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JF_Aidan_Pryde

08-Dec-2002, 07:15

I went the full mile:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/yenbilly/p1.jpg

Unwrapped:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/yenbilly/p2.jpg

A picture says a thousand words - This sums up my favourites!
All things good, American, Russian (Swedish) and Japanese:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/yenbilly/p3.jpg

Now people, help me - I need games!
I'm not in the mood for spending a lot more but I need a good game or two to play with the family. Nice classics that people will have a good time with (2 player). Any suggestions? I reallly went into the PS2 for ICO, MGS2 and SH3 but now I realised the family can have some fun too. Fighting games are okay I guess, racing is okay too.. PS1 games welcome too. I need inexpensive, *must own* classics.

Thanks! :)

marconelly!

08-Dec-2002, 08:52

Check out the reviews for the following and see what you would like:

2/4 player games versus:
Frequency, SSX Ticky, Gran Turismo 3, Burnout 2, Twisted Metal Black, Pro Evolution Soccer 2 (not sure if that's available in AU), Madden 2003, NFL 2K3, Extreme-G 3, Virtua Fighter 4, Tekken 4, Tekken Tag Tournament, Timesplitters 2.

2 player games co-op:
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Klonoa 2 (2nd player function is quite limited, but nicely executed)

1 player games you may want to check out:
Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Rez, Sly Cooper, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Escape from Monkey Island, Mark of Kri, Devil May Cry, Ace Combat 4, Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, Silent Hill 2, Onimusha, Onimusha 2, Final Fantasy X, Rygar

PS1 games:
MGS (surprisingly good looking for PS1, and extremely well done and fun game), Silent Hill, Ape Escape, R-Type Delta.

ICO would be my first recommendation of all games, but I see you already have it :)

08-Dec-2002, 08:58

You should have gotten the Xbox. :(
It is like buying a GF2 instead of a GF3.

Magnum PI

08-Dec-2002, 09:39

stupid remark.. with a geforce 2 or a geforce 3 you can play the same game.
with a PS2 or a xbox you can't play the same game.

the PS2 is in no way obsoleted by the xbox or the GC and it has *lots* of great games inc. exclusive titles. and games are very important you know..

JF_Aidan_Pryde

08-Dec-2002, 09:41

Thanks for the recommendations! Yes, ICO I bought months before owning any console. :wink: It's the game that made me :o and decide on a PS2 in the first place.

chap:
The sales manager was trying to get me to buy a Xbox. He was saying how 80AUD is a total rip for memory card - which I agree with. But then I totally don't trust HDD these days, so the Xbox is off the mark too. Overall the Xbox is just not my thing. It looks like a super beefed PC while the PS2 actually looks like something out of the 21st century - even if designed in 1999. Looks aside, it's all about the games. And the optical out for my MD.

TTP

08-Dec-2002, 09:47

JF,

dont put the PS2 on the ground like that. It gets full of dust in a second.

As for the game, I agree with what Marconelly said.

EDIT: oh, do 2 things. Buy an RGB SCART cable. Buy a DVD-Region X. It gets rid of the green screen when whatching a DVD movie via RGB. You may want to mod it to get the same result, but I'm aware there are no RGB-mod schemes for the lates PS2 model. It's a V7 I guess.

08-Dec-2002, 09:52

80AUD for a PS2 memcrap!!!!!? :o
I could get that for half that price! Is that Sony official retail price in Australia?

overclocked

08-Dec-2002, 09:54

Well atleast one of your buys was justified, witch one?
You tell me... :lol:

If all PS2 comes bundled with some swedish quality we may actually se
a huge growht in this country- :D

marconelly!

08-Dec-2002, 09:55

It's the game that made me and decide on a PS2 in the first place. Same here :)

randycat99

08-Dec-2002, 09:59

No offense intended and completely OT, but everytime I scan your name really fast, I get "Aryan Pride". It's just the combination of letters, unfortunately. :wink:

The game that lead to my finally taking the PS2 dive was GT3. In fact, it was the GT3 package I bought. If it were right now, I would say Need 4 Speed HP2 would be the game to induce me to get a PS2. ...but I've always had a special relationship with NFS series. It was NFS2 that made me buy a PSX, and the original NFS that appeared on the 3D0 was a blast.

