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Best ps2 exclusives

CannonFodder52 said:
Drakengard

Pretty sure none of these legends got ports.
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Drakengard is a legend alright, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone before checking their sanity.

I mean it's a great experience and all, but there's some things to be done before he gets into the game. Especially getting a non spoiler guide in order to get the last ending.

OP, if you're willing to play this until the end I can confirm that you probably will never play anything like it and it will be a once in a lifetime experience.
 
There are so, so many, I don't even know where to start. But I'll try. Bolded are not availbale (legally) on any other platform AFAIK. Un-bolded are generation exclusives.

Bombastic
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
Yakuza
Yakuza 2
Virtua Fighter 4
Gradius V
Shinobi
Nightshade
Valkyrie Profile 2
SMT Nocturne
Digital Devil Saga
Digital Devil Saga 2
Suikoden III
Suikoden V
Maximo
Maximo and the Army of Zin
Haunting Ground
Shadow of Rome
God Hand
Metal Gear Solid 3
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Devil May Cry
Zone of the Enders
Zone of the Enders 2


That should get you started.
 
SMT3
Katamari Damacy 1
Shinobi
Maximo 1 and 2
Virtua Fighter 4/Evo
NBA Street
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1/2
Breath of Fire: DQ
Shadow of Rome
Rygar
Mark of Kri
Dark Cloud 2
 
Based on your narrow reqs there are only a few right answers.

Xenosaga 1-3
The Two Towers (movie tie-in)
Shadow Hearts 1&2

La Pucelle Tactics (a basically-forgotten precursor to Disgaea that has a lot of charm)

Way of the samurai 1 (a painfully under appreciated game with great replayability, brilliant branching plot lines and solid mechanics for the era.)
 
No mention of Jak & Daxter yet, forshame! Precursor Legacy is the best PS2 3D platformer as far as I'm concerned (although granted you can now play it on PS3, PSVita and PS4; but it was PS2 only at the time and is still a Sony exclusive.).
 
Under-rated Gems:

1. Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
2. Grim Grimoire
3. Spartan Total Warrior
4. Shinobi
5. Heroes of the Pacific
6. Nightshade
7. Gungrave
8. Gungrave Overdose

Classics but can now be played on other systems:

1. Rez
2. Shadow of the Colossus
3. NiGHTS (Import)
4. Odin Sphere
5. Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner
6. Guitar Hero 1 & 2
 
Most mentioned here but some of my favs not mentioned that I am sure are only on PS2:

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While it is in arcades so don't know if it counts but:

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the only PS2 games never released on another console in my top 300 games are:

Maximo

Frequency

Grandia III

King's Field: the Ancient City

Haunting Ground
 
jeremy1456 said:
Gregory Horror Show.

Don't ask any questions; just play it. Thank me later, that is if you're a fan of survival horror.

Also, Haunting Ground and Rule of Rose.
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Gregory Horror Show is legit the game that scares/unsettles me the most. I've still never finished it: the last one I did was Roulette Boy.

Anyway, I'd say:
TimeSplitters
Valkyrie Profile 2
Jade Cocoon 2
Kya Dark Lineage
Gungrave
Gregory Horror Show
Ghosthunter


These are a few I can think of off the top of my head that I love, and that weren't (as far as I know) released on any other platform.
 
Some of my favorite PS2 "true exclusives" I recommend for OP and anyone else interested:

Devil May Cry

Ico (if possible, try and go for the European/PAL version, as it's the most finished version of the game)

Any of the PS2 God of Wars

Below are what are to my knowledge true exclusives for PS2 if OP and/anyone else is interested:

Clock Tower 3

Haunting Ground
 
Zen Aku said:
Sealed copies too. Damn.
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If it's anything like the UK, those games are like the only games you can pick up sealed for a reasonable price nowadays.

ProgenitorCastle said:
Some of my favorite PS2 "true exclusives" I recommend for OP and anyone else interested:

Devil May Cry

Ico (if possible, try and go for the European/PAL version, as it's the most finished version of the game)

Any of the PS2 God of Wars

Below are what are to my knowledge true exclusives for PS2 if OP and/anyone else is interested:

Clock Tower 3

Haunting Ground
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I know those were PS2 exclusive, but they all received noticeably better PS3 remakes, especially the God of War games. That being said, I guess if OP is emulating that doesn't really matter, but still.
 
I'll mention one that I'm sure hasn't been mentioned before:
Ar Tonelico 2

(Also: I bought 2 of the deluxe edition of that when it was released, and still have one sealed. Apparently, it now sells for $400 on ebay)
 
Jimnymebob said:
I know those were PS2 exclusive, but they all received noticeably better PS3 remakes, especially the God of War games. That being said, I guess if OP is emulating that doesn't really matter, but still.
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Hmmm...well, the ones on the top of my list from my reply you quoted aren't technically "exclusive" anymore as they got remastered [which are distinct from straight-up ports of the PS2 originals (IIRC, the PS2 God of Wars might be in the PSN somewhere, idk)...], which depending on your view they either got enhanced or worsened...my takes are that for Devil May Cry's remaster in the DMC HD Collection...I'm not too satisfied with the remaster quality for various reasons...not to mention they altered the jump button and gave no option to switch it back to the original :/

For the most part, I had a BLAST with Ico remaster in the Ico & SoTC collection, and I never played any of the PS2 original versions of Ico...so I don't have a frame of reference for that one.

