Sony officially ends support for the PS2 - Your memories

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by NickSCFC » Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:20 pm

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For me the first time I remember seeing or hearing about it was on magazine video that we piled around to a friend's house to watch during a school lunch break and instantly having my new Dreamcast left feeling antiquated. The GT3 and The Bouncer demos looked mind blowing.



Following Sega's announcement they were leaving the industry I traded it in for a PS2 along with ZOE (purely to play THAT MGS2 demo) and Gran Turismo 3.

So many great titles like MGS 3, Shadow of the Colossus and Devil May Cry. Eventually interest faded as I spent more and more time on my new Xbox, but in hindsight, one of my favourite consoles of all time.

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by Kriken » Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:04 am

I got the PS2 pretty late. Back when I was 16/17 and I picked up a ton of games over time since they were so cheap - though barely played them. Loved Shadow of the Colossus.

Eventually got around to playing Persona 3 FES a few years later, which was a refreshing experience as my first game in that series. I played a bit of Beyond Good and Evil which I enjoyed decently but forgot about when I got stuck on something.

Tried Devil May Cry. Liked it at first and then as I played the game actually formed a fairly low opinion of it lol (unlike now). It's nice 'getting' it now and also experiencing it in 60hz.

Did not really play on the PS2 that much but it was still worth it considering how cheap I got it and the games. And it's the original fat version so it's useful for propping up stuff now.

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Just found my old Playstation collection now. Resi 4 is here so I guess that's the version I played through. Couldn't remember if it was PS2 or GCN. One of my favourite games of all time.

Destroy all Humans: I remember this one being a bit of a let-down. Felt like there was some hype surrounding that when I was wee.

Splinter Cell Double Agent: like Resi 4 and Beyond Good and Evil this particular version of the game was on other platforms, but I loved this one just I loved the classic Splinter Cell series.

Psyvariar. Awesome shmup I was terrible at. A review an old ONMer wrote convinced me to try this one.

And a couple of PS1 games I bought to play on it: Abe's Oddysee, which needs no introduction, and Pandemonium which was a sidescrolling platformer I was nostalgic about.

Quite a few other games too like the GTAs, which were okay though the novelty ran out.

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PostRe: Sony officially ends support for the PS2 - Your memories
by Saint of Killers » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:09 am

My PS2 memories are hazy. I did buy one on launch and remember loving SSX. I think my standout memory of owning the console would be the intense feeling of guilt of going up to some old dear and walloping her in the head with a baseball bat, in GTA III :lol: :fp: I was legit shocked the game allowed me to do that. And then equally shocked that I'd even thought about attempting such a thing.

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by kerr9000 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:49 am

I'd seen the PS2 in magazines and stuff and not thought that much about it at all really. Then my brother had moved back home just before its release because his wife had run off with another guy. He got himself a PS2 on launch. In total honesty I wasn't that in to it but kept saying how amazing it was in front of him. I played my Dreamcast a lot more, but I did later buy dark clouds to play on it which was awesome.

The first PS2 I owned myself was ages later it was a fat model covers in ciggerette burns which I got off a carboot no pads or leads for £5 sold as seen, surprisingly it worked, that's when I learned some PS2 games work with a PS1 pad.

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by Vermilion » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:44 am

When the PS2 launched i had a Dreamcast and was busy with the likes of Crazy Taxi and Shenmue. I therefore didn't even think about getting one until after the DC ended with Shenmue 2 at the end of 2001.

I got my first PS2 in March 2002 along with a copy of GTA3, and i had many, many hours of fun from the console and have so many good gaming memories.

My favourite PS2 games: GTA3/Vice City/San Andreas, Burnout 3, Bully, We Love Katamari, Yakuza, Formula 1 '06, & Final Fantasy X.

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by Moggy » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:46 am

I remember buying GTA: III and not really knowing anything about it. I had played the earlier games and knew this was a 3D version, but nothing prepared me for the living city I suddenly had in front of me. There are much better GTA games out there, but nothing will ever come close to that feeling as I explored Liberty City for the first time.

