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[Tschumi]

So, the premise is this: Xbox Series consoles can legally play PS2 and GCN (and many other consoles') libraries at boosted resolutions, but I don't just want to dump all of my meticulously purchased-then-archived PS2 and GCN games from over the years, because I've done that kind of thing before and ended up not playing any.

So I'm going to limit myself to ten titles.

And i think this is a pretty good little exercise.

So, I invite you guys to join me in this, and come up with a combined hybrid list of PS2 and GCN titles that you would choose, if you were limited to 10 such titles.

My list, which i can revise, which I'm trying to keep free of games I've completed too many times:
* Exceptions

1) Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3: Rogue Leader (GCN)
2) Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (GCN)
3) SSX 3 (GCN)*
4) Gladius (GCN)
5) Time Splitters 2 (GCN)
6) GTA: SA (PS2)*
7) Gran Turismo 3 - A Spec (PS2)
8) Ico (PS2)
9) Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (PS2)
10) Silent Hill 2 (PS2)

I didn't enter MGS titles because i own the HD collection on like 4 platforms

Also I'm trying to avoid other games that have easily accessible HD remakes, such as Shadow of the Colossus, Jak, Sly, and R&C (all on Vita)

 

[killatopak]

RE4 GCN
REmake GCN
RE Outbreak PS2
Tales of Symphonia GCN
Baten Kaitos GCN
FFX PS2
Persona 3 FES PS2
SMT Nocturne PS2
Dragon Quest VIII PS2
Silent Hill 2 PS2

 

[Saint Boot]

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[SpongebobSquaredance]

1. Silent Hill 2
2. Metroid Prime
3. Resident Evil 4
4. TimeSplitters Future Perfect
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
6. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2
7. Mario Smash Football
8. Killer 7
9. Paper Mario 2
10. Metal Gear Solid 2

 

[anthony2690]

In no order:
Lost Kingdoms 1/2
Tales of Symphonia
Gotcha force
Wario world (should get a switch remake imo)
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Ape Escape 2
Final fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
THPS3
Tekken 5

I'm sure there is many other great games I've forgotten about.

 

[Tschumi]

1. Silent Hill 2
2. Metroid Prime
3. Resident Evil 4
4. TimeSplitters Future Perfect
5. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
6. Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2
7. Mario Smash Football
8. Killer 7
9. Paper Mario 2
10. Metal Gear Solid 2

Ah you remind me of star wars.. rogue squadron 2 and 3, and clone wars, damn good games.. Starfighter/jedi Starfighter too if it's on either console

 

[TexMex]

Metroid Prime
Ico
Wind Waker
MGS3
Jak 2
REmake
Vice City
MGS2
Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter
Mario Sunshine

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Never had a GC, so mine is PS2 only. Not in any order.

1. Ace Combat 4
2. DMC 1
3. NFL 2k4 (not 2k5)
4. Twisted Metal Black
5. Gran Turismo 3
6. God of War
7. VF4 Evolution
8. Timesplitters 2
9. Manhunt
10. NHL 2002

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Very interesting exercise! Let’s see...

Metroid Prime (GC)
Metroid Prime 2 (GC)
Resident Evil 4 (GC - but it’s available everywhere so maybe redundant?)
Klonoa 2 (PS2)
Xenosaga Episode 3 (PS2 - the best gameplay-wise, story-wise you’d need the full trilogy ofc)
F-Zero GX (GC)
Viewtiful Joe (GC)
Dragon Quest 8 (PS2)
Silent Hill 3 (PS2)
Paper Mario TTYD (GC)

 

[Damigos]

GT3 and 4
MGS2
MGS3
FFX
Silent Hill 3
DMC
GOW 1
GOW 2
DQ8

 

[Handel]

Ico (PS2)
Okami (PS2)
RE4 (GCN/PS2)
REmake (GCN)
TLOZ Wind Waker (GCN)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Pikmin 1 (GCN)
GTA San Andreas (PS2)
Final Fantasy X (PS2)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2)


