Favorite Gamecube/PS2 Games
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Topic: Favorite Gamecube/PS2 Games
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Subject: Favorite Gamecube/PS2 Games
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 7:34am
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A friend just bought me a gift subscription to gamefly.com's game service. I can rent any two PS2/Gamecube games at a time and I was just wondering if anybody can recommend a few games for either system. If you happen to know of any good two player games or RPGs that would be great. Just for fun here are some of my favorite games...
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 11:15am
Harhar, no X-Box  (I don't like X-Box!)I only have a GameCube, some of my favourite games are:
And I heard Tales of Symphonia is a really good RPG for GameCube... It's also available for PS2, but only in Japan, I believe. ------------- |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 12:14pm
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Thx Blueberry. I put Paper Mario 2 and Tales of Symphonia in the queue. I bought Smash Brothers when we first got the Gamecube, but my girlfriend doesn't like to play it. Animal Crossing seems like the perfect game for casual online play. Just a fun place to goof around. |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 12:24pm
GameCube games I bought:
@Blueberry: I agree that Xbox lacks in certain areas. It doesn't fit under my TV for example. Besides that, I think the only reason that there is Xbox, is that Microsoft wants the marketshare and never really had any connection to console gaming. They should stay with their OS. I hate Halo for the same reason. Microsoft is evil. I need my medicin. |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 12:29pm
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Originally posted by Brian the Great @Blueberry: I agree that Xbox lacks in certain areas. It doesn't fit under my TV for example. Besides that, I think the only reason that there is Xbox, is that Microsoft wants the marketshare and never really had any connection to console gaming. They should stay with their OS. I hate Halo for the same reason. Microsoft is evil. I couldn't agree with you more  ------------- |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 12:52pm
Glad you didnt include the medicin thing in your quote.  EDIT: Damn, I'm not going to waste my 50th post. EDIT AGAIN: Ah. Happy 50th to me, everyone.  |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 24 May 2005 at 10:37pm
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Huzzah for Brian's 50th post... freak. I put both Legend of Zelda games in the queue. I loved the first two for the old Nintendo. Btw, I just played my first two games today... Burnout 3 and God of War... both incredibly fun games so far. Highly recommend em. I'm really enjoying Burnout and I normally hate racing games. |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 25 May 2005 at 5:17am
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Originally posted by sedgemonkey
Animal Crossing seems like the perfect game for casual online play. Just a fun place to goof around.
its not an online game -------------  got game?
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 25 May 2005 at 6:30am
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Originally posted by sedgemonkey Burnout 3 and God of War... both incredibly fun games so far. Highly recommend em. I'm really enjoying Burnout and I normally hate racing games. Burnout is awesome... I played 3 on a PS2 in a store once, and I have 2 for the GameCube myself... too bad Burnout 3 isn't available on GameCube  And yeah, Psychotic_Carp is right, Animal Crossing isn't an online game... Animal Crossing DS is, though (or will be, since it's not released yet). EDIT: Another game I recommend is Donkey Konga... When you buy the game you get the http://media.nintendo.com/mediaFiles/714c9bd6-242b-46d8-ae7a-bb7fcfe17e2d.jpg - DK Bongos with it, and you use them to drum along with the music. Pretty fun  ------------- |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 25 May 2005 at 8:17am
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Originally posted by Blueberry_pie
Burnout is awesome... I played 3 on a PS2 in a store once, and I have 2 for the GameCube myself... too bad Burnout 3 isn't available on GameCube And yeah, Psychotic_Carp is right, Animal Crossing isn't an online game... Animal Crossing DS is, though (or will be, since it's not released yet). EDIT: Another game I recommend is Donkey Konga... When you buy the game you get the http://media.nintendo.com/mediaFiles/714c9bd6-242b-46d8-ae7a-bb7fcfe17e2d.jpg - DK Bongos with it, and you use them to drum along with the music. Pretty fun Regarding Animal Crossing... what I meant to say is Animal Crossing would make a great online game, not that it currrently allows it. Gamecube doesn't even hook up online. I played around with the bongos in Fry's and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's expensive to get an extra set of bongos for two players -- 30 or 40 USD. I haven't played the first two Burnouts, but my friends tell me that Burnout 3 is a huge step up from the first two. I played it all night last night. So fun. |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 25 May 2005 at 12:24pm
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Originally posted by sedgemonkey I played around with the bongos in Fry's and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's expensive to get an extra set of bongos for two players -- 30 or 40 USD. Yeah, that's true. But you can also buy a Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat Pak for about $60... In that pak you get the game Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (which is really cool, though a bit short) and another set of bongos. That way you're only paying $10 for the bongos, since the game alone is $50 That's what I did... And I'm happy I did, it's fun playing Donkey Konga with others More about Jungle Beat: it's a fun 3D platform game (not Mario 64 style, but sideview platform) which you control with the bongos... It's really cool, but like I said a bit on the short side. ------------- |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 25 May 2005 at 1:09pm
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Originally posted by sedgemonkey
... what I meant to say is Animal Crossing would make a great online game, not that it currrently allows it. Gamecube doesn't even hook up online.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007DWBL/103-0831602-6970210?v=glance - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007DWBL/103 -0831602-6970210?v=glance
you can even keep your games on a networked drive........but it takes them forever to load :( ------------- got game?
