# I'm getting a PS2. What games should I buy? (also, advice) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515 "2006-09-13T07:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515/21 "2006-09-14T07:45:40Z")
SotC was rereleased as a Player’s Choice title recently. You can identify the Choice titles by their ugly red covers meant to punish you for not buying the game the first time around. 😉 I never got around the the first Shadow Hearts, but the second (Covenant) is great, and the third (New World) is also fun. A lot of the fun in Kingdom Hearts comes from the fanwankery involved in throwing Disney together with the Final Fantasy franchise, so if you’ve been ignoring FF since VII you might not see what all the fuss is about. It’s a fun game in its own right, though, and the sequel is even better. Disgaea will open you to the world of Strategy RPGs, in which you’ll start tweaking numbers and improving characters and bribing Senators and the next thing you know it’s three in the morning. Awful voice acting, though. The MGS series is awesome. I love it. I think I tried to summarize it on this board a while back… Anyway, if you’re looking for 2, you’ll definitely want the Substance version. It might cost more ($15 instead of 5 for the “regular” one) but the extras are more than worth it. 3 may be more enjoyable because the plot isn’t as incoherant, and the Subsistance version adds multiplayer and some other features. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515/22 "2006-09-14T07:51:45Z")
[QUOTE=araminty] **FRM** , little heads up - good luck trying to find these games in Australia. I got really excited about Ico and Shadow of the Colossus about this time last year, and have had no luck in managing to purchase either of them. Even though Ico was rerelased, its now discontinued, again. [/QUOTE] Seriously? I saw a new copy of Ico in GameTraders the other day. It had a big red $10 sticker on it and I was TOTALLY about to buy it, then I moved in closer and realised the sticker actually said $10 off marked price which just so happened to be $65. Should I buy it? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515/23 "2006-09-14T08:03:34Z")
I bought a PS2 just to play **Guitar Hero**. That was several months ago, and I still play the game daily. Its just a blast. Best game I’ve ever owned, for any gaming system, ever. Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515/24 "2006-09-14T08:09:59Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingRamenMonster] Seriously? I saw a new copy of Ico in GameTraders the other day. It had a big red $10 sticker on it and I was TOTALLY about to buy it, then I moved in closer and realised the sticker actually said $10 off marked price which just so happened to be $65. Should I buy it? [/QUOTE] Well, that’s the other thing. PS2 games aren’t exactly cheap around here. And even though our mate **BraheSilver** opines [QUOTE=BraheSilver] SotC was rereleased as a Player’s Choice title recently. You can identify the Choice titles by their ugly red covers meant to punish you for not buying the game the first time around. [/QUOTE] … I’m assuming Player’s Choice is analagous to our Platinum releases, which only happen if a game is mega popular and sells big mobs. Which, in the case the games in question… they haven’t. You’ve dredged up my residual crankiness about this stuff. I remember now, I was so happy when I heard Ico would be re-released in Feb. It was about April by the time I got to the game shop (bad at shopping) by which time it was already discontinued, again. And they couldn’t get Shadow then either, for some stupid reason. Sure, buy it. Then buy one for me! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515/25 "2006-09-14T13:32:04Z")
Don’t forget that a PS2 can play PS1 games, too. PS1 games take a different memory card, but there’s a lot of the older games floating around that are worth picking up and playing, especially since they are frequently bargain priced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-ps2-what-games-should-i-buy-also-advice/372515.md?page=1)