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PlayStation’s 25th Anniversary: Five best PS2 games of all-time

By Eric Chrisman

CHIBA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 20:An attendee walks past the PlayStation logo in the Sony Interactive Entertainment booth during the Tokyo Game Show 2018 on September 20, 2018 in Chiba, Japan. The Tokyo Game Show is held from September 20 to 23, 2018. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
CHIBA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 20:An attendee walks past the PlayStation logo in the Sony Interactive Entertainment booth during the Tokyo Game Show 2018 on September 20, 2018 in Chiba, Japan. The Tokyo Game Show is held from September 20 to 23, 2018. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) /
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The PlayStation 2 is undoubtedly one of the best consoles of all time. In celebration of PlayStation’s 25th anniversary, here are the five best games on the PS2.

The PlayStation 2 is, without question, one of the best consoles of all-time. The sheer breadth of great games on it is undeniable. This is good given that at launch the selection was so poor that the PS2 was sold more on the fact it was a cheap DVD player for the time than a video game system.

However, it didn’t take long for the PlayStation 2 to be a gaming powerhouse and by far the most dominant system on the market, building on the runaway success of the original PlayStation. This can be evidenced by the fact that while it’s successor, the PlayStation 3 was launched in 2006, the PlayStation 2 would remain a platform where significant games came out for several years after it’s successor launched.

In that time, many franchises and all-time classics were released on Sony’s second console. But what were the best ones?

If you got a PS2 for Christmas, what five games are the must-haves that represent the best the console has to offer? Here are the five that still hold up long after the PlayStation 2 had its last hurrah.

Rogue Galaxy

If you wanted a console to play RPGs on in the early 2000s, the PlayStation 2 was your only real option. The Gamecube and Xbox each sported a couple of noteworthy games for fans of the genre, but the PlayStation 2 had them coming out on an extremely regular basis.

You had great entries in the Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Persona, Dragon Quest series and many more. Many were considered some of the best in their respective series, if not some of the best RPGs of all time. A lot of beloved series today actually got their start on PlayStation 2.

However, the one in my opinion that stands above the rest on the PS2 is a game that somehow has never gotten a sequel, but still represents an RPG developer at the absolute top of their game: Rogue Galaxy by Level 5. Simply put, Rogue Galaxy has just about everything you’d want in an epic adventure.

You are paired up with a bunch of lovable misfits on a quest that spans an entire galaxy. The combat is great item customization is pretty insane and intense. I played through just about every RPG on the PlayStation 2, but this is the one I keep coming back to and have bought on other platforms though. A PS2 gem, it’s also playable on PS4.

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