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Hi all,

I'm looking for a good FPS game or two for the PS2 or GameCube. With so many of them out there, its hard to choose.

I thoroughly enjoyed Killzone, but I've played it to death and I need something new. The multitude of WWII look good, but I'm sure that some of them are worthless.

What are the best from your experiences?

 

Thanks!

 

Look out for "Black" from EA. It looks like the best FPS on PS2. I'm not an FPS fan but I'm going to buy it. The demo is brilliant.

PS2: for WW2 you want brothers in arms, it's tactical element makes it rise above the competition for me, call of duty is ok and the medal of honour series sucks ass. For sci-fi i would recommend area 51 and timesplitters future perfect, both are quality titles especially the latter. I agree that killzone rocks, even after all this time!

Gamecube: sucks.

Darkchild

Thanks Darkchild, thats exactly what I was looking for.

timesplitter future perfect is definately the best FPS for either system. I got it for the cube, and with the few FPS for that system it was damn nice, definately want to buy it again (I returned it for full price because it has a couple glitches, was rather nice, play the heck out of it and get $50 back felt like an bum but $50!!! )

Well, it's not PS2 only but the Grand Theft Auto games are certainly worth it IMO. GTA3 and Vice City are available at bargain prices and provides heaps of fun. I just love playing this game with friends, alternating between players after each succesfull/unsuccesfull mission, 5 secret packages gathered etc. It's just fun to see your friends crash/get shot/explode/whatever after which somebody else can try and prove he's better and get laughed at. GTA San Andreas is actually the worst of the 3 IMO, I find the area is just too big and the map lay-out of the cities is rather uninspiring.

Another game I can recommend for the PS2 is Kingdom Hearts. At first the game looks targeted at kids, I mean, Final Fantasy and Disney mix? A manga boy character goes and adventures with Donald and Goofy so they can together find the boy's lost friends and the missing King Mickey while defeating the evil that threatens everything?

Actually it's a great game and it's quite hard as well. Most kids will probably fail at making it halfway through the game. The worlds you go to are all nice Disney settings with some good level lay-outs. Familiar characters from the Final Fantasy games are included and they help to stop the game from becoming an all Disney fest. The game storyboard is clearly also by Square which keeps it from being lame.

The one thing that's not so great is the Gummiship thing. Build or improve your own space ship with building parts gathered and blast your way through the shooting parts connecting levels. Sounds nice eh? It could be, if only the very first space ship you're given wasn't able to shoot its way through all enemies even at the flight towards the last level. It's not the fault of the ship and it's puny laser but the easyness with which you can defeat your enemies during those shooting bits and their inability to hit you (most damage stems from you flying into obstacles, not from getting shot at). But this is only a minor detail as you only need to do this once to get to a new level and afterwards you can simply warp to it in one go.

So that's 3 games with excellent playing value which shouldn't cost you more than $60 total. Check 'm out!

Edit: Darn, only just noticed the 'FPS' part in your subject title!

Oh well, if you want other great games on the PS2 that aren't FPS' try the ones I recommended!

Good suggestions BAWTRM, thought not quite what I was looking for. I've heard many good things about KH.


I LOVE Vice City!!!

Crusing in the Brown Thunder Gunship while rockin' out to classic 80s tunes and spraying hapless sunbathers with unlimited ammo gatling guns and rocket launchers.

Running around town with nothing but a chainsaw (I'll skin your a$$ raw), trying to find bribes to get all the cops off your back.

Flying a crotch-rocket over every jump you can find (and some you didn't find but made up on your own).


Ah, the hours I've wasted.....


ps: SW Battlefront is fun (and cheap now that II is out) but be warned that it can be a bit easy and also a bit frustrating if you play it single-player, the friendly AI is just plain DUMB. "Hey, you're standing on a grenade. Hey, you! HEY! Ah, nevermind...."