I remember this being one of the more fun anime games I've played as a kid, though I'm not sure if it holds up today. Ditto for this:
I love the hell out of Bujingai, like you said, it's not the best action game ever, but it's got style, great music (Zuntata) and GACKT. Also it was a pretty neat to have a game with a wuxia flair. A sequel was supposedly in the works but never materialized, I wish Platinum would pick this up and work their magic.
i played the crap out of this game. big fan back in the day.
EXTERMINATION
Amazing game and better than Resident Evil, imho.
Sony should make a AAA sequel as soon as possible!
I don't know if people forgot about it, but Shinobi still lives as the hardest game in my heart:
The adrenaline when beating that was great, and it's stylish to boot, the scarf is out of this world.
It might be utter garbage now and I don't think it was received too well overall at launch but I had a blast with this one.
The original Monster Hunter.
I would play that game until about 4 or 5 in the morning, sleep for a few hours, and then jump back online to start all over again. Unfortunately, I no longer have that amount of free time and haven't kept up with the series as a result. None of my friends who play the newer games have played the original.
24 was legit! One of the best media-based games I ever played. It almost perfectly captured the feel of the show from beginning to end.24 was big back then and Jack Bauer interrogation mini-games give me the laugh of my life with all the shouting!
Made by KOEI of all people, this game was the Goat!
First game I got with my PS2, Was not well reviewed at all but I still liked it.
Finished the game 2 times lol
From Soft really need to make a new King's field or a fps view rpg like that on current gen consoles/PC
Mortal Kombat Deception. After that disappointing deadly alliance this was amazing. I still remember learning every other move as the aptly named protagonist, shujinko lol.
Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
This is one of my favourite swords and sorcery games ever. It had an amazing soundtrack, really good graphics (with an excellent draw distance in particular), very decent voice acting and excellent albeit fairly simple combat which played to the limitations of a control pad pretty well. It's also probably the only game I've played where on-foot and dragon-based combat is equally fun, and it's full of really fun and sometimes epic boss fights. A great adventure and I'd love it to get a re-release via PS2onPS4.
At a time when a third-person cover shooter could actually be considered "innovative" and "revolutionary". There was nothing else like Kill.Switch when it released in 2003. Then Gears came out in 2006 and everything was exactly like Kill.Switch, except instead of calling them "Kill.Switch clones", they were called "Gears clones". Forgotten, indeed.
i played the crap out of this game. big fan back in the day.
One of my favourite PS2 games. Got it for like 10€, played it through a summer.
Steambot Chronicles
I really wish whoever holds the rights to Agetec's PS2 releases would get them into PS2 on PS4.
I keep forget I need to play this, although I heard mixed opinions.
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
This was a really cool game that totally flew under the radar. The visuals were great and the combat was amazing, especially when you'd clash swords with an enemy just like in an anime.
Game Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkXSUt23CZ4
Is this box art a joke? lmao
This game was alot of fun actually!Never was I so excited to play a glorified tech demo.
At a time when a third-person cover shooter could actually be considered "innovative" and "revolutionary". There was nothing else like Kill.Switch when it released in 2003. Then Gears came out in 2006 and everything was exactly like Kill.Switch, except instead of calling them "Kill.Switch clones", they were called "Gears clones". Forgotten, indeed.
Someone already mentioned Shadow of Rome,
So I will mention Gladius
Loved this game
Magic Pengel. It's an RPG where you draw creatures and their stats and abilities will be different depending on what you draw.
Spider Man 2 got mentioned in the OP, so I'll go with this one:
Shinobido Way of the Ninja
I love Ninja games on the PS2 and this is by far my favourite. The way it focused on stealth and making use of your items. I had a blast with it.
24 was big back then and Jack Bauer interrogation mini-games give me the laugh of my life with all the shouting!
EXTERMINATION
Amazing game and better than Resident Evil, imho.
Sony should make a AAA sequel as soon as possible!
WinBack
Godammit even in a thread about forgotten/obscure PS2 games, we STILL dont get a mention of this Swery65 classic until page 6
Steambot Chronicles
I really wish whoever holds the rights to Agetec's PS2 releases would get them into PS2 on PS4.
Freaking LOVED these games.