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    Sony's PlayStation 2 is the second home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated, and to date is the best-selling home console of all time, with an install base of 150 million units since its launch.

    What are your top 10 favorite PS2 games?

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    #1  Edited By greenygrey

    I felt like take another trip back at memory lane, and decided to pay a bit of a tribute to what is considered to be one of the greatest game consoles of all time: the PlayStation 2. It arguably has the best game library of any console to date, mainly because it had the best third-party support. Easily the best system. of the last generation of consoles. 
     
    So, what are your top 10 favorite games for the system? 
     
    My list: 
    1.Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 
    2.Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater
    3.Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution 
    4.Silent Hill 2 
    5.Shadow of the Colossus 
    6.Prince of Persia The Sands of Time 
    7.Guitar Hero 
    8.God of War  
    9.Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 
    10.Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec 
     
    Honorable Mentions:  
    Okami 
    ICO
    Ratchet & Clank Going Commando 
    Twisted Metal Black 
    Tekken 5
    Beyond Good & Evil 
    Katamari Damacy 
    Final Fantasy X 
    Persona 4 
    Devil May Cry 3
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    #2  Edited By FancySoapsMan

    1. Persona 3
    2. Nocturne
    3. Metal Gear Solid 3
    4. Metal Gear Solid 2
    5. Grand Theft Auto Vice City
    6. Disgaea 
    7. Hitman Blood Money
    8. Digital Devil Saga
    9. Okami
    10. Devil May Cry
     
    I've played a couple of these on different systems, but I imagine the PS2 versions aren't all that different.

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    #4  Edited By Vexed

     1. Persona 4
    2. Suikoden V
    3. Persona 3 
    4. Final Fantasy XII
    5. Final Fantasy X
    6. GTA San Andreas
    7. GTA Vice City 
    8. Suikoden III
    9.  Suikoden Tactics
    10. Twisted Metal Black
     
    Man, I wish we had half as many good RPGs this generation...

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    #5  Edited By fjordson
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    #6  Edited By nick_verissimo

    1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence 
    2. Persona 3 
    3.  Shadow of the Colossus
    4. God of War 2 
    5. Ratchet and Clank: Up your Arsenal 
    6. Jak 3 
    7. Resident Evil 4  
    8. Guitar Hero 
    9. Grandia 3 
    10. Beyond Good and Evil 

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    #7  Edited By Venatio

    Well... 
     
    1. Persona 4  
    2. Jak 2 
    3. Ratchet and Clank 2 
    4. Jak 3
    5. Persona 3 
    6. Ratchet and Clank 
    7. God of War  
    8. Ratchet and Clank 3
    9. PoP: The Two Thrones 
    10: God of War 
     
    As you can see my top 10 isn't really that diverse, but I was younger then and not as much into games so I stuck with franchises that I knew, not like now where I try everything that looks interesting

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    #8  Edited By Turambar

    In no particular order,
     
    1. Persona 4
    2. Persona 3
    3. Metal Gear Solid 3
    4. Okami
    5. Odin Sphere
    6. Metal Gear Solid 2
    7. Digital Devil Saga
    8. Final Fantasy X
    9. .hack
    10. Xenosaga

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    #9  Edited By Soren
    @FancySoapsMan: Word. 
     
    1. Persona 3 
    2. Nocturne 
    3. Digital Devil Saga 2 
    4. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 
    5. Odin Sphere 
    6. Zone of the Enders 
    7. Okami 
    8. Dark Cloud. 
    9. Gitaroo Man  
    10. God of War
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    #10  Edited By IBurningStar

    1. Metal Gear Solid 3
    2. Silent Hill 2
    3. Persona 4
    4. Metal Gear Solid 2
    5. Twisted Metal Black
    6. Resident Evil 4
    7. Persona 3
    8. Digital Devil Saga
    9. Siren
    10. Xenosaga Episode 3

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    #11  Edited By bravetoaster
    1. Drakengard
    2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
    3. Resident Evil 4
    4. Final Fantasy 10
    5. Soul Calibur 3
    6. Champions: Return to Arms
    7. GTA: San Andreas
    8. Drakengard 2
    9. Need For Speed: Underground
    10. Devil May Cry 3
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    #12  Edited By Gabriel

    1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence 
    2. God of War II 
    3. GTA Vice City 
    4. MGS2 
    5. God of War 
    6. Resident Evil 4 
    7. Gun 
    8. Star Wars Battlefront 
    9. Lord of the Rings Return of the King 
    10. Red Dead Revolver

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    #13  Edited By ThePickle
    1. The Warriors
    2. Persona 4
    3. Psychonauts
    4. Okami
    5. Guitar Hero
    6. MGS 3
    7. MGS 2
    8. Resident Evil 4
    9. God of War 2
    10. Bully
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    #14  Edited By Doctorchimp

    1. Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne
    2. Shadow of The Colossus
    3. Dragon Quest VIII
    4. Final Fantasy XII
    5. Persona 4
    6. God of War II
    7. Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence
    8. Resident Evil 4
    9. Kingdom Hearts
    10. Godhand
     
    I also played Psychonauts and the PoP trilogy and Splinter Cell and other stuff on the Xbox and PC...so keep that in mind.

