In light of celebrating Sony's recent price drop of their old system that just keeps on going, I thought I make this thread and share my love for this little system that can...the PS2 (Slim).
http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20090331/slimps2.jpg

After I got my 360 playing some of my favorite games of all-time like Street Fighter IV, Dead Space, Resident Evil 5, and the Call of Duty games, my PS2 was a haven for all the dust in my room. So one day, I decided to play my PS2 again and was shocked how muddy and horrible it looked! Than I finally got component cables for it and after playing it with those cables, I think the PS2 still holds up pretty well. I didn't get a HDTV for a long time and playing the PS2 like this really brought new life to it.

I still have so many JRPGs I still need to finish:

Wild ARMs 5
Dark Cloud 2
Valkyrie Profile 2
Rogue Galaxy
Persona 3

And I just picked up Shining Tears and saving up for Persona 4.
Shining Tears Picture

The PS2 is still great and is the best system for JRPGs.

Also, I just picked up King of Fighters XI and Samurai Shodown Anthology. What an amazing collection! It looks great on my HDTV with component cables.

Samurai Shodown Anthology Screenshot

I'm also playing through Resident Evil 4 again in progressive scan. I traded my Gamecube version for the PS2 one and it's worth it. It's still an amazing game after all these years.
Resident Evil 4 Picture

I got to get Shadow of the Colossus again.
Shadow of the Colossus Picture

Will PS2 go down in history as the greatest system of all-time? Arguably, I think it might. Regardless if it does or not, the PS2 is still running in my house. I think it still has a few more years of life left in it. There are so many more games that can come from Japan like Arcana Heart 2, Shining Wind, more SNK/Playmore games, a bunch of NIS or Atlus games, and even ports of PSP games.

And with the new $99 price drop, the PS2 is here to stay!




Posted by ASK_Story Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:06:01 (comments: 25)
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Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:50:00
With my shitty, non existant PS3 BC, I might just pick this one up. The downside is that I am already drowning in unfinished games as it is, dropping a good 20 games to that pile isn't going to help much. 
 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:08:36
Skip SOTC and head striaght for Ico! Nyaa

Anyway, at this point, I think it's fair to say that the PS22 is immortal.
 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:10:48

I have almost 300 PS2 games, and I'm not a Sony fan at all.  In fact I hated them for their false PS2 launch and I hated the PS3 this time around as well.

But the games are all that matter and that's what has won me over.  I have three PS2's and they all work.  I've had three 360's and none of them worked.

 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:32:03

No price drop here in the UK. Our currency is in the dumps.

Cant believe Sony crapped out on PS3 BC in europe. So many games I wanted to try. Alas there are so many news AND old games on current gen systems it looks like I will never get to play a great chunk of great PS2 games.

 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:33:44
i have more PS2 games than i have for any other single system and i don't know if that will ever change.  i think it still looks great (i think the same goes for the cube and the xbox) and will never have a problem with how games look (since anything from snes onwards can look great for me).  

but i do have a tiny problem (which seems to be growing though the more i get accustomed to the new ways of playing with the wiimote) with how some games control.  also the problem of too many games which steel touched upon is becoming more and more pronounced for a lot of us as our unplayed games piles seem to rise exponentially (i do realise that the root of that is consumerism but let's call it limited play time) and i don't even have a HD console like you guys.  i seem to have touched very few of the great ps2 games i got after having the wii ... yakuza 2, grimgrimoire, odin sphere, persona 3, castle shikigami II and since yesterday persona 4 are all great games that will probably have to wait forever to be played by me.

but i think the price drop is great news for gamers.  i think the fact that it's not being discontinued any time soon is great news for gamers.  


 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:20:26
I don't have a PS2 anymore, and despite having some games still and a desire to play them I don't foresee myself getting another one.  I had two die on me, and dealt with some seriously crappy customer service from Sony.  After I bought my second PS2 I said I wouldn't buy anything else from Sony for at least a generation.  I've stuck to that, despite a few temptations.  
 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:54:55
It's odd, but PS2 games just don't appeal to me in the least, even last gen. There's just something about the PS2's style of games that doesn't do it for me.
 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:00:26

Ravenprose said:
It's odd, but PS2 games just don't appeal to me in the least, even last gen. There's just something about the PS2's style of games that doesn't do it for me.

what do you mean by PS2 style of games?  there are so many games of so many different styles i think

 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:11:45

bugsonglass said:

Ravenprose said:
It's odd, but PS2 games just don't appeal to me in the least, even last gen. There's just something about the PS2's style of games that doesn't do it for me.

what do you mean by PS2 style of games?  there are so many games of so many different styles i think

It's hard to describe, but it's there (at least in my mind). Take away the multiplatform games, and the style of the exclusive games just doesn't appeal to me. It was the same with the PS1 and now PS3.

 
Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:20:03

bugsonglass said:

Ravenprose said:
It's odd, but PS2 games just don't appeal to me in the least, even last gen. There's just something about the PS2's style of games that doesn't do it for me.

what do you mean by PS2 style of games?  there are so many games of so many different styles i think

In Raven's talk, that means a distinctive lack of rodent-based games. LOL

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