I Just Got a PS2, Recommend Me Games!

The playstation emulator plays I believe 98% of all games. The only problem I had with it is some games require different settings so changing between disks can be a hassle. I only play one game at a time so it isn't a big deal to me. My original PS1 and PS2 slim still work. I use the emulator so I have less crap hooked up

Dude, one can only go back so far. I know I missed a lot of console games, but I played so many wonderful PC games I'm not too concerned. I doubt I'd have the time now to go back that far either.

kexx wrote:

I think I just had a brain aneurysm....

Someone, please, start a "Donate a NES and SNES to Veloxi" thread. This man doesn't know how much help he needs!!

Now, now...

Sooner or later the promised utopian future will arrive and the entire Mother series will be digitally re-released in English for all nations to enjoy. Everyone will play it and the world will be at peace once and for all.

Until then we just have to make do by revisiting such pale classics as Suikoden and Final Fantasy.

Hey guys, I'm getting another PS2 today, but the place I'm going to has both fat and slim models. Is one better to get than the other? I'm thinking the slim model since it's overall newer, but figured I'd ask.

Thanks!

Yeah, the slim model is newer, and if memory serves, it came after the disc reading issues had been resolved. I'd get that one. There isn't any feature difference.

Yeah, disk reading was my biggest concern after the last debacle. Thanks!

SpacePPoliceman wrote:

Yeah, the slim model is newer, and if memory serves, it came after the disc reading issues had been resolved.

Yup, for all the same reasons the smaller PS3 is better: smaller, quieter, and lower rate of failure.

K, got a slim, and OMG it's soooo little. I played a couple of games, had a great time. My only question is that the pic is a bit blurry on our 46" plasma TV. Any of y'all know a way to make it sharper? Thanks!

Edit: Someone pointed me to component cables, which should make things sharper, so I just snagged those. Whew. Thanks!

So I played a co-op game of Burnout Revenge with the girlfriend for the first time last night. LOVED IT. She's not much of a gamer, but we had a great time and she wants to play more! YAY!

Veloxi wrote:

So I played a co-op game of Burnout Revenge with the girlfriend for the first time last night. LOVED IT. She's not much of a gamer, but we had a great time and she wants to play more! YAY!

o/\o

I've found that pass-the-controller Crash mode in Burnout 3 brings all the boys to the yard, including my wife (not actually a boy).

Gravey wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

So I played a co-op game of Burnout Revenge with the girlfriend for the first time last night. LOVED IT. She's not much of a gamer, but we had a great time and she wants to play more! YAY!

o/o

I've found that pass-the-controller Crash mode in Burnout 3 brings all the boys to the yard, including my wife (not actually a boy).

Hahaha, oh yeah, I think Revenge has that also. Sad is that's the only thing Paradise has. :/

So I got component cables for the PS2, and oddly, it turned whatever was red to yellow. So confusing.

Derp, in doing some more reading, apparently I just had to switch the two red cables around. SO WEIRD. Anyway, it works now, the picture is MUCH clearer. Not HD clear but WAY better than composite cables. Yay!

Yeah, I was going to say that you had your cables mixed. Normally, they should be colored red/blue/green in one trio -- that's the video, and then red/white in a pair, which is the audio. If you mixed the two, you were sending only the blue and green signals to the TV, which is why everything was yellow.

Katamari Damacy is one of the top 5 classics on that system. Not to be missed. We Love Katamari is a good sequel. Later titles lost the magic, so I'd just avoid them, were I you.

If you didn't have a SNES, I take it you aren't familiar with Chrono Trigger? The PS2 version of CT exists, but it's very, very slow. You might want to play that on SNES, and then the (very different) sequel on the PS2, Chrono Cross. Just be aware that the second title is way, way different than the first. I didn't like it nearly as well, but many people think it's pretty good.

Chrono Trigger is one of the best games ever done. Do not miss that when you get to the SNES. Unfortunately, the cartridges can be obscenely expensive, so you might want to play it in emulation. The sound isn't quite right, but it's close.

Oh, you can get CT on the Gameboy Advance, if you have one. It's very close to what it was on the SNES, plus some FMV sequences, plus a few endings they had to cut because of lack of space.

Malor wrote:

Yeah, I was going to say that you had your cables mixed. Normally, they should be colored red/blue/green in one trio -- that's the video, and then red/white in a pair, which is the audio. If you mixed the two, you were sending only the blue and green signals to the TV, which is why everything was yellow.

Katamari Damacy is one of the top 5 classics on that system. Not to be missed. We Love Katamari is a good sequel. Later titles lost the magic, so I'd just avoid them, were I you.

If you didn't have a SNES, I take it you aren't familiar with Chrono Trigger? The PS2 version of CT exists, but it's very, very slow. You might want to play that on SNES, and then the (very different) sequel on the PS2, Chrono Cross. Just be aware that the second title is way, way different than the first. I didn't like it nearly as well, but many people think it's pretty good.

Chrono Trigger is one of the best games ever done. Do not miss that when you get to the SNES. Unfortunately, the cartridges can be obscenely expensive, so you might want to play it in emulation. The sound isn't quite right, but it's close.

Oh, you can get CT on the Gameboy Advance, if you have one. It's very close to what it was on the SNES, plus some FMV sequences, plus a few endings they had to cut because of lack of space.

A few nits to pick. The version of CT on disc is for PS1 (PS2 does have PS1 BC), and it was never released standalone. It's a part of Final Fantasy Chronicles along with Final Fantasy IV. I would recommend the DS remake of IV and the Wii VC version of CT, for what it's worth. Chrono Cross is also a PS1 game.