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 26 May 2005 at 9:00am
Such a shame that there's only 1 or 2 online games for the GameCube  ------------- |
Posted By: Chesheyre
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:48pm
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Yay for DDR Max! I just bought it a few months ago and am now on heavy and am so stoked about it. For the PS2:
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 10:52pm
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I've only played the first Silent Hill game a few years back and remember actually jumping out of my chair because some parts were done so well that it freaked me out. I think the key with that was the musical score... brilliant! ------------- |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 23 June 2005 at 11:22pm
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Ooh, forgot about this thread... just found my new favorite PS2 game -- Burnout 3. Sooooo much fun and I usually hate race car games. Chesheyre: Silent Hill 2 is the only one I played and it moved a little too slow for my tastes... a few good scares though. |
Posted By: Carnivac
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 4:59am
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Originally posted by Chesheyre Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Series - (PS2) My favourites were THPS 3 and 4, but THUG is pretty cool too. I realize a lot of people don't dig this series, but I really love to play it. (I pwnz0r at it too. ;) I still mainly play the 3rd game (should be kinda obvious to anyone whos played it and unlocked the extra characters as to why), I couldn't get into the later ones. Revenge of the Sith - (PS2) Oh. My. God. My boyfriend and I have SO much fun playing this together. And we're both about equally good at it so the light saber battles get pretty ferocious. I think it's a really fun two player game if you are looking for a little mindless fun. With light saber action. Now this looks like a game I'd love to play, especially in 2 player, if only I wasn't so sick to death of Star Wars that I can't even stand to hear those light saber effects or the classic John Williams theme. If anyone knows of a similar game for PS2 let me know... |
Posted By: Demon
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 5:07am
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My favorite game for PS2 is God of War! Its totally kick azz!
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Posted By: emiko
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 8:31am
My favorite GC games:
Resident Evil 4 owns my soul! It is so amazing o___o PS2
Can you tell what sort of games I consistantly like? ;) I used to not really like the RE series, but then came RE4, and that was it. Silent Hill still holds a very special place in my heart though <3 I'm also a big RPG fan, but I've mostly only played RPGs on the PS1 and down >.> And sedgemonky! You liked Ico? You're my hero now! I loved Ico too, I can't wait to see more of the sequal |
Posted By: Chesheyre
Date Posted: 24 June 2005 at 3:50pm
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Originally posted by Wolverine I still mainly play the 3rd game (should be kinda obvious to anyone whos played it and unlocked the extra characters as to why), I couldn't get into the later ones. The 3rd one, imo, is the best out of the whole series. And yeah, the unlockable characters were pretty cooe too :P Sometimes I'll go online on THPS3 and I'll still find a few people playing it. I wish more people still played it online. :( |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 28 June 2005 at 3:26am
Aaaah yes.
