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"PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 16:40post reply

I need your knowledge in this!

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?






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"Well..." , posted Sat 22 Jan 16:59post reply

1)Fighters (of course!), RPG, Survival Horror, Stealth... pretty much everything, except for FPS and sports.
2)This is a hard one, let's see:
MGS3, Devil May Cry, Tenchu Wrath of Heaven, SF AC, Onimusha 3.
3)Silent Hill 4
4)Don't know... perhaps SF AC.
5)Gamecube





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 17:00post reply

1) Fighters, "action," survival horror, and first-person shooters.
2) Ico, Katamari Damacy, Tenchu 3, VF4E, and Silent Hill games... Favorites are hard to pick.
3) Clock Tower 3, Spy Hunter, aaannnd... can't remember any more off-hand.
4) Silent Hill 3, I think.
5) XBox, pretty much just because there's the custom soundtrack option and potentially better graphics (aside from some exclusives, of course).





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 17:43post reply

1)RPGs, 2D fighters

2)This is a tough question because I've played so many games at so many different times. I'll list the ones that had an impact when I played them:
Shin Megaten 3, Guilty Gear XX, Final Fantasy X, MGS2/3, Silent Hill 2.

3) Suikoden 4, Silent Hill 4, Guitar Freaks/Drummania 3/4 (funny, all of them are Konami games)

4) GGXX or Isuka I guess.

5) Absolutely not. If you want Japanese 3rd party support on a new console, then there's no alternative. If you only want 2D fighters and American games then XBOX is good and if you love Nintendo and/or hate the world Gamecube is good, but the only system nowadays that touches PS2's Japanese 3rd party support is the GBA.

By the way, I'd like to say that 3rd Strike is one of my favorite PS2 games, but it just doesn't seem right.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 18:11post reply

1) Fighters, Action-Adventure, Overhead/Side-scrolling Shooters (others too, of course, but these are my favorite genres).
2) Katamari, Time Crisis 3, Gradius V, Castlevania:LoE, Vice City, and MGS3 (so far).
3) Devil May Cry 2, Xenosaga (mainly due to high expectations), Guilty Gear Isuka.
4) Probably GTA San Andreas just cause there's so much to do.
5) Gamecube, Dreamcast





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"Re(2):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 18:53post reply

1)Anything but Sports and Racing
2)GitS:Stand Alone Complex, Phantom Brave, Metal Arms, Mercenaries, Katamari Damacy.
3)Digital Devil Saga, Blood Will Tell, FFX
4)Sakura Taisen 3 (if they don't mess up the PS2 release)
5)Xbox - The few great games it has are exceptionally good, like the Otogi series.





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"Re(3):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 19:21post reply

1)What Ammadeau had.
2)DDR Party edition, Megaten 3 Maniacs, Siren, Zettai Zetsumei Toshi, and a tie between Xigo and Mojipitan.
3)Jojo Ôgon no kaze, SvC, Silent Hill 4
4)Kengô 3, maybe ?
5)What Pollyana said.





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"Re(3):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 19:22post reply

1) Almost anything but Racing and Sports games. I only like these if they are goofy or with special attacks, etc. Oh! I also don't like FPS games.
2) ICO, Katamari Damacy, Zone of the Enders 2, Beatmania IIDX, Metal Gear Solid 2 (Still waiting for MGS3 PAL release).
3) Devil May Cry 2, Sega Slam Soccer (I think that was the name), Taisen Hot Gimmick Cosplajong.
4) Almost any of those mentioned in the second answer, but I think I would pick Beatmania IIDX. I can't get bored of it, I only stop playing when I get my eyes tired.
5) I don't like most of the games on XBOX or GC, so... GBA.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 19:32:post reply

quote:

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?



1. Fighting games-

2. SF3.3 ; KOF'03 ; Tekken 4 ; Shikigami no Shiro 2 ; MGS3-

3. GG Isuka ; CFJ ; DQ & FF in Itadaki Street Special-

4. Any Motion Gravure games.
But I think that I'll wait for Tekken 5 before going in a deserted island-

5. Currently ? ... None-






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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 22 Jan 22:05post reply

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?

RPG, Fighting (2D mainly), anything else if it's good enough, but racing and sports games have to be VERY good for that.

