| LordTheNightKnight said: Here are a few 3rd-party PS2 games from either 2000 or 2001. The list is not extensive, but neither are they shovelware (even if some are ports and rehashes, there was still some work). Ace Combat 4 All-Star Baseball 2002 Armored Core 2 ATV Offroad Fury Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Burnout Devil May Cry Dynasty Warriors 2 Dynasty Warriors 3 Final Fantasy X Grand Theft Auto III Guilty Gear X Half-Life (which included updated graphics and a co-op mode) Ico Klonoa 2 Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 Madden NFL 2001, 2002 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Midnight Club: Street Racing ESPN NFL 2K NHL 2001, 2002 Onimusha Resident Evil Code: Veronica X Shadow Hearts Silent Hill 2 SSX Star Trek: Voyager: Elite Force Summoner Tekken Tag Tournament TimeSplitters Time Crisis II Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 And this is not the full list of 3rd-party games, that were given due effort in development (or at least porting them, where the were made with effort on their original systems). |
Fair enough, but many of those games weren't pushing the PS2. As you said, some were ports (and in opinion, there's a lot of shovelware on that list). If I wanted to list the general list of games on the Wii, I could, but it doesn't prove my point. I don't think I'd call THPS3 a game that really pushed the hardware on PS2. To clarify, look at God of War on the PS2. It can be argued that it is one of the most advanced games on the PS2. This game didn't release until the PS2's 4th's year.
The point is, it takes time to unlock a system's full potential. Writing it off in a year and a half since launch is absurd. Many high quality games take 2-4 years to develop. That means that there are many games on the Wii and PS3 that started development before the system was even released and its ability realized. For example, if Capcom saw the success of the Wii and wanted to revamp RE5 for the system, it wouldn't be seen at this point until at least late 2009, likely later.
In the end, the point is, play the games that are good, rent the ones you're not sure about, and don't pay attention to game reviews, since there's as much bias in them as there is in the Clinton-Obama debates.
