Drew Leachman writes: The From A to Z series lets our editors go back and take a look at games from past generations that are classics, overlooked gems, or just titles they remember fondly. The idea behind this is to pick five games from each letter of the alphabet, once a week to showcase. This delivers 26 weeks and 130 games to talk about. Hopefully it sparks some conversation, and of course plenty of memories.
Our second series will focus on Sony’s sophomore entry into the console business, the PlayStation 2.
Let’s start with the letter “A”.
The PS2 still took plenty of inspiration from the arcade, leading to a lot of frustration over ottsels, stunts, and, uh, hands of God.
Out of the games on that list, I've beaten:
Maximo
God of War II (but on PS3)
Jak II
Stuntman
I almost forgot that this year my favourite console turned 20, I feel like it deserved so much better. So come to memory lane and let me explain how it deserved so much better than the little it got.
PS2 will forever be the top-selling console of all time. Its unlikely any future console will ever surpass its sales.
Game library is the best in history:
Shadow Of The Colossus
Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City & San Andreas
Resident Evil 4 & Code Veronica X
Silent Hill 2
God Of War
Gran Turismo 3 & 4
Burnout 3: Takedown
Need for Speed: Underground/Most Wanted
Midnight Club
Crazy Taxi
Socom
Devil May Cry
Splinter Cell
Hitman
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Jak & Daxter
Ratchet & Clank
Sly Cooper
Guitar Hero
Okami
Bully
Yakuza
Spider-Man 2
Fatal Frame 2
Mortal Kombat: Deception
Tekken 5
Soul Calibur 2
Virtua Fighter 4
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
Would be nice if we got a PS2 Mini. With hardware getting older now it's good to have a newer version that works.
Hopefully one actually made by Sony, as that would be nice. I'm still a bit let down by the PS1 Classic Mini.
Great list. I would like to add Burnout Revenge, Dark Cloud 1 & 2 to that pile. The PS2 is still my favorite PlayStation to this day, especially with the big three platformers that debuted in that era. I wish Midnight Club would make a comeback. I remember spending countless hours on GT4 when I was a kid.
That reminds me, I haven't played my PS2 in awhile. So many good memories with that console. I don't miss those cords with the controllers though
Some good wireless options for ds3 and 4 these days though and with FreeMCBoot (~$5 memory card on ebay) you can use most standard BT dongles via usb port
Will have to check that out. Wonder how many controllers you can hook up with the BT at once. I currently use the 4 player multitap to play games like Def Jam Fight for NY and Timesplitters 2 with 3 other people.
With all the talk about raiding Area 51, some gamers want to see a reboot of the old Area 51 games. Will it happen? When? What will the game look like?
Those game are long dead. By the time a game could be made, reddit will have moved on. Good riddance, no one cares.
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Cookie and Cream was known as Kuri Kuri Mix here in the UK (and Europe/Japan too I believe). Very cool game and quite the underrated gem.