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Is it possible the PS2 is the worst PlayStation console?
- Thread starter Ol No Bones
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I'm enjoying my PS4 as much as I enjoyed my PS1 when I got it all those years ago, which is encouraging as we come into 2016.
PS2 still reigns surpreme atm tho - soooo many hours lost to GT, Mercenaries and Rex, among many others. Amazing console.
PS3 am cry a little bit, but that's not to say it's a bad console...
PS2 still reigns surpreme atm tho - soooo many hours lost to GT, Mercenaries and Rex, among many others. Amazing console.
PS3 am cry a little bit, but that's not to say it's a bad console...
Seraph_Nicholas
Member
I heard the PSX had a pretty dreadful fail rate, so I'd say that one.
Also, you're smoked, dude. You should probably play some new PS2 games instead of relying on replay nostalgia.
Also, you're smoked, dude. You should probably play some new PS2 games instead of relying on replay nostalgia.
petran79
Banned
PS2 also served as a popular entry base into video games.
Dreamcast and Gamecube were rather for more experienced players that knew their games. PS2 reset their audience with new franchises and also quality sequels of existing franchises.It just took few years.
I remember I had a Dreamcast and I learned that my friend got a PS2 in late-2003. He was not a JRPG fan at all, neither was I. Till then he was into PC gaming and FPS and sports titles. He had very few clues about console gaming. For months his main games were The Matrix and Minority Report. While I had games like Jet Set Radio, Soulcalibur, Sega Rally etc. So my opinion on PS2 was rather bad. It looked ugly and its games were ugly. Even in 2004 I was bringing the Dreamcast and we played Jet Set Radio , a game the PS2 did not have. GFX quality in the first years was bad and unoptimised. It took some months till he began discovering games himself and buying PS2 classics and exclusives. PS2 graphics began to get better and optimized after 2004
In the West it did not turn popular due to JRPGs but mainly thanks to multiplatform, FPS and sports titles
It is the only console that started bad and reached the top, mainly thanks to the games. Because it was one of the ugliest consoles I had seen.
GTA was not a PS2 exclusive. For a lot of games Xbox, Gamecube and PC ports were much better
Calm waterfall
Banned
You love JRPG and PSP is last? PSP arguably had the best JRPG of any PlayStation system if not any system ever.
Sony would call it a 'console debut' now.
theusedversion
Member
Is it possible that the OP is the worst ever gaming OP to be on GAF? Most likely. I know opinions and all that but I just really don't see how one could come to this conclusion when the PS2 has probably the best library in all of gaming.
Going to have to nitpick this. My love for OG XBOX and where it got its foot in the door in the west is because PS2 didn't really do shooters that well at all, whereas XBOX not only had Halo but pretty decent and faithful PC ports, like Wolfenstein when PS2 only got butchered version. Looking back I think PS2 is great but at the time when I was in a heavy shooter mode PS2 was a dust collector.
That's why last gen MS had all the deals and rights for things like COD because the perception at the time and for quite a lot of even the PS3's lifespan even though it did them fine was that PlayStation sucked for FPS.
Auto-Reply
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To me that's probably a purely subjective thing, I actually agree with the initial statement but only because I was never deep into the PS2's library, I've only played the big names on my brothers PS2 back in the day and while there were some things I remember with a smile, most of what I've seen I wouldnt want return to at all.
I've heard the PS2 was way better for Jrpg fans than the PS1 but that's not really my kind of genre so it did nothing for me in that regard.
If you can can come up with a reason that is not subjective to your own experience with said machines and games then it can only be the historical context, the first Playstation being the first and successful entry of a new console competitor and bringing many new and unique games with it, that is was the first real 3d console generation was helping too.
Outside of that context it doesn't really mean much I think. While the big names of games on that system are still fonfly remembered by older gamers, they lost a lot of their impact due to time and younger people don't really care about them any longer. For example, if there ever was a new Colony Wars game announced, it would have all my attention. But most people on this board wouldn't really care at this point... I believe.
I've heard the PS2 was way better for Jrpg fans than the PS1 but that's not really my kind of genre so it did nothing for me in that regard.
If you can can come up with a reason that is not subjective to your own experience with said machines and games then it can only be the historical context, the first Playstation being the first and successful entry of a new console competitor and bringing many new and unique games with it, that is was the first real 3d console generation was helping too.
Outside of that context it doesn't really mean much I think. While the big names of games on that system are still fonfly remembered by older gamers, they lost a lot of their impact due to time and younger people don't really care about them any longer. For example, if there ever was a new Colony Wars game announced, it would have all my attention. But most people on this board wouldn't really care at this point... I believe.
Tyraniboah
Member
The PS1 and PS2 are deadlocked for first. Too much good on both systems. I'd put the PS3's library up against the PS4, but when it's all said and done I think the PS4 could become better than the PS3. They are all excellent consoles though
PS3 and PS4 are the worse, they're not even in the same league as the PS1 and PS2. PS4 is still relatively new so it has time to redeem itself, plus it has quite a few decent games coming out for it.
PS2 had the most diverse library out of them all, it was similar to the PS1 but just better.
PS2 had the most diverse library out of them all, it was similar to the PS1 but just better.
Anemic? Do you have any idea how much shit Sony pump out from the first party during ps2 era?
dodgykebaab
Banned
I think although the PS2 was a great console. Aside from some JRPGS, many of the great PS2 games are now PS3 HD remasters which I actually prefer to play.
Although this might be seen as cheating slightly, I feel this makes the PS2 hardware less important as a day-to-day games machine as the PS1 or PS3.
Although I have a PS3 that is hacked and have many PS2 and PS1 Iso files on, so maybe my view is based from a different perspective.
