Hitman Blood Money was a masterpiece of sandbox/stealth action and never gets enough love on these lists. It had just enough story to keep you interested while still allowing you some free time in the levels to just absorb the story of that specific level and all of the goings on within it. Plus the newspapers at the end of each level had cool Easter eggs and articles tailored to your play style that no other game has really revisited since
I feel like people prefer Blood Money way too much compared to Contracts, which was the more interesting game of the original Hitman series to me. But they were all great games.
The PS2 era, I consider to be the golden age of 3d games. No pay to win, or pay to unlock, no dumb shit hackers killing you through walls, great stories and great game play.
Bro I played tony hawk 4 online with the modem that came with FF11. My action replay worked when you were doing that, so I was one of those hackers at 12 years old. It was way too easy back then
I was with you until you mentioned hackers. Multiplayer servers were flooded with modders back in the day. Hell it was so easy I remember modding CoD 4 and WaW lobbies back when I was like 12 years old
The nostalgia is real. I can't tell you how many games on this list I still own and honestly probably haven't beaten 😅 Good thing my PS2 is still kickin'
Man I've looked in the past and finding a "new" is like a finding a unicorn in real life. 😅 I have a back up that I bought. A silver slim and I run it from time to time. Haven't had any problems. I bought it for 100$. If you shop around, your bound to find something worth it.
0:22 Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil 1:05 Final Fantasy XII & X 1:44 Dark Cloud 2:21 Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening 3:07 God Hand 3:55 Silent Hill 2 4:44 Jak II 5:30 Resident Evil 4 6:24 Bully 7:08 Persona 4 7:49 Kingdom Hearts & Kingdom Hearts II 8:37 Onimusha 3: Demon Siege 9:12 Tony Hawk's Underground 10:03 Okami 10:43 Shadow Of The Colossus 11:41 Sly Cooper And The Thievius Raccoonus 12:16 Ratchet & Clank 12:54 God Of War II 13:48 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 14:46 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Bonus : 15:58 Max Payne 2 16:01 Red Faction 16:06 Splinter Cell 16:09 SOCOM U.S Navy SEALs 16:12 Shadow Hearts: Covenant 16:14 Prince Of Persia : The Sands Of Time
I remember buying it and immediately running into the problem of running out of food/water/weapon repair, then shelving it for years. Went back and brute forced for awhile, and eventually fell completely in love with it.
The Warriors will always be one of my favorites! Spent lots of hours 100%’ing the story and building my own gangs, so many fun times and great memories. Things felt simpler in the ps2 and GameCube days😂🖤
Silent Hill 3 & 4, Soulcalibur 3, Rogue Galaxy, Castlevania Curse of Darkness, Hack//GU series, DB Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Valkyrie Profile Silmeria, Wild Arms 4 & 5. So many great games left out, it just goes to show how amazing the PS2 library was.
The original Drakengard was INSANE to my very young mind. Flying over a battlefield with what seemed to be over 1,000 soldiers and decimating them with your dragon to jumping down into the middle and slashing your way through the mob, then realizing that there was deeper lore than just hack and slash.
The coolest PS2 game that I can remember aside from the ones mentioned in this video is SSX Tricky. The music and the trick combinations are still fresh in my memory. Great video as always
SSX Tricky was such a great game. They don't make high score arcade sports games anymore which makes me kinda sad. Played that game a lot with my dad growing up.
Funny you should mention, The Nightmare Before Christmas. I remember being in a pub in London, many years ago and bought the Movie, from a dodgy bloke, for my little brother. It was that long ago, that it was on VHS I think.
You made me remember the special feeling of hearing the school bell and going back home as fast as I can to turn ON my PS2 and enjoy, our happiness and excitement in that time is exceptional no matter how the new games evolve.
People don't mention SOCOM enough when talking about the PS2 era. The SOCOM games were so amazing, pretty unique stealth for the time, and I played them over and over and over when I was a kid. Too bad we aren't seeing any ports of them :(
The Ps2 gives me so many memories! Friends stopping over at the weekend or coming round after school playing split screen. I remember playing GTA 3 when I was 10 and being in my element at the jump from the ps1 to the ps2 in 3d. How life was so much simpler back then.
Fr! The nostalgia is something else. When gaming was just about the vibe and bringing the best for the customers. Now its a run by corpos rushing it out for profits and micro transactions. Gameplay has gone down in my books. The games look good, but you'll be hard pressed to find great gameplay amongst moat games nowadays, there's only a few which is sad.
GTA3 blew my mind back when it came out. Played it at my best friends because I still had only a N64. Eventually i talked my parents into getting me a PS2, and GTA Vice City took over my life for a little while. When San Andreas came out…man. What an amazing ass game.
I do miss the games where you're engulfed in an amazing story, by yourself. No online, just you and the game. I feel like the stories back then we're focused on more because of this. Not to say that there aren't amazing single player games now.
There’s still the odd gem like The Last of Us 1 and God of War 2018. Unfortunately we have to accept that companies are selling us out to micro-transactions. It is what it is. Just don’t buy that rubbish and wait for the next gem
0:21 klonoa 1:04 ff12 1:43 dark cloud 2 2:20 Devil may cry 3 3:06 GOD HAND 3:54 silent hill 2 4:43 Jak 2 5:30 resident evil 4 6:22 Bully 7:09 persona 4 7:49 kingdom hearts 8:36 onimosha 3 demon siege 9:11 Tony hawk underground 10:02 OKAMI 10:43 shadow of the colossus 11:40 sly cooper 12:18 rachet and clank 12:53 God of War 2 13:45 GTA vice city 14:43 Metal gear solid 3 SNAKE EATER
So glad Socom was included as a mention. That was my biggest introduction to shooters and video games as a whole. I played some others before that but, it stuck with me the most by far.
Prince of Persia - Sands of Time. I'll never ever forget how emotionally invested I was into that game, especially the story. And even though the later two games failed to hit the same heights, the story of the trilogy as a whole coming full circle is still one of my favorite chain stories in gaming history alongwith the Witcher Trilogy and the first four Assassins' Creed games.
The PS2 has a library so vast it's hard to pick favorites :/ Zone of the Enders 2, Odin Sphere, Second Sight and Gitaroo Man are games that aren't mentioned much but hold a special place in my 6th gen nostalgia.
I don’t k one about anyone else here but Scarface: The World is Yours was really damn good as well and more of a hidden gem. It had its flaws for sure but man what a great game.
I played God Hand few years ago after watching the end credits OST on youtube. That game was a total blast, it would be awesome to have more games like that!
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets blew my mind as a kid, partially because of how long the loading times were but mostly because you were allowed to just wander around Hogwarts and explore the grounds. Definitely one of my top 5 PS2 games of all time.
