CaliggyJack: Top 15 Favorite PS2 Games

CaliggyJack 07.18.22	My childhood. These games defined my childhood, except for Personas 3 and 4 which i did not play until way later in life. As I said, until the Nintendo Switch I only ever owned Sony Consoles, especially the ps2 which is my fav console of all time. With that, I'm out of consoles to make lists for, so imma have to come up with something new for tomorrow.
Koris 07.18.22	Oh man, this might be the most our opinions have diverged on one of these lists. I might also have 10 and 6 on my list, and I would DEFINITELY have 3 on there. But I'd also include: Timesplitters 2 and 3 Shadow of the Colossus Metal Gear Solid 3 Devil May Cry 3 (with the first one as an honorable mention) Baulder's Gate: Dark Alliance 007 Nightfire Ico Klonoa 2 Armored Core 3 Among others. But to be fair, the PS2 was such an amazing console that it's really difficult to even come up with a top 15, lol. Definitely my favorite console of all time
ReefaJones 07.18.22	Ico Okami Shadow Of The Colossus GTA San Andreas MGS2&3 Devil May Cry Rayman 2
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	Ico was alright but not entirely my thing. I can't stand SotC gameplay. Objectively it's a great game, but it frustrates me to no end. Never played the Timesplitters games. Also never played the Klonoa games. I played Nightfire on XBOX. Never played the DA games, and I never played DMC 1-3 until they released the HD Remasters.
ConcubinaryCode 07.18.22	I like how your previous picks had more obvious choices (not hating, most those games are beloved for a reason) but this one you have like scorpion king while missing some obvious staples like jak or ratchet and put vexx as #1 instead. KH2 was probably my #1 game before I moved onto 360 and played bioshock. It opened my third eye for games.
Sharenge 07.18.22	I wasted my money on Duelists of the Roses last year - I forgot that it's literally the exact same simplification of Yu-Gi-Oh as Forbidden Memories with the only significant difference being that the game board is also a map that you can move the cards around on, so I've kind of written it off as not being worth investing any time in over Forbidden Memories.... I guess maybe if I ever actually beat Forbidden Memories I could see myself moving on to it but otherwise it's just gonna collect the dusts (actually it's just gonna sit in a box 'cus I don't have enough shelving for all my bullshit)
Sharenge 07.18.22	I wanted to play Vexx as a kid but never got the chance... find it hard to believe it's better than Ratchet & Clank (or even Jak & Daxter, though I'm definitely more of a Ratchet & Clank guy)
Wildcardbitchesss 07.18.22	Jack, I really don’t mean to hate on you, but no Jak and Daxter? MGS3? None of the fucking GTA’s?? And I saw it earlier in this thread but I’ll bring it up again. As huge 007 fan, Nightfire and Everything or Nothing deserve a spot on this list.
Sharenge 07.18.22	the only picks I can really get fully behind for this list are FFX and GoW they certainly earn the right to be here though I do remember enjoying my five days with the original Kingdom Hearts when I rented it as a kid, I've always kind of looked upon the core premise of it being a Final Fantasy/Disney crossover with disdain and I doubt I'm ever gonna let go of that
alamo 07.18.22	12 is 1
alamo 07.18.22	need for speed most wanted mortal kombat deception/shaolin monks
Sharenge 07.18.22	hmmm I never played any Tenkaichi games after the first one because I remember distinctly not liking it and thinking that Budokai 3 (and hell, even the first Budokai, for that matter) was far superior and doesn't look like I ever will either given the value that the Tenkaichi games hold today
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	@ConCode yeah, I played GameCube and xbox at my friends as a kid, but I OWNED playstation consoles and that has a deeper impact for me I think. @sharenge It's actually completely different from Forbidden Memories but if you're only interested in playing the actual card game then yeah u won't like it. Vexx is my favorite video game ever I don't really know why. I just love everything about it. It deserves more attention than it got, which was primarily because it had 0 marketing and Acclaim's brand having become poison at the time of it's release. I still play the game over and over again. @wildcard to each their own on jack and Dexter, I like em though. Also as I said I didn't play the ps2 version of nightfire. I love San Andreas but I've never personally cared for Rockstars game design.
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	I might extend my list to 20 depending...
Sabrutin 07.18.22	Rogue Galaxy brother
artiswar 07.18.22	X-2..? um ok
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	Was my first FF game. Also I never understood the hate.