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    #15  Edited By Icemael
    1. God Hand
    2. Okami
    3. The King of Fighters XI  
    4. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
    5. Viewtiful Joe
    6. Project Zero III: The Tormented  
    7. Devil May Cry
    8. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
    9. Devil May Cry 3
    10. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    Resident Evil 4, Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly and Guilty Gear XX #Reload's Playstation 2 versions would definitely have been on there (as #3, #4 and #5, probably) if I had played them... but I haven't.
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    #16  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    1. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
    2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
    3. God of War
    4. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
    5. The Warriors
    6. Guitar Hero
    7. Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
    8. Stuntman 
    9. Tony Hawk's Underground
    10. Red Faction
     
    Honorable mentions: Bully, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, NBA Street, Katamari Damacy, Scarface: The World is Yours, and Resident Evil 4 which surely would have ranked in the top 5 if I had played it on PS2.

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    #17  Edited By KamikazeCaterpillar

    In no particular order: 
    Resident Evil 4 
    Final Fantasy XII 
    Beyond Good and Evil 
    God of War 2 
    MGS3 
    Star Wars Battlefront 2 
    Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal 
    PoP: The Sands of Time 
    Timesplitters: Future Perfect 
    Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance

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    #18  Edited By Animasta

    1. Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne
    2. Persona 4
    3. Final Fantasy 12
    4. Digital Devil Saga 2
    5. Bully (still the best thing Rockstar's ever done)
    6. GTA: San Andreas 
    7. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
    8. Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4
    9. SSX 3
    10. Shadow of the Colossus

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    #19  Edited By Surkov
    1. Shadow of the Colossus
    2. Metal Gear Solid 3
    3. GTA: Vice City
    4. God of War
    5. GTA: San Andreas
    6. Red Faction 2
    7. Timesplitters 2
    8. Metal Gear Solid 2
    9. Medal of Honor: Frontlines    
    10. Burnout: Revenge
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    #20  Edited By McGhee

    1. Shadow of the Colossus 
    2. Final Fantasy X 
    3. SSX 3 
    4. Zone of the Enders 2 
    5. GTA: Vice City 
    6. Street FIghter EX3 
    7. Persona 4 
    8. Shadow Hearts: From the New World 
    9. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within 
    10. Suikoden 3

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    #21  Edited By stonyman65

     
    1. Metal Gear Solid 2 
    2. Winback Covert Operations (not a good game, but I have memories of the N64 version) 
    3. Grand Theft Auto III
    4. Grand Theft Auto Vice City 
    5. Guitar Hero - Guitar Hero 2 (tie)
    6. The Suffering 
    7.  SOCOM US Navy SEALs 
    8. Deus Ex 
    9.  Freedom Fighters 
    10. Need For Speed Underground

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    #22  Edited By CharleyTony

    this is not a real top ten on my part but I re bought a ps2 slim this year and here are the games that I have for it 
     
    Final Fantasy X 
    Final Fantasy X-2 (didn't have to pay for it) 
    Final Fantasy XII 
    Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec 
    Grand Theft Auto 3 
    Grand Theft Auto Vice City 
    Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 FES 
    Shin Megami Tensei Persona 4 
     
    so that is my "top 8"

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    #25 Mattca123

    1: Metal Gear Solid 2

    2: Tony Hawk 3

    3: Tony Hawk 4

    4: Metal Gear Solid 3

    5: Resident Evil 4

    6: Silent Hill 2

    7: Twisted Metal Black

    8: GTA: San Andreas

    9: GTA: Vice City

    10: Devil May Cry 3

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    #26 nutter

    I didn’t play a ton of PS2, but...

    Silent Hill 2

    Metal Gear Solid 3

    Metal Gear Solid 2

    Yeah, not super exciting, but those games were amazing.

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    #27 FacelessVixen
    1. Devil May Cry 3
    2. Kingdom Hearts 1
    3. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
    4. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
    5. Jak 3
    6. Final Fantasy X
    7. Burnout 3: Takedown
    8. Need for Speed Underground 2
    9. Soul Calibur 3
    10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    Honorable mention goes to Persona 4 since I din't play it until Golden.

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    #28  Edited By deactivated-61f8244d70470

    1. Persona 3

    2. Soul Calibur III

    3. We love Katamari

    4. Bully

    5. GTA San Andreas

    6. GTA Vice City

    7. Persona 4

    8. Metal Gear Solid 3

    9. Medal of Honor Frontline

    10. War of the Monsters

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    #29 Neondragons

    1. Socom II

    2. MGS3

    3. Soul Caliber II

    4. Red Faction

    5. Shadow of the Colossus

    6. Ratchet and Clank Going Commando

    7. Tony Hawk 3

    8. GTA San Andreas

    9. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

    10. Gran Turismo 3

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    #30 pompouspizza

    In no particular order:

    Metal Gear Solid 2

    Metal Gear solid 3

    Grand Theft Auto 3

    Silent Hill 2

    Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3

    Shadow of the Colossus

    Bully

    Manhunt

    Onimusha 3

    Devil May Cry 3

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    #31 MightyDuck

    Lot of great games mentioned in this topic!

    Here are mine... (in no particular order)

    Socom 2

    Socom 1

    Gran Turismo 3

    Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal

    GTA 3

    GTA Vice City

    MGS 3

    Red Faction

    Final Fantasy X

    Tekken 5

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