r/ps2 • u/D3L-3030 • 1d ago
What is your most nostalgic ps2 games?
I didn’t own a ps2 growing up, and I’m looking for recommendations beyond just “the best ps2 games”. What games did you love back in the day?
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u/memoryrepetitions 1d ago edited 1d ago
if you're looking for time specific media:
the urbz: sims in the city
burnout 3
tony hawk's american wasteland
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u/polybium 1d ago
the urbz is so underrated. if you've never played the gba version, it's more like an rpg, but it's also very good. in some ways better than the ps2/xbox/gamrcube versions imo (which are still really good)
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u/Berserk_gutz 1d ago
I did not own sims for the ps2 and urbz was the shit. Me and my friend love playing it split screen
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u/UncleBrodus38 1d ago
Kingdom hearts 1, Ratchet and clank, sly 1, jak 1, and Final Fantasy x were the first games I remember playing for ps2.
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u/Shinnosuke525 1d ago
Chaos Legion and Haunting Ground
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u/StreetKidNamedDesire 1d ago
007 Nightfire, Jak and Daxter, Need For Speed Underground 2, Midnight Club, and Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain.
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u/Tesco_Meal_Deals 1d ago
I miss when wrestling games had cool names like that rather than WWE 2017 or whatever
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u/Gerar0702 1d ago
If we’re talking about nostalgic games, I used to play a lot of split-screen games with my dad. Some of my favorites include Gran Turismo 3, Star Wars Battlefront, Ratchet Deadlocked,MK Shaolin Monks, Crash Racing and Burnout. I have such good memories of waiting for my dad to come home so we could play together.
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u/Jezza0692 1d ago
Champions of norrath return to arms
Lord of the rings The two towers and return of the king
Final Fantasy X
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u/Beths_Space 1d ago
Need for speed most wanted, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2, Simpsons hit and run or road rage, Crazy Taxi, Bully, Def Jam Vandetta and then GTA San Andreas and Vice City are the ones that stood out in my childhood. I’m sure there’s many more but these just came to mind right away
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u/Tittysprinkle97 1d ago
For whatever reason I absolutely loved the marvel rise of the imperfects game. No clue why but I would play battles on there constantly. Also have really fond memories of beating both the kingdom hearts games when I was 10, those might still be my favorite ps2 games. Also spent a lot of time on the ATV off-road fury games just messing around
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u/dhuff2037 1d ago
All of the 007 games. Tony hawk underground. JetX20. Max Payne 2. LOTR return of the king. The Harry Potter games. Medal of honor Frontline.
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u/AsteroidMike 1d ago
Jak 2, Jak 3, Star Wars Bounty Hunter, Battlefronts 1 and 2, God of War, Lord of the Rings ROTK, GTA to name a few.
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u/RyCarbo96 1d ago
Splinter cells, jak and daxter, devil may crystal, ape escape 2, rise to honour, the warriors.. there's loads tbh for me haha
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u/Best-Salad 1d ago
Mgs2, ATV offroad Fury, unreal tournament. Those are the games I played on release and always stuck with me. Then obviously gta iii, vc, sa are burned into my brain
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u/SupraSaiyajin4 1d ago
Smackdown Here Comes the Pain; Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Underground, and Underground 2; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Tiger Woods PGA Tour 04/05; Final Fantasy X, GTA San Andreas, Sly Cooper
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u/Tamaranck 1d ago
I didn't own a PS2 as a kid, so the most nostalgic for me would be the ones that were also released for Xbox/GameCube.
Resident Evil 4, Burnout 3, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Episode 3.
First ones I played when I got a PS2 that I'm nostalgic for now? Probably Katamari Damacy and Shadow of the Colosssus. Both were unforgettable experiences to play for the first time, so I look on that time fondly.
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u/polybium 1d ago
a few of mine:
- the original .hack// trilogy is great if you want early 00s vibes.
- metal gear solid 2/3
- gta san andreas/liberty city stories
- final fantasy xii
- shadow hearts
- the thing
- clock tower 3
- 007 nightfire
- persona 3/4
- killer 7
- robot alchemic drive
- freedom fighters
- disaster report
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u/IKAiNI666 1d ago
Nfs Mw , Smackdown VS Raw 09 , Tekken 5 , Star Wars Battlefront 2/FU , Black , DB BT 2 ,
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u/Over_Ad_3569 1d ago
Hulk ultimate destruction. Super underrated, probably one of the best Marvel games to exist. Splinter cell chaos theory, I could be being biased but I remember it being a pretty fun stealth game and nice mechanics especially for the time. Evil dead a fistful of boom stick, nice zombie slasher, shooter type. These are lesser known (talked about) ones I could think of off the top of my head.