2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.

GGXX#R, DMC, FFX, SFIII:TS. (I still have to play Disgaea).

3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.

MGS2, DMC2, SvC.

4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.

SFIII:TS.

5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?

Gamecube.





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"*raises hand*" , posted Sat 22 Jan 23:29post reply

How true is it that the unit breaks down if you as much sneezed at it?

And does the new smaller PS2 have any cool benefits besides being... well, smaller?





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"Re(1):*raises hand*" , posted Sun 23 Jan 01:42post reply

quote:
How true is it that the unit breaks down if you as much sneezed at it?

And does the new smaller PS2 have any cool benefits besides being... well, smaller?



Yeah it's true alright, my PS2 started to have disc read errors around having it for only like 3-4 months. All it takes is a swift kick though... then the disc seems to stop skipping. The new PS2's only benefit is that it has a DVD remote port built into it and it's supposed to play back movies better... other than that, it doesn't support the hard-drive if you wanted FF11 or to HD load games to avoid load times... and it doesn't support the multi-tap.





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"Re(2):*raises hand*" , posted Sun 23 Jan 01:53post reply

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and it doesn't support the multi-tap.

It doesn't support the old multi-tap. You need to buy the new version. Why? Because Sony is evil, of course.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 01:59:post reply

1) RPG's, fighters
2) Final Fantasy X, Soul Calibur II, SF3-3rd, Katamari Damashii...Grandia 2 if I could find a copy
3) Tekken 4, DOA2, Kessen
4) Soul Calibur II, no question
5) Hahahahhahahahaha. PS3?


edit: PSTwo advantages? Your friends will marvel at its size. Also, you could break it over your knee if you were mad.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 02:06post reply

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
Rpg's, fighters, racing, and action/adventure.
2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
MGS3, Kingdom Hearts, Katamari Damancy, FFX-2, Ico, and Zone of the Enders 2.
3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
Ugh I'm not sure.
4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
Gran Turismo 3
5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?
None






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"Re(2):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 02:06:post reply

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?

Original concepts, 4-player games, fighters & platformers.

2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.

Metal Gear 2, Ape Escape, Klonoa, KOF 2000/2001 (that's about all I've got for my under-exploited PS2.

3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.

Never got into the GTA series, though I tried. I don't play sport games & driving simulators.

4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.

PS2? Well, KOF 2000/2001.

5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?

Gamecube for all the party-games, concept games, platformers & RPGs.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 02:55post reply

1) 2D fighters, RPGs (turn-based/strategy), Puzzle, Party

2) Disgaea, FFX, Bombastic/Xi Go, Ico, Katamari

3) CFE, FFX-2, Castlevania game

4) Disgaea

5) Xbox (but only when modded with a full assortment of old-school games and what not on it... otherwise, SNES)





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"Re(1):*raises hand*" , posted Sun 23 Jan 03:18post reply

quote:
How true is it that the unit breaks down if you as much sneezed at it?

I know of a few people who've had the disc read error problem, but that's certainly fixable.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 03:22post reply

1) Shooter / Rpg / Puzzle
2) Gradius V / Shikigami no Shiro II / Dodonpachi Daioujou / Summon Knight 3 / Katamari Damacy
3) Shining Tears ;_; / SvC / Espgaluda
4) Phantom Brave. Rub the fact in!
5) Dreamcast





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 03:47post reply

quote:
I need your knowledge in this!


1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?

Fighting, Action

2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.

NBA Street Vol. 2
WWE Smackdown series
MGS 3 ( Half of MGS2 )
Mark of Kri
Front Mission 4
Devil May Cry

3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.

Devil May Cry 2
Anything recently by Capcom {that goes for Xbox as well, seems GC Capcom gets their act together )


4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.

NBA Street Vol. 2

5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?

Xbox. Mainly for Xbox Live, the online component of XBox is just done that much better than PS2. Along with the combination of a HD, that allows for downloadble content, which can extend the life of a game. Just check out Ninja Gaiden for that.







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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 05:39post reply

quote:
I need your knowledge in this!

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?



