Ico! In my opinion, one of the finest games ever made.

And of course, Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.

I'd also recommend Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts. I know you said you didn't care for rpg's, but I'd hate myself for not recommending them, and KH is an action-rpg anyways.

Other fine games that come to mind are SOCOM 1 and 2, Katamari Damacy, and Devil May Cry. Some are probably slipping my mind...

wow ... people weren't listening, when he said he hated RPGs and Sandbox games

@ allergic I'm in Europe, I'm just a cheap ass and never pay full price for anything except food.

@TWRoO Yeah it was second hand but boxed and good as new, slimline version as well. I'll let you know if I come across another that price.

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, there's clearly lots I need to get! I picked up 6 fighters off eBay for a total of £6.49 inc delivery:

Virtua Fighter 4
Tekken Tag Tournament
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
Street Fighter EX3
Capcom vs SNK 2
SVC Chaos

All boxed with manuals. Great deal I thought!

I don't know how many snk fighters you've played but if you don't like svc chaos don't let it stop you from trying out the other ones, Svc chaos is from the playmore days, after snk's death, and therefore not nearly as good as the games from samurai shodown 2 to kof 2000
and yeah that was a great deal for those games, especially Capcom vs. Snk 2, which can be expensive and Street fighter alpha anthology those 2 are some of the best fighers on ps2 in my opinion, granted I'm big on 2d fighters

ferret1603 said: @ allergic I'm in Europe, I'm just a cheap ass and never pay full price for anything except food. @TWRoO Yeah it was second hand but boxed and good as new, slimline version as well. I'll let you know if I come across another that price. Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, there's clearly lots I need to get! I picked up 6 fighters off eBay for a total of £6.49 inc delivery: Virtua Fighter 4 Tekken Tag Tournament Street Fighter Alpha Anthology Street Fighter EX3 Capcom vs SNK 2 SVC Chaos All boxed with manuals. Great deal I thought!

Nice new collection, although I might recommend Okami again. It's a real brilliant game.

And if that doesn't suit your boat, Tekken 5 and Burnout 3 are my recommendations. I don't think you'd be disappointed with either. Avoid Tekken 4. Take a try with the PS2 trinity of platformers (Jak, Ratchet, and Sly Cooper) and you might just enjoy them.

Or you may be content with what you have right there. It's quite a few games. 

Which version of Okami is best?

Ohh, it doesn't really matter.

They're both similar, just decide which control scheme you think would be better. 

Metal Gear Solid essential collection. All three games for $30, which of course is $10 each, pretty good.

A lot of great cheap games out there...hunt down;

MGS 2
MGS 3
Black
Onimusha
Onimusha 2
Ridge Racer 6
Tekken Teg
Medal of Honour Frontline
F1 2000
Area 51
Pro Evo 1//3/4/5/6
Fight Night Round 2
Kessen
Smugglers Run
Turok Evolution
Spiderman 2/3

Obviously outdated now, but great at the time!