Koris 07.18.22	"I can't stand SotC gameplay. Objectively it's a great game, but it frustrates me to no end." I highly suggest playing the PS4 version if you haven't. Bluepoint Studios rebuilt the entire game from the ground up, and the camera and controls were vastly improved from the original (as were the graphics, obviously). I have to give them props for not simply remastering the original game like the PS3 version The only thing that bugs me is the fact that they didn't add any of the Colossi that were cut from the original game. You'd think they would try to do that if they were remaking the entire game instead of just remastering it, but whatever
Sharenge 07.18.22	they made Wander look like a goof though
Koris 07.18.22	^ For sure, lol
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	@koris it's just so annoyingly empty and some of the colossi piss me off. I'll stick to Last Guardian as far as Ueda games go.
Sharenge 07.18.22	I can see how that aspect could put you off cus I think it probably did the same for me a little bit the first time I played that game as a kid but it's kind of the point - it's a vibe... it's like part of the character of the whole mystical whatever honestly thinking about it now it kind of reminds me of the Zone from Tarkovsky's Stalker
Masochist 07.18.22	"I'll stick to Last Guardian as far as Ueda games go." Some LG love is always a great thing! The first of their games I actually finished, and it was a delight the entire way through!
Sharenge 07.18.22	talk about frustrating... puppy cat birb definitely had me heated once or twice...
Gmork89 07.18.22	The story in The Last Guardian ended up flooring me by the end of it, hit way harder than I expected.
Gyromania 07.18.22	Silent hill 2 is one and it's not even remotely close tbh
Feather 07.18.22	Sports: Tony Hawk 3 definitely deserves it. NFL Street 2 is the greatest sports game of all time (not much of a sports gamer). Shooters: 007 Agent Under Fire and 007 Nightfire deserve shout outs for sure. I personally dug Golden Eye Rouge Agent, but understand it not making a list like this ever. Fighters: Soul Calibur 2 and 3 (3 was a PS2 exclusive) are Phenomenal. 3 is my personal favorite and has some cool modes that others never included. I think the whole series went downhill post 3 (most believe 2 was the peak though).
Feather 07.18.22	btw, I have never even heard of Vexx and looking it up, it doesnt have the most praise or favorable reviews. Not surprisingly seeing sput shelling out the #1 praise for something I havnt even heard of haha
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	@Feathers that's it I'm adding 5 more games god dammit. Also critics were very dismissive about games that didn't follow a triple A style quality in the mid 2000s.
Gyromania 07.18.22	1. Silent Hill 2 2 Tony Hawk Underground 3. Silent Hill 3 4. MGS 3 5. Tony Hawk 4 6. Tony Hawk 3 7. Burnout 3 Takedown 8. Shadow of the Colossus 9. GTA San Andreas 10. SSX 3
Feather 07.18.22	PS2 really is the goat. @caliggy I really really must not be a true gamer because I didnt know the term "triple A games" till all these posts. Truth is, I have probably really only played triple A games I suppose.
Feather 07.18.22	@Caliggy OMG Need for Speed Most Wanted was INCREDIBLE. Great addition. Also surprised you just added golden eye rogue agent! I truly thought that I was one of the only people who knew/loved that game. I considered adding slugfest to my previous comment with NFL street 2, but I never owned it and had only played a handful of times. I still remember it being sweet though.
Gyromania 07.18.22	11 would prob be Budokai 3, which I used to compete in for money. Only fighting game I've ever been at the highest MMR in. Game is prob a 10/10 for me which rly speaks to how amazing the quality of games were on the ps2
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	Nah it just means you don't delve into gamer discourse. Also I added 5 games
Feather 07.18.22	See above for my comment on your additions^
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	I'm getting ninjad like crazy Also u mentioning rogue agent is what motivated me to add it tbqh
Gyromania 07.18.22	Calig how are the silent hill games not on here? And how is underground and pro skater 4 not on a top 20?!? You confuse me bro. Cool to see Budokai 3 on here tho. Rogue Agent is also superb and I forgot about it, same with need for speed most wanted. Midnight Club racing 2 was also rly good but I don't think a lot of people played that one
CaliggyJack 07.18.22	Great games, but idk I don't have the same attachment to those as I do these.