The PS2 was such a legendary system. There were so many games from many different genres that were excelling, and there wasn't just one that took up all the attention. It was a time where everybody was playing different games, rather than playing the same half a dozen games that were in the spotlight that we do nowadays. It was a time where there were so many hidden and underrated gems that could easily be missed and you wouldn't know it. It was a time where licensed games were actually doing really damn good, some of which were even arguably the best of that system. It was a time where gaming was at it's most experimental and unique, and where developers and publishers took the most risks. Even if a game wasn't that great, it was likely to still have an identity and soul to it that would stick with you in some way. It's a wonderful and nostalgic system that rightfully deserves it's legacy in gaming history.
Kingdom Hearts 2 has got to be the most nostalgic for me because of how many worlds I got to explore! I remember just going to Milan’s world and gushing over how the palace looked
The Lord of the Rings games were pretty solid. I think Two Towers was the one i played the most but Return of the King was great too. Also the Harry potter games were pretty cool too.
Soul Reaver 2 was my all time favorite single player game from the PS2 era. It was the first game I played that had an amazing story and fantastic voice acting. If you make another video like this definitely consider including it on that list.
Okami is a drop dead gorgeous masterpiece, the introduction of japanese water color art and folklore made it a breath of fresh air. It is one of my top 10 favorite PS2 games, the colors were vibrant, the music was whimsically appealing to the ears with the Japanese instruments. The core mechanic of drawing and writing to make pathways, repair objects, complete constellations, etc made Okami it's own unique game. And playing as a white wolf when you have a button to bark whenever you wanted was quite funny.
Okami gave me a hint of that feeling I had back when I was completely engulfed within Ocarina of Time..and I’ll always love it for that. I remember thinking “dang, I’m about to finish this game huh?” Only to realize I was only half way there. Awesome times
Time Splitters 2, Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance and Dragon Quest were some of my favourites on the PS2. My all time favourite PS2 game is Kingdom Hearts II, but that's already mentioned in the list :)
Shadow of Rome is one my absolute favorites on the ps2, the combat and boss fights were so much fun and it sucks that they cancelled the sequel, such an underrated game.
Beyond: Good and Evil has been my favorite ps2 game since 10 years ago when I played it the first time! Too bad it's not on the list, but it wasn't that well known (cuz it's released together with another way more hyped up game, don't remember which one), so I kinda understand. But for me it's got everything; a unique, compelling story, an openworld that really feels alive, fun combat (for a game at that time) and great music scores. A year ago I decided to buy a ps2 again, after I sold my old one with some other older stuff to get a ps4. I felt SO much nostalgia, I was so happy. It's the game I usually return to when I boot my ps2 up again every now and then. I can really recommend it!
@@shanesmith2491 yeah keeping your hopes on a low pitch is maybe for the better, bg and e 1 was one of the best games i ever played, but with ubisoft and its game philosophies nowadays....
Definitely one of the better ones missing though with how often the boys bring it up in other top 10s i bet it'll appear in the next list! ^^ Not a popular title compared to a lot of the others at that time but it had so much charm in its world and characters that wasn't around much then and even less so now. If the sequel ever does see the light of day it doesn't look like it'll have anything that made the original so great but maybe it'll keep getting worked on till it does lol. At least we can hope for the best for now tho 😅🤞
PS2 had so many good games, the ones that stuck with me weren't huge hits, but I loved Shinobi and the sequel Nightshade, Way of the Samurai 1 and 2 were flawed but fantastic games with loads of replay value and not to mention Tenchu 3, which I got the best grade for all missions with all 3 characters.
• Freedom fighters • BLACK • Hitman 2 silent assassin • Assassin's Creed • Medal of honour vanguard • Killzone • NFS (All of them were good) love U2 and Mw • Midnight club • Burnout 3 takedown I'm sure there's a ton more🤣... PS2 is where gaming was at its peak👌🏾
I'd love to see the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver series brought back. Even if they just did a remaster. Soul Reaver Defiance was always one of my go to games on the PS2.
Damn this summed up my childhood/teen years. I may be slightly older just cause I love DMC 1 and Onimusha 1 and basically any game released 2000/2001. I was just around 13 and so many great games came out around that time. MGS2. Zone of the Enders. Dark Cloud 1. Still, love this list. What a time man.
Man Capcom had an incredible run for the PS2. Cool to see God Hand on here as I still have my original copy. My goodness was the fighting in the game so cool but so hard as well. And I thought DMC3 was hard. Glad to see MGS3 got top spot. That game is a masterpiece! Since then it’s been on my top 3 of all time.
DMC 3 GOD OF WAR. GOD HAND. RESIDENT EVIL. SILENT HILL. ONIMUSHA. GTA. these are the legends of the legends and we will never see something bg like them ever again
Yu-Gi-Oh duelist of the Rose's is definitely one of the best. The graphics at the time, cutscenes, way you can duel. It was amazing and wish they made another.
I bought this game just for the cards it came with. Some kind of feather duster card was really good at the time. Turned out to be the best Yu-Gi-Oh game ever. Even if you don't know how to play the game had it's own system and it was better
First of all just want to say I'm a massive fan of your content! Secondly I have to thank you for helping me solve q 20 year old problem. When I was a kid around 10 or 11, me and my family got a demo with Klonoa 2 on it. We loved it so much we wanted to get the full game. For some reason we could never find it in any of our game shops. So for the last 20 years every now and again I'd search for it to see if it even existed or if I had somehow imagined it. All but given up then I play this video and what's the first game on the list! Turns out I had been spelling it wrong this whole time. So yeah thank you for helping me solve this 20 year old mystery lol
The PS2 had some of the best and underrated RPGs. Not only FF12 and Persona 3 and 4, but also Dragon Quest 8, Legend of Mana, Rogue Galaxy, Star Ocean 3 and Wild ARMs 3, 4 and 5. Back then developers were not afraid to experiment with new ideas, and was a great time to be a gamer.
The Fatal Frame Trilogy! They were shared with the Xbox, yes, but they’re still some of the best horror games on the PS2! Also, how do you leave out the Yazuka games? The OG was fantastic all across the board, in addition to featuring one of the best English dubs of its time as well as being extremely ambitious and technology-pushing, and 2 was even better! Also, DMC3 was the game that not only set the bar for difficulty-at least in NA, prior to Special Edition-but it’s the game that resurrected and rebranded the series. DMC2 almost killed it, thanks to the creative team just not understanding or respecting what gamers had loved so much about the original, and 3 delivered a shock of adrenaline that made the series punch its way out of its coffin and slash its way back to the top as the absolute best in the Stylish Action genre!
That first Kingdom Hearts was such an amazing experience. I played it in my 20s when it came out, and I don't care how old you are...it is one of the best gaming experiences. It is one of only a handful of games I've 100%, and that ending...well...it tears me up every time.