We also have Zelda for our PS2 but I haven't played it so I wouldn't say it's a favorite. But I have played games with friends and I adore wrestling/fighting games as well as car racing games in general. ------------- |
Posted By: Lawrence
Date Posted: 02 July 2005 at 5:29am
My brother sold his PS2 ages ago, so I never really got the chance to play on it much. As for the GCN:
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Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 02 July 2005 at 12:30pm
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Emiko: Ico is the most beautiful game I've ever played. So elegant and simple and the puzzles were perfect (I only had to look online twice for help). Aleiav: If you like racing games you have to play Burnout 3 -- best eva. Lawrence: Which Timesplitters is better? I'll put one in my gamefly queue. |
Posted By: Bear
Date Posted: 02 July 2005 at 5:56pm
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i'm thinkin soul calibur 2 gcn edition with teh link! most of my favourite games are on the old systems though, like the psx and the n64 |
Posted By: Lawrence
Date Posted: 03 July 2005 at 3:52am
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Originally posted by sedgemonkey Which Timesplitters is better? I'll put one in my gamefly queue. Definitely Timesplitters: Future Perfect. It's story is the best by far, and it has better multiplayer-levels and the map-maker is better too. The PS2 version has online play, unlike the GCN version.  |
Posted By: So-lou
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 4:19am
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I only own a playstation, how lame am I. :( But my favourite all-time game is the Spyro the Dragon games. I could play them over and over - and do. I always finish 100 percent and know every little trick.
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Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 9:32am
| Spyro eh? That's quite an old one. I remember television commercials for that waaaaaaaaaaay back. |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 12:54pm
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I heard there is also a Spyro game for current-gen consoles... But I also heard that game isn't very good. ------------- |
Posted By: 1ucas
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 1:23pm
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I don't own a PS2 or Gamecube, but I do have a PS.
Among my favourite games are: Soul Reaver, Medal of Honor 1&2, Spyro the Dragon, Castlevania SOTN, Metal Slug series, Twisted Metal series (hours of fun with my brother), MediEvil and ... yeah, those are all I can think of now. ------------- http://toxicdump.org/labs/frameviewer/viewer.php - Online Animated GIF Frame Viewer |
Posted By: So-lou
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 6:36pm
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Yeah Spryo - an oldie but a goodie. Carlos Alazraqui did the voice of Spyro, and I love him. :D He did Rocko from Rocko's Modern Life and other voices in cartoons. Legendary. But that's too OT....
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Posted By: TakeOut
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 11:00pm
Originally posted by sedgemonkey Huzzah for Brian's 50th post... freak. I put both Legend of Zelda games in the queue. I loved the first two for the old Nintendo. Btw, I just played my first two games today... The first Zelda left me running around in circles for new dungeons for ever. XD I hated it. Never did beat it. The first 2 are the only ones I never beated. They were the worst 2. Which is common. The classics usually are the worst. (don't hate me for saying this). Most of the best games in my opinion lie in the 16-bit era and today. SMB blew but was good for it's time and is still a great well programmed game, but smb 2, and 3 were much much better. 8-bit was way too generic, and we were still getting the main idea. 16 bit is when we had the general idea and kept it to that. Now games are expanding too much. I kinda' liked the snes days better. :\ A thing I noticed about most of the nes's graphics were that all sprites always consisted of 3 colors at most. I've never seen it where they have had more. |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 06 July 2005 at 1:24am
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Originally posted by TakeOut Future Favorites
Ah yes, those games are gonna be awesome... I'm definately gonna get those as soon as they're released. I hope Chibi Robo will make it to America and Europe though... Usually those kind of games are only released in Japan, because they expect that the game won't sell in America and/or Europe... Mainstream gamer, I blame you. ------------- |
Posted By: Carnivac
Date Posted: 06 July 2005 at 10:20am
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Originally posted by TakeOut The first Zelda left me running around in circles for new dungeons for ever. XD I hated it. Never did beat it. The first 2 are the only ones I never beated. They were the worst 2. Which is common. The classics usually are the worst. (don't hate me for saying this). Most of the best games in my opinion lie in the 16-bit era and today. SMB blew but was good for it's time and is still a great well programmed game, but smb 2, and 3 were much much better. 8-bit was way too generic, and we were still getting the main idea. 16 bit is when we had the general idea and kept it to that. Now games are expanding too much. I kinda' liked the snes days better. :\ Classics usually the worst? Screw that. I'd rather take the original Super Mario Bros over nearly any modern 3D platformer (I far prefer it to Mario 64/DS). That was pure gameplay back then. Great to play as fast as possible and while drunk too. And Super Mario Bros 2 was just above average even back then. The third game was superb. A thing I noticed about most of the nes's graphics were that all sprites always consisted of 3 colors at most. I've never seen it where they have had more. You'll find some did which probably used 2 or more sprites overlayed on each other. If I had time I'd load some up and take screenshots. |
