Hunt

Resident Evil 4

Persona's franchise has been a huge reputation for many years. Once a niche "Shi n-Goddess Tensei" sect, it is now the last fort of hig h-quality tur n-based RPG.

If you have played as much as Persona, it is likely that it is "Persona 5". The Joker and the Dark Robber's Adventure was the easiest work, and if there was a perfect launch of the Persona series, this would be P5. Last but not least, there are many wonderful persona games that can be absorbed in patience and time.

Persona 3, released in PlayStation 2 in 2006, led the series to a breakthrough era. There are no dungeons from the firs t-person perspective, such as Persona 1 and Persona 2, and an eas y-t o-explore 3D world full of attractive characters and thoughtful situations has appeared. Just as Final Fantasy X has bridged the old Final Fantasy and the new Final Fantasy, Persona 3 paid for the Roots of SMT and opened the path to an advanced franchise.

But that doesn't mean it's outdated. Tartaros, the main key to the P3 quests, can be a rudimentary labor, especially compared to the castle that was carefully designed by P5. Graphics and music are also quite obsolete, but thankfully, the recent "Persona 3 Reload" has become smooth.

Shadow of the Colossus

But at the heart of Persona 3 is the situation. And it has to be said that it is successful. The wonderful characters that have been lif e-threatened thanks to the wonderful voice actors, peaceful, despair, longing, sadness, delicate messages, PR that covers everything from illness to depression, thinks, makes me cry, Ending that makes you think again ... Persona 3] has all of them.

-Creator David Silbert

Many are described on how the Persona series affected modern games. From Fire Emblem to "Marvel's Midnight Suns", fragments that have made "Persona" so famous are adopted. Character connections, quiet elements, investment in unique mechanics, etc. In fact, I myself changed my way of thinking about games with Persona 4, released in 2008.

Silent Hill 2

I loved rol e-playing games since I was a kid (Kingdom Hearts introduced in detail in the Kingdom Hearts article on the most famous video game list), but I yearn for an exciting situation in the game. I noticed that I was after Persona 4. Certainly, there were games that have a story, such as "Portal" and "Modern Warfair". Persona 4] has been surprised since then. It is truly shocking that the dedication and concentration in the research team determine the plot, the characters recognize themselves and grow. I still complain that the universe has a chance to blame her when I think of Naoto Shirokane, who wants to be a genius and a lady at the same time. It is not without a dignified opportunity.

In this era, it is very impressive for young people who are trying to understand their whereabouts in the world to learn how young people accept and worship. Even now, 14 years after the first play, I think Persona 4 is one of my beloved games in all ages, and can be recommended to anyone. 。

-Creator Gary Wilson

Alright, I checked a little here. Capcom's 2005 masterpiece-Resident Evil 4- was initially found to be a large rare item for game cubes, for example, I played it for the first time (and to this day, this is me playing this game. ) Is the beloved method.) However, I saw the friends playing this decisive horror movie on PlayStation 2 and I was convinced that I could get this game.

-The author: Clint Morrison JR ...

Star Wars: Battlefront II

Although there is no special plot itself (although the scenario is overtaken by B-class movie mode, the scenario is impressive), the game play system "Resident Evil 4" has instilled new stereotypes in the game and quickly became a general. The mechanics were laid. For example, RE4 is one of the first games in which the player operates the aim knob and forced the shoulder to detect the flame before that. It was. However, at least the basics are not to be done in a creative situation to fight this IRGE: Players alternate, the benefits of alternating the knife and revolver to execute the experiment. There is an option to attack various parts of the enemy's body for

-Creator Sam Martinelli

This is not the first time I have had the opportunity to talk about this Irouge in a poetic manner, and frankly, this is probably not the last. Wanda and Giant statues, released in 2005 with Japanese studios and team ICOs in 2005, are often praised as innovative and intentional games. (She again reigns Adam-Sandler's movie O ... September 11th after a heartache stress disorder. It sounds like I laughed at this movie, but it's really decent. )

Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing

At the time, I had no trace of Behemoth. This was one of the last games I played on a PlayStation 2, and before that I had a PlayStation 3 (a console I ordered in the Land of the Rising Sun to play early Final Fantasy XIII.... but that's for another time). I'm glad I didn't play it upon its release - frankly, I don't think she would have hooked me, for example, as if I had played it when I was 10-years-old.