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by Dowbocop » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:51 am

The first I saw of the PS2 was the ad campaign they started when the Dreamcast came out. Some geezer in school asked me what it was like owning a dead console the week the Dreamcast was released!

I appreciate it was a good console, but I don't really feel any emotional connection to it to be honest. I bought it because I didn't really have any choice if I wanted to play console games!

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by Victor Mildew » Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:57 am

Moggy wrote:I remember buying GTA: III and not really knowing anything about it. I had played the earlier games and knew this was a 3D version, but nothing prepared me for the living city I suddenly had in front of me. There are much better GTA games out there, but nothing will ever come close to that feeling as I explored Liberty City for the first time.


This is it for me too. I never really liked the ps2, I got it begrudgingly after the dreamcast was killed off and my first game was gran turismo 3, which I played a lot but I wasn't getting that amazing feeling I had with the first PlayStation. I saw a 2 page review of gta3 saying it was a good game but it didn't give the impression of just how good. I bought it from a local dixons on the way home from work one day and wow, what a game. Totally immersive for it's time, absolutely amazing stuff. While later gta games topped many aspects, it remains my favourite of the lot.

Oh and I got jak and daxter as my last ps2 game (I probably only got about 5 games in total) and loved it.

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by Moggy » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:05 am

Ad7 wrote:
Moggy wrote:I remember buying GTA: III and not really knowing anything about it. I had played the earlier games and knew this was a 3D version, but nothing prepared me for the living city I suddenly had in front of me. There are much better GTA games out there, but nothing will ever come close to that feeling as I explored Liberty City for the first time.


This is it for me too. I never really liked the ps2, I got it begrudgingly after the dreamcast was killed off and my first game was gran turismo 3, which I played a lot but I wasn't getting that amazing feeling I had with the first PlayStation. I saw a 2 page review of gta3 saying it was a good game but it didn't give the impression of just how good.


The PS2 era was probably the last time that was really possible as well. I had the internet back then, but it was still a slow and clunky place and so it wasn’t possible to watch lots of gameplay videos and I barely ever looked up any gaming news. A review of E3 in a magazine, potentially a month or two after E3 finished, was the best way to find out about upcoming games and you wouldn’t have really seen the game in motion until you actually played it.

I don’t think it’s worse now just because we have all of the news and information, but that shock and surprise at an amazing game has gone forever.

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by jawafour » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:06 am

I have never owned a PS2 and only played on one once... quite odd considering the impact that it made. I hugely enjoyed the original PlayStation and got that system at launch but the PS2 launched at a time when, for me, money was very tight and so I held off and stuck with my PS1 for a few more years.

The console was a behemoth in terms of game range and popularity and, looking back, I'm surprised that I didn't jump aboard. In 2003 I decided to "upgrade" and opted for the Xbox system, ending my affiliation with the PlayStation brand for a few years. It's amazing to think how wildly popular the PS2 was and yet the GameCube and Xbox still found a degree of success in the games market, too.

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by Victor Mildew » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:14 am

Moggy wrote:The PS2 era was probably the last time that was really possible as well. I had the internet back then, but it was still a slow and clunky place and so it wasn’t possible to watch lots of gameplay videos and I barely ever looked up any gaming news. A review of E3 in a magazine, potentially a month or two after E3 finished, was the best way to find out about upcoming games and you wouldn’t have really seen the game in motion until you actually played it.

I don’t think it’s worse now just because we have all of the news and information, but that shock and surprise at an amazing game has gone forever.


This is why I try to go in to games as blind as possible, I don't read reviews, look at screenshots or watch trailers. If by word of mouth I hear a game is great, I'll usually take a punt. I really don't need some 18 year old utoober sitting in a car seat screaming over the top of a game's best bits to sell me on something.

The day I got given fallout 3 not knowing it existed was incredible, oh the weeks and weeks lost to that game, all fresh and new.

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by Moggy » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:22 am

Ad7 wrote:
Moggy wrote:The PS2 era was probably the last time that was really possible as well. I had the internet back then, but it was still a slow and clunky place and so it wasn’t possible to watch lots of gameplay videos and I barely ever looked up any gaming news. A review of E3 in a magazine, potentially a month or two after E3 finished, was the best way to find out about upcoming games and you wouldn’t have really seen the game in motion until you actually played it.

