digi wrote:

Switch out bully and wrestling and add. Point blank. Point blank 2 Time crisis. Gregorys horror show. Yakuza. Yakuza 2. Shadow of rome. Gradius v. Guitar hero 2.

Point Blank and Time Crisis are PS1 games.

I thought Guitar Hero 2 came out on 360 at the same time as PS2, but it appears not, so Guitar Hero is upgraded to Guitar Hero 2.


Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies 
Amplitude 
Armored Core 2 
Buzz! The Music Quiz 
Canis Canem Edit 
Devil May Cry 
Grand Theft Auto III 
Guitar Hero II
Ico 
Metal Gear Solid 2 
Ratchet & Clank 3 
R-Type Final 
Shadow of the Colossus 
Stuntman 
Time Crisis II
Timesplitters 
We Love Katamari 
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain

retroking1981 wrote:

My top 10 from the Top Ten Ahoy thread: PS2: 1. Contra: Shattered Soldier 2. Shadows of the Colossus 3. God of War 4. Ico 5. Tiger Woods 2004 6. Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty 7. Gradius V 8. Sly Racoon 9. Metal Gear Solid 3 10. Stuntman

Cant remember if/what I put by mine would include:

1. We  Katamari
2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
3. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
4. Metal Gear Solid 2
5. The Mark of Kri
6. Gradius V (I'm still rubbish at it)
7. PES3

I refrained from listing Rez since it was DC first. Would probably consider Yakuza in hindsight (Kiwami) and I also have A Train 6 and Pacific Theatre of Operations 4 which were quite good of the little I played.

Nintendo will make some out of cardboard you put together round your iphone. Reg and Edge will both shit themselves in excitement before it bombs at retail.

I'm pretty sure the era of game specific tat is dead. Killed off by Tony Hawks and his skateboard without wheels.

My favourites on PS2 (apart from RType Final and Gradius V) in no order:-

Amplltude & Frequency
Mojo  (cheapo - roll-a-ball type game)
Raiden III
Flipnic - pinball genre stretched past breaking point with high production values
Buzz
Ico
Metal Slug 3 - ignore Anthology which is crap. 3 got a solo release with extras. very nice.
Samurai Aces  2D shooter from Psikyo. Solid if bare bones port with 60 Hz and TATE in PAL.
Dragon Blaze - ditto
Sky Odyssey - Pilotwings-ey type of game in planes only but lots of different types. Early game so with fog but nice.
Katamari


Devil Dice (PS1) and Wetrix (N64) got nice updates on PS2 (Bombastic and Aqua Aqua respectively) but the originals are just as good.  I got quite a few retro compilations too that got a fair bit of playtime. 

Also double dipped on Rez and Space Channel 5 that I already had for Dreamcast. Don't remember there being much of a difference. Rez might have felt a wee bit easier.

SFA Anthology was a nice collection too that works in 480p with component cable. Certainly prevents me from thinking about shelling out for the Saturn version of SFA3.


Two disappointments. 

GTA3 : something-or-other. The novelty of driving around and punching people lasted about an hour. I could see why it did so well and I accept there was more to it - but it just wasn't for me.
God of War : button mashing and Quicktime = no sense of control. Yawn. Really wanted to love it as it is beautifully presented and technically superb.

DavyK,

You disrespect the ps2.you disrespect me.

Expect a horses head.

Eek.

Its strongest games just weren't my thing. I think I'd have enjoyed a JP one more as it got a pile of Sega Ages releases.