1) Fighters, side scrolling Shooters, Action (incl. Stealth), Platform, Survival Horror
2). Gradius V, Virtua Fighter 4 Evo, Guilty Gear XX, DDR Max/DDR Max2, Onimusha 3, Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick
3). Resident Evil Outbreak, Guilty Gear Isuka, MGS2, Tekken Tag Tournament
4) Guilty Gear XX or Gradius V
5) Xbox: Because you can play GGXXReload online with it, and it has the only controller in existence that allows FPS games to be playable.





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"Re(1):*raises hand*" , posted Sun 23 Jan 06:48:post reply

those first few questions are pretty tough. i've been thinking about it for the past twelve hours. i'll try to answer them later


quote:
How true is it that the unit breaks down if you as much sneezed at it?

ugh
seriously, how many times do i have to repeat this? i've had my ps2 since launch and i've never had any real problems with it. i don't know what you guys do with yours (play catch with it, use it to store magnets, etc), but i treat mine as i would my own child. i've had maybe three problems so far, but they're all insignificant in the long run

1) when it couldn't read a dvd that worked on it before (i don't think you're supposed to play dvds on it anyways)
2) when it was struggling for a couple of minutes, trying to read my Unreal Tournament disc (the UT disc is weird though. my ps2 always makes crazy noises when i put that game in)
3) during CvS2, it'd say i unplugged my controller when i didn't do a damn thing (but this might've been the result of a really dusty disc)


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and it doesn't support the multi-tap

wtf
stop throwing random, inane shit in there to prove your twisted logic. i've got a multi-tap and it works just fine. it's made by a third party, but nevertheless





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"Re(2):*raises hand*" , posted Sun 23 Jan 07:24post reply

Well, I admit that I've had to do some work on my PS2, but it's very easy stuff to do and I had it for quite a while before it gave me any sort of problem. I haven't sneezed on it, but one time I said "Hey buddy, let's play Tekken!" to it and started punching it violently (the best way to punch).

Also, I refuse to see how the Gamecube is a replacement for the PS2 (the XBOBX is a stretch, too). They both play games, but there's really very little comparison after that. I'm not saying the GC sucks, just that if you wanted a PS2 and got a GC you wouldn't be getting what you wanted at all.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 07:34post reply

1) Fighting and those crazy new action games where you need to run on walls with a sword and stuff
2) Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, Grand Theft Auto San Anderas, ummmm... I got nothing
3) everything not listed above.
4) A PS2 game?! uh, can I take nothing instead, I don't want to be bored! (I guess DMC2, I still need to finish that)
5) X-Box






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"Re(3):*raises hand*" , posted Sun 23 Jan 07:47post reply

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I'm not saying the GC sucks, just that if you wanted a PS2 and got a GC you wouldn't be getting what you wanted at all.

Depends on what you want from a PS2, I guess. For me, I would still have my fair share of fighting games (Smash Bros, Soul Calibur); RPGs (Tales of Symphonia, Paper Mario); and Action games (Metroids, Zeldas, etc.) even without my PS2.

I also don't play any console games online, and DVD players are cheap and plentiful, so I wouldn't be missing anything in those departments either. Don't get me wrong, though, I love the PS2 and plenty of the games for it, but if I had to choose between it and the Gamecube it'd be a tough decision.





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"Re(2):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 07:52post reply

1) Anything but racing and sports

2) SMT:Nocturne, Siren, Silent hill 2 ,King of fighters 2000/2001, Space channel 5 part 2

3) GG Isuka , Silent hill 4 , Silent hill 3

4) King of fighters 00/01

5) Dreamcast! (or Xbox)





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"Re(3):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 08:42post reply

1)Fighting,RPG,Action Adventure, Motorcycle Racing [ if there is anymore], Sports [ only to Tony Hawk games]

2)MGS 3,The Bouncer [the love for the kung fu stories usually get me], Guilty Gear xx,VF 4 Evolution, SF 3 third strike

3)The Bouncer [the fact that this game isn't the next final fight],KOF MI,Devil May Cry 2
4) Rumble Roses [so sue me I'm on an island and unless I have Navy Seal swimming training, Im staying put on said island.]

5] Snes, NES? Can't go wrong with the classics.





