The game was particularly praised for its squad management mechanics, which were unique for the time and gave the FPS genre, which was considered stale in , a new lease of life. The iconic Call of Duty series wasn't always known for its online shooters set in modern times, as the first handful of games took players back to World War 2. Another fact about the series that seems odd today is that the first two games weren't released on a PlayStation console.
Series spin-off Call of Duty 2: Big Red One wasn't too dissimilar to the original Call of Duty 2 , leading to criticisms and a reduced Metascore of 77 compared to the original's 86 and However, this wasn't an issue for PlayStation 2 owners, as it was their first taste of the Call of Duty gameplay formula.
If Michael Bay was to make a video game, it would probably be something like Black. The game had some incredible visual design for the time, high-quality sound effects, and used real actors for cutscenes.
Developers Criterion Games created Black with the idea of making it the FPS version of their Burnout games, and it certainly achieves it. The game has wonderfully over-the-top action with land mines, grenades, cars, and even buildings frequently exploding during the objective-based gameplay, making Black one of the most cinematic gaming experiences available on the PS2.
The movie tie-in game with the oddly specific title surprised gamers upon release. Movie tie-in games are often looked down upon and rightly criticized for being rushed as the developers often have tight time schedules to adhere to, ensuring that their game is released in line with the corresponding film. Many gamers thought that this would be the case with King Kong. Even the title implied that the game would be a cash grab, with publishers Ubisoft seemingly desperate to let consumers know that it was related to the hit film.
However, developers Ubisoft Montpellier did an excellent job with King Kong. With no HUD and fantastic sound effects, the game was extremely immersive and played like a survival horror title. Along with the FPS gameplay, King Kong also featured enjoyable third-person sections with players controlling the iconic gorilla himself.
Before the Modern Warfare series revolutionized online gaming, there was the original trilogy. Call of Duty 3's single-player mode was broken into four sections, with American, British, Polish, and Canadian campaigns. That said, it sounds like much of this, if not all of this, may finally remedy itself. A new patent from Sony Interactive Entertainment has surfaced online. And who's behind the patent? The whole game is classic RPG action at its best with more upgrading and collectable action than you can shake a stick at.
We highly recommend trying this game out even if just for creating new Personas in the velvet room. With four modes of play including Freeplay and World Circuit, Tricky provides maximum thrills with the added player hostility that makes these games so interesting.
SSX games allow players to hit each other in order to knock characters off course. As far as gameplay is concerned, the courses and characters all look amazing. Just check out those mountains in the picture above! Garibaldi and Alaska serve as two new courses, with the other tracks providing altered versions from the original SSX game. Like most racing games, SSX Tricky has a boost bar that players must fill.
Characters pull off insane tricks called Uber Moves once the boost bar is full. Land Uber Moves successfully and reap the rewards of infinite boost, allowing gamers to zip past opponents like a noss-fuelled toboggan.
Punch and nose grab the move, not a real nose your way to glory in this epic EA sports title. Could the cover for Dark Cloud make it look any more like a Zelda game? Dark Cloud is another RPG title in our list of the best PS2 games, providing gamers with dungeons, monsters, and collectible hunting a-plenty.
I love the tense battles in this game and the treasure hunting features, all of which make me want to give up my job and become an adventurer. Like Windbound although Dark Cloud did it first , players need to watch a thirst meter as well as a health meter. Get some fluids in you, quickly! Toan hacks and slashes his way through the game world collecting orbs to rebuild nature. Ransacking dungeons and battling enemies twice his size are daily occurrences, but he seems to enjoy getting stuck in.
The game has some RPG battle elements and boasts a weapon upgrading system. GameCube gamers finally had the chance to use Link in epic battles, and Xbox users held the power of Spawn in their hands.
Players battle a series of characters in the story mode, unlocking new weapons and costumes as they go. Each character has a Soul Edge weapon that causes devastating damage but also drains health at the same time. Nightmare and Astaroth are the two best characters for bludgeoning everything in sight. If you still have friends to play couch co-op with, then SoulCalibur II is an amazing title to kick back with on a Saturday afternoon while tucking into a pizza.
