Best games in each genre

[dangler]

i have a few pennies for some ps2 games. All i have at the moment is
Splinter cell 1
Coilin Mcrae rally (cant remember which one)
Gran Turismo 3
Tekken tag team
Pro evo soccer 3
Midnight club 2 (er i think)
Socom 1 (never played it)

as you can see i need to add to my collection
i cant be bothered with role play games like zelda type thing.
Can anyone recommend some games from different genres epsecially platform.

Cheers

[dick dastardly]

Best driving games:

Gran Turismo 4
Need for Speed Most Wanted

Best first-person shooters:

Killzone
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Best action/shooter:

Mercenaries
Freedom Fighters
Resident Evil 4

Plus no PS2 owner should be without all three Grand Theft Auto games (GTA3, Vice City & San Andreas).

[Code Monkey]

dick dastardly said:

Best driving games: Gran Turismo 4 Need for Speed Most Wanted Best first-person shooters: Killzone Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 Best action/shooter: Mercenaries Freedom Fighters Resident Evil 4 Plus no PS2 owner should be without all three Grand Theft Auto games (GTA3, Vice City & San Andreas).

Driving:
need for speed
GT4

First person Shooter:
Metal Gear solid
Manhunt : not shoot 'em up but lights out late at night nothing more intense

Platform:
Jak 3
prince of persia

Agreed on all GTA games these are essential and should be purchased with PS2


>> Edited by Code Monkey on Friday 13th January 13:14

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dangler said:

i have a few pennies for some ps2 games. All i have at the moment is Splinter cell 1 Coilin Mcrae rally (cant remember which one) Gran Turismo 3 Tekken tag team Pro evo soccer 3 Midnight club 2 (er i think) Socom 1 (never played it) as you can see i need to add to my collection i cant be bothered with role play games like zelda type thing. Can anyone recommend some games from different genres epsecially platform. Cheers

If you liked pro evo 3 you should definitely get pro evo 5. Its awesome. Takes a bit of getting used to but its satisfying when you crack it.

[Hanslow]

Take a look at God of War...cracker of a game

Part platform, part mentally pressing buttons killing all manner of things. Google it and you'll see what I mean

[Jungles]

Sticking to driving games...

For Rally:
Richard Burns Rally

For Touring Cars:
GT Racing
GT Legends

For Open Wheelers:
Grand Prix Legends
MS Precision CART (?!)

[mr2aw11]

By genre then...

Flight Sim - Super EF2000 (PC). Very engrossing real-time war, mission planning; perfectly balanced between realism and gameplay.

Sports - either EA's NHL games (PC), or Sensible World of Soccer (Amiga)

Driving - for it's impact, the original Gran Turismo (PlayStation); currently GT4, Forza, and PGR3 keeping me entertained. Special mention has to go to Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix (early 90s, PC or Amiga) - AI was way ahead of it's time.

Strategy - Shogun: Total War; prefer that timescale/location to it's graphically superior, but gameplay inferior sequels.

FPS - The first Rainbow Six game (PC), because it was totally original. Currently, Call of Duty 2 (XBox360).

GTA: San Andreas (PS2) for free-roaming, do what you want kind of thing. How good would that be on Xbox 360, multi-player on Live (or PC for that matter)?
edit for typo
>> Edited by mr2aw11 on Monday 16th January 10:30

>> Edited by mr2aw11 on Monday 16th January 10:31

[dern]

If you like a good old arcade platform cartoon like game rather than a sim then the ratchet & clank series are very good.

[UK952]

Are there games where you don't drive ?!?!!??!??!





Actually quite like the eye toy gamesm, the karate one (polish on, polish off) and boxing


Tony

[skibum]

Gotta get Buzz for the PS2 - cracking fun!

Other than that, your games collection is similar to mine. I agree with everyone on the GTA series. I would suggest you get Vice City first and then San Andreas. Only others I would recommend are Tiger Woods Golf and Tony Hawks games - both good for easy pick up.

ooo and Burnout Legends as well...

[DamnFineChim]

Get a chip for your PS2, hire or borrow a sh!tload of games from Blockbuster and/or friends and make your own copies....!!!

Your garaunteed to have the widest selection of PS2 games around! Cheap as chips too!!! I wouldn't be without one! 64 and counting.... running out of one's I want now...

>> Edited by DamnFineChim on Thursday 26th January 14:51

[jimothy]

dern said:

If you like a good old arcade platform cartoon like game rather than a sim then the ratchet & clank series are very good.

Love these games!

[jagdpanther]

GT4 for driving, all round awe inspiring!

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas for an hour of destructive fun (actually prefer the 1st one!)

First Person shooter/horror: The Suffering (scary as hell!!!!!!!)

[r988]

mr2aw11 said:

By genre then... Flight Sim - Super EF2000 (PC). Very engrossing real-time war, mission planning; perfectly balanced between realism and gameplay. Sports - either EA's NHL games (PC), or Sensible World of Soccer (Amiga) Driving - for it's impact, the original Gran Turismo (PlayStation); currently GT4, Forza, and PGR3 keeping me entertained. Special mention has to go to Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix (early 90s, PC or Amiga) - AI was way ahead of it's time. Strategy - Shogun: Total War; prefer that timescale/location to it's graphically superior, but gameplay inferior sequels. FPS - The first Rainbow Six game (PC), because it was totally original. Currently, Call of Duty 2 (XBox360). GTA: San Andreas (PS2) for free-roaming, do what you want kind of thing. How good would that be on Xbox 360, multi-player on Live (or PC for that matter)? edit for typo >> Edited by mr2aw11 on Monday 16th January 10:30 >> Edited by mr2aw11 on Monday 16th January 10:31

WW2 flight sim = (PC) IL2 series, especially for online play.

[captainfunbags]

Best driving game is Colin McRae IMO

For a change why not try some of the EA sports games like Tiger Woods Golf or FIFA etc