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Title: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Stalwart on October 16, 2009, 04:17:02 PM
- Our DVD player is dying. 
- Might as well replace with Blue-Ray.
- Might as well get a Play Station 3 for a Blue Ray player.
- Heard that Play Station 3 will support Play Station 2 games.
- Play Station 2 games are cheaper now.

So...  What's the "cherry pick list" from the long catalog of Play Station 2 games.

This will be mostly for my 10 and 12 year old gamers in the house.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Spikes on October 16, 2009, 04:29:32 PM
Madden...
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: StokesAk on October 16, 2009, 04:30:19 PM
I played the "Ace Combat" series, they rock.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Wedge1126 on October 16, 2009, 04:38:03 PM
The new Playstation 3 Slim doesn't have backwards compatibility. If you want to play PS2 games on a PS3, you need to make sure you get an old version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_Slim#Slim_model
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Anodizer on October 16, 2009, 04:38:29 PM
Any of the Gran Turismo series  :aok  And what Wedge Antilles up there said     /\   /\
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Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: phatzo on October 16, 2009, 04:39:23 PM
medal of honor
V8 supercars 3
Colin McCrae rally
WRC extreme

Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Tec on October 16, 2009, 04:39:32 PM
Gran Turismo series, Tony Hawk, Medal of Honor, Max Payne, Tiger, lots of good games for the PS2.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Stalwart on October 16, 2009, 04:52:40 PM
The new Playstation 3 Slim doesn't have backwards compatibility. If you want to play PS2 games on a PS3, you need to make sure you get an old version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_Slim#Slim_model

Rgr That...  Thank you for saving me grief on that point.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Banshee7 on October 16, 2009, 05:10:14 PM
Madden, Guitar Heroes, Rock Bands.  That's pretty much all I play on PS3.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: mensa180 on October 16, 2009, 05:12:21 PM
MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB EDITION

Love that game.  I've made so many vettes :lol
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Ruler2 on October 16, 2009, 05:16:45 PM
Rumble Racing.  Although not a whole ton of people have heard of it, you'll never put the controller down once ya play  :D
Star Wars Battlefront I and II   Both great games, sorta like AH except it's mainly infantry
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: texastc316 on October 16, 2009, 05:40:33 PM

SOCOM
MoH
ea hockey and college football
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Enker on October 16, 2009, 07:58:53 PM
Ace Combat: Zero has the best storyline, but Ace Combat 5 has the better wingmen AI (They can actually do Air to Ground attacks!). Very good games in their own rights though.
Star Wars Battlefront II, it is nigh impossible to find a copy of SWBI that isn't scratched badly enough to affect the game (Mine came with a scratch, and now I hear wookie calls in the stead of background music. :( )
Katamari Damacy has probably THE best soundtrack of any Waaay-Out-There game, and is pretty cool to play too.
The .Hack//GU series is a RPG series, with a fairly silly game-mechanic of "Pseudo-MMORPG in a Playstation 2 game," but if you can get around the "psuedo game in a game" idea and the fact that all you really need to do is alternate between X and R1 to win, it is a fun, if very long game series.

Now, if you want to go into the "Essential Classics," on the PSN, they should have Megaman Legends 1 and 2.
G-Darius is easily one of the best arcade shooters ever, and was ported onto the PS2 in Taito Legends 2, though the PS1 version has the same, and comes with the case. Also available on the PSN.
Megaman X4 and X5 are also great games, and just as difficult as a Megaman game SHOULD be.

I have heard good things about the Ratchet & Clank series, same with the Jak & Daxter series.

On a final note, do NOT get Secret Weapons Over Normandy or IGPX. Not very good games.
 :salute
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Sandman on October 16, 2009, 08:01:24 PM
Tourist Trophy (http://www.us.playstation.com/TouristTrophy/)
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Ack-Ack on October 16, 2009, 08:39:16 PM
- Our DVD player is dying. 
- Might as well replace with Blue-Ray.
- Might as well get a Play Station 3 for a Blue Ray player.
- Heard that Play Station 3 will support Play Station 2 games.
- Play Station 2 games are cheaper now.

So...  What's the "cherry pick list" from the long catalog of Play Station 2 games.

This will be mostly for my 10 and 12 year old gamers in the house.

