Must have PS2 games

mondeo

Can someone advise me on some please?
Not sure what is good and what is not...
Going out 2moro and want a list to keep an eye out for

Thanks

o1s1n

Oh god, where to start?! There are so many.

I'll start off with the two obvious ones - Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

mondeo

Are the medal of honour series good? Saw that today for 8.99
Saw Outrun 2006 for 4.99

These worth picking up?

o1s1n

I can't really comment on the Medal of Honour games. I played them so much that I really cant stand them any more in any form. Total over saturation.

If you haven't played one you may enjoy it. Although they more than likely have dated a lot.

Outrun at 4.99? I'd buy that.

mondeo

o1s1n wrote: »

I can't really comment on the Medal of Honour games. I played them so much that I really cant stand them any more in any form. Total over saturation.

If you haven't played one you may enjoy it. Although they more than likely have dated a lot.

Outrun at 4.99? I'd buy that.

Ok I will get it 2moro:D

Do xtra vision do used PS2 games?

o1s1n

My local one did for a while but then sold them all off for a few euro each. So I wouldn't imagine many have them left.

The shops that do have ps2 games left are stocked with mostly rubbish I've given up going through the shelves in Gamestops. I think that little golden moment where you could pick up good ps2 games for nothing has come to an end unfortunately. I suppose it all depends on which store you go to.

landsleaving

Game in Blanch and the one on Dawson st. are both good if you can get to them. 4 for €15 and I recently saw Okami, Timesplitters 3, Disgaea (bought a copy myself) Black, The Warriors, Devil may Cry, R Type Final, Burnout 3, freedom fighters, metal gear 2, ssx, RE4 and a few other good uns.

Essential PS2 games for me:

Metal Gear Solid 2/3
GTA San Andreas
Burnout 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Okami
Resident Evil 4

There's loads more but I can't think of them right now

Retr0gamer

The only medal of honour on the PS2 worth playing is Frontline and imo it's dated badly and crap now.

As for must have games:

Gradius V (it really is awesome)
Persona 3 FES
Persona 4
Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2
Shin Megami Tensei Lucifiers Call
Shadow of the Colossus
Ico
Zone of the Enders 2: 2nd Runner
Metal Gear Solid 3
Final Fantasy X
Grandia 2
God of War 1 and 2
Devil May Cry 3
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Beyond Good and Evil
Okami
Canis Canem Edit
Suikoden V
Dragon Quest VIII
We Love Katamari
Contra: Shattered Soldier
Silent Hill 2
Odin Sphere
Tomb Raider Anniversary
The Warriors
Psychonauts
Yakuza 1 and 2
Valkyrie Profile 2
Project Zero 1,2 and 3
Gitaroo Man
Ring of Red
GrimGrimoire
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter

That should keep you lit.

Resident Evil 4 is great but it's so much better on the Gamecube and Wii.

mondeo

o1s1n wrote: »

My local one did for a while but then sold them all off for a few euro each. So I wouldn't imagine many have them left.

The shops that do have ps2 games left are stocked with mostly rubbish I've given up going through the shelves in Gamestops. I think that little golden moment where you could pick up good ps2 games for nothing has come to an end unfortunately. I suppose it all depends on which store you go to.

Gamestop in Rathmines where I picked up my PS2 the other day had 3 shelves full of boring sports games. Bloody hell like...
Would not be caught dead playing a sports game! Rather take my chances leprechaun spotting.

I'm not working 2moro so I intend to get a few half decent games and visit a few charity shops and see if I can't find a right Diamond of a console aswell:D ...Being feeling very lucky since yesturday!

Greyfoot

mondeo wrote: »

the other day had 3 shelves full of boring sports games. Bloody hell like...
Would not be caught dead playing a sports game! Rather take my chances leprechaun spotting.

So true mate...
As for games usually keep away from ones that has a lot of copies on shelves and be on the lookout for rare ones like any of the Resident Evil or Onimusha, Silent Hill series but hell its up to you man depends on your taste really.

Retr0gamer

Forgot to add, Outrun 2006 is ****ing brilliant!

mondeo

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Forgot to add, Outrun 2006 is ****ing brilliant!

I know where it is sitting on a shelf anyways so happy days if it is still there 2moro...

o1s1n

mondeo wrote: »

I know where it is sitting on a shelf anyways so happy days if it is still there 2moro...

What shop did you say this was in again?