When you say 100% does that mean you got all items and collectables including that item from the rare truffle in that silly jumping mini-game? If so then bravo sir! Never been able to do that one.
Need for Speed Underground 1, NFS: Underground 2, NFS: Most Wanted, and NFS: Carbon (Yes even that one.) was a great series and really enjoyed how the story was connected through all 4 of these games. And I loved Red Faction it was the First "REAL" PC game I ever played and loved how it had a true destructible environment for its time.
I had a PS2, I gave it away and watching these videos makes me want to play them again.Some of my favorites were God of war2, Shadow of Rome, Onimusha, Prince of Persia, Tekken 5, Dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3. I really think most them deserve a modern remake as they still hold up.
There's a bunch games I'd love to play again, Freedom Fighters, Def Jam Vendetta, State of Emergency, oh Lordy I'm off on a nostalgia trip now. Not all classics but just remember having so much fun playing them
Yeah they left out a fue good games they should have mentioned ones they dont really talk about isntead of listing a bunch that they always praise and have on almost every list
So glad you've put God Hand on the list! Truly an amazing and underrated game. It is also one of the hardest PS2 games ever, tbh. I dare you playing it on Hard difficulty without dying, lol.
The coolest thing about the PS2 era was going to the gaming store, picking a game randomly and knowing it was going to be a great experience when you got home. That level of trust is pretty much gone nowadays though
Played and beat MGS3 before but I've just recently started MGS2 for the first time and I've been missing something amazing. On a side note, I see MGS4 as the greatest in the series. So I ended up beating MGS2 a couple of days after posting this. Took me around 15 hours and its one of my favorites. I don't really see any game in the series being bad.
Whew...mgs4 was solid...all the mgs's are solid. But 3...3 is different. Hideo Kojima has the best mind for gaming, and if i ever get rich...im goin to get him outta retirement lol
Really? Hey whatever works for you man. I probably enjoy it the least, but phantom pain is my favorite. Sure the story isn't as great as the others, but the gameplay is so perfect I can't put it down. 100%ed it almost 3 times now and it's still not boring. Plus the cqc was finally good, I gotta go invade some bases now man
@@ВладиславБулаев-л3э Not a common one though. 4 was flawed in many aspects but since it was the first I played it holds a special place for me. It sparked an interest into playing the other games. Which I'm 100% any in the series could have done.
The TLOS games I played on ps2, “Eternal Night” and “Dawn of the Dragon”, are very underrated. Very immersive story, more puzzle-like elements, more rewarding collectibles, and much better combat. Those are my favorite Spyro games by far, and I’m saying that as someone who played the OG Spyro games as a child.
I see you are a person of culture. I wish they would stop obsessing over CoD sales and make another TLoS game. Seeing Cynder take the details of her backstory and redemption further and seeing more elemental powers from both dragons would be a dream come true for me. The most I can expect at the moment is a classic incarnation of Cynder, but I'm not losing hope.
@@Aslimb6gd Here's to hoping that if the Activision-Xbox deal goes through, maybe we could see the originals become backwards compat, and possibly more
Great video. Twisted Metal Black wasnt only an early game but one of my favorites on the system. That and GTA 3 were a huge part of my memories of getting the console early on. The first DMC too. Loved Max Payne. So many classics on that console. God Hand I actually discovered purely by accident. I picked up a PS3 at launch and saw God Hand in the game store. There were not many PS3 launch games so I picked up a random PS2 game to play on the console for 20 bucks. I figured it would be decent since Capcom was on the box. Turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time.
RATCHET AND CLANK. Any of the PS2 trilogy. 1st game has the best story and atmosphere. 2nd game has the best content/ levels/ guns. 3rd game has the best gameplay and characters. Music in all 3 is God-tier and unlike any music you get in games today. The whole tone and vibe of those original games is so unique and amazing. I'm glad you included Going Commando in this. It's arguably the strongest.
Up Your Arsenal is still my favorite. Guns that evolved multiple times, getting all the Omega forms, IMO the best battle arena, and was all around FUN even after 30 playthroughs
Jak 2 was the first game i ever played on the PS2 and after that it was Sly 3, those games will always have a special place in my heart! Man i really miss those days!
PS2 is the best console in my opinion. It had some of the greatest games ever made. Def jam fight for New York, gta san Andreas, gta 3, killer 7. Ea games were actually good, developers were not afraid to experiment with new ideas .
Thanks for this video, I now have some games I missed out on back in the day that I look forward to trying out as I just bought another ps2 two weeks ago. Resident Evil 4 was and still is incredible and it’s a game I hold close to my heart as my dad and I spent a lot of time on that one together.
If I had known as a kid that as an adult I'd have a PS2 with a 1TB HDD loaded with any game I want on it it would have blown my mind. As it is, I'm still quite enjoying it.
Damn i just checked the games on yt search, and dang this game its was forgettable by me, i'm almost didn't recognized that by the names, this game actually my childhood and 1 of the best 3rd party shooters
There were a few games I never played on this list but got to say I agree with most it. One game I wished did better for it's time and was underrated classic was Rogue Galaxy as it was a fantastic JRPG on the PS2 and took a lot from the Dark Cloud series.
@@lucapietro3023 That is why I said it was sad it didn't do well when it launched. I caught wind of it thanks a Gamestop employee pushing the game hard on anyone buying PS2 games and I'm glad he did. Loved the demo and bought it when it came out. I'm glad it got ported onto the network though so I could replay it and it still holds up really well.
You might also like xenosaga. It was a space epic that spanned 3 games sort of like mass effect did. By the end of it you team up with Jesus to fight some guy who wants to reset the universe so some god doesn't eat it or something insane. I loved it as a kid BUT... As an adult it's really really creepy. I've also heard this about the xenoblade games but there's no way it was as bad as xenosaga
YES YES TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND! Getting recognition it deserves. I hate that I haven't met hardly any people who have played it. I didnt even own a ps2. But my neighbor did and I played Kingdom hearts 2 and loved it. It will always be one of my favorite childhood games
Another game I didn’t see on the list was burnout 3. Best racing game of all time imo. Great line of races and events so much to collect and many achievements to unlock, perfect sound track. Fantastic single player experience to this day.
I spent dozens and dozens of hours playing Kessen 2. The tactical side mixed with the musou gameplay was perfectly balanced, your choices actually made a difference to the development of the story, great graphics with loads of soldiers and units on screen, the fact that beating the game would unlock the chance to replay it as the other faction, which completely changed each mission ... What a game!
