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Once again, looking for PS2 game suggestions! (lemmy.world)
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I got through phases of games, and right now I'm in the one I like to think of everything-modern-is-making-me-angry-so-I'll-turn-back-to-vintage-games - and that's in the form of PCSX2 on my Steam Deck.

Playing the PS2 generation on the Steam Deck is kinda the 'perfect' generation: I can upscale the resolution without a performance hit, I can apply HD texture packs, Retro Achievements and I can drop the TDP to extend the battery life.

Anyway, I never had a PS2 (it was just a touch before my time), so there's so many games I'm yet to discover there. I'd love to hear any suggestions you might have for what I can play on there:

Just a couple notes:

  • No GTA games because they're better with the PC versions. While I've bought the games, the account that Rockstar demands people have to play their games makes me angry on principle (a single-player game forcing an online check each week to be able to play it? No thanks), so I've got cracked versions to play.

  • No Final Fantasy because I'm not even sure where to start!

So if anyone was around back in the PS2 era, and has some recommendations for games they've loved, I'm all ears. I've been having such a fun time playing these.

Some big thanks to my friends who made and run RetroDECK (my choice for emulating on the Steam Deck), and to the PCSX2 team (who I'm chatting to right now actually, so keep an eye out and in a week or so I'll share that chat with them all about creating and maintaining the PS2 emulator!)

Also, if you do have a Steam Deck, and want to play with the HD texture packs I do, then it's really simple. Just download the pack, and name then according to their game's I.D. code - SLUS-20743 for example, then place it in the texture_packs folder:

From there, go into PCSX2, then right-click the game, select properties, graphics, texture replacement and tick the two boxes I have:

Then you've got the games looking the best they can be!

Here's a link to a stack of pre-done HD textures for a lot of PS2 games, to help you on your way!

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[–] SinkingLotus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Here's a list from my collection

  • .hack://Infection

  • .hack://Mutation

  • .hack://Outbreak

  • .hack://Quarantine

  • .hack://G.U. Rebirth

  • .hack://G.U. Reminisce

  • .hack://G.U. Redemption

  • 007: Agent Under Fire

  • 007: Nightfire

  • 007: Everything or Nothing

  • 10,000 Bullets

  • Altered Beast (i.e., Project: Altered Beast)

  • Ape Escape 2

  • Ape Escape 3

  • Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia

  • Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

  • Armored Core 2

  • Armored Core 2: Another Age

  • Armored Core 3

  • Armored Core: Last Raven

  • Armored Core: Nexus

  • Armored Core: Nine Breaker

  • Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana

  • Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny

  • Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm

  • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

  • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

  • Beyond Good & Evil

  • Blood Will Tell

  • BloodRayne

  • BloodRayne 2

  • Bloody Roar 3

  • Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter

  • Bunjingai: The Forsaken City (i.e., Bunjingai: Swordmaster)

  • Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

  • Castlevania: Lament of Innocent

  • Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest

  • Chaos Wars

  • Chulip

  • Clock Tower 3

  • Cold Fear

  • Contra: Shattered Soldier

  • Crimson Tears

  • Dark Cloud

  • Dark Cloud 2 (i.e., Dark Chronicle)

  • Destroy All Humans!

  • Destroy All Humans! 2

  • Deus Ex (NB: Worse than PC version)

  • Devil May Cry

  • Devil May Cry 2 (NB: Only because I'm recommending the others)

  • Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition

  • Disaster Report (i.e., SOS: The Final Escape)

  • Disgaea 1: Hour of Darkness

  • Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories

  • Downhill Domination

  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3

  • Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

  • Drakengard

  • Drakengard 2

  • Dynasty Warriors 5

  • Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends

  • Evergrace

  • Fatal Frame

  • Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

  • Fatal Frame III: The Tormented

  • Final Fantasy X (NB: See end)

  • Final Fantasy X-2 (NB: See end)

  • Final Fantasy XII (NB: See end)

  • ~~Forbidden~~ Siren

  • Forbidden Siren 2

  • Forever Kingdom (NB: Prequel to Evergrace)