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"Re(3):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 08:44post reply

1. Fighting, RPG, Music, Survival Horror
2. Shin Megami Tensei 3, Guilty Gear X2, Pop'n Music 9, Dark Cloud 2, Robot Alchemic Drive
3. Final Fantasy XI, Metal Gear Solid 2, La Pucelle
4. Can't think of a game to go here, sorry.
5. I think that all 3 systems have diverse lineups with different strengths and weaknesses so it really depends what you want.






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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 10:45post reply

1) Action/adventure, shooter, 2D fighter, ARPG.
2) can't think of many exclusives, but here goes: silent hill 3, shikigami 2, beyond good and evil, Initial D, psyvariar complete, GPX Cyber Formula, KOF 2k/2k1, ICO. that was harder than I thought.
3) prince of persia: warrior within, the street fighter conversions, Ys I and II eternal.
4) uuuuuuuuuuh, my MAME disc.
5) For my taste, the Saturn. This would be a much different list.





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"Re(2):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 11:46post reply

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GPX Cyber Formula


Hold the phone.... this is one of your favourite PS2 games? Do tell why. I tried it for a bit and it seemed kinda ok, but not too special. Is there something incredible about it that simply isn't evident at first?





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 23 Jan 13:50post reply

quote:
I need your knowledge in this!

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?



1) Fighting, RPG, Action/Adventure, Music, Strategy/Simulation (not stimulation, as I accidently typed before), Sports, Puzzle, in that order.

2) MGS2/3, Katamary Damacy, VFEVO (but now FT), ICO, Winning Eleven, Frequency(lots of fun), Breath of Fire V, and probably soon Shadow Hearts 2, as soon as I beat it. Oh and I almost forgot ZOE2!

3) Unlimited SAGA: Not so much disappointing as it is mind numbing and soul crushing. I just couldn't handle it. The beautiful music, artwork, coupled with the very interesting but extremely unaccessable and difficult system made it too much for me.

FFX-2: I know I know, what do I expect. But I just can't believe the series went to Bubblegum pop like that. If the battle system, music, and some of the 2D artwork wasn't so great, it wouldn't hurt so much to call it disappointing, but it was.

Kessen 2: This game seemed like it would be a lot of fun. I love strategy games. However this game seemed to offer little depth. You couldn't really give your soldiers much direction at all, and it never seemed like you had a direct effect on the action. Kessen 3 is supposed to fix all that, haven't played it yet.

4) I have no clue. I'd probably want a game like Breath of Fire 5 or something, but in Japanese. That way I could study Japanese and play the game over and over. Or maybe, Unlimited Saga in Japanese!!! That would take 200 years to beat =) Too bad at the end I wouldn't really be too fulfulled. I'd pick a fighting game but it's never fun enough against the computer.

5) Gamecube has very few exclusives that I'm intrested in. RE4 and Killer 7 were supposed to be system sellers but Capcom knows that it's not worth it. So Gamecube is pretty much SOL. XBox is 90% unnecessary, but the few good games on it, such as Steel Batallion and Ninja Gaiden, save it from the dumpster. Steel Batallion alone probably would make my buy an X-box if I was made of money. 500 bucks is a lot of money though.

But no, the PS2 pretty much rules the market. I don't think that's bad. As long as Microsoft keeps Sony on it's toes, and hopefully Nintendo's 'Revolution' does something good to the industry, than I think we can all breath easy in terms of monopolies. The only monopoly lately is frickin EA.





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Mon 24 Jan 14:45post reply

1.)RPGs, fighters, action
2.)Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, MGS3, Ace Combat 04, Onimusha 3, Star Ocean Till the End of Time
3.)The Bouncer, Devil May Cry 2, Shinobi
4.)Guilty Gear X2
5.)No recent ones.





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"Re(1):*raises hand*" , posted Tue 25 Jan 02:21post reply

1. Fighters, action games and inexplicable, slow moving or just plain weird crap.
2. Way of the Samurai games, Katamai Damacy, Dynasty Warriors series, the continuing Tenchu games, Everblue 2.
3. There have been disappointing games but they don't seem to stick in my mind the way the good ones do.
4. If you asked me that question on three different occasions you would get three different answers. It would all depend on what I was in the mood for at the time. There's such a wide variety of games out there it's hard to pick a single title that represents everything I like in games.
5. Sega Saturn with the ability to play import games.