As a fan of dynasty warriors 2 and the first kessen game, my mind was blown away when I acquired kessen 2!! I didn't have almost any sleep for three days
Kingdom Hearts was the reason I wanted a ps2. I was a huge Disney kid and loved the idea of exploring different Disney worlds and fighting with the main characters. I remember when kh2 came out, I got a strategy guide with it. Wish I still had it 😓
@@retrosoul8770 you can put older machine gaming against ps2, but ps2 having the longest fun & best console gaming experience era of all times, because 2000s was the best times, can't blame u, if your not born in this era.
I know its not technically a single player game because the best way to experience it is with friends on multiplayer, but I'm surprised Tales of the Abyss was not on this list. An extremely good JRPG that can be experienced 100% single player worth a play from any RPG or JRPG fan. Amazing characters Great story incredible combat just overall amazing game.
This was the best videogame era. Developers were experimenting and nobody was overusing a formula like it was going out of style. Also, Spartan? Shadow Of Rome? Samurai Western? So many games, man.
I am currently playing through every single Playstation 2 game. 316 games in and theres so many fantastic games ive played with sooo many more to go! Such a great list, Vice City is still my #1 GTA Game!!
I have seen you before. What you are doing is massive. I am going to try to do that but with the best games first on PS2. Didn't have it as a kid so I've got a lot to play.
great list. some other big ones for me: time splitters 2, beyond good and evil, shin megmai nocturne, and .hack sign (though they started getting very repetitive it was magical at first like kingdom hearts)
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Socom series?
Damn my last ps2 game was socom us navy seals at age 12 in 2002 before Xbox(2002-2019)
Now on PlayStation
Hitman Blood Money was a masterpiece of sandbox/stealth action and never gets enough love on these lists. It had just enough story to keep you interested while still allowing you some free time in the levels to just absorb the story of that specific level and all of the goings on within it. Plus the newspapers at the end of each level had cool Easter eggs and articles tailored to your play style that no other game has really revisited since
I love this game so much!! Still revisit it to this day
I originally got blood money for the 360 absolutely loved it! Then I bought it for the Ps2. Still one of my favorite games to this day!
@@FN_Himothy Same here. I absolutely loved the new trilogy, but Blood Money is still the best in the series imho.
GREAT CALL!! Kicking myself that I didn't think of that.
I feel like people prefer Blood Money way too much compared to Contracts, which was the more interesting game of the original Hitman series to me. But they were all great games.
The PS2 will always hold a special place in my gaming memory. 🖤
I still got mine and I’m not planing on selling it like you said it has a special place
@@bash8387 Same it's lasting longer than my ps3 which finally shit out on me
@@PsilocybeJedi my original ps1 still plays ff7 and GEX no problem
The good Old day 😭
Gaming nemory.. u became a robot?
NFS Most Wanted. Not really a single player but definitely one of the most nostalgic games.
@@riley-6324 That and Carbon
Underground 2 beats that
@@labermichnichtzu8003 i'll agree to that. mw felt way to repetitive. the only "fun" i had was fleeing the cops
What do you mean not single player, I remember it had a campaign
most wanted wasnt usually played online.
27 years old and I'm STILL discovering ps2 games to this day. There will never be another gen like the ps2
26 years old and still playing PS2 games on my android using emulator 😅
It was the 3rd best gaming generation ever!
@@dhrikalyxoxo1185 how?
@@dhrikalyxoxo1185 I too just completed God of war 2
same but im 25
As a former environment artist on Bully, it makes me so proud to see that game get so much love. :)
Are you really? Excellent job! Bully is the only game that get me coming back for more on the ps2 the music and humor are top notch👌
My favourite Rockstar game. Well done man. Bullworth remains fun to explore largely because it looks so damn good 👌
@@tyclips4155 thanks! Feels like a lifetime ago.
The PS2 era, I consider to be the golden age of 3d games. No pay to win, or pay to unlock, no dumb shit hackers killing you through walls, great stories and great game play.
Oh you must have not played socom 2. One of my favorite multiplayer games ever, but the hackers got insane in public lobbies
Bro I played tony hawk 4 online with the modem that came with FF11. My action replay worked when you were doing that, so I was one of those hackers at 12 years old. It was way too easy back then
Socom was just awesome in general. So many hours into those games
I was with you until you mentioned hackers. Multiplayer servers were flooded with modders back in the day. Hell it was so easy I remember modding CoD 4 and WaW lobbies back when I was like 12 years old
@@mmcmullen7411 so we had similar childhoods I see lol
The PS2 is literally a gold mine of videogames, the amount great games and even still discovering games I never seen for it is insane.
The nostalgia is real. I can't tell you how many games on this list I still own and honestly probably haven't beaten 😅
Good thing my PS2 is still kickin'
Is it possible to find a new one these days or in excellent condition which mustn't cost 500$?
Man I've looked in the past and finding a "new" is like a finding a unicorn in real life. 😅
I have a back up that I bought. A silver slim and I run it from time to time. Haven't had any problems. I bought it for 100$. If you shop around, your bound to find something worth it.
0:22 Klonoa 2 Lunatea's Veil
1:05 Final Fantasy XII & X
1:44 Dark Cloud
2:21 Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening
3:07 God Hand
3:55 Silent Hill 2
4:44 Jak II
5:30 Resident Evil 4
6:24 Bully
7:08 Persona 4
7:49 Kingdom Hearts & Kingdom Hearts II
8:37 Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
9:12 Tony Hawk's Underground
10:03 Okami
10:43 Shadow Of The Colossus
11:41 Sly Cooper And The Thievius Raccoonus
12:16 Ratchet & Clank
12:54 God Of War II
13:48 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
14:46 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Bonus :
15:58 Max Payne 2
16:01 Red Faction
16:06 Splinter Cell
16:09 SOCOM U.S Navy SEALs
16:12 Shadow Hearts: Covenant
16:14 Prince Of Persia : The Sands Of Time
No San andreas and Resident evil 4? What the hell?!
@@davidjskelet San Andreas is not on the video but Resident Evil 4 is included.
You Try to watch it once again so that it doesn't happen wrong
@@G4System ah, ok.
Cheers. The content owner should have really added it in the video or a list at least.
@@davidjskelet SA is overrated (same with IV and V to be honest)
Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and relive the early 2000's.
I wish I could go back with what I know now haha
Glad to see the Dark Cloud series. It's what made me fall in love with PS2
I remember buying it and immediately running into the problem of running out of food/water/weapon repair, then shelving it for years. Went back and brute forced for awhile, and eventually fell completely in love with it.
I played the 1st one and that was enough for me. So boring
I miss dark cloud. I used to have in my collection, but it was lost with all of my ps2 games in robbery 😭
@@clydegrey5061 Boo :( It is on the Playstation store, if you have a PS3/4/5/etc
So happy to see some Dark Cloud(2) love. Still come back to it on the ps4 from time to time.
