Recently been playing the Initial D game and Enthusia. Both of those are pretty good. Also remembered that Persona 3 is a PS2 game. (I played it on PSP). That game is <3
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas Monster Jam 4x4:Masters of Metal Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus Sly 2: Band of Thieves Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 and Need for Speed Most Wanted All of these were my childhood, they are perfect
All I really use my PS2 for nowadays is Gran Turismo 4. Best game in the series by far, and one of my favorite racing games. Every newer GT game looks inferior when compared to it, even if 5 and 6 had more cars. GT4 had something better; A solid single player mode with plenty to do, and a decent variety of cars.
That's why I won't enjoy the new GT much. Not just the lack of cars, but they basically stated that they dumbed down the single player because we wouldn't understand it otherwise. In my opinion, I don't think you needed much car knowledge to enjoy the single player of the previous games. I was never disadvantaged with those games as a kid because of a lack of car knowledge. What it did do though, was make me want to learn more about what that all meant. You know, how putting a certain part on my car made it faster. Or what changing a gear ratio meant. Now I'm almost completly qualified in it all, and I know what it all means. If they dumbed those games down way back then, then who knows. I may have never had an interest in cars, and might've ended up doing something completly different now,
I saw the title of this thread, and I thought, "Hey, I had a PS2, and the most memorable game for me was Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition." *Opens thread* *Reads first post* How tho Anyway, besides that game I also had Jeep Thills, a Baja racing game (forgot the name of it), and Test Drive Unlimited.
I'm surprised that my fav game hasn't been mentioned yet; Driven to Destruction (Test Drive: Eve of Destruction in U.S.) I still think it's one of the best games in its category. Graphics are ok compared to modern games. Still playing it when I got nothing else to play. Also I had all the other great games on original Xbox (FlatOut 2, Burnout 3, Forza Motorsport 1)
Silent Hill 2 for me, too, although I played the vastly superior PC port first. One of my absolute favourite games ever and possibly the pinnacle of the franchise. Before KONAMI decide to poop on it with the awful HD remaster, that is...
Not joking. The PC port was made off the X-BOX variant. Featured improved graphics, selectable post-processing filter, lightning quick loading times and save-anywhere. It also included all the extras of the PS2 version. I played it back when it was new and it ran just fine. Then it admitedly broke spectacularly as technologies evolved...
My favourite PS2 games were GTA SA Burnout 2+3 GT4 And juiced 2 I loved to play splitscreen with my brother, it's a shame many games don't do that anymore
1) 'Improved Graphics': Yeah, it's in HD and you can turn the Film-Grain off and everything but IMO it just makes everything look muddy and takes away the atmosphere. Plus, the ever present (in outside areas) fog effect is absolutely garbage in this version, fog only seem to cover the floor with everything else being... gray.... 2) Faster loading times: That's great I guess.... 2) Save anywhere: I'll admit, it's a nice feature but I think it doesn't fit in a survival horror game where you shouldn't be able to save everytime you approach an enemy.... Kinda takes away the point for me Spoiler: A video that explains everything much better (Skip to 12:17) If you like the PC version then power to you but I think it's a major downgrade from the PS2 version....
I somewhat rarely play PS2 anymore, but I would if I really want to. In no particular order, my favorites are: Stuntman Ignition: I see not much love for this game, and I love it, Even if I got the superior X360 port later on Speed Racer The Video Game: I loved the movie, and it translates to the game very well Pac-Man World 2: I'm not a platformer type of player, but I will play this once in a while, because why not. Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge: I love this game because Hot Wheels and cool cars, that is all. Stuntman: The prequel to Stuntman Ignition, and its a really good game, but once again, somewhat rarely loved Nascar 06: Total Team Control: When I'm super bored, I might give this game a try once in a while. R: Racing Evolution: A really good racing game, and I'd say underloved, and its from the Ridge Racer series surprisingly. Hot Wheels: Beat That!: Its Hot Wheels and its racing on Hot Wheels sized tracks, the appeal is obvious Yeah, that's like, a just above a quarter of my collection...I couldn't choose on less favorites...
PS2 version had much stronger fog simply to disguise horrid pop-up/flickering issues. Which still occurr. That detracts from the "horror experience" as well IMO. I never liked the "let's-cover-all-glitches-in-swirling-white-and-hope-no-one-notices" fog in the PS2 version, but still, "complex" (volumetric) fog was reestabilished with the official PC patch and PS2-like fog was modded in back then and then included in the modern system patches released a few years ago. Film grain was an expedient, too. And it's still present in the PC version. I never disabled it. If anything, PS2 version had better sounds. That's the best part of it, but they ruined sounds with the remasters. SMH. Save-anywhere is optional (you can still let the game manage autosaves/checkpoints) and disqualifies the player from accessing certain extras IIRC. Choice > Fake atmospheric effects IMO. I loved both versions. Likely, my memories of the PC version are a bit rose-tinted, but the PS2 version was fairly compromised as well.
