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Shadow-Moses
04/27/18 2:01:49 PM
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Tbh, I was underwhelmed by it and it also lacked good exclusives.
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orangefire25
04/27/18 2:02:43 PM
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Shadow-Moses posted...
Tbh, I was underwhelmed by it and it also lacked good exclusives.

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boxington
04/27/18 2:03:08 PM
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wat, the PS2 had the best exclusives of that generation
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MC_BatCommander
04/27/18 2:03:12 PM
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Massive library of great games and doubled as a DVD player, plus the slim version was an incredible redesign. Its first year really sucked but after that it quickly became GOAT
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HypnoCoosh
04/27/18 2:03:54 PM
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I agree TC.

I find the PS2 basically unplayable. It just didn't hold up nor did the games.

It's a pixely mud colored mess.
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Veggeta X
04/27/18 2:04:30 PM
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Remember when RE4 also came out for the PS2 and the Nintendrones raged hard as fuck? Good times.
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VectorChaos
04/27/18 2:05:08 PM
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MC_BatCommander
04/27/18 2:11:35 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Remember when RE4 also came out for the PS2 and the Nintendrones raged hard as fuck? Good times.


and to make it hurt even more it had additional content not on the GC version, lol
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Tmk
04/27/18 2:12:56 PM
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Massive selection of great games and backwards compatibility with the PS1 which itself had a massive collection of great games.
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_BIueMonk
04/27/18 2:13:10 PM
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lol wut?
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WindMouseHanpan
04/27/18 2:13:35 PM
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PS2 graphics haven't aged too well, but there's no denying that it had the biggest and best library of that generation, and arguably ever.
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Veggeta X
04/27/18 2:14:42 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
and to make it hurt even more it had additional content not on the GC version, lol

And then Nintendrones were all like "bu bu bu graphics!"
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WhatHappened
04/27/18 2:14:52 PM
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AvantgardeAClue
04/27/18 2:16:55 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
MC_BatCommander posted...
and to make it hurt even more it had additional content not on the GC version, lol

And then Nintendrones were all like "bu bu bu graphics!"


Oh how the tables have turned for modern Nintendo
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Veggeta X
04/27/18 2:17:43 PM
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Outer_space posted...
It was unplayable!

Played just fine

AvantgardeAClue posted...
Oh how the tables have turned for modern Nintendo

EXCTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY! Course now all Nintendrones are claiming "GRAPHICS DOESN'T MATTER"
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MC_BatCommander
04/27/18 2:23:15 PM
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Anyone remember their first PS2 game? For me it was the Half Life port. That shit blew my mind since I never had a gaming PC.
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AsucaHayashi
04/27/18 2:23:47 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Remember when RE4 also came out for the PS2 and the Nintendrones raged hard as fuck? Good times.


as a young teen ps2 owner who bought a GC solely for this much-advertised "exclusive" with his own money, this alone taught me probably the most valuable lesson about console gaming.
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BuckVanHammer
04/27/18 2:24:10 PM
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Library is great, hardware burned me a few times tho.
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Slayerblade11
04/27/18 2:26:41 PM
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It had a big library and doubled as a dvd player. Personally I liked the ps1 better because it had way better rpgs. Most of the Ps2 rpgs were disappointing or shovelware.
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orangefire25
04/27/18 2:30:16 PM
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Yeah I'm totally confident no home gaming console will ever leave a mark like the Ps2 did. The last game released in 2014 for the damn thing.
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Punctus_Pilot
04/27/18 2:31:42 PM
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boxington posted...
wat, the PS2 had the best exclusives of that generation

Most, yes, best, no. Not a single PS2 game was better than Pikmin 2, Wind Waker, or Melee.
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Veggeta X
04/27/18 2:34:13 PM
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Punctus_Pilot posted...
Most, yes, best, no. Not a single PS2 game was better than Pikmin 2, Wind Waker, or Melee.

Nintendo fans started showing their blinded fanboyism during the N64 era. They were horrible... The most readily used mantra Nintendrones used was the "Quality over quantity" argument. They tried to say that because the N64 had Zelda, Mario and Goldeneye (all great games), the N64 was thus a better system than the Playstation, which at that point had about 40-50 stellar titles. To them, 3 games that received review scores of 9.5 were better than 40 "9.3" games. Also, they claimed that NOT having a bunch of great titles meant the games lasted longer and were more interesting. Having a large library lead to people losing focus on the games they owned. Imagine using that 1st world issue as the reason why your console was better. And then there were the "cartridges are better than CDs, because if I drop my cartridge out of my second-story window or drag a rock across it, it'll still work" debates.
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Mistere Man
04/27/18 2:34:15 PM
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Punctus_Pilot posted...
boxington posted...
wat, the PS2 had the best exclusives of that generation

Most, yes, best, no. Not a single PS2 game was better than Pikmin 2, Wind Waker, or Melee.

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Tmk
04/27/18 2:34:32 PM
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Although not exclusive, San Andreas is better than all of those and not on 'cube.