The Warriors will always be one of my favorites! Spent lots of hours 100%’ing the story and building my own gangs, so many fun times and great memories. Things felt simpler in the ps2 and GameCube days😂🖤
I remember I played that game a couple years after it had been out and was surprised how great it was.
FACTS!!!!!
I wondered why they never remastered it?
I’m actually replaying it now on my steam deck. almost done with it, brought back slot of memories but also so much I forgot. Truly a great game.
PS2... the best gaming era
Hell yes. 6th generation will always be my favorite.
Hard to argue
1000% love PS2 era
Gamecube, cmon
@@blueninjanoname7338 that's part of the same Era bro
Silent Hill 3 & 4, Soulcalibur 3, Rogue Galaxy, Castlevania Curse of Darkness, Hack//GU series, DB Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Valkyrie Profile Silmeria, Wild Arms 4 & 5. So many great games left out, it just goes to show how amazing the PS2 library was.
The original Drakengard was INSANE to my very young mind. Flying over a battlefield with what seemed to be over 1,000 soldiers and decimating them with your dragon to jumping down into the middle and slashing your way through the mob, then realizing that there was deeper lore than just hack and slash.
my man, that game was awesome, plus you could fight your friend's dragons in battle too
The coolest PS2 game that I can remember aside from the ones mentioned in this video is SSX Tricky. The music and the trick combinations are still fresh in my memory. Great video as always
Thanks
Dude SSX Tricky was so much damn fun. I would’ve probably forgot about it had you not mentioned it. Thanks for unlocking a deep memory for me!
IT'S TRICKY TO THE ROCK NO RHYME
I personally like SSX 3 more but Tricky was fun as hell! EA needs to bring SSX back.
SSX Tricky was such a great game. They don't make high score arcade sports games anymore which makes me kinda sad. Played that game a lot with my dad growing up.
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge for PS2 was so good. Made by capcom and has Devil May Cry combat.
Funny you should mention, The Nightmare Before Christmas. I remember being in a pub in London, many years ago and bought the Movie, from a dodgy bloke, for my little brother. It was that long ago, that it was on VHS I think.
I still own that game even though I don't have my ps2 anymore
SoUl RoBbEr!
I try my best to play it around the holidays because it finishes in Santa's village
You made me remember the special feeling of hearing the school bell and going back home as fast as I can to turn ON my PS2 and enjoy, our happiness and excitement in that time is exceptional no matter how the new games evolve.
People don't mention SOCOM enough when talking about the PS2 era. The SOCOM games were so amazing, pretty unique stealth for the time, and I played them over and over and over when I was a kid. Too bad we aren't seeing any ports of them :(
Tactical shooters are such a niche genre there's a reason we only see indie/smaller developers make them today.
I remember playing those games for hours on end even after beating them, I played through all the PS2 SOCOM's, straight-up masterpieces.
The Ps2 gives me so many memories! Friends stopping over at the weekend or coming round after school playing split screen. I remember playing GTA 3 when I was 10 and being in my element at the jump from the ps1 to the ps2 in 3d. How life was so much simpler back then.
Wow, same experience!
Fr! The nostalgia is something else. When gaming was just about the vibe and bringing the best for the customers. Now its a run by corpos rushing it out for profits and micro transactions. Gameplay has gone down in my books. The games look good, but you'll be hard pressed to find great gameplay amongst moat games nowadays, there's only a few which is sad.
GTA3 blew my mind back when it came out. Played it at my best friends because I still had only a N64. Eventually i talked my parents into getting me a PS2, and GTA Vice City took over my life for a little while. When San Andreas came out…man. What an amazing ass game.
I played the hell out of GTA 3 back in the day. It was so fun to fuck around in that game. Good times.
Glad to see the ps2 appreciation crew! The memories we had will forever have a special place in our hearts.
I do miss the games where you're engulfed in an amazing story, by yourself. No online, just you and the game. I feel like the stories back then we're focused on more because of this. Not to say that there aren't amazing single player games now.
There’s still the odd gem like The Last of Us 1 and God of War 2018. Unfortunately we have to accept that companies are selling us out to micro-transactions. It is what it is. Just don’t buy that rubbish and wait for the next gem
@ANOTHER LOST ACCOUNT it's obvious he meant "engulfed", don't be an ass
@@HULK-HOGAN1 Mainly Ubisoft for single player games.
@@HULK-HOGAN1 don't forget the Red Dead series. that one just keeps on giving every time!
I'd like to hear your opinion on games like Dark Souls which are basically single player but at the same time has online features
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Heroes don't always wear capes
I really wish they did chapter breaks. Thanks for the stamps. I'm happy to hear why for each, but once I've watched the vid, I need the list
@@bipbop3121 The weird thing is that they *did* have timestamps for awhile in some of their vids from a few months back, but they stopped using them.
Friend, you're a true friend, friend.
Onimusha 2 is better its basically a parody of Revenge animes.
Matrix path of Neo was so much fun in terms of the combat. The different animations that went into the fights was just great and so much fun.
Amazing game
Sick game a remake could be good tbf…
So glad Socom was included as a mention. That was my biggest introduction to shooters and video games as a whole. I played some others before that but, it stuck with me the most by far.
Prince of Persia - Sands of Time. I'll never ever forget how emotionally invested I was into that game, especially the story. And even though the later two games failed to hit the same heights, the story of the trilogy as a whole coming full circle is still one of my favorite chain stories in gaming history alongwith the Witcher Trilogy and the first four Assassins' Creed games.
The PS2 has a library so vast it's hard to pick favorites :/ Zone of the Enders 2, Odin Sphere, Second Sight and Gitaroo Man are games that aren't mentioned much but hold a special place in my 6th gen nostalgia.
Yeah l loved Second Sight. The powers and the compelling story!
Second Sight still has, in my opinion, one of the best executed plot twists in gaming.
Zone of the Enders 2 was amazing.
I don’t k one about anyone else here but Scarface: The World is Yours was really damn good as well and more of a hidden gem. It had its flaws for sure but man what a great game.
I played God Hand few years ago after watching the end credits OST on youtube. That game was a total blast, it would be awesome to have more games like that!
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets blew my mind as a kid, partially because of how long the loading times were but mostly because you were allowed to just wander around Hogwarts and explore the grounds. Definitely one of my top 5 PS2 games of all time.
Agreed. I only played it for the first time 3 or 4 years ago. It's a fantastic platformer.
The PS1 version was excellent as well.
The PS2 was such a legendary system. There were so many games from many different genres that were excelling, and there wasn't just one that took up all the attention. It was a time where everybody was playing different games, rather than playing the same half a dozen games that were in the spotlight that we do nowadays. It was a time where there were so many hidden and underrated gems that could easily be missed and you wouldn't know it. It was a time where licensed games were actually doing really damn good, some of which were even arguably the best of that system. It was a time where gaming was at it's most experimental and unique, and where developers and publishers took the most risks. Even if a game wasn't that great, it was likely to still have an identity and soul to it that would stick with you in some way.
