If you read my entry for the Coalition of Awesomeness's Geek Obsession theme (or if you've been reading Culture Kills for a significant amount of time), you know that I have, how shall I put this... a healthy collection of Playstation 2 games.
With today being the American Thanksgiving and last month being that console's 10th anniversary, I thought it would be interesting to look through a couple of best of lists for it to see how my collection stands up. I think I did very well.
Let's begin with Gamepro's most recent list of the 36 Best Games for the PS2. I've put the game I own in bold, and the ones I used to own in bold italic.
1. God of War 2
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Shadow of the Colossus
4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
5. Okami
6. Final Fantasy XII
7. God of War
8. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater / Subsistence
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
10. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty / Substance
11. Gran Turismo 4
12. Hitman: Blood Money
13. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
14. Ico
15. Guitar Hero 2
16. Kingdom Hearts 2
17. Final Fantasy X-2
18. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
19. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
20. Tekken 5
21. Devil May Cry
22. Twisted Metal Black
23. Burnout 3: Takedown
24. Bully
25. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
26. Silent Hill 2
27. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
28. Onimusha: Warlords
29. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game / Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
30. We Love Katamari
31. Black
32. SOCOM 2: U.S. Navy SEALs
33. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
34. Escape from Monkey Island
35. SSX 3
36. Fight Night Round 3
Then there is IGN's list of the Top 100 PS2 Games.
1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
4. God of War II
5. ICO
6. Okami
7. Kingdom Hearts
8. Grand Theft Auto III
9. Gran Turismo 4
10. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
11. Burnout 3: Takedown
12. Guitar Hero II
13. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
14. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
15. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
16. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
17. Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
18. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
19. Rez
20. Resident Evil 4
21. God of War
22. Katamari Damacy
23. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
24. Final Fantasy X
25. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
26. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
27. Frequency
28. Guilty Gear X2
29. Soulcalibur II
30. Guitar Hero
31. Dark Cloud 2
32. Black
33. Ridge Racer V
34. Beyond Good & Evil
35. GrimGrimoire
36. Amplitude
37. Viewtiful Joe
38. TimeSplitters 2
39. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
40. Jak 3
41. Ratchet & Clank
42. Devil May Cry
43. Bully
44. Odin Sphere
45. Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
46. ESPN NFL 2K5
47. Suikoden III
48. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
49. Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
50. Gitaroo-Man
51. Twisted Metal: Black
52. NBA Street Vol. 2
53. Rogue Galaxy
54. Silent Hill 2
55. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
56. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
57. Tomb Raider Anniversary
58. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
59. Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
60. Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
61. The Warriors
62. Mercenaries
63. Primal
64. Aggressive Inline
65. WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
66. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
67. Psychonauts
68. Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
69. Star Wars: Battlefront
70. Tourist Trophy: The Real Riding Simulator
71. X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
72. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
73. Kingdom Hearts II
74. Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
75. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
76. Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of MetaFalica
77. The Mark of Kri
78. MVP Baseball 2005
79. Final Fantasy XII
80. Spider-Man 2
81. SSX 3
82. Burnout 2: Point of Impact
83. Transformers
84. Gungrave
85. Manhunt
86. Battle Engine Aquila
87. Project Eden
88. Monster Rancher 4
89. Viewtiful Joe 2
90. Dead to Rights
91. Colin McRae Rally 3
92. Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories
93. Fight Night 2004
94. Killer 7
95. SSX Tricky
96. Max Payne
97. SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
98. Madden NFL 2005
99. Karaoke Revolution
100. God Hand
And there is Complex's list of their Top 25 PS2 Games. In addition to the other demarcations, I have also italicized games I have a version of.
1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005) (I have Snake Eater)
2. God of War (2005)
3. Ico (2001)
4. Final Fantasy X (2001)
5. Devil May Cry (2001)
6. Tekken 5 (2005)
7. Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004)
8. Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
9. Silent Hill 2 (2001)
10. Jak 3 (2004)
11. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
12. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
13. SOCOM II: U. S. Navy SEALs (2007)
14. God of War 2 (2007)
15. Gran Turismo 4 (2006)
16. Okami (2006)
17. Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner (2003)
18. Kingdom Hearts (2002)
19. Katamari Damacy (2004)
20. Persona 3 (2006) (I have Persona 3: FES)
21. Virtua Fighter 4 (2002) (I have Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution)
22. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003)
23. Guitar Hero II (2006)
24. Final Fantasy XII (2007)
25. Burnout 3: Takedown (2004)
So yeah... it's official. I am a freak.
3 comments:
Heh, I have way too many ps2 games as well.
My collection is here:
lazyhoboguy.webs.com
And oh man, play Rez. That game is amazing. Saw you didn't own it.
Looking at your list, what was wrong with the Sega Classic Collection?
My obscenities directed at their game were in my list because that game basically lies and tricks you into buying it. It is not a collection of real sega games. It is a collection of half-assed barely functional 3d remakes of old 2d sega titles. The box even tries to cover up that fact lol.
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