UpwardSpiral 07.21.22	Dragon quest VIII =1
foxblood 07.23.22	too hard to rank games for this console and its giant library. some favs - Drakan: the Ancients Gates, RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive, SH 2-origins, FFX & XII, Blooodrayne, Contra Shattered Soldier, Guilty Gear x2, Kingdom Hears, Tenchu wrath of heaven, Devil May Cry, San Andreas, Katamari Damacy, Chaos Legion, Tribes, Dark Cloud, Battlefront 1 & 2, etc the library for this console is endless and nearly perfect
foxblood 07.23.22	Dragon Quest Viii was so good, I spent a whole summer on that game
evilford 07.23.22	Where's gta? Tony hawk? Mgs 3??? Nba street 2????
foxblood 07.23.22	I was always huge underground 1 fan but American wasteland has actually grown on me finally after all these years of disliking it. Underground 2 is still meh.
evilford 07.23.22	Oh nvm Tony hawk is there
foxblood 07.23.22	Nba street 2 was the shit. 3 sucked though
evilford 07.23.22	Thug 1 was one of my fav games ever, ez
evilford 07.23.22	@fox yeah street 1 was good, street 3 was not good, but street 2 was quite possibly legitimately the most fun I've ever had playing video games
Koris 07.23.22	I just wish Timesplitters (especially 2 and 3) appeared on more PS2 lists
foxblood 07.23.22	just wish Timesplitters (especially 2 and 3) appeared on more PS2 lists [2] 3 was actually good despite EA! it had a good map maker and even more crazy characters. shame it was the last. @ford same, Street 2 2-player was peak ps2 era innocent fun that I'll probably never find in vidya for the rest of my adult life.
Koris 07.23.22	^ I've been playing the entire Timesplitters trilogy again recently, thanks to the PCSX2 emulator :] Still holds up extremely well, even the first one
foxblood 07.23.22	Timesplitters 1 is arcade-y and awesome
Koris 07.23.22	I will say, it's interesting that most people say TS1 is the hardest game in the series. Having played TS1 and TS2 back-to-back after so many years, I think the latter is even harder. Atom Smasher and Robot Factory are absolute horseshit on normal and hard mode, even more so than the Mansion from the first game
Feather 07.23.22	"Nba street 2 was the shit. 3 sucked though" This was the same thing for NFL Street
Sinternet 07.23.22	best console agreed
Zig 07.29.22	best console for sure. Silent Hill 2, Shadow of the Colossus, ICO: top games for me
FreakMachine 08.13.22	7 Would be my number 1, also maybe Return Of The King
Gyromania 08.13.22	This list makes me so sad. THUG, THPS4, Silent Hill 2 and 3, Twisted Metal Black, DBZ Budokai 3, Need For Speed Underground, MGS Snake Eater, Burnout 3, Psychonauts, ICO, GTA San Andreas. This list is missing almost all of the best PS2 games. MoH Frontline is honestly a pos. It felt dated even when it came out. Allied Assault was so much better. FFX and X-2 are also pretty uneventful games. I do have some nostalgia attached to X but I tried playing it again a few years ago and it was abysmal
Sharenge 08.13.22	what makes me sad is so many people including MGS3 in their "this list makes me sad" lists and not mentioning MGS2
Slex 08.13.22	Jak 3 is the most underrated game on the PS2 and it's not close smfh, gets no respect
Gyromania 08.13.22	MGS2 deserves a mention too yeah, so do the other Tony Hawk games, and Jak 3. Point is there's an insane amount of good content on the PS2 (one of the best libraries of all time, I think) and this list doesn't reflect that
Slex 08.13.22	I haven't played all of 3 or 2 but yeah I have played a good chunk of both and think 2 has vastly superior gameplay and pacing
CaliggyJack 08.14.22	Eew Kojima.
FreakMachine 08.14.22	Gyro, THPS4 is nowhere near top 10 PS2 games lmao, nor is Silent Hill 3, any NFS, or Twisted Metal Black "what makes me sad is so many people including MGS3 in their "this list makes me sad" lists and not mentioning MGS2" - the best MG game, MGS 2
Slex 08.14.22	Agree to disagree, I'd put NFSU in a top 10 as well, I feel like it has been weirdly forgotten by time but it was a HUGE deal when it came out
conesmoke 08.14.22	FFX was fun. Blitzball all day erry day