It's a wonderful and nostalgic system that rightfully deserves it's legacy in gaming history.
Kingdom Hearts 2 has got to be the most nostalgic for me because of how many worlds I got to explore! I remember just going to Milan’s world and gushing over how the palace looked
The Lord of the Rings games were pretty solid. I think Two Towers was the one i played the most but Return of the King was great too. Also the Harry potter games were pretty cool too.
Soul Reaver 2 was my all time favorite single player game from the PS2 era. It was the first game I played that had an amazing story and fantastic voice acting. If you make another video like this definitely consider including it on that list.
Was going to call this one out for not making the list. Hands down one of the best stories, and the dialog was just moistening to listen to.
I KNOW YOU RAZIEL, YOU ARE WORTHY!
@@awetastic4280 IMO the problem with the Soul Reaver games was that the story was phenomanal but the gameplay was shit.
Half of these games released in 2002. Legit one of the top 5 gaming years of all time
Okami is a drop dead gorgeous masterpiece, the introduction of japanese water color art and folklore made it a breath of fresh air. It is one of my top 10 favorite PS2 games, the colors were vibrant, the music was whimsically appealing to the ears with the Japanese instruments. The core mechanic of drawing and writing to make pathways, repair objects, complete constellations, etc made Okami it's own unique game. And playing as a white wolf when you have a button to bark whenever you wanted was quite funny.
Okami gave me a hint of that feeling I had back when I was completely engulfed within Ocarina of Time..and I’ll always love it for that. I remember thinking “dang, I’m about to finish this game huh?” Only to realize I was only half way there. Awesome times
Time Splitters 2, Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance and Dragon Quest were some of my favourites on the PS2.
My all time favourite PS2 game is Kingdom Hearts II, but that's already mentioned in the list :)
The baulders gate dark alliance 1 and 2, champions of norath and return to arms, all top tier games. Also loved sphynx and the cursed mummy
Dark alliance 2 was like the best co op game since guantlent legends on the N64, and not the ps2 version of guantlent that version was inferior
Timesplitters 2 and to an extent Future Perfect are certified underrated classics. Was hoping someone else would mention TS.
Shadow of Rome is one my absolute favorites on the ps2, the combat and boss fights were so much fun and it sucks that they cancelled the sequel, such an underrated game.
one of the best ps2 games i ever played. Gotta love the huge sword magnus.
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It’s a great game. The ps2 has a lot of good action games.
Beyond: Good and Evil has been my favorite ps2 game since 10 years ago when I played it the first time! Too bad it's not on the list, but it wasn't that well known (cuz it's released together with another way more hyped up game, don't remember which one), so I kinda understand.
But for me it's got everything; a unique, compelling story, an openworld that really feels alive, fun combat (for a game at that time) and great music scores. A year ago I decided to buy a ps2 again, after I sold my old one with some other older stuff to get a ps4. I felt SO much nostalgia, I was so happy. It's the game I usually return to when I boot my ps2 up again every now and then.
I can really recommend it!
A damned shame Beyond: Good and Evil 2 will never, ever happen. I have given up hope. Also, Rogue Galaxy is missing.
@@shanesmith2491 yeah keeping your hopes on a low pitch is maybe for the better, bg and e 1 was one of the best games i ever played, but with ubisoft and its game philosophies nowadays....
Definitely one of the better ones missing though with how often the boys bring it up in other top 10s i bet it'll appear in the next list! ^^
Not a popular title compared to a lot of the others at that time but it had so much charm in its world and characters that wasn't around much then and even less so now.
If the sequel ever does see the light of day it doesn't look like it'll have anything that made the original so great but maybe it'll keep getting worked on till it does lol. At least we can hope for the best for now tho 😅🤞
It was sandwiched between Prince of Persia The Sands of Time, Splinter Cell 1 (on all platforms that weren't Xbox) and Rayman 3 from Ubisoft alone.
PS2 had so many good games, the ones that stuck with me weren't huge hits, but I loved Shinobi and the sequel Nightshade, Way of the Samurai 1 and 2 were flawed but fantastic games with loads of replay value and not to mention Tenchu 3, which I got the best grade for all missions with all 3 characters.
You name it🙌🙌🙌
• Freedom fighters
• BLACK
• Hitman 2 silent assassin
• Assassin's Creed
• Medal of honour vanguard
• Killzone
• NFS (All of them were good) love U2 and Mw
• Midnight club
• Burnout 3 takedown
I'm sure there's a ton more🤣... PS2 is where gaming was at its peak👌🏾
Medal of Honor was fire in the PS2 day.
Manhunt too
@Pirate Me Lord apparently they were gonna make an assassin's creed for ps2 but it got cancelled
@Pirate Me Lord not on ps2 in psp only
Facts!
I'd love to see the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver series brought back. Even if they just did a remaster. Soul Reaver Defiance was always one of my go to games on the PS2.
Yes blood omen and soul reaver both deserve a remake!
I definitely miss Raziel, loved soul reaver so much, i named my 2nd son Raziel
Judge openly
@@Flintstones74 no judgement here awesome name for your kid!!!
My childhood was really awesome because of this console
Damn this summed up my childhood/teen years. I may be slightly older just cause I love DMC 1 and Onimusha 1 and basically any game released 2000/2001. I was just around 13 and so many great games came out around that time. MGS2. Zone of the Enders. Dark Cloud 1. Still, love this list. What a time man.
The Need for Speed games for the PS2 era... Man those were (and still are) gold.
I love that Jak & Daxter made its way on the list. Those games hold a special place in my heart ❤️
Jak II was my first Jak and Daxter experience, and it was a godsend.
The Medal of Honor series, but specifically Frontline and Rising Sun. They're honestly genre-defining fps titles at the time.
Those Medal of Honor were insane! I’ll never forget that Pearl Harbor mission holy crap was that intense!
Man Capcom had an incredible run for the PS2. Cool to see God Hand on here as I still have my original copy. My goodness was the fighting in the game so cool but so hard as well. And I thought DMC3 was hard. Glad to see MGS3 got top spot. That game is a masterpiece! Since then it’s been on my top 3 of all time.
DMC 3
GOD OF WAR.
GOD HAND.
RESIDENT EVIL.
SILENT HILL.
ONIMUSHA.
GTA.
these are the legends of the legends and we will never see something bg like them ever again
Sly 2 definitely was one of my favorites. Gungrave holds a special place in my heart because I got it for $4 from a Walmart bin & it was fun as hell
Yu-Gi-Oh duelist of the Rose's is definitely one of the best. The graphics at the time, cutscenes, way you can duel. It was amazing and wish they made another.
the soundtrack was really infectious bangers for each duelist no repeats
Damn man, great thing you brought this up. I know nothing about Yu-Gi-Oh but this is one of the best games I’ve ever played.