Yes, up next is the legendary Guitar Hero. It was the very first title in an epic series that saw gamers around the globe rocking out to their favourite tracks. Using the plucking button and pressing the coloured buttons in the right time and order will make you feel like a rock god right from the word go. You can even work a whammy bar for some extra live gig feels. This game was amazing and great fun to play with your friends, especially when the different guitar styles started coming out.
Shiranui certainly has a less stressful time than Link without Midna around, and the Sume-e ink artwork in this game is still as breathtaking today as it was back in Well, the game sees you playing as a Japanese sun goddess named Amaterasu.
She can transform into a legendary white wolf by the name of Shiranui and use magical abilities to complete her quest.
The gameplay is in fact modelled on the Legend of Zelda, but not a direct copy like Windbound. The director, Hideki Kamiya, cited the series as one of his favourites.
Amaterasu can use her magic to attack enemies that you encounter, and also to bring colour back into the world of Nippon by using the Celestial Brush.
Just look at that artwork! Another open world game, Jak 3 brings all of the features that gamers love about the dynamic duo to a brand new adventure brimming with crazy weapons and exciting items. Missions make up the majority of this game, with specific challenges requiring completion in order to progress.
New characters appear for gamers to interact with as they move around the unique Jak and Daxter universe. If you have followed the series or played the original Devil May Cry game, then this third instalment is set before the events of the first game. You follow Dante, but a younger version of the character that many of you will know and love. The story follows the turbulent relationship he has with his brother, Virgil, and is jam-packed full of demon slashing goodness to keep you occupied for hours on end.
It also used some pre-rendered Full Motion Video clips, but not the corny kind that you might find in the best Sega CD games! Thank goodness for those mid-level checkpoints in the Special Edition! Konami sure knows how to make great survival horror games, and this is one of the weirdest and best around. B Retro Dodo will not be held responsible for any pant wetting experienced while playing this game. Silent Hill is psychological horror at its best. Critics praised the way that the subject matter was handled, including the metaphors, symbolism, and taboo topics that Konami threw into the mix.
Evil virus comdems all of the citizens of Racoon City to wander around as ugly undead cronies. Big monsters, abandoned buildings, and with a freak-out factor of The gameplay revolves less around survival horror elements as it did in the previous games and more about action-filled gunfights and mass-zombie-culling. The villagers in this game can work together to try to eat you alive. They are capable of wielding weapons and throwing projectiles too, so you better keep your wits about you.
In a new development for the series, you can shoot different body parts with different results too. Resident Evil 4 was originally meant to be a GameCube release only, but has since gone on to sell million copies over multiple platforms! Few racing games can like up to the legendary Gran Turismo series. With insane backdrops, realistic gameplay, and amazing cars, Gran Turismo 4 remains one of the best racing games ever made to this day and certainly influenced many titles that came after it.
That would totally have made me a better driver in real life too! I love racing games that have a large number of cars to choose from. You can chose from get ready over cars in this game! Some of them go as far back as s; imagine racing around the Grand Canyon in a Daimler Motor Carriage!! Sly 2: Band of Thieves takes the 13th spot in this list of the best PS2 games of all time! Twinned with epic platformer elements and graphics akin to Spyro and Banjo-Kazooie, Sly 2 is a cracking game that players of all ages can enjoy….
Band of Thieves boasts a different style of level from the first Sly game, adding enough new features to draw fans back for another bite of the cherry. Sly, Bentley, and Murray are after pieces of Clockwerk, the antagonist from the first game.
Players can choose to use one of the three characters in a number of exciting missions, knocking back guards while watching that all important health bar. Each character has different skills to help players in their missions.
Bentley is stealthy and has computer-hacking skills, Sly can pickpocket guards, and Murray smashes everything in sight. You can upgrade your characters progressing through the game's compelling narrative, which is faithful to the X-Men franchise.