For the best experience that gen, it was ideal to have a PS2 and a Gamecube.
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Shadow-Moses
04/27/18 2:36:43 PM
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boxington posted...
wat, the PS2 had the best exclusives of that generation


Most of the best games were on other platforms. Only great exclusive I can think of is MGS3 and the God of War games. I never played Shadow of the Collassus so can't comment on that before anyone brings it up. But what else?
Whenever this topic is brought up, people start mentioning a bunch of weeb games like Tales or FF lol. If that is all the PS2 had then I'm sorry. Even most of the best games from that era were heavily flawed and would be nothing more than 7s and 8s today. Take the GTA games for example, widely considered some of the best games of that generation. Out of all the missions in Vice City and San Andreas, there are very few that I can even recall and most of what I do recall from those games are the frustrating, tedious and downright unfair missions that I had to do over and over again (Demolition Man). And I consider Vice City to be among my top ten favourite games of all time because there's still a lot of nostalgia there and I do have some fond memories of it but it has a lot of issues that people happen to overlook.

They have also aged horribly and are very hard to go back to.
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Punctus_Pilot
04/27/18 2:39:03 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Nintendo fans started showing their blinded fanboyism during the N64 era. They were horrible... The most readily used mantra Nintendrones used was the "Quality over quantity" argument. They tried to say that because the N64 had Zelda, Mario and Goldeneye (all great games), the N64 was thus a better system than the Playstation, which at that point had about 40-50 stellar titles. To them, 3 games that received review scores of 9.5 were better than 40 "9.3" games. Also, they claimed that NOT having a bunch of great titles meant the games lasted longer and were more interesting. Having a large library lead to people losing focus on the games they owned. Imagine using that 1st world issue as the reason why your console was better. And then there were the "cartridges are better than CDs, because if I drop my cartridge out of my second-story window or drag a rock across it, it'll still work" debates.

PS2 has the better library, for sure. Twenty 9.5/10 games and 200 others are better than five 10/10 games and 50 others. But if you take the top 5 individual best games of the generation, they're all on the Gamecube.

Tmk posted...
For the best experience that gen, it was ideal to have a PS2 and a Gamecube.

True, but that's not saying much.
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Touch
04/27/18 2:42:37 PM
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Ps2 looked great
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boxington
04/27/18 2:43:04 PM
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Punctus_Pilot posted...
boxington posted...
wat, the PS2 had the best exclusives of that generation

Most, yes, best, no. Not a single PS2 game was better than Pikmin 2, Wind Waker, or Melee.

at the time, Okami was a PS2 exclusive, and it's as good as, if not better than, WW

and while Pikmin 2 and Melee were great, the PS2 had almost all of the quality JRPGs, MGS 2 & 3, DMC 1 & 3, ICO & SotC, GoW 1 & 2, and so on
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Shadow-Moses
04/27/18 2:44:26 PM
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MGS2 and DMC games were multiplatform.
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boxington
04/27/18 2:45:22 PM
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oh yea, sorry, I forgot about PC

edit: and MGS2 being on the Xbox
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MC_BatCommander
04/27/18 2:46:12 PM
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Shadow-Moses posted...
Whenever this topic is brought up, people start mentioning a bunch of weeb games


oh tc's one of those guys

good to know so I don't reply seriously
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Spidey5
04/27/18 2:46:13 PM
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Damn, there's being a fanboy and then... there's being this.

MC_BatCommander posted...
Shadow-Moses posted...
Whenever this topic is brought up, people start mentioning a bunch of weeb games


oh tc's one of those guys

good to know so I don't reply seriously


Ah yeah, it's always a matter of time before the anti Sony fanboys go this route lol. Same type that meltdown when fire emblem characters are added to "muh smash".
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Shadow-Moses
04/27/18 2:51:00 PM
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I have been a loyal Sony customer since PS1 and have never jumped ship once.
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Punctus_Pilot
04/27/18 3:40:24 PM
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boxington posted...
at the time, Okami was a PS2 exclusive, and it's as good as, if not better than, WW

No, Wind Waker is distinctly better.

boxington posted...
he PS2 had almost all of the quality JRPGs, MGS 2 & 3, DMC 1 & 3, ICO & SotC, GoW 1 & 2, and so on

Not bad games, but Pikmin 2 is better than any one of those, as is Melee.

Again, I'm not talking about the library as a whole, PS2 obviously had a better one. I'm saying that the each of the top 5 Gamecube games is better than each of the top 5 PS2 games.
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Uncle_Drew
04/27/18 3:41:39 PM
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It was the console where Medal of Honor was alive and well
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Uncle_Drew
04/27/18 4:27:52 PM
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GregShmedley posted...
Uncle_Drew posted...
It was the console where Medal of Honor was alive and well


"And when he gets to Heaven,
To St. Peter he will tell:
'One more soldier reporting, sir,
I've served my time in Hell.'"

I loved that quote, I forgot about that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDb618RaBmo" data-time="

Pure nostalgia right there, I played the crap outta this game as a kid
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DyingPancake
04/27/18 4:34:08 PM
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It was the best out of the 3, but honestly I just didn't have much fun that gen. I feel there were maybe 10 "must play" games across all 3 systems.

I don't know. I had a few good moments, but that gen just didn't interest me like the one before or after
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Zack_Attackv1
04/27/18 4:35:07 PM
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Because it had a very expansive library with something that catered for everyone?

Duh?
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mattnd2007
04/27/18 4:43:27 PM
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Snes and ps2 are best consoles
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