I don't know if it was mentioned earlier, but Gauntlets Dark Legacy is another fun 4-player enabled game (if you enjoyed playing Gauntlet back in the day in the arcades, that is). "Elf is about to die..." Gobble, gobble!

JF_Aidan_Pryde

08-Dec-2002, 10:10

No offense intended and completely OT, but everytime I scan your name really fast, I get "Aryan Pride". It's just the combination of letters, unfortunately. :wink:

LOL *phew*.. At least it's not "ASIAN PRIDE". That's what most people ask. grr...

Right now, when I watch 16:9 DVDs, it squishes it back to 4:3. I can't change it no matter what - only on PC does it insert black borders. How much is a VGA cable to connect the PS2 to my Monitor? Money is flowing like water..

Yes, chat, this country Sony overprices their prices even further. Which is why I was forced to buy the tripleback, which is Remote + Memory + 2nd Controller for 120 AUD. (60USD)

Edit: BTW Guys- American cookies just doesn't go with Swedish Vodka..

randycat99

08-Dec-2002, 10:14

Have you played around with your screen settings menu (PS2 on and no games or DVD's in drive)?

If you are into sci-fi movie xovers, you may also enjoy the Terminator and Thing game. Red Faction2 is also worth a try.

marconelly!

08-Dec-2002, 10:22

No offense, but those cookies are just awful.

As far as DVD playback goes, rest assured there's something wrong with your settings. I've never even eard anyone to have such problem with widescreen DVDs, much less experience them myself.

Boot your PS2 without any disc in the drive and go through the settings. Also, while you are playing the DVD movie, make sure to look into the on-screen settings that you can activate.

What kind of TV do you have? 4:3 or 16:9? Does it have anamorphic squeeze feature?

08-Dec-2002, 10:35

JF_Aidan_Pryde

08-Dec-2002, 11:22

Remote + Memory + 2nd Controller for 120 AUD.
This seems much more reasonable. :)

But a standalone Sony memory crap is officially selling at 80AUD, throughout Aussieland? That is a big fuckin ripoff if there is any.

That I can agree with. If there's anything I'd like to see the PS2 incorperate, then it's the Memory Stick. I'd buy a 32MB memory stick and that'll be the end of it. Don't know why they didn't do it, maybe it's just to collect the higher margins they'd get with the memory cards.

Magnum PI

08-Dec-2002, 11:26

maskrider

08-Dec-2002, 13:58

What kind of TV do you have? 4:3 or 16:9? Does it have anamorphic squeeze feature?

yes this would be the best choice.

most newer 4/3 tv sets and 16/9 compatible (in europe): they support a 16/9 signal, they add the black borders.

it's a lot better than the DVD player creating a 4/3 letterboxed picture, because of the better vertical resolution.

For the memory card, official price is HK$160, but street price is HK$140, 7 colors to choose from, and also a classic black one

For the 4:3 letter box playback and full playback setting, check the TV type options of the PS2 DVD player

Sorry that I only have Japanese version of the DVD player

edit: press "Select" to show the controls

http://www.felixmcli.org/dvdsetup.jpg

http://www.felixmcli.org/tvtype.jpg

Ug Lee

08-Dec-2002, 14:58

The sales manager was trying to get me to buy a Xbox.

That being the case, that sales manager should not be working in retail. I have never understood the mindset of a lot of retail goons - how does it affect them in the end if a customer buys one console over another?

Regardless, congrats on your purchase, you won't regret it. What has been mentioned in this thread as recommendations are all great games to start off with, paticularly ICO - that game is magic.

Teasy

08-Dec-2002, 18:03

JF_Aidan_Pryde

Buy Pro Evolution Soccer 2... buy it now.. I COMMAND THEE!!! :)

Seriously, buy it!