The game offers fully-destructible 3D environments and intense cinematic sequences. You can choose between single- or multiplayer modes. If you love the world of X-Men and want to plunge yourself into an engaging adventure in this reality, this is definitely the game to try.
The Gran Turismo series has revolutionized the sim racer genre. Expectations were rightfully high after the success of Gran Turismo 3.
After numerous delays, Gran Turismo 4 was finally available for PlayStation 2 owners in Luckily the sheer amount of content within the game made up for the delays. Players could choose from over cars. This absurd amount of car selection was split into 80 car manufacturers. The car diversity is truly astounding. In addition, Gran Turismo 4 boasts a total of 51 tracks.
There are a few different game modes in GT4. However, most game modes consist of racing against AI to earn better positions and lap times.
A new photo mode allowed the player to take screenshots of their cars on the various gorgeous tracks. Given that the visuals were incredible this game mode was a huge success. Visually, Gran Turismo 4 is stunning. The excellent audio quality also pairs with the graphics to offer a complete audiovisual performance. The sound of vehicle engines will blow you away.
An online mode would have elevated this game from amazing to perfection. Racing against others online would have added a competitive edge to GT4.
In addition, this iteration was criticized for not innovating gameplay from Gran Turismo 3. Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves was the final of the original Sly trilogy. It wrapped up one of the most iconic PlayStation exclusives ever made.
It was also the last mainline game of the franchise to be released for a long time. Sly 3 Honor Among Thieves was released in while the fourth and final iteration of the franchise was released eight years later in The developers chose to venture into an interesting direction by making Sly less of a focal point.
Instead, the game shines thanks to its large cast of playable characters. Each character is imbued with a unique personality. The player goes through platforming-based levels in which Sly and company can pickpocket their way to success. Getting past the guards provides some thrilling gameplay.
Unfortunately, a hour story mode may feel a tad brief for gamers who enjoy sinking more time into their games. They are imbued with a respectable charm that is easy to fall for.
The two-player mode can offer some additional fun for a few hours. The game is quite easy to run through for experienced players. Without the option to adjust the difficulty, older gamers may feel shortchanged. To make up for its slight issues, Sly 3 offers excellent boss battles and a plot that will keep you invested from start to finish. Yakuza takes you into that world as Kazuma, a former Yakuza rising star who is trying to rebuild his reputation after serving a year prison sentence.
The Yakuza is a complex criminal organization that has often been mythologized and employed in action and adventure plots. Order, honor, and respect hold great importance within the Yakuza, but so does ruthlessness. Especially when he is caught in a spiraling plot involving missing money and a mysterious girl named Haruka. Playing as Kazuma, you have to try and unravel the mystery using your wits and your fists to get to the truth and survive in the process.
Yakuza offers complex, captivating characters, great attack combos and plenty of weapons and other items to collect via side missions. Whether you like a good storyline and plenty of action, Yakuza is definitely worth adding to your collection. When you find the best game for PS2 you are going to want to collect all of the versions. The Mega Man Anniversary Collection allows you to enjoy the eight popular games previously released, plus two new ones!
The games are based the series Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan, which follows a boy who volunteers to be converted into a fighting robot after his creator is betrayed and his fellow robots are corrupted by the treacherous Dr.
The Mega Man Anniversary Collection allows you to enjoy all of the original 8-bit games, from the very first to Mega Man 8 and two new Mega Man games, while removing the lag that had been present when the games first debuted. This allows you to play your favorite old-school game without all of the old-school-gaming problems. If you're looking for a new PS2 game, there are plenty of great options to consider. But how do you choose the perfect game to add to your collection?
Or the best PS2 game to gift to a gamer? We have you covered on both! If you're shopping for yourself, you probably have an idea of what you like and dislike. Here are a few tips while shopping. Remember that every gamer is different; some people may hate a certain feature in a game, while others may think that the game is a hit because of that one feature. Some people also tend to bump down their reviews for reasons that have nothing to do with the game.
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