Honorable mentions : Kingdom Hearts 1 (PS2), Tales of Symphonia (GCN), DQ8 (PS2), Animal Crossing (GCN)

 

[nordique]

Single games - won’t cheat w franchises - as my “essentials” is really tough mate. Esp w ps2.

so if I could only pick 10 games:

1) GTA San Andreas
2) Metal Gear Solid 3
3) Zelda Twilight Princess
4) Resident Evil 4 (gc version though)
5) god of war
6) god of war 2
7) Metroid prime
8) Smash bros melee
9) Rogue squadron 2
10) Okami

 

[GametimeUK]

Kept the list one game per franchise. I've probably fucked up here, but these are the ones that came off the top of my head so obviously are near and dear to my heart. They aren't in any particular order. Pissed off Beyond Good and Evil, Paper Mario TTYD and Viewtiful Joe are missing. Sorry I just had to name drop them.

These aren't what I'd recommend as essentials to check out as some kind of games list with historical relevance, but rather my personal favourites. However games like Ico certainly fit the bill.

Metroid Prime
Wind Waker
Resident Evil 4
Metal Gear Solid 2
Okami
GTA San Andreas
Mario Kart DD
Final Fantasy X
Ico
God of War 2

 

[Banjo64]

GC: Twilight Princess, Windwaker, Smash Melee.

PS2: Vice City, San Andreas, Jak and Daxter Precursor Legacy, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Gran Turismo 4.

 

[Tschumi]

In no order:
Lost Kingdoms 1/2
Tales of Vesperia
Gotcha force
Wario world (should get a switch remake imo)
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Ape Escape 2
Final fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
THPS3
Tekken 5

I'm sure there is many other great games I've forgotten about.

Am i nuts or was Tales of Vesperia a 360/ps3 gen game?

 

[Tschumi]

GC: Twilight Princess, Windwaker, Smash Melee.

PS2: Vice City, San Andreas, Jak and Daxter Precursor Legacy, Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Gran Turismo 4.

What makes you pick GT4 over 3? Genuinely engaged and interested in this decision

 

[Banjo64]

What makes you pick GT4 over 3? Genuinely engaged and interested in this decision

Boring answer but simply because we never owned GT3, only GT4 it was my first entry in the franchise and I loved it, and subsequently GT 5 & 6.

 

[Tschumi]

Boring answer but simply because we never owned GT3, only GT4 it was my first entry in the franchise and I loved it, and subsequently GT 5 & 6.

No worries lol that's why i love GT6, have since played all of the editions though

 

[N0S]

1. Metroid Prime
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Wind Waker
4. F-Zero GX
5. REmake
6. Timesplitters 2
7. Smash Bros Melee
8. Silent Hill 2
9. Jak and Dexter
10. Metal Gear Solid 2

 

[xmagxus]

1) paper mario thousand year door (GCN)
2) Gotcha Force (GCN)
3) Cubivore (GCN)
4) Mario Kart (GCN)
5) Skies of Arcadia Legends(GCN)
6) rogue galaxy(PS2)
7) ring of red (PS2)
8) wild arms alter code f (PS2)
9) Dragonball z budokai tenkaichi 3(PS2)
10) Suikoden V (PS2)

 

[anthony2690]

Am i nuts or was Tales of Vesperia a 360/ps3 gen game?

Sorry I'm an idiot, I meant symphonia haha

 

[Mr Hyde]

1. Metroid Prime
2. Zelda: Wind Waker
3. Resident Evil remake
4. Silent Hill 2
5. Final Fantasy 12
6. Shadow of the Colossus
7. Okami
8. God of War 2
9. Baten Kaitos
10. Tales of Symphonia

 

[Neff]

Resident Evil (2002)
Resident Evil 4
Metroid Prime
Devil May Cry
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy X
Onimusha
Kingdom Hearts
Metal Gear Solid 2

 

[Tschumi]

Ah man forgot about those fantastic LOTR licensed action games, maybe Return of the King.. because i already played The Two Towers to death ..

