Red Faction on PS2 aims for grim revolution, but can’t shake off the silliness coursing through its DNA.
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Crazy Taxi (Hitmaker/Acclaim, 2001)
Crazy Taxi is both the perfect arcade experience and the perfect budget title for the PS2.
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Ico (SCE, 2001)
Forget the HD remake. Experience Ico on the PS2, in all its ethereal, dreamlike glory.
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Dark Cloud (SCE, 2000)
Even today, Dark Cloud is ambitious and bursting with ideas. Level 5’s first game remains an early PS2 classic.
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Smuggler’s Run (Rockstar, 2000)
Smuggler’s Run is both a rewarding high-speed romp and a terribly frustrating experiment into the depths of video game madness.
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Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil (Namco, 2001)
Klonoa 2: Lunatea’s Veil is an occasionally charming PS2 game that I feel I should love more.
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The Bouncer (Square, 2000)
More than any other PS2 game I’ve ever played, The Bouncer is a CG film with clunky brawling tacked on.
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DOA 2: Hardcore (Tecmo, 2000)
Not as serious as Virtua Fighter, not as flashy as Tekken, Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore on PS2 carves its own crooked path.
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Fantavision (SCE, 2000)
Fantavision would be my favorite kind of mobile game, if it wasn’t a PS2 tech demo sold as a launch title.
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TimeSplitters (Eidos, 2000)
TimeSplitters is both a nostalgic multiplayer romp, filled with different modes, characters, and options, and a terrible single-player shooter, devoid of life, content, and substance.
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