Also, the CT rerelease you're thinking of is for DS, not GBA.

Oh, yeah, you're right, I got lost in my generations there.

Blind_Evil wrote:

A few nits to pick. The version of CT on disc is for PS1 (PS2 does have PS1 BC), and it was never released standalone. It's a part of Final Fantasy Chronicles along with Final Fantasy IV. I would recommend the DS remake of IV and the Wii VC version of CT, for what it's worth. Chrono Cross is also a PS1 game.

Also, the CT rerelease you're thinking of is for DS, not GBA.

I found FFIV on DS to look rather annoyingly blocky. It's such a shame they wasted their resources remaking it into 3D when it looks so bad (only saw up to the octopus right after the desert town).

gravity wrote:

Katamari Damacy!

Spoiler:

Naaa nana na-na na-na

Yeah, definitely play Katamari. It's unreal.

Also, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, FF Origins, V, and VI are all on the PSN store. I don't know how well they run, though, since I have them all on disc >smug collar flick<

And, yeah, Katamari is pretty wild.

mrtomaytohead wrote:
Blind_Evil wrote:

A few nits to pick. The version of CT on disc is for PS1 (PS2 does have PS1 BC), and it was never released standalone. It's a part of Final Fantasy Chronicles along with Final Fantasy IV. I would recommend the DS remake of IV and the Wii VC version of CT, for what it's worth. Chrono Cross is also a PS1 game.

Also, the CT rerelease you're thinking of is for DS, not GBA.

I found FFIV on DS to look rather annoyingly blocky. It's such a shame they wasted their resources remaking it into 3D when it looks so bad (only saw up to the octopus right after the desert town).

I can take or leave the graphical style. I recommend it for the difficulty, augments, surprisingly okay voice acting, and improved writing.

A big problem I have with IV now that I'm older and understand such things is that the characters are mechanically very static. The DS remake takes steps to remedy the situation.

Sorry for veering off-topic. To help, one game I remember fondly but haven't seen mentioned: Drakan: The Ancients' Gates. It's an open-world-ish game about riding a cool dragon. I wasn't overly impressed by much in the PS2 era, outside of Smash Bros. Brawl and Metroid Prime, but one thing they started messing with was the breadth of gameplay experiences within one game. Genre-blending. Drakan is a pretty good example. Here's a video! (title says Drakan 2 because this is a sequel to a PC game called Order of the Flame)

Also, I think Killer 7 got a PS2 port? If so, it's...well, I'd call it must-play. It's one of a kind.

Blind_Evil wrote:

Also, I think Killer 7 got a PS2 port? If so, it's...well, I'd call it must-play. It's one of a kind.

It did get a port, and it's a game I hold in high regard, but it requires an iron will to stick with it long enough to get comfortable with its gameplay. I came very close to leaving it before it finally clicked.

I would actually recommend that you pick up your PS1 games over PSN if you can (assuming you don't mind digital copies), as most likely you'll be able to get a PSP or Vita dirt cheap with in about a year or so, and I find PS1 games to be much easier to play on the go. And you'll still have the option to play on your tv if you want, and you can transfer saves from one system to the other.

But even if you don't want to spend the money on another system PS1 games (and there are PS2 games on PSN now as well) tend to be cheaper on PSN anyways.

I have purchased a couple of PS1/2 games over PSN, so I'll take that route too. Some games i'd want the original, like War of the Monsters, as the PSN version has no local multiplayer, for example.

Veloxi, here. This could be you.

http://www.fanboys-online.com/passin...

Some of my PS2 favorites:

Champions: Return to Arms
We Love Katamari
Resident Evil 4
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Gran Turismo 4
R-Type Final
Tekken 5

Thanks cheesy, haven't seen some of those mentioned.

Veloxi wrote:

Thanks cheesy, haven't seen some of those mentioned. :)

RE4, Timesplitters Future Perfect and Tomb Raider are multiplatform.

I would say RE4 is way better on Wii. Playing it first on the GCN, then on the Wii, then trying it on the PS2 ruined the PS2 (and presumably GCN) version for me.

Timesplitters is pretty fun, and a shame it's style never made it to this gen. Definitely check it out if you never played any of the games in the series. Just know the earlier iterations use the funny aiming standard set by Goldeneye on the N64, which gives you an area to adjust your aim prior to turning, which just doesn't feel right when going back to play these days. Future Perfect is more modern and fixed that.

Never cared for Tomb Raider, though.

cheesycrouton wrote:

R-Type Final

No fair mentioning that and forgetting about Gradius V or Castle Shikigami 2 (for a more whimsical shoot-em-up).

AUs_TBirD wrote:
cheesycrouton wrote:

R-Type Final

No fair mentioning that and forgetting about Gradius V or Castle Shikigami 2 (for a more whimsical shoot-em-up).

Mobile Light Force 2 also came out for PS2 (The first Shikigami no Shiro) if you're into shmups.

FantaVision was a launch title, but has great puzzle gameplay. It's still fun today if you have company and want to play some quick and simple versus games with friends.

I remember really enjoying Drakan: The Ancients' Gates as well, but wasn't sure how it aged. It was a PS2 launch game, I think! I do remember it being possible to spec yourself badly (it had some RPG progression elements) and make the endgame tough...

I figure multiplatform Resident Evil 4 is just one of those classics that go without saying... play it on whatever platform you can. I don't think I've ever played through a game so many times. I have several friends who aren't big gamers but who have played through it multiple times. I put it on that shortlist with Ocarina of Time and Super Mario Brothers as an all-time classic.