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Augmerson

I mostly play the PS2 these days so I could recommend a few.

Cold Winter
God of War I & II
Frequency
Rez
Fantavision
Killswitch
XG3: Extreme-G Racing
Ico
Fahrenheit
Maximo versus the Army of Zin
Psychonauts
Red Dead Revolver
Red Star
Smuggler's Run
Transformers
WipEout Fusion
Zone of the Enders
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Conflict: Desert Storm II
Devil May Cry
Virtua Cop: Elite Edition
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City & San Andreas
Yakuza
Silent Hill 2
We Love Katamari
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast
Pro Evolution Soccer 3 & 6
Project Zero
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil Outbreak File 2
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Tekken Tag Tournament

GisforGrenade

Okami
Resident Evil 4
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Persona 3

Ultimate way to waste a summer.

Fidelis

Lots of excellent games listed so far; the "must haves" being: Okami, God of War, Ico and Shadow of The Colossus.

Here are some other gems that haven't been mentioned yet:

Sly Raccoon 1, 2, 3
Spartan: Total Warrior
S.O.S.: The Final Escape
War of The Monsters

Retr0gamer

I heard the Sly Racoon games are really good, must hunt them down.

mondeo

o1s1n wrote: »

What shop did you say this was in again?

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Chartbusters in Balinteer, I picked it up earlier. They have a few other good ps2 games there should anyone want to run down and pick them up. Mostly beat em ups. Going out again later on to a few other chartbusters local to me for a look around.

polyfusion

Don't have a massive amount of PS2 games, but one of my favourites is Bombastic. For an arcade racer, I really like Tokyo Road Race (Battle Gear 2) - cheap but fun.

Any compilation disks worth looking out for? I have the 3 Midway collections, one of the Taito Legends (2, IIRC) and the Sega Classics. Good stuff on all of them, but any others worth getting? I see there were 2 Capcom collections. What else is there? Any Konami collections?

97i9y3941

-Shadow of rome
-Mortal kombat armageddon
-Final fantasy 12
-Midway arcade treasures 1-3
-Return to castle wolfeinstein
-metal gear solid sons of liberty
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
-Gran turismo 3

Retr0gamer

Fred83 wrote: »

-Mortal kombat armageddon

WRONG!

Also FFXII is a love it or hate it game. It's nothing like the rest of he series but the fact that you can get it for peanuts brand new means it's worth a punt.

blag

Don't think anyone's mentioned God Hand, excellent game from Clover Studios.

CiDeRmAn

Augmersons list covered most of my faves,
but I'd like to add the following few to the list,

Fantavision
Flipnic
Secret Weapons Over Normandy
Haven: Call of the king

James Howlett

all the obvious stuff has been mentioned but I would also add Timesplitters II, its a great game. On the Medal of Honour series I really liked Frontline but not the others ones, not at all.

Might as well throw +1 to;
Resident Evil 4
Shadow of the Colossus

o1s1n

For sheer oddness pick up a copy of Freak Out.

Fidelis

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I heard the Sly Racoon games are really good, must hunt them down.

Do! It's an excellent series.

o1s1n wrote: »

For sheer oddness pick up a copy of Freak Out.

That is an odd one. Just as weird, but in a different way: Mr. Moskeeto.

Retr0gamer

I'd actually say don't pick up Freakout because it's utter ****e.

Forgot to add that Transformers (not the movie licenses, the original) is actually an excellent game on the PS2.

CiDeRmAn

Amplitude and Frequency, to see what rhythm action games were before they bolted a plastic guitar to it.

Gran Turismo 4 and WRC Evolution are both great for obvious reasons, I never got into the Codemasters style of racing games.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'd actually say don't pick up Freakout because it's utter ****e.
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A game where you use a demonic scarf to pinch and stretch boobies. What's not to like? You must have teh gay.

No I agree, it's not very good at all. Just odd. I was quite shocked when I heard it was made by Treasure.

Augmerson

I can't even figure out how I am supposed to play Freak Out.

+1 Timesplitters agus Gran Tourismo 4.

Retro compilations are worth a look too.

Taito Legends 2
Sonic Gems
Sega Classics Collection
Sonic Mega Collection Plus
Sega Mega Drive Collection

CiDeRmAn

All thre retro compilations are worth getting certainly, even though some purists, and you know who you are, reckon the comversions aren't always top notch.
Certainly both Taitio collections, the Midway compilations, the Atari 2600 collection and the various Sega and Sonic packages are all well worth the money.

