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"Is it just me or..... Does anyone like the PS2 anymore?"

I'm a PS2 owner and to be honest I rarely play it much any more, I just find most of the games boring and the same now, I rarely find good novelty games on this console. The only reason I keep it is because of Pro Evolution Soccer and I haven't played that for a while either. I mean I love all the Grand Theft Auto games too, but there have been too few really fun games that I can play for hours with other people. The only game that ever really offered this was Timesplitters, it was really fun like the mario games are to the Gamecube. I had Silent Hill 2 and the Metal Gear Solid game on the Playstation but they didn't seem to grip as much as the Resident Evil series on the DC and GC. I don't know it just seemed to me that i'd much rather play my dreamcast even now over the PS2 with games such as Metropolis Street Racer, Shenmue, Virtua Tennis, Crazy Taxi, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Soul Calibur e.t.c. With the PS2 i haven't found any games that really have grabbed me by the balls. Also there are so many games that have been released on the PS2 just to cash in on commercialism such the olsen twin games and games based on films like the sum of all fears also there are a ridiculous amount of EA games on the PS. Whereas I feel the Gamecube, X-box and Dreamcast although it hasn't been nearly as successful as PS2 has four control ports and a lot of novel games. I can understand people not agreeing with me, it's just that I really can't see why the Playstation has been so much more successful over these other consoles. I think come the next generation I will definetly not buy a PS3, it will be between the other 2.

DW isn't long as such, it's broke down in sections for battery-conscious play. There's enough levels to get through though.

Wipeout is fantastic. I'd recommend it to anyone with a PSP.

Lumines is also fantastic. Yes, it's a simple litlle puzzler, but it's so addictive. I'd have this over Tetris anyday as a No.1 puzzler.

Oh right. I haven't ever owned a DW game, but from the demo I played, it did get a tad repetitive. I still liked it a lot though. Is the psp version quite a long game?

Wipeout looked alright as well, but I'm not so sure about lumines. I think that might be a puzzle game of some kind.

DW is ok, but like the console versions, you soon get bored of it. Fun while it lasts though.

I mostly play Wipeout Pure and Lumines.

Haha, yea I was going to get I think it was the 2gb card, but it was like $180 dollars, so I didn't bother. Is dynasty warriors any good on it, as I have only played dynasty warriors 2. Twisted metal looks like it'll be a laugh though, and I have played the previous game.

I may take a look at that site then. Thanks for that.

Vergil wrote:
> Edit: Yea, lag - slowdown, it's still basically the same, but I was
> referring to the single player/offline mode on all of the games I
> have tried. I can't play online, as there isn't normally anyone about
> on it to play, which kind of sucks.

Neither do I as yet. Twisted Metal is playable ove the net though, via a wireless access point. It's rather good, gives new life to the average game that it is.

I have:

Lumines
Wipeout Pure
Ridge Racer
Hot Shots Golf
Untold Legends
Dynasty Warriors
Twisted Metal
Metal Gear Acid

Rengoku looks like a DMC-a-like, it's on sale at videogamesplus.ca too. Might be worth checking out. Get a 1-2Gb memory stick too. I no longer have a use for my iPod anymore, the PSP is so damn good at MP3 playback - even stuck Anchorman on there too, for a bit of lunchtime amusement :D

Yea, although I have heard that some umd movies are region free, but if that's true, what's the point?

They may as well all be region free.

I'm waiting for burnout and devil may cry to be released on it. I have high hopes for them. What games have you got for it by the way? The only current one I want, is need for speed rivals.

Edit: Yea, lag - slowdown, it's still basically the same, but I was referring to the single player/offline mode on all of the games I have tried. I can't play online, as there isn't normally anyone about on it to play, which kind of sucks.

Oh, and to ssxpro - Yea, I was liking san andreas, until my memory got wiped, along with about 7 other games. I think I was in san fierro at the time.

I already have one. And my, you picked some crap games :S

EDIT - at Vergil.

Oh, and it's not entirely region free - UMD Movies are locked.

And 'lag' doesn't even apply to the standard games - I'm assuming you meant slowdown. Online gaming-wise, it gets pretty laggy at times.

In answer to your subject title:

Its not just you, loads of us, including myself, still love the PS2.

In answer to the content of your message:

I'm sorry you don't like PS2 games, luckily for a lot of us, we still do.

A few games I've been thoroughly enjoying (in just the last few months):

Gran Turismo 4
Ico
TimeSplitters 3
Metal Gear Solid 3
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Ratchet and Clank 3
Star Ocean (3 I think)
Viewtiful Joe

Plenty more in the back catalogue to dip into from time to time and plenty more on the horizon, including God of War.

I'm happy with it and I hope others are too.

Oh, the psp's are great. I'll review it on here just to let you know more about it, and give my opinion on it. I have 3 games, one of which I just recently got(being ape escape on the loose - yea I had a childish moment, but it's such a fun and addictive game). My other two games are metal gear ac!d and atv off road blazin trials. My brother has untold legends and ridge racer.

It's a pretty nifty piece of equipment, and it can hold up to about 32mb of songs, movies, or pictures, along with your save files. The background colour also changes for each month of the year, but if you don't like the colour, you can always leave it set on the month of your favourite colour....how about an icey blue background, or a firey red one? They are all good anyway.

It is fairly lightweight, but still weighs more than a gba sp, and obviously looks better.

The quality of the sound is pretty decent, and when you have the surround sound headphones in, which just so happens to come standard with this little beauty, not much can stop you from having your slipknot, korn, jimmy eat world etc on full blast.

I wouldn't advise using it when your gf's are about though...they might think some competition is around and break it. ;)

The graphics aren't quite ps2 quality, but they aren't far off. Luckily for us, the graphics are definitely something to look forward to, and from what I have played of the ds, the psp seems far superior.

The analogue is in a bit of a dodgy place, but doesn't ruin the control system...it just gives you an aching hand using it.

So, if you want to read more then be sure to check my full review on it, when I do one. If there are any questions about it that you want to get off of your chest, then don't hesitate to ask.

It is region free, for anybody wondering about that.

Anyway, I'll give it a 9/10, as it's sleek, stylish, and knows how to run without the hastle of lag. Besides, there is alway's room for improvements, and I'm pretty sure we can be expecting a psp-2, sometime in the mere future.