What other great PS2 era games are now on Steam?

[Toysoldier]

I stumbled across this great game I never got to play on the PS2 and it got me wondering how many other games like it are now available or coming soon.

There isn't really a great tag or filter for them to find them right away.

[Valfossa]

Originally posted by Evilman:

Originally posted by Chrisader:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/631510/Devil_May_Cry_HD_Collection/
Not a platformer, but they are some of the best games on PS2.

Although not Devil May Cry 2, forget that game even exists.

I never understood the hate towards 2, it's definitely the weakest ofr the early trilogy for sure, but it's a good beat'em all, just not a good DMC game (at the time).

The soundtrack is by far the best of the serie, the gameplay had quite nice additions, Dante is for sure a bit bland and not very talkative but at least there's not yet cringy emo ♥♥♥♥ in his appearance, and there's a good character design for enemies and bosses - except Arius.

The biggest issue is obviously the difficulty, and even on Dante Must Die it's more or less the same as the first game Normal difficulty I'd say, i'm okay with this, beside that it doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Everything after 3 beside gameplay is far more uninteresting if you ask me, and ruined what made the original PS2 games so great.

I mean if you like it, good for you.

But for me, it was one of the worse games in it's genre.

The combat felt slower then the original.

The setting was bland.

The game's balance was bad (overpowered pistols anyone.)

The AI was bad, and was easy to exploit.

The bosses were bad, and were easy to exploit (the last boss was pretty decent though.)

The ending...........yeah, I wasn't too keen on it.

The level design one of the best things about the original, was just awful in DMC2.

I could go on. but you get the picture.

[malyzar]

I know this is an old thread, but I've been working on curating the PS2 games I can find on Steam. Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42604691-PlayStation-2-Games/

[lumbus]

Originally posted by malyzar:

I know this is an old thread, but I've been working on curating the PS2 games I can find on Steam. Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/42604691-PlayStation-2-Games/

Nice work, thanks!

[Bagg Boy (formerly Smoke)]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730680/Klonoa_Phantasy_Reverie_Series/

Klonoa is great.

[Valfossa]

Originally posted by Smoke:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1730680/Klonoa_Phantasy_Reverie_Series/

Klonoa is great.

Both games was a childhood favourite of mine.

Really nice to see them on a modern platforms, so younger people can experience them, and hopefully become fans themselves.

[love chucky]

Originally posted by Toysoldier:

I stumbled across this great game I never got to play on the PS2 and it got me wondering how many other games like it are now available or coming soon.

There isn't really a great tag or filter for them to find them right away.

get the ps2 emulator

[Zilkenian Davenport]

I don't know if someone mentioned it, but "Sphinx and the cursed mummy" it's also on Steam.

[billyhatcher643]

Originally posted by cookiemonster:

Originally posted by Toysoldier:

I stumbled across this great game I never got to play on the PS2 and it got me wondering how many other games like it are now available or coming soon.

There isn't really a great tag or filter for them to find them right away.

get the ps2 emulator

the ty series got lucky with the devs making a better remastered version emulating the games where fine but id rather have the pc port over the emulation

[Valfossa]

Originally posted by billyhatcher643:

Originally posted by cookiemonster:

get the ps2 emulator

the ty series got lucky with the devs making a better remastered version emulating the games where fine but id rather have the pc port over the emulation

Same here. It's a shame most games that get ported end up worse then emulating them, or in some cases, worse then original hardware.

Thankfully, the modern TY remasters are better then both options, at least as far as I know.

[billyhatcher643]

Originally posted by Chrisader:

Originally posted by billyhatcher643:

the ty series got lucky with the devs making a better remastered version emulating the games where fine but id rather have the pc port over the emulation

Same here. It's a shame most games that get ported end up worse then emulating them, or in some cases, worse then original hardware.

Thankfully, the modern TY remasters are better then both options, at least as far as I know.

yep and i can now play the games on my steam deck instead of the switch which im happy about so i dont need to have emulation for it on my steam deck

[Valfossa]

Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.

[DragonCam]

The Thing remaster and Tomb raider angel of darkness remasters are both coming soon