skoosh

Hi all, today I became the owner of a Sony PS2, at the ripe old age of 34 !!!
( My b'day today ).

I already have GT3 and an 8mb card and went out today and bought 2 games that are going back tomorrow as they are ****e!!

Ghosthunter and R/Evil Survivor 2.

Can anyone offer some decent ideas to a PS2 newbie?

Not into shoot em up games but dont want tooooo many driving games either.

Thanx

Skoosh.

milo

grand theft auto

what id recommend is getting the official ps2 magazine, as this has demos that u can try out. its like £5.99 and usually has about 5-10 playable demos on it, but a bunch of other crap.

Mick

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The kids thoroughly enjoyed Shrek2


Mick

SJ_Skyline

Save some money - play grand theft auto3 and then when you are done, play grand theft auto 3 vice city and when you are done there grand theft auto san andreas should be about a fiver

Alternatively, try Burnout 3

J4CKO

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Aggree with SJ Skyline, also 34 and love the GTA titles, they are pretty immersive for this very early stage in game evolution.

Skip forward 20 years and you cant imagine what will be about, skip back and apart from nostalgia and a few gems generally rubbish, things have improved !

mart360

ICO



Mart

RB5 Paul

the getaway and its follow up

STi-Frenchie

Metal Gear Solid 2

Iwan

WRC4

AndyMoody

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WRC4 online too if you have broadband and network connection on the PS2.

Slimline one has it built in or £17.00 for the old type.

Andy.

prodriva

I thought I was the only who liked this game. I thought it was really good and quite an original game. Apparently they're making a sequel.

My top games would be

1) GTA-San Andreas
2) GTA-Vice City
3) WRC4
4) The Getaway
5) Medal of Honour Frontline
6) Medal of Honour Rising Sun
7) Jak and Daxter 1 and 2
8) Le Mans 24hrs (it actually has a 24hr mode!!!)
9) Resident Evil Nemesis (dont bother with Survivor etc, stick with the regular RE games)
10) Silent Hill Series

I think that will do for now

messiah

Don't bother with Jak 2 - it's total pants - the Ratchett & Clank series are miles better, no. 3 just out.

I was seriously disappointed by The Getaway, it was appalling, it only sold in buckets due to the amount of foul language in it - the sequel only gets 3 out of 10 in Edge...

WRC3 is great (getting 4 for chrimbo)
TimeSplitters 2 - BRILLIANT First Person Shooter
Metal Gear Solid 2 is fantastic if you like games to look like films
Tomb Raider AOD isn't bad but nowhere near the quality of the series that were on PS1.
WipeEout Fusion is good twist on racing but it's got a lot of bugs in it unfortunately.
EyeToy is quite good if you wanna lose some weight and don't mind looking mike a dipstick

Mogsi

Amen.... one of the best 'unknown' games on the PS2....

STi-Frenchie

I'll go along with that - a couple of weeks ago my son blew the dust off it after months of playing GTA. I'd forgotten just how good it is ! 10/10

messiah

Monkey Assistant - Can't play for PMSL

prodriva

I think you will find the reason for The Getaway selling so well was slightly more than the language content. Try the fact that a large part of London was accurately mapped and reproduced in the game and was a good take on British Gang Culture from the likes of the Krays to present day. OK so the graphics werent outstanding and the driving physics were a little questionable but what really sold it for me was the game play, storyline, and playing the game from a number of perspectives not just the main character.

As for basing game reviews from EDGE magazine !!!!!!

messiah

game play? I was really looking forward to the The Getaway for ages, and bought it release day (Had the version before it was withdrawn) and I just didn't like from level 1. The controls were awkward (and I thought Tomb Raider's were bad!).

Bottom line is - it was overhyped. I so wanted it to be good but it was no-where near the game it should have been.

and as for Black Monday - even the TV ad looks ****.

I always make my own mind up games, regardless of what magazines say - but I regard Edge as one of, if the best gaming mag available - covers all platforms unlike some others which quite often slag off other consoles. I don't always agree with it but it does tend to hit the mark more often than not.

prodriva

I also bought on the day of release with the inclusion of the BT van!!! What a joke all that was.

Messiah me old mucka, could I ask how old you are? I ask on a serious note and wont take the p**s. It's just that IMO The Getaway was not aimed at the younger generation who wouldnt have a clue who The Kray Brothers were and as the game makes a few references to that era this may be the cause of the younger gamers dissapointment of the game

messiah

32

I think we'll just have to disagree on that one...

