Got a PS2 again - any good games?

[VenomMacbeth]

I can finally play my copy of Half-Life!  Huzzah!

I plan on getting Gradius III & IV, Gradius V, Rez, Taito Legends (both of em), Gungriffon Blaze, probably R-Type Final.  I've also been eyeballing Mortal Kombats & Shadow of the Colossus.  Gimme some other good titles! I like the shooters & arcade stuff, but I've been in the mood for a proper adventure lately.

Are there any good medieval Japan-themed games?

[Medic_wheat]

Odean Spear among others are great

[bartre]

Blood will tell sounds right up your alley.

you should also try the onimusha games and Pirates - legend of black kat.

[pulstar]

The Dynasty Warriors series is pretty good on the PS2, and if you're into RPGs Dragon Quest VIII is one of the best on the system. I can second R-Type final as well, awesome game, and the Gradius series.

[sirhcman]

I can finally play my copy of Half-Life!  Huzzah!

I plan on getting Gradius III & IV, Gradius V, Rez, Taito Legends (both of em), Gungriffon Blaze, probably R-Type Final.  I've also been eyeballing Mortal Kombats & Shadow of the Colossus.  Gimme some other good titles! I like the shooters & arcade stuff, but I've been in the mood for a proper adventure lately.

Are there any good medieval Japan-themed games?

Ico, Katamari Damacy, Resident Evil 4, Viewtiful Joe, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

[Medic_wheat]

Some of these have had ports and bundles for the PS3.

I'd recommend some games that are not available as ports for the PS3.

[Medic_wheat]

God Hand
.hack and .hack/gu
Rule of Rose
haunting Ground
mega Man and Mega Man X collection
Metal slug anthology
Dark Cloud 1&2
Beyond good and evil
Trapt

[ClodBuster]

I'd say: Get your PS2 modded to play Japanese games, too.

Gradius III & IV: I found them way too hard for my taste. But that could be just me being a wimp.
Gradius V: Recommended. But the music isn't typical Gradius/Konami stuff.
R-Type Final: Booooooooooooooring.
Superdimension Fortress Macross - Do you remember Love?: If you like Macross/Robotech and Jets that transform to mechs.
EDIT: In ya face!
Mega Man /MM-X collections: f*ck yeah! The emulation for the 6 NES games is done well, the emulation for MM7 and 8 is pisspoor. MM-X runs good, did not tried the other X games yet. Highly recommended since the collections cost me near nothing last year, and I don't expect the prices to have been risen since (?). Truly a no-brainer.
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim: With a cheat code, you can replace the US dub and CGI-cutscenes with the original JP dub + subtitles & Anime cutscenes.

+ a whole bunch of playworthy PS1 games. But seriously, do the JP mod. Japanese titles are sometimes way more affordable and will open you a whole new world of games.

[InfraMan]

Blood will tell sounds right up your alley.

you should also try the onimusha games and Pirates - legend of black kat.

Great recommendation, I -love- Blood Will Tell! No one ever seems to talk about it, though...

Just taking a quick look through some of my stuff, you might also try Bujingai, the Castlevania games (Curse of Darkness, Lament of Innocence), Drakengard 1 & 2, Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, Ico, Okami (awesome!!), or Way of the Samurai. There's so much great stuff on the PS2!

[Medic_wheat]

Blood will tell sounds right up your alley.

you should also try the onimusha games and Pirates - legend of black kat.

Great recommendation, I -love- Blood Will Tell! No one ever seems to talk about it, though...

Just taking a quick look through some of my stuff, you might also try Bujingai, the Castlevania games (Curse of Darkness, Lament of Innocence), Drakengard 1 & 2, Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, Ico, Okami (awesome!!), or Way of the Samurai. There's so much great stuff on the PS2!

Is it based off the movie of the same name?

Never heard of it personally. The game that is

[CPTBadAss]

I've been really enjoying Taito Legends 2. Raystorm and G-Darius are really fun.

I'd say: Get your PS2 modded to play Japanese games, too.

Could you link me some info on how to do this? I feel like I'm drinking from a firehose when I try to look up the info myself. So many options and information spread everywhere.

[VenomMacbeth]

I've been really enjoying Taito Legends 2. Raystorm and G-Darius are really fun.

I'd say: Get your PS2 modded to play Japanese games, too.

Could you link me some info on how to do this? I feel like I'm drinking from a firehose when I try to look up the info myself. So many options and information spread everywhere.

I'd like to second both points here, on wanting more info on the region mod & enjoying taito legends.  Vol 2 was one of the only games I had last time I owned a PS2, and it was also pretty much the only one I played, and for the games you mentioned.  I wanna re-acquire it so I can enjoy the other great titles on the compilation, namely Metal Black. I have the Saturn version, but I want to see how it compares.

[WoodyXP]

Yakuza 1 & 2 are good.  Might be hard to look at if you've played any of the others.

[InfraMan]

Is it based off the movie of the same name?

Never heard of it personally. The game that is

It's based on the old Dororo manga series, which I think actually was made into a movie a while back. I don't think the movie was called Blood Will Tell, though... so I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it's probably not related to the movie you're thinking of.

I could be completely wrong, though.

[Medic_wheat]

Is it based off the movie of the same name?

Never heard of it personally. The game that is

It's based on the old Dororo manga series, which I think actually was made into a movie a while back. I don't think the movie was called Blood Will Tell, though... so I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it's probably not related to the movie you're thinking of.

I could be completely wrong, though.

Oh wait I am thinking of the movie there will be blood lol