Thousands of games are released every year; naturally some are better
than others, and it's sometimes hard to pick out the diamonds glittering amid
the dirt. To help you out, our expert editors have put together this guide to
the titles that every self-respecting gamer should own.
Essential Action & Adventure
Games
First-person shooters,
survival-horrors, sneak-'em-ups and exploration games: if you fancy yourself as
an Indiana Jones wannabe or have a penchant for perching on the edge of the
sofa gibbering in witless terror, check out our list of the PS2's best
action and adventure games.
Essential Platform
Games
Running, climbing, bounding
about like a loon--usually in the guise of some strange mammal or other--and
collecting stuff: the world of the platform game is a bizarre yet strangely
satisfying one. Find the best of all free-roaming worlds in our list of
must-have platform games.
Essential Driving & Racing
Games
Whether you're into serious
simulations or boy-racer arcade thrills, have a thing for rally driving,
Formula One or futuristic anti-gravity racing, or like to swan about pretending
you're a stuntman or a wannabe mafioso chauffeur, you'll find the best
driving and racing games here.
Essential Fighting
Games
Need to offload some stress
without the hassle that comes with actually harming your
colleagues/friends/parents? Playing video games can be very cathartic, and
never more so than when you're virtually punching someone in the chops or
ripping out their spine. Find the
best fighting games here and test
it out for yourself.
Essential Role-playing, Strategy &
Simulation Games
Don your beard and sandals
and whack a few orcs, order your own personal army around, build your own theme
park or fly a jetfighter and pretend to be Tom Cruise (or Kelly McGillis, if
you prefer) with our guide to the best
role-playing, strategy and simulation
games.
Essential Sports
Games
Golf, footy, cricket,
snowboarding, skateboarding, wrestling, boxing: lounging in your armchair
virtually sweating it out on screen has got to beat going outside and risking
your health doing the real thing. Check our guide to the
best sports games on PS2 and forget
about real exertion.
Essential Quirky/Odd
Games
The
average gamer on the street probably doesn't look much further than the top 10
chart for their thrills--and they're missing out on some great games--mainly
courtesy of our chums in Japan--that are busting with twisted humour or are
just plain bizarre. Check out our favourite
quirky/odd games and see for
yourself.