Playstation 2 Games

[Dragonsoul]

Nothing like Zelda? What about Alundra 1?

How is Dark Cloud 2?

[Levian]

Never played Alundra, so I wouldn't know. Sorry ;o

Dark Chronicles/Dark Cloud 2 is not too different from Dark Cloud 1, the first change that comes to mind is the graphics, DC2 is anime style, while DC1 is not. A bit more focus on story in DC2 also, and it's also enhanced the leveling system a bit. Bunch of sidequests too, a lot more than DC1. It's a good game, but I still prefer DC1. Just something special about that game.

There's a wiki page on it here: Dark Cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It says it's similar to Zelda, but I really don't think it is.

[Dragonsoul]

How long are Dark Cloud 1 and Dark Cloud 2, with and without sidequests?

[Levian]

Oh, they're pretty long. In DC there's 5 towns you have to build up, 6 dungeons you have to go through, as well as a bonus dungeon. It doesn't sound very much, but it takes much time to through each of these towns and dungeons. I'm pretty bad with estimating hours, but maybe 40 hours or so? I don't know.

I'm not even half way on DC2, so I wouldn't know that, but I think it's longer than DC1. With sidequests it'll definitely be longer.

[Dragonsoul]

40 hours doesn't seem too long, it's close to standard or slightly lower for a PS 1 rpg right?

I've played tons of Snes rpg's and the average length was 20-25 hours. I haven't beaten enough PS 1 and PS 2 rpg's to know the average length of them though.

Should I rent Dark Cloud 1 and Dark Cloud 2? Just kidding, I may rent them in a few weeks!

[Levian]

I don't think you'll regret it

[Zeromus_X]

The Tales of Symphonia PS2 port was Japan-only, unfortunately. :/

Other than that, you've pretty much listed every game I would have recommended.

[Lawr]

Oh, they're pretty long. In DC there's 5 towns you have to build up, 6 dungeons you have to go through, as well as a bonus dungeon. It doesn't sound very much, but it takes much time to through each of these towns and dungeons. I'm pretty bad with estimating hours, but maybe 40 hours or so? I don't know.

I'm not even half way on DC2, so I wouldn't know that, but I think it's longer than DC1. With sidequests it'll definitely be longer.

DC2 is way longer, and the extra dungeons and side quests will keep you OCCUPIED. Zone of the Enders 2:TSR is also good, somewhat similar to Armored Core if you're into games like that.

[o_O]

Im not sure if this has changed but you cant play dual layered games with swap magic so you can cross Xenosaga off your list.

You can, provided the TOC of the disk isn't greater than the TOC of Swap Magic. At Swap Magic 3, the limit was around 4.25GB. If the TOC is greater than Swap Magic's, you still can. You need to split the ISO over several discs.

[Madame Adequate]

Nothing like Zelda? What about Alundra 1?

How is Dark Cloud 2?

Nothing like Alundra/Zelda. They are dungeon crawlers, but they have really cool features. Probably closer to Jade Cocoon or Monster Rancher than anything else I can think of actually, and there's still a vast gulf of difference there.

[Vermachtnis]

Can we still list our games or we still talking about the awesomeness that is Dark Cloud 2. Cause it is awesome and longer than heck too. It took mean 80+ hours just to beat the main story.

• Destory All Humans
• Devil May Cry 1-3
• Disgaea 1-2
• DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi
• Dragon Quest VIII
• GTA: SA and VC
• Makai Kingdom
• Megaman X7/X8/X Command Mission/X Collection
• Naruto Ultimate Ninja 1-2
• Phantom Brave
• Radiata Stories
• Resident Evil: CVX
• Shadow Hearts 1-3
• Shadow of the Collusus
• SMT: DDS 1-2
• SMT: Devil Summoner
• Sonic Mega Collection +
• Soul Calibur III
• Star Ocean 3
• Tales of Legendia
• Tales of the Abyss
• Valkyrie Profile 2
• Xenosaga 1-3

[Slothy]

The games you must own (in order):
Shadow of the Colossus
Ico
MGS2-3
Okami (it's like a Zelda game only better)
Zone of the Enders 1&2
Silent Hill 3

The rest:
Mega Man Aniversary Collection
Mega Man X Collection
Soul Calibur 2
God of War 1&2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jak series
Gran Turismo 4

I think that'll do for now. Get playing.

[Rostum]

Xenosaga III came with two DVD's, and they are around 4GB each. So I'm pretty sure they work fine (and I read that Swap Magic 3.8 can play them). Also I found some tutorials on how to rebuild ISO (meaning I'll have to rip the games) to work with Swap Magic if they are dual layer.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. And yeah, keep posting up your list of games that you have.

Also, what are the Sonic games like? The PS2 ones, like Sonic Riders, Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc?

[Brennan]

• Family Guy

[Slothy]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. And yeah, keep posting up your list of games that you have.

Also, what are the Sonic games like? The PS2 ones, like Sonic Riders, Heroes, Shadow the Hedgehog, etc?

I would post my entire collection, but it's over 60 games. I figured some of the highlights is a little more manageable.

Also, the PS2 Sonic games are universally bad from what I gather. The highest average rating is about a 69.2% for Sonic Heroes on gamerankings, and they drop like a rock from there. There really hasn't been a good 3D Sonic since the first Sonic Adventure if you ask me, so unless you get Sonic Mega Collection or something, I recommend you save your money.