PS2 Essentials

Not that violence is a good thing in and of itself.

Also SCORE for your friends!

i just finished Ico last night and was so impressed. i've never played a game like it (i guess tomb raider is the closest equivalent). have you played that Ronan? it is pretty "easy" once you realise the camera angles are telling you pretty much where to go.. very very few times do you have to replay any part of it (one of my least favourite aspects of the way most video games work)

i'm sucked in, though - need shadow of the colossus!

one of the biggest revelations about Ico, which only came to me moments before finishing it, is that it works MUCH better if you discard the stubborn idea inherent to playing and "winning" most adventure and/or platform games that you must look for "secret" doorways, handles, etc. and generally run about like an attention-deficit idiot. in Ico things suddenly get a lot smoother if you just go with the flow. you won't be left in the lurch.

gears of war is habit-forming

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how do you mean, habit-forming?

sorry, I think I may be addicted

in fact there's no think about it - even though it has it's problems, especially in online multiplayer, it's a great game

problems with it:

- lots of glitches (chainsawing ppl with guns other than the rifle; shooting will roadie-running (the fast run thing you do); running v.v. fast (2x roadie-run speed); weapon-sliding (still moving when picking up weapon))
- roadie-running still not ideal and often sucks you into cover when you don't want to
- can't shoot/melee people when they are chainsawing or kerb-stomping
- terrible terrible lag issues makes the host near untouchable
- attracts a host of ppl with bad attitudes (there are lots of racists and homophobes on live)

great things:
- great control system (only blighted by roadie-run teething problem) though should be customisable;
- balanced weapons;
- great maps with lots of cover and strategic opportunities;
- looks f'n amazing, even over live

^^^lol at me

anyway, 1xodin sphere is winging its way to me

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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y220/edbighead/BikerMice.jpg

:D :D :D do u want any more reccs??

odin sphere is fun timez

it's gorgeous

love lord brigan and king odin's sprites

http://faqsmedia.ign.com/faqs/image/article/795/795988/odin_im24.jpg

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/images/gallery/9/2007/02/medium_390619228_e4e38a826a_o.jpg

that boss fight with gwendolyn is ^_^

did you complete os?

other games not mentioned on this thread, kinda overlooked and worth picking up cos they're curios worth playing:

mr moskeeto
gregory horror show
freak out
sky odyssey
firefighter f.d. 18
echo night: beyond

games co-signed:

zone of the enders
gitaroo man

yah czn i beat it awhile ago. i'm actually playing through eternal poison right now (well, i will be when i get back home) but this thread is making me want to play through it again.

in the spirit of the thread title here is my T0P TEN PS2 RPGS:

01 Persona 3/FES
02 Dragon Quest VIII
03 Suikoden III
04 Dark Cloud 2
05 Rogue Galaxy
06 Odin Sphere
07 .hack - Parts 1-4: Infection to Quarantine
08 Growlanser V: Generations
09 Shadow Hearts
10 Xenosaga

limited myself to one title per series otherwise suikoden V would probably be on there too. same with some of the other shin megami/persona titles, probably nocturne.

kuon

I have yakuza 2 winging its way to me : )

(not played kuon, just liked the look of the trailer)

seems kind of meh but i haven't played it either. xp to myself but the first three games on my list are str8 up must plays imo they make up part of the all time cannon for me just complete classics.

yeah wouldn't pay more than a few bucks for these games tbh

def going to track down a copy of persona 3; want to try project zero too, heard good things

I want to own Persona 3 really bad but it is still $30 at the used games store (used). wtf?!?!

I ended up getting Rogue Galaxy for $18 instead.

anyone play breath of fire: dragon quarter?

Kuon looks amazing!

Lamp, I'm surprised you rate Suikoden III above V, for me it's the opposite... either way though, I love Suikoden, and I don't even really play JRPGs anymore.

rep harder for iii on story and looks - the trinity added a lot to the game for me and the secret chapters were sick. v had better gameplay but it was blockier and slower too so much less elegant.

anyone ever play the red star? pretty dope imo, it's like a cross between streets of rage style scrolling button masher and ikaruga bullet hell shmup

def worth it if you can pick it up for under £3

anyone got PAL copies of these they're looking to get rid of

mgs3: subsistence
zone of the enders 2: 2nd runner
grandia 2

i have all those games but not PAL :((

i have grandia 2 on dreamcast - it's kinda grindy, then it's a magic, weird evocation, a softly-spoken but deadly articulate curse wished on its whole genre. For like an hour, halfway through. Then it's kind of grindy again.

uhhh backlog
http://4.media.tumblr.com/UmgbcxYFvjkvrl3iUguSeR8Uo1_500.jpg

looks like odin sphere o_O

i've been acquiring a box of p2 games, having never owned one before. i think they're mainly for if i get made redundant, so i don't immediately start to panic with boredom. it's about the same size as cozwn's picture of his backlog two posts previous.

today i was playing SILENT HILL 2 and it occurred to me that its secret progenitor was ZELDA. if you take the snes one as yr zelda in point then you even get the dark world/light world bullshit from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzJxIqBSJg

Anybody here ever play this game?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybZjxJquOs

no, but it even had my gf interested and she hates videogames (except mortal kombat for some reason)

It's a sequel / remake of the PC Engine game Gekisha Boy, btw...
http://ramenjunkie.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/robs-gekisha-boy-review-pce/

What was that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_sZwVoQv0

wait, what's the PS2 photo-taking game? I'm amazed it's not some mid-system life Dreamcast title

The ps2 photo one is Gekibo 2
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-r-77-1-49-en-15-Gekibo+2-70-e5l.html

looks like it came out in Europe too (maybe?), as Polaroid Pete
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=22285

my pal says the Eu release is most likely vaporware

has anyone ever played paparazzi or demolition girl?

my list of obscure to-play games

Polaroid Pete
Air Ranger Rescue Helicopter
Demolition Girl
Love Ping Pong
Paparazzi
Graffiti Kingdom
Way of the Samurai
Naval Ops: Warship Gunner
Panzer Front Ausf B
Ribbit King
Street Golfer
Deep Water
Code of the Samurai
Secret Weapons over Normanday

Secret Weapons over Normandy

This was trash imo

Speaking of obscurities, my brother lent me RoomMania #203 over the weekend, but I haven't had a chance to try to play it yet.

if you want a 2 player arcade game you should definitely get the ps1 Buster Bros. Collection (even though the sequels in the collection kinda suck)

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/19/sony-finally-launches-ps2-in-brazil-or-welcome-to-2000/

WTF

Hey cozwn, did you ever get through that PS2 backlog? Just curious!