Need games.

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I’m trying to spruce up my little collection of games; and I’d like to hear what games you think would fit in, or whatever is good right now. Since my birthday is coming up, I get shittonnes of cash to buy whatever games I want. These are the games I have:

Amplitude
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance
Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance 2
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Bouncer, The
Champions of Norrath
Champions: Return to Arms
Chaos Legion
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Cross
Dark Cloud
Dark Cloud 2
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening
Drakengard
Enter the Matrix
Everquest
Everquest: Ruins of Kunark
Everquest: Scars of Velius
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy VI
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X-2
Frequency
Galerians
Galerians: Ash
Grandia
Grandia 2
Grandia 3
ICO
Indigo Prophecy
Jade Cocoon
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts 2
Kuon
Legend of Dragoon
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
Nightmare Creatures
ObsCure
Parasite Eve
Radiata Stories
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil: Dead Aim
Resident Evil: Code Veroica X
Resident Evil Outbreak
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2
Resident Evil Survivor
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadowbane
Silent Hill
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Siren
SSX
SSX Tricky
SSX3
SSX on Tour
Star Ocean 3: Till the End of Time
Tekken 5
Ultima Online
Vagrant Story
Xenogears

Y’see, I’m a big survival horror and RPG fan; without many interests for other genres; but I do enjoy fighting, and FPS games a lot. The reason I do not own many is because I think they are a waste of time with such small replay value and game length.

What I need are games that’ll keep me going on and on; and that aren’t boring after the first 1-2 hours (looking at you Vagrant Story). I get like 200$, so you can list as many games as you want and I’ll look each up on IGN/GameFAQs/Gamespot/whatever, and look at reviews and gameplay movies, to see if it’s any interesting.

I’d ask that it be strictly PSone and PS2; but I do have a computer, so any wicked non-subscription fee games for PC are great. Although my computer isn’t the most powerful, I guess it’s about average for a gaming PC.

Rare games are okay to list too. : )

EDIT; I also need gift suggestions for my friend. He wants a good PSP game; but I know shit about what games to get for PSP. I do, however, know that a port of Valkyrie Profile is being released for the PSP.

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Arc the Lad Collections is damn fun. I also suggest LUNAR: Silver Star Story and Eternal BLue Complete.

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I agree with Val. The Wild Arms series is fun too.

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Do NOT get Wild ARMs 4. Trust me. As an idea of how bad it is: It’s the only RPG I’ve ever played that I actually regret playing now. Seriously. It sucked.

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Get Lunar Silver Star Story and Eternal Blue. Don’t get any of the others

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He won’t like the graphics.

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You’re missing all the important PS2 RPGs:

Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Growlanser Generations
Shadow Hearts
Okage: Shadow King

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I found that Tales of Destiny is a good game.

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It’s only like $10 new - it’s a crime not to buy it! (You’re welcome. :D) (Plus, there’s still money left over for other games.)

Even though Sin thinks you won’t like the graphics, I stand behind others in recommending the PSX Lunar games; although the stories can be clichéd and the graphics are a bit old-school, they’re still lots of fun. The characters in each game and the ways they interact make them so super. :slight_smile: I loved Silver Star Story, and I’m almost done with Eternal Blue which I have enjoyed as well. I also heartily recommend Dragon Quest VIII; it’s visually stunning with a fun story and characters. Battles are old school turn-based.

coughCastlevania:Symphony of the Nightcough

By the way… has anyone read anything good about the PSP port of Valkyrie Profile? The only review I could find for it was quite negative.

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Try these games:

Counter-Strike (PC online FPS)
Half-Life (PC FPS)
Breath of Fire 3-4 (PS1 RPGs)
Suikoden III-V (PS2 RPGs)

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Fallout 2.

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You could always try to find a copy of Parasite Eve 2. Oh that and Lunar:Silver star Story.

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Okage: Shadow King has a good storyline,easy battle interface (attacking,finding monsters,etc.) and it is full of challenging puzzles.Metal Arms:Glitch in the System is a fun shooter.It has a decent storyline,wide variety of weapons,quite a few kinds of enemies,2 player mode and a taser that allows you to hack into other bots.

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Broaden your horizons, buy Flipnic.

Seriously, you won’t regret it. :sunglasses:

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Counter-Strike (PC online FPS)

I agree get this game. Also they have online contest that you can win cash or game systems^_^

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What’s Flipnic? Is it crunchy?

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Flipnic is sort-of zero gravity 3D pinball, designed by a Japanese person on a combination of LSD and printer toner. It begins with a pixellated monkey going fishing to the tune of “Daisy, daisy”. That’s all you need to know.