In any case, this is not a perfect game. The frequency of workers sometimes occurs ... difficult, the video camera is a call to itself, and the control of the horse's movements on the horse may "overwrite the emulsion of realism of controlling this majestic beast." Most of the giants (the opponents of the title of this game) are magnificent enemies, some elements are unpleasant. Last but not least, Shadow of the Colossus can be recommended to everyone for its ingenious skill in combining fun and pathos, tension and loneliness. (I also agree with the remake for PlayStation 4 by Bluepoint Studios, but about this pretext, like many who praise the original, I have my own thoughts.)

Tekken 5

Five installments of the great third-person perspective game "Silent Hill" appeared on PlayStation 2. While Silent Hill 2 remains in our memory, the start "dog" bonus ends. In this volume, Team Silent also proposes its own recognizable monster at this time, Pyramid-Head, which, as I can easily say, causes unconditional nightmares. The game is psychologically boring, and the situation of a man searching for his spouse has lost any relevance after 23 years.

In preparation for the release of the remake in 2024, I recently restored Silent Hill 2 for the first time in over a decade. This was akin to meeting their old man over coffee, rumored but not known on the Internet.

I would bet our conversation would answer that teenage memoirs have changed with the times. And yet, moving through the foggy streets and dark apartments of Silent Hill, I found joy in familiarity and anxiety. In years, for example, she could not convey such a big city feel.

This situation will find new players in Bloober-team's remake, which will be released on October 8th.

- Creator: Clint Morrison Jr...

-Creator Vaun Hunt

X-Men Legends

For a few hours, I was able to tell how much I liked this game. I knew all the subtures of the remarkable cards (Tantive IV), and I came up with a method of increasing the number of enhancements by 500%once. ... I couldn't do much time. The auxiliary mode of games such as hunting and the conquest of the galaxy was added, and I got fresh things everywhere.

Even after nearly 20 years, it is difficult to leave this game. I think and consider it ... ASPYR's recent transplant version has some difficulties. However, if I remember myself as a high school student fighting for the fate of the galaxy, I would not be very angry.

For example, one game of Star Wars! If Battle Front is all about Star Wars, Super Bonbad Racing is all about Star Wars. The person who devised the idea of ​​letting Mario Kart appear on Star Wars would be worth a wage (if he still alive--20 years ago). A racing game that transcends the times, combined with caricature (and the most stupid) characters of the ghost threats "!

I play this game with my brother and store a lovely memoir about how to suppress them with jar speech and the saliva of the head of NAMS (yes, these are the actual odds in the game). The sound of the music content of the clock is so far in my head in my head. This is not limited to the best racing game, but these unusual heads, which were in a small starstar, made a wonderful game when I was an adult. The crow, for example, the game, for example, did not notice the continuation ... but who really said that it would not be aware of it today?

What Are Your Top PlayStation 2 Games?

Tekken 5 is probably the biggest fighting game of the same generation (after Soul Calibur III), which includes the heritage of the series. This work is the first in the series that started with PS2 and released on the PSP and PS3 in "Tekken 5 Dar Cycular Rection". Apart from this, the series incorporates online matches for the first time in "Dar Caithe Rection", covers the rating system (online and offline), the arcade version "Tekken", "Tekken 3", and the unlock version. "Star Blade" (this was still considered a bus screen).

The 5th Tekken tournament held two months after Tekken 4 was held for Jin Kazama's journey, which was obliged to protect the genes of their own devils. In this IRGE, these characters appeared for the first time as Asuka Kazama (instead of Juna), Gene BES, Fen Way, Jack-5, Mishima Ginpachi, Raven, Roger Jr..

As a result, Tekken 5 has returned to classic gameplay known for Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament. Most of the characters of the characters that appeared in those games have returned in a renewed figure. For example, Tekken 4's fresh karate gin is mixed with Mishima's method and gives more. In addition, the brand new Asuka has more protected the way of Kazama. Jinpachi, on the other hand, is the most difficult finish boss in the series, thanks to the avoidance of teleport and the intense bent speed ball.