Can't speak for the remastered God of Wars because haven't played neither's remaster yet

The ones near the bottom of my list from my reply you quoted, to my knowledge, are still PS2 exclusive

That being said, I guess if OP is emulating that doesn't really matter, but still.
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I think it does matter, as the PS2 originals still have something special to them that aren't there in the remasters imo (at least in the case of Devil May Cry...not sure about the other remasters mentioned in your reply yet compared to their originals)...besides, the OP specified PS2 games anyway
 
ProgenitorCastle said:
Hmmm...well, the ones on the top of my list from my reply you quoted aren't technically "exclusive" anymore as they got remastered [which are distinct from straight-up ports of the PS2 originals (IIRC, the PS2 God of Wars might be in the PSN somewhere, idk)...], which depending on your view they either got enhanced or worsened...my takes are that for Devil May Cry's remaster in the DMC HD Collection...I'm not too satisfied with the remaster quality for various reasons...not to mention they altered the jump button and gave no option to switch it back to the original :/

For the most part, I had a BLAST with Ico remaster in the Ico & SoTC collection, and I never played any of the PS2 original versions of Ico...so I don't have a frame of reference for that one.

Can't speak for the remastered God of Wars because haven't played neither's remaster yet

The ones near the bottom of my list from my reply you quoted, to my knowledge, are still PS2 exclusive



I think it does matter, as the PS2 originals still have something special to them that aren't there in the remasters imo (at least in the case of Devil May Cry...not sure about the other remasters mentioned in your reply yet compared to their originals)...besides, the OP specified PS2 games anyway
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No, I totally get where you're coming from. Take Jak and Daxter for example; the PS3 trilogy has loads of problems that the PS2 never had. I'm just saying, if we're taking into account PS2 games that did have a re-release with technical differences, then there are a lot of cross platform games that had some. Splinter Cell for example is a different game than the PC/Xbox version, so technically that's a PS2 exclusive, and then you get stuff like San Andreas that had it's, in my opinion, definitive version on PS2.
 
leroidys said:
There are so, so many, I don't even know where to start. But I'll try. Bolded are not availbale (legally) on any other platform AFAIK. Un-bolded are generation exclusives.

Bombastic
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
Yakuza
Yakuza 2
Virtua Fighter 4
Gradius V
Shinobi
Nightshade
Valkyrie Profile 2
SMT Nocturne
Digital Devil Saga
Digital Devil Saga 2
Suikoden III
Suikoden V
Maximo
Maximo and the Army of Zin
Haunting Ground
Shadow of Rome
God Hand
Metal Gear Solid 3
Ico
Shadow of the Colossus
Devil May Cry
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most of these are available on PS3.

My vote goes to Transformers Armada, pretty big open world-ish maps and great classic Transformers action. (emulator screenshot)
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Noisepurge said:
most of these are available on PS3.

My vote goes to Transformers Armada, pretty big open world-ish maps and great classic Transformers action. (emulator screenshot)
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I used to love this game!

Did you manage to get this running well on PCSX2?
I have a PAL copy that I ripped and everything seems to run slowly even at the original res. It just feels sluggish. Everything else I've tried seems to be fine!
4790k, 16gb RAM & 1070
 
basic_text said:
I used to love this game!

Did you manage to get this running well on PCSX2?
I have a PAL copy that I ripped and everything seems to run slowly even at the original res. It just feels sluggish. Everything else I've tried seems to be fine!
4790k, 16gb RAM & 1070
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sorry, wouldn't know about emulators, i have a legit setup and a Sony PVM to play PS2 classics on :D But the PAL version would run at 50Hz and a little sluggish unless the game has a 60Hz option in there.
 
Noisepurge said:
sorry, wouldn't know about emulators, i have a legit setup and a Sony PVM to play PS2 classics on :D But the PAL version would run at 50Hz and a little sluggish unless the game has a 60Hz option in there.
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Sorry! Yeah, I've already ran into the 50Hz problem on some games!
 
Jaded Alyx said:
Another thread where people don't know what exclusive means. MGS 1-3? Vice City? What the hell, GAF.
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Yeah, there's a sort of hierarchy of exclusivity.
You have:
Fully exclusive: It only appeared on a single console.
Digital download: It appeared on another console in it's original state as a download.
HD remake: While the original was fully exclusive, it may have received a HD remake, potentially on multiple platforms, that changes things about the original.
Alternative versions: Games that are available on multiple platforms, but a single platform received an exclusive, alternative version of the game. Splinter Cell and Deus Ex PS2 are two examples.
Not exclusive: It appeared on multiple platforms, with either no differences, some technical differences, or platform exclusive content, like Soul Calibur 2 and 4.
 
- Disaster Report
- Raw Danger
- Samurai Western
- Kuon
- Echo Night: Beyond
- Metal Saga
- MS (Mobile Suit) Saga: A New Dawn
- Okage: Shadow King
- Skygunner
- Steambot Chronicles
- Urban Reign (fucking awesome beat'em up)
- Wizardry: Tales of the Forsaken Land
- Klonoa 2
- Blood Will Tell
- Yakuza
- Yakuza 2
 
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