Do you fancy having an argument on Jak 2 now? It's cr@p as well (also sold that one on ebay! - nothing like the first one!)

Mogsi

And this is why the game ended up so bad. They spent so long modelling the city/textures and then hyping up the game, they neglected the parts that make a game good.

To name a few:

Horrendous camera system
Tempremental aiming system
Lets sit around and I will magically heal myself !!! WTF I thought this was supposed to be a realistic game
Overly long/boring and often repetitive driving missions

Yes the story line was very good, and had they made the Getaway into a Guy Ritchie type film it would have done very well, however as a game it just didn't work for me, especially when you have something like like the GTA series to play on.

* steps down from soapbox

prodriva

Apologies messiah, I got the feeling you were younger than that. Me i'm soon to be 31 so we're not too far apart

I would agree with you that Jak 1 was better than 2. Havent played R&C so cant compare.

Happy gaming my freind.

Oh yes, are you playing GTA-SA? If so post your percentage on the leaderboard in the other thread, I dont recall seeing your name on it matey

messiah

I can totally recommend R&C mate - it uses the same game engine as Jak, but is far more polished (J&D was no slouch in the graphics dept though). Got fed up of Jak 2 - too much travelling around in between missions. Getting R&C3 from the missus for xmas, can't wait - it's been given a deathmatch mode which looks inspired for that type of game.

Not a big fan of the GTA series either I'm afraid - played the first PS2 version and thought it was a bit repetetive (go there, smash his face in, come back).

Just wait until the GT4 Leaderboard starts!

stevebt

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omnishima 3 and tony hawks underground 2 is a little bit addictive also try call of duty finest hour i like this game

chrome

messiah: I larhve you
(i worked on the timesplitters games from the word go..
- and a long time friend of mine worked on getaway and black monday.

wait for TS3 is my advice!!!
Out very very soon after xmas! (going to be worth the wait!)
imo, both the medal of honour games on PS2 are ****e.
both as a gamer and professionally.

burnout3- omg I am not worthy

um- kingdom hearts looks FAB (but long and its an RPG)

metal gear solid two is worth a look too and cheap @ £20 new.

messiah

Chrome - any chance of a "early" copy of TS3: future perfect? Was doing some looking around the t'internet for it the other day

Who's idea were the monkey's? - I'll make them a coffee Could have made them a bit easier to kill though...

Anyone played Killzone yet?

chrome

messiah- fat chance
the monkeys came about from general chit chat about non lethal NPC's.. then we decided to make em playable!
nightmare to bug test though due to reduced height and accelerated movement speed.

killzone- looks great (when its static) -horrible framrate issues.. and controls designed by the YTS kid I think. we pi55ed ourselves in the office when looking at it and seeing just how far short of the hype it had fallen..

messiah

Think I'll rent Killzone out before splashing out my hard-earned.

I got the first TimeSplitters when I bought my PS2 - until then I'd avoided the analogue sticks like the plague, but it seems so natural now that I find it by far the easiest way of playing an FPS.

Had a mate who brought round a copy of "Red Faction" - I'd never played it before but had the same control system as TS so I wiped the floor with him

Is it Free Radical you work for then? Any play-testing jobs going?

chrome

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messiah

Actually I've always fancied doing games dev stuff, mainly stuff like level design (I do architecture for a living) and always liked messing around with the Tomb Raider level editor - I kinda like all the fantasy visual type stuff and creating my own worlds (well I did until my HDD went pear shaped and lost the lot!!)

Did my HNC in Computer Studies a few years ago and I know that C++ programming is definately NOT my thing - I'd love to be able to program but that level of maths is totally beyond me - anyway as games design these days appears to have so many specialised areas I've thought a couple of times about doing a uni course in games development but it's just taking the plunge isn't it?

...think I might look into it again...any tips?

mart360

re ICO,

to those who have played it and like it,

i,d go so far as to say its the best game i have played on the PS2

there arn,t many games that grip you and make you feel part of the story,

the scenery was breathtaking, and the ending was a double edged sword.

yes you had finished the game, but a vast chunk of you had been removed!!

they didnt call it the emotion engine for nothing!!!

Mart

(how many of you still have your copy??)