Hmm, I never seem to give direct answers in questionnaires. I wonder where that comes from?

quote:
How true is it that the unit breaks down if you as much sneezed at it?


No problems with mine. Then again, I don't play DVD's on it or many games like GTA that constantly stream data off the disc.

quote:
And does the new smaller PS2 have any cool benefits besides being... well, smaller?

Has there been any word on how modding the wafer PS2's for playing import games is going? I don't have any information indicating that there is any work being done in this field but it seems a pretty safe bet to assume there is.





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"Re(2):*raises hand*" , posted Tue 25 Jan 02:50post reply

quote:
How true is it that the unit breaks down if you as much sneezed at it?


I've had an older PS2 for 3 years now and I use it for DVDs a lot, and I do play some streaming games. It's still working like new.

I also have a new slim PS2. I can tell you the main advantages : Broadband adapter and modem already inside (even though I don't use em); really more quiet (you can hear the disk spinning a bit, but no fan noise)
Main drawback of course is the lack of HDD compatibility (which I don't care about, since I have an older unit + I don't play HDD games).





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"Re(2):*raises hand*" , posted Tue 25 Jan 06:48post reply

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2. Way of the Samurai games, Katamai Damacy, Dynasty Warriors series, the continuing Tenchu games, Everblue 2.



Have you played Samurai Western? I wanted to start a topic on it, I liked it so much, but I didn't think anyone would care.





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"Re(3):*raises hand*" , posted Tue 25 Jan 07:02post reply

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I liked it so much

You like it ?
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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Tue 25 Jan 13:47post reply

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
Fighting games and RPGs. However I'll play anything but Sport sims.

2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
Guilty Gear XX#Reload, Virtua Fighter 4Evo, Star Ocean 3, Any of the Metal Gear and Any of the Jak & Daxter games.

3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
Shinobi, Onimusha BuraidenDevil May Cry 2(still kinda like it)

4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
Easy...Dragon Quest 8

5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?
LOL probably a Gamecube...its got more games that I want to play(especially with friends) compared to the Xbox(which has a lot that I want).





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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 04:49post reply

1)Everything except sports.
2)MGS3, Silent Hill ?, Katamari,Dynasty Warios!, Virtua Fighter 4
3)Altered Beast, The Tractor fighting game,
Prince of Persia
4)Lumines -technically it counts-
5)PSP





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"Re(2):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 05:10post reply

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The Tractor fighting game

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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 07:25post reply

1) Adventure, Fighting
2) Onimusha 2 is the only PS2-exclusive one. I also enjoyed Prince of Persia: SoT, BloodRayne 2, CvS2, and, uh, Onimusha 1.
3) Of the exclusives: Onimusha 3, KoF: MI, CFE/CFJ
4) I can give you GBA games, DC games, GameCube games, SNES games, and PC games, but nothing on the PS2. Maybe Tekken Tag or SF AC.
5) I've gotten much more enjoyment out of my DC, GBA, and GC than from my PS2, but I wouldn't consider any of them alternatives. The PS2 is great for game rentals.

Apart from size, the slim PS2 (PStwo) has no benefits over the newer big PS2s -- the latter have all the DVD features (including integrated infrared sensor) of the new PS2 and are more reliable, to boot (and are HDD-compatible, if one cares).





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"Re(3):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 07:39post reply

quote:
The Tractor fighting game
EXPLAIN



I bought it because I liked the box art and the idea of battling it out in arenas with tractors. However the final package is something slightly better than a D3 game.

You can play through story mode once, the game doesn't support analog control, and winning it just a matter of luck and timing. There isn't skill involved, not that I thought there would be, still I was disappointed. Not to much, but enough. I still own it, I just think it could have been excuted better dispite it's cheesy premise.

I can't remember the name though.





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"Re(4):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 07:56post reply

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I bought it because I liked the box art and the idea of battling it out in arenas with tractors. However the final package is something slightly better than a D3 game.

Who cares ! They are tractors ! Don't you know they are the most fashionable thing right now in France? The tractouze, as we say in french, is the new hippest sexual thing you can do when you want to stay on par with your other fashionable friends.

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I can't remember the name though.


Damn you ! You're useless ! I'm going to be outfashioned now, and it's all because of YOU !





