Emulating PS2 for my Steam Deck, would love any recommendations!
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Ratchet and Clank games
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I was coming here to say this. For being a 'game within a game' and on the PS2, they made such compelling gameplay to go with the story.
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Try Dynasty Warriors. It's a genre I don't see much anymore, but you take control of a general and blast through tons of minions in a big battlefield, aiming for enemy generals to turn the tide of battle (reflected in overall 'morale').
All the games tell the same story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Obviously just play the last one available, because it has all the quality of life improvements, but I'll only play 3, because it's the only one that has Gan Ning with his super-pimp sword resting on top of his super-pimped no shirt tats.
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Def Jam: Fight for NY, dot hack series (originals and G.U.), King's Field 4, Monster Rancher 4, Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition, and quite a few more. I can't look at the games I have installed just yet, but I could always recommend more if anyone is interested.
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Top of the line suspension. There are actually multiple spots on the track where they will briefly be entirely airborne. It's where a lot of rider crash actually. If you don't land perfectly you can very easily lose the bike. There are lots of slow motion shots of two sliders flying over a crest side by side and both going airborne next to each other. Absolute insanity.
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There are two amazing super hero games that I would recommend: Spider-Man 2 and Hulk: Ultimate destruction.
Spider-Man 2 was easily one of my favorite games of all time. This game essentially set the bar for what a Spider-Man game should be.
Hulk: Ultimate Destruction was an open world game where you were the Hulk and did all the Hulk things. I can't think of a recent game where you play as the green giant.
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Just throwing out a fun game from my childhood, Lego Racers 2. I'll have to read through later for ideas because I'm in a similar boat in having never really been in console circles and never owned a PS2
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My local arcade has a pair of Crazy Taxi machines and that's always where I put my quarters
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The Star Wars Battlefront games. With how horribly the liver service EA version that came out in 2015 was and how dead it apparently is, the PS2 games are the only ones I'll ever acknowledge as existing.
Also, one of my personal favorites that I'd consider a must have is Dokopon Kingdom. Yes the remake/remaster exists, but I don't normally go for remasters in most situations. Gameplay is just roll a spinner, move on board, and adventure around the world while trying to do quests if you are in the story mode.
Both games have a lot of content and replayability in my eyes, which makes a game more of a must have for me.
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Ah ok. I didn't notice if there was an issue when I was a kid playing it - too busy being enamoured with the battle system!
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Actually did not know this. Truly sad to hear it. Guess I can't get rid of my dusty PS2 just yet
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Ultimate Spider-Man scratched a very similar itch to Spider-Man 2 if you ever want more of that kind of gameplay.
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My entire childhood was Tony Hawk's Underground 2 on the PS2.
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Hell yes, Gitaroo Man is fucking dope... Had a friend in high school who was like obsessed with that game, he got really good. I tried it again recently on an emulator and holy shit it gets hard after a few levels.
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I believe a Suikoden 1 & 2 remaster is coming out soon.
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I haven't used PCSX in a while, but I remember those settings being obscure af if you're not like an expert on VRAM and shit. I would just try everything until I found the best settings for the game lol. Thankfully you can save settings per-game I believe.
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Totally worth it to just play on easy mode to vibe with the music.
āU-1!! Catch!!ā
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Ratchet and Clank 3 is missing.
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Fatal Frame II
Mister Mosquito
Gitaroo Man -
I have distinct memories of my buddy completely demolishing the level with the skeletons who play their own bones like xylophones, on the hardest difficulty.
Great music