I bought this game just for the cards it came with. Some kind of feather duster card was really good at the time. Turned out to be the best Yu-Gi-Oh game ever. Even if you don't know how to play the game had it's own system and it was better
I played the trading card game back then but this PS2 game confused the hell outta me.
@@mmcmullen7411 Harpie's Feather Duster would clear an opponents trap/magic zone extremely powerful
First of all just want to say I'm a massive fan of your content! Secondly I have to thank you for helping me solve q 20 year old problem. When I was a kid around 10 or 11, me and my family got a demo with Klonoa 2 on it. We loved it so much we wanted to get the full game. For some reason we could never find it in any of our game shops. So for the last 20 years every now and again I'd search for it to see if it even existed or if I had somehow imagined it. All but given up then I play this video and what's the first game on the list! Turns out I had been spelling it wrong this whole time. So yeah thank you for helping me solve this 20 year old mystery lol
Whoa! Where my Time Splitters at!? Time Splitters 2 was awesome and Future Perfect was just, well, perfect. Such fun FPSs
The PS2 had some of the best and underrated RPGs. Not only FF12 and Persona 3 and 4, but also Dragon Quest 8, Legend of Mana, Rogue Galaxy, Star Ocean 3 and Wild ARMs 3, 4 and 5.
Back then developers were not afraid to experiment with new ideas, and was a great time to be a gamer.
Came here to find out if there was any love for Wild ARMs. I love that series!
dragon quest 8, what a way to blow a 8 year old mind, incredible to this day, own a ps2 just to play dragon quest 8 and final fantasy x and x-2
The Fatal Frame Trilogy! They were shared with the Xbox, yes, but they’re still some of the best horror games on the PS2! Also, how do you leave out the Yazuka games? The OG was fantastic all across the board, in addition to featuring one of the best English dubs of its time as well as being extremely ambitious and technology-pushing, and 2 was even better!
Also, DMC3 was the game that not only set the bar for difficulty-at least in NA, prior to Special Edition-but it’s the game that resurrected and rebranded the series. DMC2 almost killed it, thanks to the creative team just not understanding or respecting what gamers had loved so much about the original, and 3 delivered a shock of adrenaline that made the series punch its way out of its coffin and slash its way back to the top as the absolute best in the Stylish Action genre!
That first Kingdom Hearts was such an amazing experience. I played it in my 20s when it came out, and I don't care how old you are...it is one of the best gaming experiences. It is one of only a handful of games I've 100%, and that ending...well...it tears me up every time.
Yeah i know i cry too when i die that many times
@@supasupsupfafu4545 you talking about Malificent?
When you say 100% does that mean you got all items and collectables including that item from the rare truffle in that silly jumping mini-game? If so then bravo sir! Never been able to do that one.
Need for speed underground 2! That soundtrack brings back memories
Need for Speed Underground 1, NFS: Underground 2, NFS: Most Wanted, and NFS: Carbon (Yes even that one.) was a great series and really enjoyed how the story was connected through all 4 of these games.
And I loved Red Faction it was the First "REAL" PC game I ever played and loved how it had a true destructible environment for its time.
I was just about to comment "Prince of Persia?!! 😲" but then I heard it right at the very end lol 😂
I loved Prince of Persia warrior within.
I had a PS2, I gave it away and watching these videos makes me want to play them again.Some of my favorites were God of war2, Shadow of Rome, Onimusha, Prince of Persia, Tekken 5, Dragon ball z budokai tenkaichi 3. I really think most them deserve a modern remake as they still hold up.
Pcsx2 is a PS2 emulator I just got it a couple days ago pretty sweet
There's a bunch games I'd love to play again, Freedom Fighters, Def Jam Vendetta, State of Emergency, oh Lordy I'm off on a nostalgia trip now. Not all classics but just remember having so much fun playing them
Yeah they left out a fue good games they should have mentioned ones they dont really talk about isntead of listing a bunch that they always praise and have on almost every list
So glad you've put God Hand on the list! Truly an amazing and underrated game. It is also one of the hardest PS2 games ever, tbh. I dare you playing it on Hard difficulty without dying, lol.
The Bouncer for PS2 is missing from this list. It's a one of a kind game that hasn't come back in any way, shape, or form.
The coolest thing about the PS2 era was going to the gaming store, picking a game randomly and knowing it was going to be a great experience when you got home. That level of trust is pretty much gone nowadays though
You are so correct with this comment.
Played and beat MGS3 before but I've just recently started MGS2 for the first time and I've been missing something amazing. On a side note, I see MGS4 as the greatest in the series.
So I ended up beating MGS2 a couple of days after posting this. Took me around 15 hours and its one of my favorites. I don't really see any game in the series being bad.
Oof tough opinion
@@jjcoola998 his opinion
Whew...mgs4 was solid...all the mgs's are solid. But 3...3 is different. Hideo Kojima has the best mind for gaming, and if i ever get rich...im goin to get him outta retirement lol
Really? Hey whatever works for you man. I probably enjoy it the least, but phantom pain is my favorite. Sure the story isn't as great as the others, but the gameplay is so perfect I can't put it down. 100%ed it almost 3 times now and it's still not boring. Plus the cqc was finally good, I gotta go invade some bases now man
@@ВладиславБулаев-л3э Not a common one though. 4 was flawed in many aspects but since it was the first I played it holds a special place for me. It sparked an interest into playing the other games. Which I'm 100% any in the series could have done.
The TLOS games I played on ps2, “Eternal Night” and “Dawn of the Dragon”, are very underrated. Very immersive story, more puzzle-like elements, more rewarding collectibles, and much better combat. Those are my favorite Spyro games by far, and I’m saying that as someone who played the OG Spyro games as a child.
I didn't expect someone to mention it
I see you are a person of culture. I wish they would stop obsessing over CoD sales and make another TLoS game. Seeing Cynder take the details of her backstory and redemption further and seeing more elemental powers from both dragons would be a dream come true for me.
The most I can expect at the moment is a classic incarnation of Cynder, but I'm not losing hope.
@@Aslimb6gd Here's to hoping that if the Activision-Xbox deal goes through, maybe we could see the originals become backwards compat, and possibly more
@@ShadeKill why not at least have ports of those available on the store, like with the Jak & Daxter series?
@@Ori_Kohav That works too
Shadow Of Colossus & Shadow of Rome & Metal Gear my FAVORIT of ALL TIME ! :(
Honestly. Nothing can be better than the ps2 era. It's not just nostalgic. The games were straight up better
Great video. Twisted Metal Black wasnt only an early game but one of my favorites on the system. That and GTA 3 were a huge part of my memories of getting the console early on. The first DMC too. Loved Max Payne. So many classics on that console. God Hand I actually discovered purely by accident. I picked up a PS3 at launch and saw God Hand in the game store. There were not many PS3 launch games so I picked up a random PS2 game to play on the console for 20 bucks. I figured it would be decent since Capcom was on the box. Turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time.