 

[Honey Bunny]

Surprised at more Icos than SOTCs

 

[Y0ssarian]

Resident Evil
Resident Evil 4
Skies of Arcadia Legends
Final Fantasy XII
Final Fantasy X
Metal Gear Solid 3
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Devil May Cry 3
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2 Echoes

 

[ShirAhava]

My least fav generation so this was easy

Tekken Tag
SSX
Klonoa 2
Skies of Arcadia
SSX 3
Vice City
Beyond Good and Evil
P.N. 03
Zoids Battle Legends
F-Zero GX

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Valkyrie profile silmera
Haunting ground
Rule of rose
Metal Gear Solid 2 sons of liberty
Resident evil 4
F zero Gx
Silent hill 3
Xenosaga trilogy
The warriors
Final Fantasy x

 

[teezzy]

Tekken 5
Final Fantasy X
Dark Cloud 2
Devil May Cry
Ape Escape 2
Soul Calibur 2
Vexx
Dragon Quest 8
SMT Nocturne
Persona 3

What's a Gamecube?

 

[Gameplaylover]

No specific order:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN)
Metroid Prime (GCN)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Star Wars Rogue Leader (GCN)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GCN)
F-Zero GX (GCN)
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)
Luigi's Mansion (GCN)

 

[EverydayBeast]

Good systems with high level games, top 10 from that generation is a challenge. When you think of Gamecube the Zelda games are a good place to start. Ocarina of Time is a big open world game, very RPG like, Wind Waker has unusual graphics, Twilight Princess is intriguing. Another great game with a ton of respect, it's style is Ocarina of Time on steroids'. PS2 was a decade of excellence from SONY, games like socom were impressive, twisted metal, sly cooper, final fantasy, GTA, the sport games as well. Metal Gear Solid, Shadow of the Colossus, you see Ratchet, Guitar Hero, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Resident Evil, Splinter Cell, just an outstanding console.

 

[Cao Cao]

Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
Final Fantasy 10 (PS2)
Gran Turismo 4 (PS2)
SMT Nocturne (PS2)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (PS2)
Skies of Arcadia Legends (GCN)
Resident Evil Remake (GCN)
Zelda Collector Edition (GCN)
Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Are people seriously recommending emulating games like Okami and REmake when there are native ports for Xbox? I can't imagine they would play or look better.

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

Are people seriously recommending emulating games like Okami and REmake when there are native ports for Xbox? I can't imagine they would play or look better.

Yeah my list basically has all been remastered at this point:

-RE4
-REmake
-Zelda WW
-Zelda TP
-Okami
-Shadow of the Colossus
-DMC games
-MGS games

I guess the only ones that haven’t been remastered are the Metroid Prime games.

 

[kyliethicc]

Smash Bros Melee
Mario Kart Double Dash
Super Mario Sunshine
Pikmin
Resident Evil 4

Gran Turismo 4
Metal Gear Solid 2
GTA Vice City
Shadow of the Colossus
God of War 2

 

[Buggy Loop]

In no particular order, except maybe Metroid which are my top games and the ones I’ve replayed the most out of the list.

Metroid Prime (GC)
Metroid Prime 2 (GC)
Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Metal gear solid 3 (PS2)
Shadow of the colossus (PS2)
Devil May Cry 3 (PS2)
Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
Silent Hill 3 (PS2)
Final Fantasy XI (PS2), yea the MMO that surpassed the main series
Xenosaga episode 3 (PS2)

 

[Dream-Knife]

1. F-Zero GX
2. Xenosaga 1
3. Xenosaga 2
4. Xenosaga 3
5. Smash Melee
6. Starfox Adventures
7. Metroid Prime
8. SMT 3
9. Splinter Cell (GC if the xbox one can't be played)
10. GTA San Andreas (same conditions as above. Xbox version is way better than PS2)

