[PS2] Must Own PS2 Games, or how many middling JRPGs can you suggest?

To echo a few choices mentioned already:

Ico/Shadow of the Colossus
Jak & Daxter series
Katamari Damacy
God of War
Dragon Quest VIII
FFX
Also, the anthology collections


And to add a few which haven't been mentioned:

Gran Turismo 3 & 4 - Racing - Finds that ever-so-nice blend between balls-to-the-wall arcade style racing (i.e.: use the AI cars for cornering) and in-depth, customizable simulation. The graphics are gorgeous, the controls are extremely fine-tuned, the amount of things to do and cars to win (hundreds) are almost daunting, and the music is great. Even if you aren't into cars the in-game documentation is pretty rounded out and it's hard not to get caught up in the selection when purchasing new stock for your garage.

Guilty Gear X2 - Fighting - The same game as GGX2:#Reload for Xbox but without the Live service. I feel the PS2 controller's easier to work with and this one looks and sounds just as good. Character animation is fantastic as is the warped character design (and so-called "story" to go with them).

Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Fighting - As crazy as it ever was. Perhaps the pre-eminant fighter mashup for that generation of consoles, time has seen it lose nothing of its ridiculous energy and frenetic multiplayer action. Take your trilogy of licenced characters and throw 'em against each other over and over ... the resulting fireworks never get old. Great fun for tacticians and button-mashers alike.

SSX - Racing - One of the better launch titles for a system -- it holds up remarkably well. The style and use of color are still worth a look and the outrageous stunts pretty much opened the floodgates of "big action" games for half a decade (and maybe it's still going on?). Hard to believe this one's eight years old...

Midnight Club - Racing - A rather expansive racer which I say you can largely ignore save for the multiplayer mode of Capture the Flag.

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