Is a ps2 worth buying ?

[Private Joker]

Xbox Rulez! Halo and OPF are commin. PS2 are crap. The only advantage is that they are slightly smaller and come DVD ready. I didn't buy my xbox to watch DVD's anyway. Get four control pads, a large tv and your away on Halo with yoour mates on a Friday night before you go out! PS2 control pad is crap as well. And OPF on Xbox uses the OPF2 engines, trees really luke like trees and the physics are far better. I have a fast pc as well and flashpoint on it. but sometimes its fun to just plug a game in the xbox lie on ma bed and play away.!

Ps2 is so underpower it cannot even run Doom 3!

[drewb99]

I must be the only person in the world that liked the origional Xbox pad

But if you want a console, go out and mod an Xbox. The PS series has always been underpowered and have had some nasty overheating issues, even with the fan they put in the PS2. I don't have a console, but if you must have one, grab an Xbox.

[ale2999]

I must be the only person in the world that liked the origional Xbox pad ***

But if you want a console, go out and mod an Xbox. ***The PS series has always been underpowered and have had some nasty overheating issues, even with the fan they put in the PS2. ***I don't have a console, but if you must have one, grab an Xbox.

I like the big xbox pad better too.....

[DarkLight]

i seriously need a DVD player other than my computer and i'm not against some good ol' console fun


1 more question , if you got a PS2 already , are an adapter for online game and the SOCOM game worth buying ?


-edit-
thinking about buying GTA3 vice city too

my birthday approaches , so i'm thinking about what i'll ask for

I have a Ps2, it's in my room and i really like it.
If you ask me it's a good idea to buy one...
Ps2 has great games (gta series, medal of honor series, hitman, tony hawk series, gran turismo series, etc etc etc EEEETTTCCC), basically the list doesn't end very fast.
As you said you can play music and dvd on your playstation, i really like this cuz i like to rent a movie and watch it in my room.


SOCOM US Navy Seals is a pretty cool game, you get headphones with the game and you actually need to say stuff like "Team, follow me" to make your team follow you. Very cool, one of my friends has the game and i must say it looks pretty cool. You can do all sorts of nice stuff, cut scenes are very well done...
There's just something about the game that i personally don't like. I don't really know what it is but for some reason i'm not THAT fond of the game. But of coruse this doesn't mean that it's a bad game.
It's pretty good, you could rent it, if you don't really like it then you can still buy another game...
But you'll probable like it...

It's not possible yet to play online here (or at least that's what i think) so don't worry about the adapter yet, you can always buy that later. You'll probable have a good time playing SOCOM in singleplayer...


GTA: Vice city is a very good game, write this down cuz it's very handy, you can make the graphics look A LOT better. All you need to do is put trails off... I dunno where exactly you can find the trails thing, you need to press start and then you need to go to the options where you can change your screen setup. You'll see TRAILS ON, make that TRAILS OFF and your graphics will look a lot better...

Vice city is a good game, just don't expect too much of it, a lot of ppl think it's a billion time better than GTA 3 and then when they play VC they're very disappointed, not because VC sucks. But because they expected waaaaay too much...
Anyway, this game is worth buying, no doubt about it.


If i were you, i'd go for it and buy a PS2... but of course you need to decide...

[Sole]

I have a PS2 and I'm very happy with it...

I guess the choice of console kinda depends on what games you like.. PS2 just happens to suit me best...

My fav games are GT3, GTA3, GTA VC and Ace Combat 04

Now I'm just waiting for Metal Slug 3, Gran Turismo 4 and Ace Combat #5

[Baron Hurlothrumbo IIX]

Consoles are worth buying only if you like fighting games (Soulcalibur etc)
or sports games (whatever ripoff of 5 years ago they have tweaked a little and added a '2004' onto the end of )

If you want to play driving games, get a PC (especially GTA series, 10x better on PC. I completed the PS2 version three times waiting for the PC one to come out, then have been playing that pretty much solid until VC came out. The PC version beats console in controls, graphics, gameplay and sound)

First person shooter? PC. You just can't play them with a pad. They are not nearly as good - you cannot aim and move around with anything like as much accuracy, no matter how good you are. (hence why the quake3 players got absolutely owned when PC players hacked into the DC server )

[Tex [USMC]]

What about Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec? that's an awesome game.

[DarkLight]

Consoles are worth buying only if you like fighting games (Soulcalibur etc)
or sports games (whatever ripoff of 5 years ago they have tweaked a little and added a '2004' onto the end of )

If you want to play driving games, get a PC (especially GTA series, 10x better on PC. ***I completed the PS2 version three times waiting for the PC one to come out, then have been playing that pretty much solid until VC came out. ***The PC version beats console in controls, graphics, gameplay and sound)

First person shooter? ***PC. ***You just can't play them with a pad. ***They are not nearly as good - you cannot aim and ***move around with anything like as much accuracy, no matter how good you are. ***(hence why the quake3 players got absolutely owned when PC players hacked into the DC server )

The Gran Turismo series are very well known and many ppl think they're great. I don't like racing games that's why i've never played GT but if you ask me the GT games are pretty good for ppl who like to race...


I can play FPS with a pad, sure, it's very hard in the beginning, having to stear with 2 joysticks is a very very veeeeery weird feeling. However, this doesn't mean that it's impossible, i can play Timesplitters 2, Moh: Frontline and Hitman without having a lot of problems with my aim.
I must admit that the first couple times you play games like this you'll probable shoot more bullets in the walls than in the enemy.
But believe me, after a while, you'll get used to it and it'll be rather easy.
Actually i must say that i think the FPS controller setup is one of the best setups you can get. Everytime i play a game that includes shooting i switch the controller setup (if possible). I like to stear with 2 joysticks...

Oh, if you ever buy SOCOM US Navy Seals, you can change the controller setup too, the original setup sucks (or at least i think it sucks ). But if you take the same setup as MOH, TimeSplitters, and other games the aiming will be a lot easier...

[MASTAKILLA]

don´t buy a ps2 for watching DVD´s
- if you search a good DvD Player don´t buy an PS2 it´s not Codefree and it could not read svcd ***
i own one since the first day of austrian release (200 €). since then i played a couple of times with my buddies but after a short period of time it´s getting boring.

if you like to play games on your tv screen buy one

my favorite games:

Moto Gp 3
Tekken 4/ Tag
GTA Vice City

[ozanzac]

Get an x-box just for the multiplayer experience alone.

Plus, u can connect it to a hub and have multiple x-boxes running the same game for up to 16 people (I Think thats the max, dunno though).
Me and me mates used to do it every couple of Friday nights. Awesome fun. PS2 is allright, but lacks the modability that the x-box has, and nintendo.... well, their stuff is mostly kiddy Mario stuff, excluding the EA brand. (EA and Nintendo are in bed togeather.

X-Box, more fun, more modability. Closest console to the freedom of a PC.

Don't forget, X-Box live,....