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Guitaroo Man

Lol beaten

 

[RazMaTaz]

 

[Hedge]

Summoner 2. I poured hours into it and never actually progressed past some kind of moving tower-sequence.
I remember it as amazing though!

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Rumble Racing

 

[Sami+]

No lie I would buy the shit out of a sequel to this game, at launch. Just such a cool vibe and was sooooo fun to play with my third grade homies.

 

[Killerhertz]

In the early days of ps2 for my friend and I it was Tekken Tag Tournament and this game.
Motor mayhem was a techno twisted metal that allowed you to launch nukes on motorcycles while jumping between aircraft carriers. Also had some a decent pool of characters for a first game with unique ultimates I wish they would have made another one

 

[GametimeUK]

Really enjoyed my time with a fun little hover board game called Airblade. I was super in to extreme sports at the time. The game was far from great, controls were hard to grasp initially, but just something about its style and world really grabbed me when I was a teen. Good stuff.

 

[meanspartan]

See my user icon?

Freedom Fighters lol

 

[Javelin]

One of mine that still gets occasional mentions is Radiata Stories. Fun RPG, a quite varied cast of recruitable characters, and it's one of very few long RPGs I've completed multiple times.

Came here to say Radiata Stories. Probably my personal favorite game for the PS2. I love the way almost every person in that world had their own character. Combined with the story it really made the world feel alive.

 

[Spiritwalker]

Shadow Hearts and the original .Hack// series. Maybe not completely forgotten, but I don't see them mentioned very often.

I hope they release the latter on PS4 someday.. because I still lack the last two games, and iirc they are pretty pricey.

 

[Heart of Black]

Wrestle Kingdom - more proof that off Smackdown/WWE brand Yukes wrestling games could still be awesome. Also featured Brock Lesnar, and the Brock Lock.

 

[Ragnorok64]

I always wish I could get more people to actually play the game with.

 

[Skikkiks]

I need a sequel

Marvel pls

 

[Pyrrhus]

Here's somebody with taste!

For my part, I think most of Agetec and Atlus's PS2 releases in the US count. In particular, let me give some love to:

Disaster Report

and

Steambot Chronicles

I really wish whoever holds the rights to Agetec's PS2 releases would get them into PS2 on PS4.

 

[Sinatar]

Game got eviscerated by the critics back in the day, but I thought it was pretty damn fun.

 

[TacosNSalsa]

 

[baddvision]

WinBack

 

[Grudy]

Really enjoyed my time with a fun little hover board game called Airblade. I was super in to extreme sports at the time. The game was far from great, controls were hard to grasp initially, but just something about its style and world really grabbed me when I was a teen. Good stuff.

I had this game on a demo disc! I always wanted to try the full thing but never found it anywhere >.>

 

[Glowsquid]

In the early days of ps2 for my friend and I it was Tekken Tag Tournament and this game.
Motor mayhem was a techno twisted metal that allowed you to launch nukes on motorcycles while jumping between aircraft carriers. Also had some a decent pool of characters for a first game with unique ultimates I wish they would have made another one

Motor Mayhem is pretty awesome. One thing that struck me for some reason is that each character has their own motion input for special attacks/defense, etc, like in a fighting game.

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"Remember" doesn't really apply since I only played them last year, but the Sidewinder/Lethal Skies games are great arcade air combat games that don't get their due. I'll copy what I wrote in another thread

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Lethal Skies: Elite Pilot: Team SW/Lethal Skies 2

An unusual mix between arcade and simulation, the final two installments of the little-known Sidewinder series pair simple controls and “boss battles” against huge vehicles with more “realistic features like limited missiles loadout, g-forces, subsystem damage and black outs/red outs. Rather than taking the Ace Combat of having you and useless wingmans take on a large number of stupid enemies in long missionss, Lethal Skies has you and a number of competent allies fight in short, clinical sorties against a small number of stronger enemies,. You can also customize your loadout with different types of missiles, and while the plane roster is comparatively small (13 in the first, 19 in the sequel), they feel much more differentiated than other console air combat games, where planes are mostly a succession of “bigger sticks”.

As mentioned above, the first Lethal Skies feature many boss battles against huge vehicles like a crab tank, a ground aircraft carrier, etc…which are fun, and require some experimentation to discover what’s most effective against them. Lethal Skies 2 is largely more of the same, but better. The “huge weapon” aspect has taken a backseat (though it’s still there) but the regular missions have gotten more scenarized and creative. One early in the game puts a twist on the cliché canyon run mission by having you land in the middle of an enemy base to pick up a secret agent. Another has you destroy defenses around a castle and then make use of the plane’s VTOL capabilities to land inside a small courtyard and blow open a gate.

Overall, great games. I’d say Lethal Skies II is the best-kept secret of the air combat genre

 

[Mr.Fox]

Part of me wants to play some of those games again, the rest of me is calculating all the work that needs to be done to find the ps2, cables, plug everything, find a working dualshock 2, find the games, then have enough time to actually play.

 

[Pwnedkiller]

IMO: Best Tony Hawk games and I remember BMX XXX was interesting mainly because of the controversy at the time and for a bonus one of my favorite series ever Katamari!