If you want any hope of playing a PS2 game on a PS3, you'll have to search for I think it was the original 60gig version when the PS3 first launched.  This was the only PS3 that was backwards compatible with PS2 games since it was basically a PS2/PS3 (in addition to the Cell technology that powered the PS3, it also had the PS2 processor).  Good luck finding one, probably could find a used one on eBay.


ack-ack
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: AirFlyer on October 16, 2009, 09:08:48 PM
IF ya grab a PS3 Killzone 2 is a must have FPS IMO.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Clone155 on October 16, 2009, 09:18:47 PM
I don't have it, but alot of my friends say Killzone 2 really sucks. And I liked secret weapons over normandy, it had great CV battles, but you might need to add the cheats first
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Enker on October 16, 2009, 10:26:15 PM
I don't have it, but alot of my friends say Killzone 2 really sucks. And I liked secret weapons over normandy, it had great CV battles, but you might need to add the cheats first
Yeah, you can call them great, but fighting against ~60 planes while defending a couple of ships that should have AA, yet don't is not my idea of fun. Also, cheats without beating the game first is weak.  :neener:
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Nefarious on October 16, 2009, 11:09:30 PM
Heroes of the Pacific.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Banshee7 on October 16, 2009, 11:14:29 PM
The Call oif Duties are fun, too.  I like 1v1ing my brother in Multiplayer mode...usually ends in fist fights...
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: OOZ662 on October 17, 2009, 12:53:40 AM
Personally, I think it's worth it to buy all the console versions of the Ace Combat series so that you can see the plotline evolving. Well, except Ace Combat 3, which was a game on massive scale (think Final Fantasy 7 kinda thing) in Japan, but was cut to bare boring minimum for the NTSC versions. Tragic shame. (Also, "Ace Combat 1" is actually called Air Combat. Don't ask me why.)
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Plawranc on October 17, 2009, 06:31:36 AM
Mercenaries 1 on PS2 and Mercenaries 2 on PS3

Imagine grand theft auto in a warzone. Basicly: Jack tanks and run over mindless enemies while blowing up EVERYTHING..... all by youre own free will.

Plus, who doesnt like a tactical nuke for 1 million each when you have 3 billion in the bank.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Swoop on October 17, 2009, 06:37:39 AM
Gran Turismo 4 (until this december when GT5 comes out on the PS3).
Tourist Trophy like Sandman said.  It's the motorbike version of GT4.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Speed55 on October 17, 2009, 07:56:04 AM
I gave my Ps2 to my brother years ago, but this was BY FAR my favorite game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqBPuUidk8Y
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Ruler2 on October 17, 2009, 10:38:07 AM
Personally, I think it's worth it to buy all the console versions of the Ace Combat series so that you can see the plotline evolving. Well, except Ace Combat 3, which was a game on massive scale (think Final Fantasy 7 kinda thing) in Japan, but was cut to bare boring minimum for the NTSC versions. Tragic shame. (Also, "Ace Combat 1" is actually called Air Combat. Don't ask me why.)


Would you happen to still have a copy of AC3 layin around? I got one, but it's uber scratched and dosen't work most of the time.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: Halo on October 17, 2009, 10:39:08 AM
For PS3: Warhawk, Call of Duty 4, Dangerous Hunts 2009.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: OOZ662 on October 17, 2009, 05:28:19 PM

Would you happen to still have a copy of AC3 layin around? I got one, but it's uber scratched and dosen't work most of the time.

I have every Ace Combat game (except the crappy GBA version), but I prize each and every one. :D Sorry. eBay looks to have plenty of copies, though.

Warhawk

Ever play the PS1 version? I loved that game, but the cutscenes got to me when I was really little.
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: bj229r on October 17, 2009, 08:10:54 PM
I thought the newest generation of PS3 ('slim')  doesnt support the 2 games? kid has a 80 gig 3 (which DOES support '2' games..) with bad blue ray drive..repair is 150$...or spend 300$ for brand new
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: OOZ662 on October 17, 2009, 10:36:17 PM
I thought the newest generation of PS3 ('slim')  doesnt support the 2 games?

If you read further, you'll see it was already rebutted.

I'm glad my PS3 is 320GB. I put all my media on it. :D
Title: Re: What are the essential Playstation 2 games?
Post by: AirFlyer on October 17, 2009, 10:47:28 PM
I thought the newest generation of PS3 ('slim')  doesnt support the 2 games? kid has a 80 gig 3 (which DOES support '2' games..) with bad blue ray drive..repair is 150$...or spend 300$ for brand new

The only PS3's that will support PS2 game whether is be via software emulation or hardware will have a serial of; CECHBxx, CECHAxx, CECHCxx, or CECHExx. None of these are still in production so your gonna have to go to Amazon, Ebay, etc to find them.

Hope this helps.