  • Gitaroo Man

  • Gladius

  • God Hand

  • Grandia Xtreme

  • Grandia III

  • Gregory Horror Show

  • GunGrave

  • GunGrave: Overdose

  • Haunting Ground

  • Headhunter

  • Headhunter Redemption

  • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

  • Hitman: Contracts

  • Hitman: Blood Money

  • Ico

  • Initial D Special Stage

  • Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

  • Jak II

  • Jak 3 (NB: Fuck the naming scheme)

  • Jak X: Combat Racing (NB: Get V2.00 specifically)

  • Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

  • Katamari Damacy

  • Kingdom Hearts - Final Mix

  • Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories

  • Kingdom Hearts II - Final Mix (NB: Translation somewhere online)

  • Kinetica

  • Lumines: Puzzle Fusion

  • Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome

  • Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis

  • Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy

  • Manhunt

  • Manhunt 2

  • Maximo: Ghosts to Glory

  • Maximo vs Army of Zin

  • Mega Man X7

  • Mega Man X8

  • Mercenaries - Playground of Destruction

  • Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

  • Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (NB: See end)

  • Michigan: Report from Hell

  • Mister Mosquito

  • Need for Speed: Underground

  • Need for Speed: Underground 2

  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted

  • Need for Speed: Carbon

  • Nightshade (NB: Sequel to Shinobi)

  • ObsCure

  • ObsCure II

  • Odin Sphere

  • Okage: Shadow King

  • Onimusha 1: Warlords (NB: Pressure-sensitive buttons)

  • Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny (NB: Pressure-sensitive buttons)

  • Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (NB: Pressure-sensitive buttons)

  • Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams

  • PaRappa The Rapper 2

  • Phantom Brave

  • Primal

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

  • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

  • Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

  • Psychonauts

  • Radiata Stories

  • Ratchet & Clank

  • Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (i.e., Locked and Loaded)

  • Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

  • Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked

  • Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters

  • Raw Danger! (NB: Sequel to Disaster Report)

  • Red Dead Revolver

  • Resident Evil Code: Veronica X

  • Resident Evil Outbreak

  • Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2

  • Resident Evil 4

  • Rogue Galaxy

  • Romancing SaGa

  • Rygar: The Legendary Adventure

  • Samurai Western

  • Second Sight

  • Shadow Hearts

  • Shadow Hearts: Covenant

  • Shadow Hearts: From the New World

  • Shadow of Destiny (i.e., Memories)

  • Shadow of Rome

  • Shadow of the Colossus

  • Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (i.e., Lucifer's Call) (i.e., featuring Dante from DMC!)

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES

  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

  • Shining Force EXA

  • Shinobi

  • Shinobido: Way of the Ninja

  • Silent Hill 2 (NB: Pressure-sensitive buttons)

  • Silent Hill 3

  • Silent Hill 4: The Room (NB: Just because)

  • Silent Scope

  • Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette

  • Silent Scope 3

  • Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

  • Sly 2: Band of Thieves

  • Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

  • Soul Nomad & the World Eaters

  • Spider-Man 2

  • Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

  • Steambot Chronicles

  • Suikoden III

  • Suikoden IV

  • Suikoden V

  • Super Dragon Ball Z

  • Tales of Legendia

  • Tales of the Abyss

  • Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven

  • Tenchu: Fatal Shadows

  • The Bouncer

  • The Getaway

  • The Getaway: Black Monday

  • The Godfather

  • The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

  • The Simpsons: Hit & Run

  • The Sword of Etheria

  • The Thing

  • The Warriors

  • Tokyo Road Race

  • Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

  • Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

  • TY the Tasmanian Tiger

  • TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue

  • Way of the Samurai

  • Way of the Samurai 2

  • Wild Arms 3

  • Wild Arms 4

  • Wild Arms 5

  • Wild Arms: Alter Code, F

  • Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht

  • Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse

  • Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra

  • X-Men Legends

  • X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

  • Yakuza

  • Yakuza 2

  • Zone of the Enders

  • Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner (NB: Get PAL special specifically)

So Final Fantasy games are often unrelated to one another. Meaning you can just pick whichever to start. Although Final Fantasy X has a direct sequel, that being Final Fantasy X-2.

Next is about Mega Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. Even though you have it listed I still mention it because Subsistence includes:

  • Metal Gear
  • Metal Gear 2

Being the most recommended versions of those games. (Not including Nintendo's recent ports)

[–] lohky@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I knew I was going to see Steambot Chronicles on that list after seeing the .hack games hah.