 

[dinoroar]

Yesss! Holy shit!

 

[Pyrrhus]

A masterpiece that includes Kow Otani's great music (sometimes feeling like it belongs in SOTC).

Sky Oddyssey! Nice choice. Pretty rare these days.

In that same vein, does anybody remember City Crisis, that launch window rescue helicopter game? Picture flickered like crazy like all launch titles and came on a blue PS2 CD. Made your PS2 sound like a helicopter whenever it accessed data. The game itself was flying around, pulling people off of burning buildings, transporting critically injured accident victims, putting out fires. Enjoyably mundane tasks. Its only real claim to fame is that it was the first title to use the Renderware engine.

 

[psyfi]

Man, I really miss the weirdness and diversity of the PS2. There are so many games on it that I still want to play.

 

[AwesomeMeat]

Came here to post this. I loved this game!

 

[oneofthose]

Vexx

 

[pirateluigi]

Okage: Shadow King. One of the funniest games I've ever played and an all time personal favorite.

 

[Unknown?]

Downhill Domination, that is all! Such a good game that never got the exposure it needed.

 

[shintoki]

I was always a fan of Kinetica.

 

[Flachmatuch]

Best console of the best generation.

 

[dawgparty]

Seems like a lot of people forgot about this one especially when Red Dead Redemption came out.

This is one of my favorite games of all-time. I think only Timesplitters 2-3 have come close to giving me as much multiplayer fun. All those unlockable characters....what other games have a huge multiplayer roster?

 

[Garlador]

Games I enjoyed that time forgot:

 

[Grief.exe]

Fuck yes. l loved Capcom's output in general during this generation. Stuff like Under the Skin and Haunting Grounds was also quite brilliant.

Capgod

 

[Shizzlee]

Basically SSX on dirt bikes. I thought it was pretty good.

 

[Bubbins]

 

[SomTervo]

it seemed psi-ops at the time had way more people talking about it (probably due to it being more action oriented. releasing at around the same time with a similar premise didn't help, but it seems second sight didn't get any attention at all compared to psi-ops. which was a shame since it was imo, the better game.

You could be right!

I was relatively young when they came out so my perspective probably wasn't very developed.

 

[MaximusPayne]

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[Jarth Mader]

Legaia 2: Duel Saga

Loved the combat, always enjoyed trying to find everyone's special moves. Story was okay and graphics were pretty good at the time. I hope whoever currently owns the IP (Sony? Square-Enix?) makes a number 3 as even the first one on PSX is one of my favorites.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

That one was a PS1 release unless there was an obscure PS2 release that I'm not aware of. Great game, either way. I just played it a few months ago.

yeah, there's a ps2 one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombastic_(video_game)

or

I always wish I could get more people to actually play the game with.

 

[Kyrios]

So much nostalgia in this thread, remember seeing ads for a lot of these games in issues of OPM.

Black and Star Wars Racers Revenge would probably be my picks. No one I knew had those games back in the day.

Oh and The Bouncer and Spyhunter as well.

 

[Heart of Black]

Games I enjoyed that time forgot:

I KNOW THOSE GAMES.

Also yeah Gungrave is one of my favorites of all time. I own the US & the Japanese LE, and the >$100 Brandon Heat figure.

 

[tanooki27]

Spider Man 2 was hours o' fun. swing!

dude and champs of norrath - Good times

 

[Garlador]

I KNOW THOSE GAMES.

Also yeah Gungrave is one of my favorites of all time. I own the US & the Japanese LE, and the >$100 Brandon Heat figure.

I was shocked at how good the anime was as well. Like, WAY better than it had any right to be.

 

[hampig]

Gregory Horror Show has been my obsession the last two years. It's my holy grail for sure. Living in the U.S. has made it difficult, but emulators are finally at a point where they can play it. I just need to track down a copy now.

 

[El Sloth]

Awesome turn based WW2 mech JRPG

This game was freaking great.

 

[RandomHopeInc]

This is a gem of a game, with weaponized bananas, crazy monkeys, and a complete second game unlockable inside where you play Metal Gear Solid as a Monkey, complete with a cameo by Snake. Just, a great game.

I hope the rumors about Ape Escape 2 and 3c oming to PS4 are true

 

[Brandon F]

 

[shnurgleton]

 

[mindsale]

GrimGrimoire had a pretty derivative story, but it remains my favorite Vanillaware game (and I love Vanillaware). Such a wonderfully-playing, unique 2D RTS with gorgeous art. I'd love to see that in HD with a few tweaks to modernize the gameplay and allow for greater screen real estate.

 

[dawgparty]

GrimGrimoire had a pretty derivative story, but it remains my favorite Vanillaware game (and I love Vanillaware). Such a wonderfully-playing, unique 2D RTS with gorgeous art. I'd love to see that in HD with a few tweaks to modernize the gameplay and allow for greater screen real estate.

Dude! I've been interested in this forever. Heard it had some tower defense elements. Is it good/fun? It is hard to judge from gameplay videos. I've almost bought it on the PS3 store so many times.