100 Underrated PS2 Games (loud volume warning)

This is a vid showing 100 generally overlooked PS2 games. These are all my personal opinion, and are games that I personally enjoyed that haven't gotten as much attention or respect as they deserve. For whatever reason, these games were lost in the shuffle, and forgotten by the general gaming public. Some of them may have received a decent amount of attention at the time, but have since also been long forgotten by PS2 gamers. Some of them, also, won't be for everyone (I constantly hear from PS2 gamers how games like Eternal Ring, and Evergrace are "teh wurst gam I eva pleighed"), so I urge all of you to do your homework on any game on the list that sparks their interest as some of them may only appeal to gamers with certain niche tastes.

I have covered a number of these in my "Underrated Gem" series, but since I've been slow on getting new vids in the series out, I thought I'd also add some new games to the list for people to look into. This isn't a definitive list or anything, this is just one hundred of them, but there are tons more great overlooked PS2 games out there. I'm still exploring the system's library of games, and am still constantly being surprised by games I overlooked. It's just got one of the most in-depth game libraries out there.

Some of the games I show in this vid were also on the Gamecube, Xbox, or later got ported to the Wii (Rygar, but with an added mode of play, and a metro-sexual lead character replacement), but I'm showing them in this vid because I happen to own the PS2 version of the game.


For those who want to quote Metacritic scores to me, go here: http://dookiecakes.blogspot.com/2010/08/clarification-of-when-i-use-term.html

And STFU.

NOTE: All the music in this vid I made myself via Magix Music Maker on the PS2, because I'm tired of getting copyright claims on my vids for music. Sorry if you hate the music, but it's the best I've got for the time being. I learned the hard way from my earlier montage vids which I put up years ago (and before they really started cracking down on music). I guess that means I own the music on this vid. Also, sorry if it's a bit scratchy.

Here are the games shown in the vid:

Adventures of Cookie and Cream, The
Airblade
Alien Hominid
Amplitude
Area 51
Bard's Tale, The
Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance
Beyond Good and Evil
Bombastic
Bouncer, The
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
Clock Tower 3
Cold Winter
Contra: Shattered Soldier
Crimson Tears
Death by Degrees
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
Downhill Domination
Drakan: The Ancient Gates
Dropship: United Peace Force
Eternal Ring
Evergrace
Extermination
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns
Freedom Fighters
Frequency
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
God Hand
Gradius III&IV
Gradius V
Gungrave
Gungrave: Overdose
Gungriffon Blaze
Haven: Call of the King
Heavenly Guardian
Herdy Gerdy
I-Ninja
Indigo Prophecy
Kengo: Master of Bushido
Kinetica
King of Fighters XI, The
Klonoa 2
Legaia 2: Duel Saga
Mad Maestro!
Mark of Kri, The
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Mister Mosquito
Mobile Light Force 2
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
Primal
Project Eden
Project: Snowblind
Psi Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
R-Type Final
RAD (Robot Alchemic Drive)
Raiden III
Raw Danger
Red Star, The
Rez
Ring of Red
Rise of the Kasai
Road Trip
Rumble Racing
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
S.L.A.I. -Steel Lancer Arena International-
Samurai Western
Second Sight
Serious Sam: Next Encounter
Shadow Man: 2econd Coming
Shadow of Rome
Shinobi
Silpheed The Lost Planet
Sky Gunner
Sky Odyssey
Sniper Elite
Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
Space Channel 5 Special Edition
Spartan: Total Warrior
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Spy Fiction
Steambot Chronicles
Sub Rebellion
Summoner
Summoner 2
SWAT: Global Strike Team
Taiko Drum Master
Thing, The
Time Crisis: Crisis Zone
Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero
Tribes Aerial Assault
Under the Skin
Urban Chaos: Riot Response
Vampire Night
Way of the Samurai
Way of the Samurai 2
WinBack: Covert Operations
Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land
XIII
Yakuza
Yakuza 2

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[superherox7]

space channel 5 and yakuza are really popular

[teh2Dgamer]

@superherox7 They are relatively well known, but as for Space Channel 5, it was pretty overlooked on the PS2, and has been forgotten. Yakuza is decently known, but is still right under mainstream success. The PS3 sequels haven't gotten much attention either.

[Mutant1988]

Hey, do you think you could do a video of Spy Fiction? It looks quite interesting.

[teh2Dgamer]

@Mutant1988 I don't have it at my appartment with me, but I will some day. At first glance it's blatantly MGS, but it puts it's own spin on the formula. Terrible voice acting though.

[thesorrow777]

Missed out a few great ones such as Odin Sphere, Okami, Monster Hunter, Guilty Gear, Parappa 2, Godzilla save the earth. Other than that, great list!

[teh2Dgamer]

@thesorrow777 Oden Sphere and Okami sold well enough to be greatest hits, and I try not to knowingly put GH titles in my vids. Okami especially recently has gotten quite a bit of attention. When it first hit, it was definitely overlooked.

[longshot1120]

where is getting up?

[FarfetchdForDinner]

WHERES GREGORY HORROR SHOW

[Simonkozlov2]

Where the fuck is The Getaway

[sriX23]

Guys, It's in HIS opinion, maybe he didn't like some of those games you say he forgot, or maybe those games he just didn't play yet.

[vietwillIam8080]

so many of the games on this list i had and liked a lot

[LaharlD2]

You're a very open-minded gamer? No? Played Legaea 2, Gradius, and Rygar.

[TheTubhead]

Great vid,but nothing´s more underrated than the simple 2000 series,plz make a vid of all of them.I already suscribe to your account

[tb46667]

Great List I would have also Include Phantasy Star Universe AMbition of the illuminous and the SNK Compilation.

[dailyman12]

would the timesplitters franchise count as underrated games?

[nellAynoT]

i bet you didn't know Sly Cooper