 

[Stwitch]

1. Gradius V (PS2)
2. Grand Theft Auto Vice City (PS2)
3. Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (PS2)
4. Resident Evil Remake (GCN)
5. Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
6. Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
7. Eternal Darkness (GCN)
8. Devil May Cry (PS2)
9. F Zero GX (GCN)
10. God Hand (PS2)

 

[Cutty Flam]

GOAT tier = Resident Evil 4

1. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Super Mario Sunshine
4. Shadow of the Colossus
5. GTA: Vice City
6. GTA: San Andreas
7. The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Edition
8. Mario Party 5
9. Mario Party 6
10. SSX Tricky

 

[GreatnessRD]

• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• God of War II
• Gran Turismo 4
• Socom II: U.S Navy Seals
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Resident Evil 4
• WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2006

 

[Wunray]

1. Twilight Princess (NGC)
2. Kingdom Hearts 2(PS2)
3. GTA San Andreas(PS2)
4. Legia 2(PS2)
5. Mario Sunshine (the lava lake cost it some points NGC)
6. Smash Bros Melee(NGC)
7. Kingdom Hearts 1(PS2)
8. Need For Speed Most wanted(NGC)
9. Eternal Ring(Ps2)
10. Project Eden(Ps2)

 

[Quasicat]

What's a Gamecube?

on topic:

Skies of Arcadia Legends
Windwaker
Viewtiful Joe
FZero GX
Smash Bros. Melee
Luigi’s Mansion
MGS: Twin Snakes
Takes of Symphonia
Beyond Good and Evil
Animal Crossing

 

[RafterXL]

No specific order:

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN)
Metroid Prime (GCN)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN)
Star Wars Rogue Leader (GCN)
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (GCN)
F-Zero GX (GCN)
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GCN)
Luigi's Mansion (GCN)

So disappointing that it took this many posts to have Eternal Darkness on a list. It's as essential as a Gamecube game gets.

 

[SpiceRacz]

• Super Mario Sunshine
• OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
• Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
• Marvel vs Capcom 2
• Ico
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Metroid Prime
• Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2
• Resident Evil 4
• NBA Street Vol. 2

 

[Handel]

So disappointing that it took this many posts to have Eternal Darkness on a list. It's as essential as a Gamecube game gets.

Tell that to Nintendo so that it can be more widely accessible.

 

[Mabdia]

01 - Final Fantasy X
02 - Persona 3/4
03 - Gran Turismo 4
04 - REmake/0
05 - Ar Tonelico 1/2
06 - Dragon Ball Budokai 3
07 - Devil May Cry 3
08 - Prince of Persia 2
09 - Fatal Frame
10 - Need for Speed Underground 2
11- God of war

 

[Perrott]

Never had a GameCube, so I'll go with PS2 titles only:

1. Gran Turismo 4
2. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
3. ICO
4. Killzone
5. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
6. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
7. Shadow of the Colossus
8. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
9. Silent Hill 2
10. The Getaway

 

[Tschumi]

Never had a GameCube, so I'll go with PS2 titles only:

1. Gran Turismo 4
2. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
3. ICO
4. Killzone
5. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
6. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
7. Shadow of the Colossus
8. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
9. Silent Hill 2
10. The Getaway

Asked this of another earlier, why do you prefer gt4 to 3? Just to help me choose between the two...

 

[Handel]

Surprised at more Icos than SOTCs

Ico's the better and more influential game, though it has less widespread appeal. SOTC just missed the cut for me, forgot to put it in my honorable mentions as it's still a masterpiece despite being my least favorite Ueda title.

No doubt an Ico vs SOTC poll would end up with the latter winning.

 

[Perrott]

Asked this of another earlier, why do you prefer gt4 to 3? Just to help me choose between the two...

Because I have never played GT3.

Yeah, I know it may not be the type of answer you were hoping for