revisiting PS2- good games not ported to PS3

[sharpfork]

I'm finishing my basement and some of it will be a home theater with a ton of consoles.  I have a PS2 in my vertical cab for some cool shmups and love it.  I hooked up a second one to my TV via component but the only horizontal game I have right now is Metal Gear solid 2.  While the PS2 looks great via component, I have a PS3 as well and really like the cleaned up ports on my HD TV.  What PS2 games that haven't been ported to PS3 are worth taking a look at?  If there are any that the PS2 versions is somehow superior to the to PS3 port, I'm happy to take a look at them too.

[SEEtheREPLAY]

I'm finishing my basement and some of it will be a home theater with a ton of consoles.  I have a PS2 in my vertical cab for some cool shmups and love it.  I hooked up a second one to my TV via component but the only horizontal game I have right now is Metal Gear solid 2.  While the PS2 looks great via component, I have a PS3 as well and really like the cleaned up ports on my HD TV.  What PS2 games that haven't been ported to PS3 are worth taking a look at?  If there are any that the PS2 versions is somehow superior to the to PS3 port, I'm happy to take a look at them too.

The only cool thing about the ports is the fact that you can get trophies for them.  However i don't like the up-scaling the PS3 does to the PS2 games.  However remakes like FF7 in HD and Shadow of the Colossus are amazing on the pS3.

[sharpfork]

The only cool thing about the ports is the fact that you can get trophies for them.  However i don't like the up-scaling the PS3 does to the PS2 games.  However remakes like FF7 in HD and Shadow of the Colossus are amazing on the pS3.

When I say ports, I mean HD remakes.  I like playing SFII HD for example (I know it is an arcade remake).  Shadow of the Colossus is another I'd rather play on the PS3.  I should also note I'm talking about PS2 games on PS2 hardware.  I jumped through hoops to get ps2 working on the older 4 port PS3 and it looks like crap.  A PS2 via component looks much better than playing PS2 on PS3.

[thomas_surles]

The suffering 1&2 and manhunt 1&2 they are often overlooked but they are great games. Also timesplitters 2 & 3.

[Zrooney]

Also timesplitters 2 & 3.

Time splitters is a great series made by the people at Free Radical. I would personally suggest 1 and Future Perfect, but I have never played 2 . These are great FPS games, nothing like it on the market today.

As for my personal recommendations,  I would recommend Smugglers Run. It is a great arcade style racer that is all about smuggling contraband, and the game is really cheap.

[sharpfork]

Thanks for the recs.  Any others?

Are there any "big" titles that haven't made their way to the ps3 with a HD update?

[thomas_surles]

Thanks for the recs.  Any others?

Are there any "big" titles that haven't made their way to the ps3 with a HD update?

you could try here.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:PlayStation_2-only_games&pageuntil=Gunfighter+II%3A+Revenge+of+Jesse+James#mw-pages
Maybe look up some gameplay or trailers on YouTube and see what interests you.

[Well Fed Games]

Off the top of my head...

Gradius V
War of the Monsters
Frequency/Amplitude
Balder's Gate Dark Alliance I & II
Katamari Damacy/We Love Katamari

None of those are "big" titles though, but are unique to the PS2.

[ozone614]

The suffering 1&2 and manhunt 1&2 they are often overlooked but they are great games. Also timesplitters 2 & 3.

The suffering, manhunt and timesplitters are some good games. Also both the legacy of kain soul reaver 2 and blood omen 2 are some good games. Onimusha was a fav of mine and if you like sports games then I would check out NBA Street vol. 2.