Posted By: TakeOut
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 8:52am
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Originally posted by Wolverine [QUOTE=TakeOut] The first Zelda left me running around in circles for new dungeons for ever. XD I hated it. Never did beat it. The first 2 are the only ones I never beated. They were the worst 2. Which is common. The classics usually are the worst. (don't hate me for saying this). Most of the best games in my opinion lie in the 16-bit era and today. SMB blew but was good for it's time and is still a great well programmed game, but smb 2, and 3 were much much better. 8-bit was way too generic, and we were still getting the main idea. 16 bit is when we had the general idea and kept it to that. Now games are expanding too much. I kinda' liked the snes days better. :\ Classics usually the worst? Screw that. I'd rather take the original Super Mario Bros over nearly any modern 3D platformer (I far prefer it to Mario 64/DS). That was pure gameplay back then. Great to play as fast as possible and while drunk too. And Super Mario Bros 2 was just above average even back then. The third game was superb. [quote] The 3rd SMB was the best SMB game in my opinion. Right after that would be SM64, then after that the 2nd, then the first. I'm dissapointed now that 75% of the gaming industry has now left side scrollers and their pixel ways. The DS and gba are now the only systems you'll probrably see sidescrollers and pixel games on normally. A few may pop up every now and then on others, but let's face it.... we're going to be leaving pixels soon forever. :( |
Posted By: Carnivac
Date Posted: 12 July 2005 at 10:06am
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Originally posted by TakeOut The 3rd SMB was the best SMB game in my opinion. Right after that would be SM64, then after that the 2nd, then the first. I'm dissapointed now that 75% of the gaming industry has now left side scrollers and their pixel ways. Where's Super Mario World? And technically could include Yoshi's Island since its labelled Super Mario World 2. Can't say I really rate Mario 64 at all. Its good yeah and I'd probably rather play it than SMB2 but I just find it so lacking compared to Mario 3 and World. The DS and gba are now the only systems you'll probrably see sidescrollers and pixel games on normally. A few may pop up every now and then on others, but let's face it.... we're going to be leaving pixels soon forever. :( I been playing Vampire Chronicles on PSP enough and know that the Guilty Gear series is coming to the new handhelds too. Though I suppose they may not count since they recycle pixel art from before. Still, that (possibly better than) arcade port of Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper on PSP is gonna do me fine. ------------- http://eocommunity.co.uk/"> 
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Posted By: Xion Night
Date Posted: 13 July 2005 at 4:31pm
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I'll take Zelda 3 and Super Metroid over Majora's Mask or Metroid Prime any day. ...Anyway,
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 4:06am
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Yeah, Beyond Good & Evil is awesome, even though it is a bit on the
short side. The only thing I didn't like about the game was that the
only languages I could choose from were Dutch and French, and not even
English! But that's just because I bought the game here in the
Netherlands, I didn't really feel like going to England or America just
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Posted By: Carnivac
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 4:36am
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Originally posted by Blueberry_pie Yeah, Beyond Good & Evil is awesome, even though it is a bit on the short side. The only thing I didn't like about the game was that the only languages I could choose from were Dutch and French, and not even English! But that's just because I bought the game here in the Netherlands, I didn't really feel like going to England or America just for that game Is the voice acting in french and dutch too? I think I got language things on my copy of the game but I never really notice since I just naturally use english. Damn fine game. One of my favorites of all time. ------------- http://eocommunity.co.uk/">
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Posted By: Xero
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 7:10am
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Wow.. have to go look at some of my games.. lets see... all of these are PS@ btw.. Devil May Cry 3 was pretty damn good and kept me entertained for quite a long time, definetly SOCOM 1 and 2, they are f'in (scuse the language) brilliant! Best PS2 games ever made. |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 14 July 2005 at 7:57am
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Originally posted by Wolverine Is the voice acting in french and dutch too? Unfortunately, yes. I think I'm gonna beat the game again once, but this time in French ------------- |