[SpardaSon21]

* SpardaSon21 totally wasn't a Dante fanboy when he came up with this name. 

[Mongoose]

1 is quite good, though a bit clunky, and the camera behavior may have you flipping a table at some point.

Heh, that's exactly why I made it about a half-hour into the game and then had to put it aside.  The very first boss was absolutely murdering me for no other reason than the camera deciding to just randomly swing around 180 degrees if I took a few steps to the side.  I'd say that fixed cameras in action games need to die a swift, painful death, but I think they already have for the most part.

[Wobble73]

My vote is for any Metal Gear game, any Resident Evil game and one not mentioned here, Destruction Derby! 

[Sarafan]

Does the PS2 have any other shooters like Killzone?

[The E]

Like Killzone? No, I don't think so. But there are other shooters that are quite good, the TimeSplitters series is really really excellent, as is BLACK.

EDIT: Just remembered, the Volition games for the PS2 are also worth a buy, namely Summoner 1 and 2 and Red Faction.

[redsniper]

Ooooh yeah, Summoner is pretty solid.

[TwentyPercentCooler]

FF12 is the best title in the series IMHO.

This. Also, don't forget the Gran Turismo games (if you're into that kind of thing).

I like my PS2 better than my PS3, even these days. The PS2 has such an amazing library.

Not to mention it's the size of 3 TV remotes if you have a slim.

PS3 is better at media related things (Bluray, streaming, netflix) but the PS2 just out guns it in "good game" lists.

Both FF X and XII (NOT to be confused with FFX-2!) were great games. Each of them has over 500 hours of playtime in my "best" save file, and that doesn't include all the replays.

Their gameplay is very different, FFX's combat style being turn-based random encounter, akin to Pokemon with hundreds of attack options, and the ability to make just about any weapon and armor you can dream, from swords that can deal all 4 elements of dammage at once to armor that will block just about any ailment you can think of.

FFXII's is real-time and gambit based. You set up conditionals for things to happen, and they happen. You can take manual control whenever you like, but life will be easier if you find good gambit sets and get people in their roles.

Both are loot-based player economy; sell what you don't want.

Oh yeah, I loved FFX as well (level 99 unstoppable Blitzball team, anyone?), but I usually recommend FFXII to people because JRPGs don't appeal to everyone. But, aside from the silly clothes and kid with impossibly spiky hair, FFXII is a lot more western in style, mostly because the character you're playing is watching the story unfold around him instead of driving it almost singlehandedly, and thanks to the license grid being open (at least in the original, non-Zodiac edition) you could turn any character into anything you wanted. It rubbed some die-hard FF fans the wrong way, but I thought it brought a bit of freshness to the series. Although, I also didn't mind the Zodiac job system in the later version.

The only thing I've never liked about the FF games is that they pretty much require a strategy guide (or constant reference to walkthroughs on GameFAQs) if you want to be completionist (for example, the requirements for getting the Zodiac Spear - lolwat).

[The E]

Oh, and I see a distinct lack of mentions for the GTA 3 series. GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas are also immensely good.

[deathfun]

Oh, and I see a distinct lack of mentions for the GTA 3 series. GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas are also immensely good.

Obtainable and more modable for PC
And cheap.

[Mongoose]

Yeah, I was thinking from the OP that recommendations for PS2-exclusive titles would be the most useful, since there's a lot of cross-platform stuff that you could otherwise buy for $3 in a Steam sale.

[Deepstar]

Burnout Series

Rogue Galaxy is a good RPG, also the Kingdom Hearts Series.

And i like Tekken 5, Soul Calibur 3 as Beat 'em Up and both R-Type Final and Gradius V as Shoot 'em Up.

And last but not least for the FreeSpace Player... i had fun with the different Star Wars Space-Shooters like Starfighter and Jedi Starfighter aswell the Battlestar Galactica Space-Sim... even they are not as good as the first two Colony Wars from the PSOne.

[FlamingCobra]

Jak and Daxter, Jak II, Jak 3, stay away from the rest of the Jak and Daxter series.

Destroy All Humans! and Destroy All Humans! 2

I really enjoyed The Simpsons: Hit & Run

I'm gonna go out on a limb and recommend Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon

I never played Kingdom Hearts, but I heard really good things about that series.

If you don't have the 3 spyro games for PS1, get them. Stay away from all PS2 Spyro games. They are bad.

If you are a fan of the Crash Bandicoot series, stay away from Crash Twinsanity. Far, far away.

I hear very good things about the Ratchet and Clank series, but I have never played those games.

Many websites would recommend "Shadow of the Colossus" but I have played nor even heard of it. It has extremely good ratings, though.

Shadow of the Colossus is the prequel to another game, "Ico", which I have also never heard of, but the ratings are very good for it too.

[SpardaSon21]

The first three Ratchet and Clank games are a ton of fun with lots of quips and semi-serious humor to go with your ridiculous guns and big explosions.  Deadlocked is the Darker and Edgier sequel, so it just isn't as entertaining.

[Lorric]

Dynasty Warriors and all associated spinoffs and expansions (Warriors Orochi, Samurai Warriors, Xtreme, Empires). I estimate I've sank over 2,000 hours into them all combined. Favourite game series of all time.

Beware though, they are love or hate games and some people reading this will think I am insane. However, they should be very cheap these days, so if you try one and don't like it, you won't have lost much. Strangely, they became uninteresting to me once they hit the next generation of consoles. I know why, but it's a damn shame. Oh well, here's hoping they recapture the magic with the upcoming Dynasty Warriors 8...

[FireSpawn]

The Onimusha series is rather fun. And if you want for a darker and often gory RPG experience, try Shadow Hearts (Yes I know it's amazingly old, even for a PS2 game, but it roxors boxorz).
Also Steambot Chronicles is a rather quainte sandbox-style mech game with a simple bot customisation (swapping out legs, arms, body and back/rear modules) and fun and easy to follow story, a fun musical minigame and more. The cell shading isn't too bad either.

Also; Monster Hunter

[Enzo03]

Armored Core 3 was a good buy.  Thumbs up for buying it.  I also got many of the other Armored Core games for both PS1 and PS2. and can recommend nearly all of them.
I've recently been getting back into a few games such as Dark Cloud, Drakan: The Ancient Gates, and Onimusha.  For racing games I have Extreme-G 3 and XGRA.  They're both excellent.