Although this might be seen as cheating slightly, I feel this makes the PS2 hardware less important as a day-to-day games machine as the PS1 or PS3.
Although I have a PS3 that is hacked and have many PS2 and PS1 Iso files on, so maybe my view is based from a different perspective.
I don't really think there's a best/worst Playstation console, but the PS2 is admittedly the one I have the least amount of love for. Its biggest problem for me was that the OG Xbox existed and that was where I spent the majority of my time that generation. Between ballsy shit like Steel Battalion, online games where I built lasting memories, (Mechassault, Crimson Skies, Wolfenstein, Moto GP, Halo 2, and the list goes on and on...) and running/competing in Halo 1/2 tourneys I adored that system. Every weekend my roommate and I would have people over to drink/play. We owned 5 Xboxes/TVs between the two of us and had our attic completely decked out with stuff from EB Games/Gamestop. (standees and the walls completely covered with promo stuff) Such amazing times.
But yeah, the PS2 was fine as was the Gamecube. They're just completely dwarfed in my memory compared to the OG Xbox. Too bad the 360 fizzled out so quickly for me. (dearth of variety)
But yeah, the PS2 was fine as was the Gamecube. They're just completely dwarfed in my memory compared to the OG Xbox. Too bad the 360 fizzled out so quickly for me. (dearth of variety)
Coulomb_Barrier
Member
PS3 very clearly the worst in terms of games.
PS2 my favourite.
PS2 my favourite.
StoppedInTracks
Member
PS2 > PS1 > PS4 > PS3
PS3 didn't even had a numbered Dragon Quest game, smh.
PS3 didn't even had a numbered Dragon Quest game, smh.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
This is literally the worst question ever asked in the history of humankind.
I would congratulate you OP if I wasn't so horrified by it's mere existence
I would congratulate you OP if I wasn't so horrified by it's mere existence
-Stranger-
Junior Member
This
MidgarBlowedUp
Member
Well actually... Ps2 emulation brought about ways of doing things on actual ps2 hardware like obtaining true 16:9 along with progressive scan for games that did not support it. You had to sometimes patch the ISO's or use a boot disk, or even a combination of the two, but the ps2 was entirely capable of progressive scan for a lot of games. You can also just run the emulator on a good pc and up the internal resolution. A lot of early games were field rendered though.
potatohead
Member
Who the heck would put PS3 above PS2 or PS1?
Whatever they smoking must be some heavy, heavy stuff....
Whatever they smoking must be some heavy, heavy stuff....
its a premise i have a hard time believing.
it is probably the the largest, deepest and most diverse library in the history of video games. there were periods where it was absolutely impossible to keep up with the sheer number of playable titles.
god forbid what you think of all the others that were no where near that class.
bizarre thread.
it is probably the the largest, deepest and most diverse library in the history of video games. there were periods where it was absolutely impossible to keep up with the sheer number of playable titles.
god forbid what you think of all the others that were no where near that class.
bizarre thread.
WrenchNinja
Member
Y'all should be put on a watch list
That was what I first thought OP was referring to...
But to criticize the sole reason it had any success (besides the name obviously) is nuts.
I mean just think about it:
It was technically inferior to it's competition.
It was expensive as shit
And yet it easily outsold both rivals.
I'd say that PS4 is already starting to surpass PS3's library. PS4 has superior remasters of most of PS3's best games like The Last of Us, the Uncharted trilogy, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, God of War 3, and Journey.
PS4 has been getting a lot of cool games like Bloodbourne and Until Dawn, and 2016 looks crazy with The Last Guardian, Horizon, Uncharted 4, Street Fighter V, and many others.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Sorry to disappoint but I did have a PS2 and looking back there aren't as many games I treasure as other PSconsoles. I'm also not comparing it to other consoles of its time Im comparing it to other Playstations. You say it's not a question but there are other people in here that prefer the PS1. Having a giant library doesn't mean it's the best for everyone. I'm also not calling it bad I'm saying that among the other PS consoles it's the worst for me even though the ps4 could take that spot.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Let's see
Top PS2 games
Persona 4
Katamari Damacy
Persona 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
Ōkami
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Top PS1 games
Final Fantasy IX
Chrono Cross
PaRappa the Rapper
Xenogears
Ape Escape
Top PS3 games
Portal 2
Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season One
Catherine
This is based on my top 100 fyi
I 'spose PS2 is probably aces
Top PS2 games
Persona 4
Katamari Damacy
Persona 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
Ōkami
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Top PS1 games
Final Fantasy IX
Chrono Cross
PaRappa the Rapper
Xenogears
Ape Escape
Top PS3 games
Portal 2
Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season One
Catherine
This is based on my top 100 fyi
I 'spose PS2 is probably aces
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
Love my PS3 buut to me it lost its playstationess as it virtually copied xbox & tried going for the shooter market so imo PS3 was the worst
RPGCrazied
Member
Don't think so. It has one of the, if not the best jRPG line up on the system.
A Link to the Past
Banned
PS3 also has a nice advantage over the PS2 in that it had a lot of smaller, ambitious indie games on it thanks to PSN.
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
Yeah i spose my glasses are coloured by what my friend's wanted to play 😊
I'm more bullish on the PSP's RPG library than most people (Ys! TITS! Wild Arms XF! Half Minute Hero!) but how do you figure? Especially compared to the PS2 and the godly PS1.
inpHilltr8r
Member
enter, rise, fall, return
Chobel
Member
Calm waterfall
Banned
The sheer amount quality and diversity of the PSP JRPG library is staggering. Also Fat bottomed girl, Jean D'arc, BBS, FFT, etc.... I just like the PSP library better. The JRPG support for the PSP is larger, as far as I know, than either PS1 and PS2.