Also, if you can find it, there are two must have compilations out there,
one is the Silent Hill collection that combines SH2/3/4 in one scary box, you will have to buy Silent Hill itself, released on the PS, seperately like I had too
two is the Prince of Persia Trilogy, with Sands of Time, Warrior Within and Two Thrones all in one, I think I picked my copy up for a fiver somewhere!

o1s1n

Do you not feel like you're just buying the same games over and over again though? Seems a bit pointless to me. Just stick with the originals!

Augmerson

o1s1n wrote: »

Do you not feel like you're just buying the same games over and over again though? Seems a bit pointless to me. Just stick with the originals!

But it fills the empty void of my soul. I need these things.

mondeo

Not having much luck finding any of these great games, same old sh!te sports games no matter where I go. If I see NHL hocky or Fifa football games again I'll drown myself, shelves are full of them. Mother of God!

Came across GTA III for a tenner though but I thought a tenner was too much for it. I should get it for a fiver somewhere else.:rolleyes:

97i9y3941

i liked "sega classics" on ps2

Fidelis

mondeo wrote: »

Not having much luck finding any of these great games, same old sh!te sports games no matter where I go

Your best bet is to get a bundle of games on adverts or get them on eBay.

Augmerson

Game on Dawson Street in Dublin still have a okish selection and it isn't all sports games either. I've heard Gamestop out in Santry is the holy grail, that's Gamestop's HQ and is probably well stocked with everything.

Retr0gamer

Augmerson wrote: »

Game on Dawson Street in Dublin still have a okish selection and it isn't all sports games either. I've heard Gamestop out in Santry is the holy grail, that's Gamestop's HQ and is probably well stocked with everything.

Not anymore, was in there last week. PS2 section reduced to about 2 shelves and filled with nothing really interesting at all. Plenty of LMA manager and outdated PES and Fifas if youlike them. Might be some gems hidden there but nothing popped out at me.

Augmerson

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Not anymore, was in there last week. PS2 section reduced to about 2 shelves and filled with nothing really interesting at all. Plenty of LMA manager and outdated PES and Fifas if youlike them. Might be some gems hidden there but nothing popped out at me.

Feck

Ron DMC

Picked up Tony Hawk's 4 the other day in a charity shop for three quid.

Well playable.

o1s1n

Had a look through some of the ps2 games my mam picked up for me in that recycling centre. Second Sight seemed really interesting for 5 or 10 minutes. Then the oul repetition/bordom set in.

So I turned that off and put my Megadrive on instead. Revenge of Shinobi. Died twice on the waterfall level.

All consoles were switched off and I left the room in a huff.

CiDeRmAn

Augmerson wrote: »

Game on Dawson Street in Dublin still have a okish selection and it isn't all sports games either. I've heard Gamestop out in Santry is the holy grail, that's Gamestop's HQ and is probably well stocked with everything.

Nope, Santry is most definitely not GS's HQ.
They have a head office and warehouse alright but it's no where near Santry.
They don't really have a main store anymore, the closest to a flagship store is the one in the Stephens Green centre.
The shop in Santry is a long way from it's prime to be honest, the stores I frequent are the likes on Clare Hall and Donamede, not to mention the Swords Pavilion.

If you go to the more "provincial" stores you may have better luck in finding PS2 stock.

I had a look in Game in the Ilac Centre and they seemed to have some interesting PS2 games, as does the aforementioned Clare Hall store.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Had a look through some of the ps2 games my mam picked up for me in that recycling centre. Second Sight seemed really interesting for 5 or 10 minutes. Then the oul repetition/bordom set in.

So I turned that off and put my Megadrive on instead. Revenge of Shinobi. Died twice on the waterfall level.

All consoles were switched off and I left the room in a huff.

Used to happen to me a lot especially when games were harder. I'd start up probotector trying to beat it and losing a life early in the first level. the Megadrive wouldn't be touched for the rest of the day

Xluna

Suikoden V,Okami,FF X, S.F. Alpha anthology, Tekken 5(Includes Tekken 1,2,3 as a bonus.) and Dragon Quest 8.

mondeo

I came across ford racing 3 today? Is that any good? Didn't buy it though incase it was rubbish.