RATCHET AND CLANK. Any of the PS2 trilogy. 1st game has the best story and atmosphere. 2nd game has the best content/ levels/ guns. 3rd game has the best gameplay and characters. Music in all 3 is God-tier and unlike any music you get in games today. The whole tone and vibe of those original games is so unique and amazing. I'm glad you included Going Commando in this. It's arguably the strongest.
Up Your Arsenal is still my favorite. Guns that evolved multiple times, getting all the Omega forms, IMO the best battle arena, and was all around FUN even after 30 playthroughs
Jak 2 was the first game i ever played on the PS2 and after that it was Sly 3, those games will always have a special place in my heart! Man i really miss those days!
My first was jak3 and I totally loved the game the platform every freaking thing
PS2 is the best console in my opinion. It had some of the greatest games ever made. Def jam fight for New York, gta san Andreas, gta 3, killer 7. Ea games were actually good, developers were not afraid to experiment with new ideas .
Thanks for this video, I now have some games I missed out on back in the day that I look forward to trying out as I just bought another ps2 two weeks ago.
Resident Evil 4 was and still is incredible and it’s a game I hold close to my heart as my dad and I spent a lot of time on that one together.
The ps2 single player era was THE time to be a gamer, an era i feel we'll not see the same way again 😔✊
I am currently playing through Second Sight right now. So many memories flooding back ❤️
I did that recently!
I'm a bit upset that Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction was not on here. That game kept me entertained throughout the PS2 game era
If I had known as a kid that as an adult I'd have a PS2 with a 1TB HDD loaded with any game I want on it it would have blown my mind. As it is, I'm still quite enjoying it.
SOCOM games were absolutely fantastic. I’d love to see a game like that today that takes it serious, unlike cod
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Damn i just checked the games on yt search, and dang this game its was forgettable by me, i'm almost didn't recognized that by the names, this game actually my childhood and 1 of the best 3rd party shooters
Whoa whoa where's Blood will tell? Still such a underrated gem on the Ps2
I remember putting a lot of hours into a game called Rouge Galaxy. Super fun and you basically became an awesome space pirate.
There were a few games I never played on this list but got to say I agree with most it. One game I wished did better for it's time and was underrated classic was Rogue Galaxy as it was a fantastic JRPG on the PS2 and took a lot from the Dark Cloud series.
currently playing this :D
That's a fantastic game only played it recently
@@lucapietro3023 That is why I said it was sad it didn't do well when it launched. I caught wind of it thanks a Gamestop employee pushing the game hard on anyone buying PS2 games and I'm glad he did. Loved the demo and bought it when it came out.
I'm glad it got ported onto the network though so I could replay it and it still holds up really well.
You might also like xenosaga. It was a space epic that spanned 3 games sort of like mass effect did. By the end of it you team up with Jesus to fight some guy who wants to reset the universe so some god doesn't eat it or something insane. I loved it as a kid BUT... As an adult it's really really creepy. I've also heard this about the xenoblade games but there's no way it was as bad as xenosaga
YES YES TONY HAWK UNDERGROUND! Getting recognition it deserves. I hate that I haven't met hardly any people who have played it.
I didnt even own a ps2. But my neighbor did and I played Kingdom hearts 2 and loved it. It will always be one of my favorite childhood games
Another game I didn’t see on the list was burnout 3. Best racing game of all time imo. Great line of races and events so much to collect and many achievements to unlock, perfect sound track. Fantastic single player experience to this day.
I spent dozens and dozens of hours playing Kessen 2. The tactical side mixed with the musou gameplay was perfectly balanced, your choices actually made a difference to the development of the story, great graphics with loads of soldiers and units on screen, the fact that beating the game would unlock the chance to replay it as the other faction, which completely changed each mission ... What a game!
As a fan of dynasty warriors 2 and the first kessen game, my mind was blown away when I acquired kessen 2!! I didn't have almost any sleep for three days
Hope Rogue Galaxy will be on part 2. Great story, tons of minigames with amazing rewards, very nice stats and skill progressions
Kingdom Hearts was the reason I wanted a ps2. I was a huge Disney kid and loved the idea of exploring different Disney worlds and fighting with the main characters. I remember when kh2 came out, I got a strategy guide with it. Wish I still had it 😓
NFS Underground 2 needs recognition. Absolutely incredible game
Just fired this up again today!
I'm so happy you mentioned the Dark Cloud Series!
Shadow of the Colossus is a Masterpiece!! ✨
PS2 have a massive library of awesome games that hold a special place in our hearts till this day. ❤️
If you love Shadow of the Colossus, check out "Ico".
The PS2 era may be the best time in gaming history. So many amazing games came out at this time.
6th gen is the goat era imo esp for 3d gaming. But every era truly is special from the nes onwards in their own ways.
@@retrosoul8770 you can put older machine gaming against ps2, but ps2 having the longest fun & best console gaming experience era of all times, because 2000s was the best times, can't blame u, if your not born in this era.
@@archie7288 can't blame me for what? I literally said Ps2/6th gen is the goat era imo.
I know its not technically a single player game because the best way to experience it is with friends on multiplayer, but I'm surprised Tales of the Abyss was not on this list. An extremely good JRPG that can be experienced 100% single player worth a play from any RPG or JRPG fan. Amazing characters Great story incredible combat just overall amazing game.
Timesplitters series will always be some of the best games on PS2, especially Future Perfect! 😁
Ps2 one of the best consoles and gaming library! Just love it!
This was the best videogame era. Developers were experimenting and nobody was overusing a formula like it was going out of style.
Also, Spartan? Shadow Of Rome? Samurai Western? So many games, man.
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I am currently playing through every single Playstation 2 game. 316 games in and theres so many fantastic games ive played with sooo many more to go! Such a great list, Vice City is still my #1 GTA Game!!
I have seen you before. What you are doing is massive. I am going to try to do that but with the best games first on PS2. Didn't have it as a kid so I've got a lot to play.
@@Vik1919 oh that sounds cool, and easily doable compared to what i am doing haha
Single player games are so much better than online ones.
Partially true but onlinification of games is a issue
great list. some other big ones for me: time splitters 2, beyond good and evil, shin megmai nocturne, and .hack sign (though they started getting very repetitive it was magical at first like kingdom hearts)
Cool to see the Sly Cooper series getting some love!
The first game is the most underrated aswell
Kingdom Hearts on the Top 10!!! Well deserved. Number 1 to me.