I don’t think it’s worse now just because we have all of the news and information, but that shock and surprise at an amazing game has gone forever.


This is why I try to go in to games as blind as possible, I don't read reviews, look at screenshots or watch trailers. If by word of mouth I hear a game is great, I'll usually take a punt. I really don't need some 18 year old utoober sitting in a car seat screaming over the top of a game's best bits to sell me on something.

The day I got given fallout 3 not knowing it existed was incredible, oh the weeks and weeks lost to that game, all fresh and new.


On the flip side though, the number of games I have gone into blind and they have been utter shite, wasting my time and money. :dread:

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by Christopher » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:35 am

Bought mine day one with SSX, Ridge Racer V, Timesplitters and Tekken Tag Tournament, had to wait for three months for a memory card though, so I spent most of my time playing Final Fantasy IX on it.

Had so many great times local multiplayer on Timesplitters 1&2, TTT and of course each iteration of Pro Evo, also enjoyed SOCOM 2 online which was just incredible fun.

Still my favourite system to this day.

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by Saint of Killers » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:52 am

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I loved how you could swivel the wee logo on the disc drive :wub: Such a neat touch.

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PostRe: Sony officially ends support for the PS2 - Your memories
by KjGarly » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:14 am

A mate of mine got one at launch so got to play his plenty up until Devil May Cry's release in late 2001 which after playing the demo that came with Resident Evil Code Veronica I had to get a PS2 myself. Acquiring one was a dodgy one for me. One of my dads mates wanted me to use his credit card in Curries to get some ridiculously expensive video camera so he could then claim his card was lost and not pay a penny. I agreed to do it if he got me a PS2 which was sold out at quite a few places and Virgin Megastore was one of the few places with little stock so shot in to town and got it.

Dodgy as strawberry float :shifty:

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PostRe: Sony officially ends support for the PS2 - Your memories
by Poser » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:28 am

Magnificent console. Broadest collection of AAA titles on any one machine? I'm going to say yes.

I remember picking up my brother's launch console. He was only a kid and had scrimped and saved for it. He wanted me to meet him after I finished work so I could escort him home so he wouldn't get mugged for it :lol:

The pre-orders were done on paper and carbon copies. Better times. Probably.

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by KK » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:32 am

A bit random, but an early memory of PS2 was Namco seemingly underestimating the popularity of Time Crisis for a second time, that blue gun just as impossible to get hold of in Christmas 2001 as the original was during the Christmas of 1997. Brilliant game though. I do miss those light gun titles - the worst thing now of course is that they don't work. I can't even go back and play them.

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by Garth » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:35 am

I was late to the PS2, I went with the Dreamcast at launch and then the GameCube when it arrived in 2002 as I'd grown up playing Sega and Nintendo games. I bought a PS2 sometime after the EyeToy released but it never became my go-to console. I think that was partly because the GameCube proved to be such a big hit with my flatmates during my Uni years. Shortly after that I was getting super hyped for the 360, made the jump to Xbox and fell in love with Halo - so the PS2 was a bit of a brief fling!

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by Trelliz » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:39 am

KK wrote:A bit random, but an early memory of PS2 was Namco seemingly underestimating the popularity of Time Crisis for a second time, that blue gun just as impossible to get hold of in Christmas 2001 as the original was during the Christmas of 1997. Brilliant game though. I do miss those light gun titles - the worst thing now of course is that they don't work. I can't even go back and play them.


I'm thinking it must be possible to emulate lightgun games and hook up a wiimote to a pc, i'll have a look at pcsx2's control options when i get home

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by OrangeRKN » Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:42 am

My third home console, after the NES and N64, as despite me originally wanting the gamecube my brother persuaded my parents to get the PS2 instead.

That turned out to be a brilliant decision. An absolutely incredible console with still probably the best library for any machine. I've bought every playstation console since.

If I could only have one console, it would probably be a PS2.

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