If you read my entry for the Coalition of Awesomeness's Geek Obsession theme (or if you've been reading Culture Kills for a significant amount of time), you know that I have, how shall I put this... a healthy collection of Playstation 2 games.
With today being the American Thanksgiving and last month being that console's 10th anniversary, I thought it would be interesting to look through a couple of best of lists for it to see how my collection stands up. I think I did very well.
Let's begin with Gamepro's most recent list of the 36 Best Games for the PS2. I've put the game I own in bold, and the ones I used to own in bold italic.
1. God of War 2
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Shadow of the Colossus
4. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
5. Okami
6. Final Fantasy XII
7. God of War
8. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater / Subsistence
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
10. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty / Substance
11. Gran Turismo 4
12. Hitman: Blood Money
13. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
14. Ico
15. Guitar Hero 2
16. Kingdom Hearts 2
17. Final Fantasy X-2
18. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
19. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
20. Tekken 5
21. Devil May Cry
22. Twisted Metal Black
23. Burnout 3: Takedown
24. Bully
25. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
26. Silent Hill 2
27. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
28. Onimusha: Warlords
29. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game / Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
30. We Love Katamari
31. Black
32. SOCOM 2: U.S. Navy SEALs
33. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
34. Escape from Monkey Island
35. SSX 3
36. Fight Night Round 3
Then there is IGN's list of the Top 100 PS2 Games.
1. Shadow of the Colossus
2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
4. God of War II
5. ICO
6. Okami
7. Kingdom Hearts
8. Grand Theft Auto III
9. Gran Turismo 4
10. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
11. Burnout 3: Takedown
12. Guitar Hero II
13. Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
14. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
15. Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
16. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
17. Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
18. Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
19. Rez
20. Resident Evil 4
21. God of War
22. Katamari Damacy
23. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
24. Final Fantasy X
25. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
26. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES
27. Frequency
28. Guilty Gear X2
29. Soulcalibur II
30. Guitar Hero
31. Dark Cloud 2
32. Black
33. Ridge Racer V
34. Beyond Good & Evil
35. GrimGrimoire
36. Amplitude
37. Viewtiful Joe
38. TimeSplitters 2
39. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
40. Jak 3
41. Ratchet & Clank
42. Devil May Cry
43. Bully
44. Odin Sphere
45. Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
46. ESPN NFL 2K5
47. Suikoden III
48. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
49. Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
50. Gitaroo-Man
51. Twisted Metal: Black
52. NBA Street Vol. 2
53. Rogue Galaxy
54. Silent Hill 2
55. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
56. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
57. Tomb Raider Anniversary
58. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
59. Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
60. Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
61. The Warriors
62. Mercenaries
63. Primal
64. Aggressive Inline
65. WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
66. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
67. Psychonauts
68. Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
69. Star Wars: Battlefront
70. Tourist Trophy: The Real Riding Simulator
71. X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
72. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
73. Kingdom Hearts II
74. Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
75. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
76. Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of MetaFalica
77. The Mark of Kri
78. MVP Baseball 2005
79. Final Fantasy XII
80. Spider-Man 2
81. SSX 3
82. Burnout 2: Point of Impact
83. Transformers
84. Gungrave
85. Manhunt
86. Battle Engine Aquila
87. Project Eden
88. Monster Rancher 4
89. Viewtiful Joe 2
90. Dead to Rights
91. Colin McRae Rally 3
92. Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories
93. Fight Night 2004
94. Killer 7
95. SSX Tricky
96. Max Payne
97. SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs
98. Madden NFL 2005
99. Karaoke Revolution
100. God Hand
And there is Complex's list of their Top 25 PS2 Games. In addition to the other demarcations, I have also italicized games I have a version of.
1. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (2005) (I have Snake Eater)
2. God of War (2005)
3. Ico (2001)
4. Final Fantasy X (2001)
5. Devil May Cry (2001)
6. Tekken 5 (2005)
7. Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004)
8. Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
9. Silent Hill 2 (2001)
10. Jak 3 (2004)
11. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002)
12. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)
13. SOCOM II: U. S. Navy SEALs (2007)
14. God of War 2 (2007)
15. Gran Turismo 4 (2006)
16. Okami (2006)
17. Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner (2003)
18. Kingdom Hearts (2002)
19. Katamari Damacy (2004)
20. Persona 3 (2006) (I have Persona 3: FES)
21. Virtua Fighter 4 (2002) (I have Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution)
22. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003)
23. Guitar Hero II (2006)
24. Final Fantasy XII (2007)
25. Burnout 3: Takedown (2004)
So yeah... it's official. I am a freak.
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