CaptainHowdy

08-Dec-2002, 18:12

Qroach

08-Dec-2002, 18:17

That's not totally true captain. They will usually just try to get you to buy whatever has the biggest margin of profit. Occasionally they will try to sell you on something they personally like as well.

Despite what people say about MS, they certainly can't afford to pay of every employee for every retailer out there.

Teasy

08-Dec-2002, 18:25

Stores do infact give employee's bonuses for selling certain products. There was a guy from EB talking about this very thing on the IGN forums recently.

Qroach

08-Dec-2002, 19:11

Stores do infact give employee's bonuses for selling certain products. There was a guy from EB talking about this very thing on the IGN forums recently.

The key part of that sentace being "stores". stores do stuff like this often but that doesn't mean the manufacturer is going to be providing incentives. Also, I didn't say that this doesn't occur, I just said that there's no way MS would pay off "every" retailer with incentives to sell consoles.

As I said before, this could have been a case of them wanting to move a product with a higher margin, the clerk could actually like the product, or even make way for more recent stock/bundles. Whatever the reason, don't always assume (because it's Xbox) that MS is paying off all the retailers to sell their warez.

If the guy tried to sell him a gamecube, would that mean Nintendo was giving bonuses? It could, but I'd highly doubt it.

randycat99

08-Dec-2002, 23:16

Also forgot, that recent Medal of Honor game was a lot of fun, too, if you haven't played it aready.

Kolgar

09-Dec-2002, 02:05

Getting in a little late on this, but I have to chastise Chap - that was one stupid remark!

Please, enough with the trolling. No need to grease every thread with a slickery layer of sh*t.

Kolgar

Ug Lee

10-Dec-2002, 10:52

they get bonus's for selling Xbox consoles, MS knows what they are doing.

I'm working at EB during the holiday break over here (studying) and the only bonus that we are given is when we sell an ESA, nothing has been mentioned about incentives for selling Xbox consoles, or anything else for that matter.

JacksBleedingEyes

10-Dec-2002, 11:10

Good buy Aidan Pride!!
Have to say ICO and MGS2 are really up there with all my favs
Might not be your thing but try Kingdom Hearts (rent and decide)
Tekken is a bit overrated but looks ok
DOA2 has IMHO a better fighting system but i guess if you are new to consoles it does not really matter
And yes, Silent Hill 2 would do nicely in your cabinet if you only own MGS2 and ICO
You'll prob also like GTA3
Have fun!!

Magnum PI

10-Dec-2002, 12:15

I'm working at EB during the holiday break over here (studying) and the only bonus that we are given is when we sell an ESA,

what's an ESA ?

JF_Aidan_Pryde

10-Dec-2002, 13:39

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

I manage to fix the DVD issue, the reason why I couldn't before is it won't allow it while the DVD is playing - it has to be stopped.

Some general thoughs:

- PS2 exterior design, very well done.
- The IR remote controller is very useless. It takes up a game port and it's
no where near as intuitive as the wired controller.
- MGS2 is extremely well executed. It uses low textures to its advantage.
Because the polygon use is quite good, it uses the same scheme of grey
blueish textures to create that tone/atmosphere and because the texture
detail is minimal, it keeps the frequency down and illiminates texture
shimmering. I am not saying this is good or bad, just that this is the final
effect. And I personally think it's very nice manipulation of graphics.
- MGS2 is a huge gimmick game. I have no idea how much hardcoding
went into the game but just the things you can do, most Carmack would
instantly put down as 'gimmicks'. No wonder so many people think
Carmack can't make games. ;) But it's highly subjective really, I find
gimmicks, if done right, extremely amusing. :D
- ICO is a trip to a another world and back. Makes you sad when you
return to this world again. I want to be a 12 year old boy and explore
a castle with a ghostly girl!!! (no I don't need a girlfriend, you know they an't as good as ICO :D

Game most look'in forward to - Silent Hill 3.