# Ok, so I bought a PS2. Now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-bought-a-ps2-now-what/286060 "2005-01-22T09:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-bought-a-ps2-now-what/286060/21 "2005-01-24T07:45:56Z")
Cool! Thanks a lot for all the suggestions, all of you! I’m going to rent all of them one at a time, and then decide which ones I want to buy. However, going by most of you, Metal Gear Solid sounds like a straight buy. As does Silent Hill 4. **Uvula Donor** , I just got back from a holiday in Dubai, which is where I bought the PS2. And I found an amazing deal on it too. Chipped, one extra controller, a 16MB (non-Sony) plug-and-play memory card, a 3D speaker system, and one free game, all for 1000 UAE Dirhams, which by their exchange rate works out to US$270. Pretty neat, I think. Re: Final Fantasy. Disclaimer: I know almost nothing of the series, except the little I saw from the movie they made a few years ago. Having gotten that out of the way, is it ok to start with FFX, or would I need to go through I to IX to understand the plot? ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-bought-a-ps2-now-what/286060/22 "2005-01-24T09:26:37Z")
Don’t worry about the FF plots; none of them are connected. Well, except for X and X2 (X2 is the sequel to X, but it isn’t 12 [nor is it 11], it’s just there). There are themes that you may run into: moogles, spell names, characters named Cid, but on the whole each FF takes place in a different universe. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2005, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-bought-a-ps2-now-what/286060/23 "2005-01-24T09:44:34Z")
I will (n+1)th **Katamari Damashii**. It’s been put on the budget label here in Japan, which is why I picked it up. (Still more expensive than the U.S. MSRP, sadly) I’ve enjoyed it so much, I even hunted down the soundtrack CD on Amazon. (odd note: the song that plays when the King tells you what’s up on each level is called “Fugue #7777,” which is only funny if you know that one of the Japanese words for seven is “nana.” And then you remember that this isn’t the “na na na” song…) I can’t recommend **Ico** highly enough. SO cool. The last game I bought was **Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War**. Combines arcade-style air combat (your typical combat loadout includes 80+ air to air missiles) and simulation style campaigns (wide variety of mission types, wingmen, fairly realistic flight handling). ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-bought-a-ps2-now-what/286060/24 "2005-03-12T13:36:44Z")
> [@RobuSensei](#): > > I will (n+1)th **Katamari Damashii**. It’s been put on the budget label here in Japan, which is why I picked it up. (Still more expensive than the U.S. MSRP, sadly) I’ve enjoyed it so much, I even hunted down the soundtrack CD on Amazon. > > (odd note: the song that plays when the King tells you what’s up on each level is called “Fugue #7777,” which is only funny if you know that one of the Japanese words for seven is “nana.” And then you remember that this isn’t the “na na na” song…) Na naaaa na-na-na na-na na na na Katamari Damashii… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-i-bought-a-ps2-now-what/286060.md?page=1)