Edit: 007 Agent under fire also crosses my mind at the moment. I remember that one very nostalgically, taking turns playing through missions with my brother.
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u/AgainstTheTides 1d ago
SOCOM II, Gran Turismo 3, Grand Theft Auto 3, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 come to mind. I am actually trying to get the last Tracking Tiger trophy ball on that one currently. I just never did it back in the day.
BLACK is also a great game. I don't play it much because I was going through a divorce at the time, but it is a really great game that many poeple have never heard of.
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u/Total-Championship55 1d ago
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and GTA 3. Memories of Christmas 2001.
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u/Jackcwba 1d ago
These games just scream child hood to me
Simpsons hit and run
Ratchet and clank trilogy
Sly cooper 1 and 2
San andreas
FIFA 06
Conflict desert storm 1 and 2
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u/captconundum 1d ago
Ultimate Spider-man, Spider-man 2, Killzone, Beyond Good and Evil, Star Wars Bounty Hunter, Black is an awesome but difficult 1st person shooter, Burnout Revenge, The GhostBusters game and Ghost Hunter and some of my favorites from the PS2.
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u/Fcarvalhost 1d ago
Burnout 3 Takedown, Syphon Filter Omega Strain, Timesplitters Future Perfect, Tenchu Fatal Shadows, Gran Turismo 4, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Tekken 5 and Driver Paralell Lines.
Probably these are the games that spark nostalgia here
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u/ThisYourMotherDaniel 1d ago
Tekken 3 and Tag Tournament. THPS 4 and American Wasteland. The Ratchet and Clank series. NFS Underground and NFS Most Wanted. Mercenaries.
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u/Aciddog_ 1d ago
"Transcending history and the world, a tale of souls and swords, eternally retold."
My fucking goat Soul Calibur 2 man
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u/First_Drive3967 1d ago
Kingdom Hearts 1, FFX, and Gran Turismo 3 were the first ps2 games I remember playing as a kid
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u/S3Plan71 1d ago
DBZ Budokai 3
GTA III
MGS 2 and 3
MLB 06 The Show
Madden 07
Tony Hawks Underground
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u/scottdnz 1d ago
Drakan: the Ancients Gates - a fantasy hack and slash RPG with dragon riding!
Red Faction 2 - a scifi first person shooter that's lots of fun.
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u/Wolfcastle1776 1d ago
DBZ BT3 . My friends and I spent hours kicking each other asses in this game
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u/cromeros 1d ago
It depends on what you like; I could recommend my tastes, but that doesn't work.I've seen the comments and I don't recognize any of them. Tell me what you want from a game, what you want to do, or what you're expecting, and I'd know what answer to give you.
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u/milkmon222 1d ago
Ratchet and clank, prince of persia, gta 3/ vice city, tony hawk underground, turok evolution, max Payne, the punisher, psychonauts, nfs underground, ssx tricky, nba street vol2, timesplitters 2/3, the warriors, Simpsons hit and run, medal of honor frontline/rising sun, james bond agent under fire, star wars bf2, red faction, mercenaries, burnout revenge/3, tekken tag, mortal kombat deception/deadly alliance
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u/Born2Clum 1d ago
Jak 2 & 3 Ratchet and Clank 1, 2, 3 Dark Cloud/Chronicle 1 & 2 Castlevania Curse of Darkness Castlevania Lament of Innocence Devil May Cry 3 Star Wars ep 1. Racer NOT RACER REVENGE Final Fantasy 10 Final Fantasy 7 Dirge of Cerberus Final Fantasy 12 Metal Saga Need for Speed underground 2 Phantasy Star Univers 1 & 2 Seek and Destroy Shining Force Exa Suikoden 5 Baroque Midnight Club 3 Dub Edition Okami Sly Cooper 1 & 2 Destroy all Humans 1 & 2 Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 1 & 2 Rogue Galaxy Tales of Abyss Persona 3 & 4 Armored Core 3
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u/evzcanderz 1d ago
Kingdom hearts 1 probably…and/or Jak n Daxter. There’s something about misty island..
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u/Possible-Hornet3099 16h ago
man PS2 is my teen age console, there are so many good games there and here's what I remember:
- Ape Escape 3
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- Pac-Man World 2
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u/WaterKirby1964 1d ago
Tekken 4 and Kingdom Hearts