PlayStation 2 Games
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- Area-51 - science-fiction, first-person-shooter; aliens (Greys) secretly give away technology in exchange for help with researching a mutagenic virus to use in a war on their homeworld. However, a scientist finds out that the Greys and the Illuminati also plan to use the virus on Earth's population and releases the test subjects (the "Theta") throughout Area-51 to slow things down. Ethan Cole, voiced by David Duchovny (X-files), is tasked to help clean-up the mess but things go horribly wrong.
- "Armored Core" games - if you like the idea of piloting a customizable, giant "mech" to battle other mech pilots and robots throughout several missions and great electronic music, you will love these games
- Battlefield 2: Modern Combat - it plays similarly to the other "Battlefield" games for Mac/PC (at the time) and closer to what most are used to now; however, it has "soul switching" in which you can posses any fighter on your side in combat; in other words, there technically are no "non-player-characters" other than the enemy; there are also extra challenges you can unlock and of course there are tanks and other vehicles to drive
- Black - this is one of the best looking modern combat, first-person-shooter games for the PS2; you are being interogated and the missions are your flashbacks; unfortunately, the game ends without the bad guy being caught, implying a sequel but has yet to have been made
- "Call of Duty" games - a series of first-person shooter games in which you play as a soldier in World War II; the "Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts" game introduced the bonus "Nazi Zombies" survival game
- Darkwatch: Curse of the West - a first-person-shooter that is a mixture of the wild west, horror, and steampunk in which you are turned into a vampire and forced to work for a secret organization that deals with the supernatural
- Disney's Treasure Planet - if you want a break from the typical first-person-shooter and violence and maybe play a 3D-platormer of sorts, this game is actually pretty fun
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - a Dragon Ball Z versus fighting game with both a story mode and a tournament mode; story contains the main parts from Saiyan Saga up to and including the Cell Games
- Draken: The Ancient’s Gates - a fantasy, third-person, action-adventure game in which you have can either use weapons, magic, or fly a dragon; it is a sequel to "Drakan: Order of the Flame" (1999) for PC
- Enter the Matrix - third-person-shooter with slow-motion shooting capabilities and other unlockable skills between the choice of two players that take place in the "Matrix" movies universe
- Frank Herbert's Dune - a (sort of difficult) third-person shooter in which you play through the story of "Dune" by Frank Herbert; a nice break from the top-down, turn-based strategy stuff; there is also a PC version but you may not like the controls
- GoldenEye: Rogue Agent - first-person-shooter; you play as a rogue agent in the "James Bond 007 Universe" that has left MI6 and now works for the bad guys except that the bad guys, older and newer from the franchise, are fighting each other; it is sort of like an alternative universe; the "GoldeEye" refers to a cybernetic implant in which your character has a golden eye with enhancements
- "Gran Turismo" games - a great series of racing games; "Gran Turismo 4" has a 1080p setting but you will need a different cable or up-scaler
- "Grand Theft Auto" games - an open-world, third-person-shooter in which you play through a criminal-like story-line while also having opportunities to do many other things. "GTA III" (Liberty City) takes place in a New York-like place; "GTA: Vice City" takes place in the 1980's in a Florida-like environment; "GTA: San Andreas" takes place in a California like area; there are also the "GTA: Vice City Stories" and "GTA: Liberty City Stories" games
- "Guitar Hero" games - games in which you press colored buttons on a guitar-like controller in rhythm to a song on the screen
- GUN - an open-world, wild west game that is closer to what "Red Dead Revolver" should have been like if anyone knew that "Red Dead Redemption" was going to happen; however, if you are having trouble playing it via emulation or a soft-modded PS2, the PC version via WINE might be your only option
- Half-Life - science gone wrong; weird creatures from another dimension; you get the drill; however, you are better-off playing the computer version but the PS2 port is not that bad
- "Harry Potter" games (except "Goblet of Fire") - play as Harry, and sometimes others depending on the game, in a world of magic at the school of Hogwarts; open-world-like, though somewhat limited; Harry Potter years 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 are great while the "Goblet of Fire" would have done just as well if released as a DVD bonus mini-game
- James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire - a first-person-shooter in which you play as James Bond, 007, tasked with missions by MI6
- Kenetica - a unique, futuristic racing game in which you race as some sort of humanoid-like being but with wheels on the hands and feet on courses that often have you defying gravity; plenty of good electronic music
- "Kingdom Hearts" games - you play as a character within a Disney+Square (Final Fantasy) mashup universe
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - a third-person, role-playing, hack-and slash that takes place in the "LOTR: Two Towers" story-line by Tolkein, though closer to the movie; you can pick between different characters and unlock skills
- "Medal of Honor" games - first-person-shooter games in which you play as a soldier in World War II
- "Metal Gear Solid" games - the "Metal Gear Solid" franchise is a series of third-person stealth games in which you usually play as the character "Snake"
- Resident Evil 4 - "What are you buyin'? What are you sellin'?" Resident Evil 4 is an iconic zombie survival horror game with MUCH better controls (and just about everything else) than its predecessors; you are Leon and must rescue the president's daughter in a foreign land filled with zombies controlled somehow by an evil aristocracy that is also infected but much more intelligent; I do not know how else to explain it
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection - a "Wolfenstein" game in which the Nazi's are playing around with the occult... again...; there are also source-port options if you prefer to play on a computer
- Scarface - an open-world, third-person-shooter, smilar to the "Grand Theft Auto" games except you are playing through the "Scarface" story-line
- Shinobi - a third-person, hack-and-slash-like, ninja game with supernatural elements in a more modern-day setting; this is part of the "Shinobi" series from the early Sega consoles
- "SOCOM" games - a third-person-shooter in which you play as the leader of a 4-man U.S. Navy Seal team participating in a series of [mostly] stealth missions; control your team with voice commands via a USB microphone headset
- Star Trek: Elite Force - as a first-person-shooter, you are a member of the Voyager crew as part of a special task-force and encounter the Borg, Klingon, and new species at the usual perverse mercy of space; however, you may enjoy the PC version better
- "Tenchu" games - you sneak around as a ninja (third-person) and do what they do best, but in an environment with a supernatural-like twist; when you do really well on a mission (don't get caught), you unlock special equipment
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 - a first-person-shooter in which you play as the leader of a special forces unit tasked with missions; you can control your team with a USB headset like in the SOCOM games
- Turok: Evolution - you play as "Turok" like before; however, the dinosaurs are now intelligent and have guns; there is also a level in which you fly around on a pterodactyl with machine guns and missiles; things got a bit more science-fiction like than before