Butch Cassidy

mondeo wrote: »

Not having much luck finding any of these great games, same old sh!te sports games no matter where I go. If I see NHL hocky or Fifa football games again I'll drown myself, shelves are full of them. Mother of God!

Came across GTA III for a tenner though but I thought a tenner was too much for it. I should get it for a fiver somewhere else.:rolleyes:

Scandalous! Gamestop used to charge about 4 quid for GTA 3 secondhand and at some point in the last 6months to a year they decided it was "worth" a tener! Bloody bizarre. I got it for a fiver ina charity shop. I regreted trading it in years ago. Same with my Smackdown 3 Just Bring It especially as that had the old WWF logo.

I saw said WWF game in Gamestop for €5... a few games behind it I found the exact same said game for .99c!!!

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Nope, Santry is most definitely not GS's HQ.
They have a head office and warehouse alright but it's no where near Santry.
They don't really have a main store anymore, the closest to a flagship store is the one in the Stephens Green centre.
The shop in Santry is a long way from it's prime to be honest, the stores I frequent are the likes on Clare Hall and Donamede, not to mention the Swords Pavilion.

If you go to the more "provincial" stores you may have better luck in finding PS2 stock.

I had a look in Game in the Ilac Centre and they seemed to have some interesting PS2 games, as does the aforementioned Clare Hall store.

Henry St is their main branch is it not? I used to think it was the Liffey St branch as I thought Gamestop was just grown out of Gamesworld that used to be there. I found Sniper Elite for about 6/7quid in that Liffey St shop on PS2 last year. Some worker bloke was digging through some old PS2 stock in the back.

I'd say the heyday of PS2 second hand games is well and truly over now. Now shall begin the depression setting is that is people either binning stuff or leaving it in an attic! Soon enough Gamestop et al will stop trading PS2 games so it'll all be lost forver.

It doesn't help us that all the game shops in Ireland have always and still do offer pathetic paltry amounts on trade ins.

Fidelis wrote: »

Your best bet is to get a bundle of games on adverts or get them on eBay.

Problem with Adverts is there's people either buying up games to sell them on or there's some people that are convinced their PS2 phat launch with a controller, memory card a dozen games (the usuals!) is absolutely worth at least €150!

We're a nation of scopions and foxes....

CiDeRmAn

The original Gamestop store was the on Abbey St, in the back of Chapters, it was under where the tattoo place is, just a counter with a few shelves of Snes and Megadrive games.
Back then it was called Gamesworld of course!
Then they opened the Liffey St shop and put their offices in the basement beneath, nefore moving the offices upstairs over the shop, on the 2nd floor.
The space beneath was then used as storage, although the Official Playstation Magazine Ireland was based there for a time as well.
But quickly they expanded, they opened a series of shops before being bought by Gamestop, and the rest is history.

On a brighter note, they are talking about a return to renting games, which would be cool, given the amount of folk that finish the likes of Bioshock in a couple of hours.

Butch Cassidy

Gamestop on Henry St have Neo Contra for €18. Seems very excessive, where do they get their prices from?

sengoku

I found this pic helpful when deciding on a new game.

Augmerson

Butch Cassidy wrote: »

Problem with Adverts is there's people either buying up games to sell them on or there's some people that are convinced their PS2 phat launch with a controller, memory card a dozen games (the usuals!) is absolutely worth at least €150!

We're a nation of scopions and foxes....

There is a lot of people trying to sell on their PS2's right now, alot of people being very unrealistic about what they can get for them. I've seen prices on adverts that were closer to the actual retail price 4 years back when the PS2 still had a leg to stand on.

Sengoku wrote:

I found this pic helpful when deciding on a new game.

That's not a bad chart.

Butch Cassidy

Augmerson wrote: »

There is a lot of people trying to sell on their PS2's right now, alot of people being very unrealistic about what they can get for them. I've seen prices on adverts that were closer to the actual retail price 4 years back when the PS2 still had a leg to stand on.

Yeah I don't get it at all! Trying to sell PS2 phat with a few games for a hundred euro?! What planet are these people on! The gas thing is they'll refuse any genuine offers and take offense and then not sell the thing and eventually it'll either get thrown out or be left gathering dust. As long as you're getting more than what a game shop will offer then people should be jumping at the chance!

Is this how so many other consoles and games ended up lying in people's attics? They couldn't sell them on for near what they paid for them and weren't getting good trade in so thought "f-ck it, it can stay in the attic"