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"Re(5):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 10:05post reply

Iggy here is the info you requested





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"Re(6):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 17:57post reply

I also bought that game! I always feel atracted to wacky japanese games, and I knew that behind that crappy cover art there was one of those games. I always want to find the game that will surpass the gem called Tondemo/Incredible Crisis. I just couldn't believe it when it was released in Europe!

Now about this game, I knew it was going to be risky, but the low price and the description in the back of the game gave me the needed courage for finally buying it.

The game starts with a cell-shaded intro showing the characters rushing into battle with their contruction vehicles. Maybe the game would have been better with cell-shaded graphics? Of course not. You can notice that the character designer is Motomiya Hiroshi, the author of Salaryman Kintarô. When you select story mode, the game starts with an anime video of the main character, Hayato Kongo, running to the rooftop of his Highschool while he's chased by a crane. Hayato is not interested in his father's construction business (he passed away), but he is forced to fight against the Kongo family servant, the oldman who is driving the crane. He wants Hayato to take over the business, and after the fight, Hayato agrees, as he is thrilled by those odd battles.

There are quite a bunch of those anime videos through the game, wich is nice, but they're all dubbed in english, so I don't always understand everything...

Hayato starts dueling other people for recruiting them, to stand against the rival construction company which is trying to break into pieces the Kongo Family business.
I enjoyed the story and the characters, Hayato is a cocky and self-centered guy, which leads to pretty funny dialogs and happenings.

And this is all about the good things of the game, everything else is really bad. I wouldn't mind the technically bad graphics and the poor environments where you fight, if the gameplay was fun and addictive, but it isn't. Legalstep summarized the flaws in the gameplay. I'll add that the special attacks, are ALWAYS executed when you suffer a certain % of damage, so you'll be like let's say, always near the opponent, so you'll swallow your opponent's special attacks, and viceversa. When the special attack is executed, a circle appears around you, it tells you the range of your special attack (which is always the same) and after some seconds, if your opponent is in range, you'll lauch the special attack. Usually, you won't have many chances to scape from that range. So that's it, there's nothing interesting in these battles.

I wasn't dissapointed by the game because, I kind of expected it was going to be bad. Too bad that the game didn't prove me wrong...





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"Re(6):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sat 29 Jan 18:48post reply

quote:
Iggy here is the info you requested








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"Re(1):PS2 Owners Survey" , posted Sun 30 Jan 02:16:post reply

quote:
I need your knowledge in this!

1) What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
2) Name at least five of your favorite games on the PS2.
3) Name at least three disappointing games on the PS2.
4) That one-game-in-a-deserted-island question.
5) Any other console that is a good alternative to the PS2, if not better?



1) 2D Fighters first(2D Anything), action and action RPGs second. Can't stand turn based RPGs.
2) SF AC, CFE, Metal Gear Solid 2, Devil May Cry 1, Kingdom Hearts 1, Viewtiful Joe 1, Megaman Anniversary Collection, GG X2 the Midnight Carnival, sorry... couldn't limit it to five. Take the first five if you want, those are my faves.
3) Crimson Tears, Castlevania Lament of Innocense, just these two games. The rest of the PS2 Games I've encountered I liked. Seven Samurai 20XX wasn't great but it had it's moments. You can list that as number 3 if you wish.
4) Normally I'd say SF AC, but since I'd have no one to play with on a deserted Island, I'd go with Megaman Anniversary Collection.
5) X-Box is good to get the fighters PS2 skips over and will skip over like SVC Chaos, GG XX Reload (the best GG Game) and so on. Not to mention Online Play for fighters(even though I'm not playing Online yet but I plan to at least next year if all goes) And just to play Halo 2, the best FPS ever. Gamecube is the only system I don't own. Not much in the way of 2D Fighters over there.

Another alternative to PS2 which is gonna sound hella stupid - the Gameboy Advance SP! Why? Every game is 2D! Playing a game like Astroboy Omega Factor is equally as good as playing any 3D Adventure. The Gameboy DS and PSP haven't shown me much to interest me, yet that is. Haven't decided which to buy yet.





[this message was edited by Sano on Sun 30 Jan 02:46]

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"It's settled" , posted Sun 30 Jan 19:45post reply

Thanks. I think I'm gonna buy one. This time, I have the money. ^_^