I'm glad to know someone still appreciates that value of the ps2 : )
actually since the ps3 came out most people including me have been going on about GRAPHICS GRAPHICS GRAPHICS and it's annoying to buy games
that have been hyped up so I've been salvaging all the good relics in game stop so let me suggest a couple of good games for you.
Warning: might be a long list?
RPG's
-Persona 3, 4 (Very common it's an easy find)
-Shin Megami Tensei series (DD Sumoner - Nocturne etc etc.)
-Suikoden 3,4,5 (5 is hard to find, gathering characters to use is fun)
-.Hack Original 1-4 (Pretty hard to find) and .Hack GU 1-3
-Tales of Legendia and Abyss
- Xenosaga 1-3
- Rogue Galaxy - (Pretty fun game imo)
- Magna Carta - (Game with a steep learning curve, but fun)
- Wild Arms 3-5 (Western Anime rpg, simple game mechanics)
- Jade Cocoon 2 (Old game, but people like some pokemon imitations)
- Arc the lad Twilight of the spirits (This series is fascinating)
- Shadow Hearts Series (Very rare games to find)
- Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter (Might be a hard game to others?)
- Monster Rancher series (Should i even explain this?)
- MS-Saga A New Dawn.
- Dawn of mana
- Valkyrie Profile 2 (I fell in love with this game/series)
- Grandia Series ( 2-3 and Extreme )
- Shining Series (Force, exa, tears and wind)
Action
-Resident Evil 4 (You've seen it no further explanation required
-God of War 1-2
- Indigo Prophecy (Prequel to Heavy Rain. Choices decide rest of the game)
- Zone Of Enders 1-2 (Nice Mecca Game)
- Shadow of the Colossus
- Metal Gear Solid 2-3 (for 3 i recommend the subsistence version)
- Silent Hill Games (Psychological terror, an awesome game)
- Bully, GTA
- Hitman Series
- Haunting Ground
- Fatal Frame Games (A very scary series, i had trouble sleeping)
- Manhunt Series (Convict on the run? who doesn't like this?)
- Onimusha Series (Samurais vs. demons? what else can i say?)
- Gun (Just like GTA but very linear story line)
- Shadow of Rome
- Monster Hunter Series 1-2
- Trapt (as the name implies set traps, go kill some !@#!@$)
- Tenchu Series (ninja's do cool things too lol)
Fighting
-Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (I highly recommend this game)
-Capcom vs. Snk2 (this too)
-Def Jam Fight for NY (Build your fighter, customize, learn Martial arts)
-Guilty Gear Series
- Tekken 5 (just buy the latest one on ps2)
- Naruto Shipuuden 4 (Pretty fun battle system, annoying narutard though)
- Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore (Bouncing t-ts, lol)
- Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
- Arcana Heart (A otaku game but who cares? it's a fun fighter I rec.)
- Victorious Boxers 2 (Hajimme no ippo end of story)
- Zatch Bell Mamodo Fury (I may not know the characters but i fell in love with it, battle system is superb i rec.)
- King of Fighters series (Buy the 3d one i highly rec.)
These are the only few games i can name on the top of my head d;
if any of these interest you, don't hesitate to ask me if your not to sure about the game. What else can a guy that just came home from the marines do on his free time? Have fun