Action 2001 for PlayStation 2 — top best games in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 November 2001

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Half-Life is a legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You have to try on the role of a silent researcher named Gordon Freeman. The game takes place...

Grand Theft Auto 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 25 September 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the open world. Working for the mafia sooner or later ends in trouble...

Devil May Cry

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 23 August 2001

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This third-person action slasher follows Dante, a private investigator of the supernatural working in a large American metropolis. Seeking revenge for the deaths of...

Max Payne

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 6 December 2001

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Max Payne is a cinematic action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character of the game is Max Payne, a fair cop who single-handedly tries to...

Silent Hill 2 (2001)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Logic, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 25 September 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Silent Hill 2 (2001) — mystical action-horror with puzzle elements and third-person view. James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill after receiving a letter from...

Resident Evil Code: Veronica

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 14 September 2001

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Resident Evil Code: Veronica is a dark action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. The game will tell about the events taking place...

Unreal Tournament

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 April 2001

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This multiplayer first-person shooter centers on combat between players and bots. Unreal Tournament includes Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination, and Assault...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 31 October 2003

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 96/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is a continuation of the legendary stealth action game with a third-person view. Technological data about the nuclear weapon...

Onimusha: Warlords

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 June 2002

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Onimusha: Warlords is a third-person action-adventure game set in 16th century Japan. A mysterious creature kidnaps Princess Yuki, whom the young hero Samanosuke...

Star Wars: Starfighter

Action, Simulation, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Space

Game released: PlayStation 2 → март 2001

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Set in the Star Wars universe, this flight-action game follows an assault on the planet Naboo. Rookie pilot Rhys Dallows, mercenary Vana Sage and alien pirate Nym...

Rayman 2: The Great Escape

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 December 2000

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view. The game takes place on a world called the Glade of Dreams and revolves...

Zone of the Enders

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 April 2001

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A futuristic third-person action game about a pilot on a space station orbiting Jupiter who sets out to return a giant combat robot to its rightful owners. Other...

Red Faction

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 18 September 2001

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

MDK 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Platformer, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 June 2001

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A futuristic third-person action shooter and platformer, MDK 2 is a sequel to MDK about saving the world from aliens. It develops the theme of confronting an...

Project Eden

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 November 2001

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

This futuristic action shooter with puzzle elements follows an investigation into an equipment malfunction at the Real Meat factory. The player controls a...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Gothic

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 December 2001

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different eras of...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 November 2002

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

Half-Life: Decay

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 November 2001

Players: 9.7/10

Half-Life: Decay is an add-on for an adventure shooter with a first-person view, released specifically for the PlayStation 2 game console. The game is designed to...

Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 July 2003

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This science-fiction action game with strategy elements is set on the Island, a vast fragment of a lost planet where three peoples collide. Kabuto, a giant created...

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Action, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 March 2003

Players: 8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a fast-paced top-down action RPG set in the fantasy universe of Baldur's Gate. The combat system is based on the rules of Dungeons...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 November 2001

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crazy Taxi is a racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you have to drive a crazy taxi. The main goal is to deliver the client, for this you will...

ICO

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 16 February 2006

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

This action-adventure game with platforming and puzzle elements follows Ico, a boy born with horns who is taken to a mysterious castle to be sacrificed in the...

Resident Evil Survivor 2 CODE: Veronica

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 8 November 2001

Players: 5.5/10

Resident Evil Survivor 2 CODE: Veronica is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter and horror from developers from Capcom Production Studio 3 and Namco...

Police 911

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 April 2002

Police 911 is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from the Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo studio. The game is published by...

Fatal Frame

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 October 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fatal Frame is a Japanese-style third-person action-horror adventure game. Armed with a camera, the young girl Miku Hinasaki, along with an ancient camera, goes in...

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies

Action, Simulation, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 8 February 2002

Metacritic: 89/100

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies — the single-player campaign consists of 18 missions that form a completely linear story. Before each mission, the player receives...

Rez

Action, Shooter, Music game, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 February 2002

Metacritic: 84/100

This cyberpunk shooter with musical elements takes place inside a computer network, where the artificial intelligence Eden suffers a crisis and becomes lost deep...

007: Agent Under Fire

Action, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 November 2001

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

007: Agent Under Fire — The game features over 15 different types of firearms, as well as other weapons. Each firearm is based on a real firearm, but is given...

Jonny Moseley Mad Trix (2002)

Action, Isometric, Sports game, Stunts, Snowboard, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 8 March 2002

Metacritic: 44/100

Jonny Moseley Mad Trix (2002) is an isometric action game with elements of a sports game, a stunt game and a snowboard simulator from the developers of GFX...

Armored Core 2: Another Age

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 September 2002

Metacritic: 75/100

Set five years after Leos Klain’s coup on Mars, this futuristic mech action game follows the Earth Government’s struggle with powerful corporations for control of...

Twisted Metal: Black

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 December 2001

Metacritic: 91/100

A third-person vehicular combat game in which inmates from a local mental hospital compete in a tournament of armed vehicles. The mysterious Calypso once again...

Quake 3: Revolution

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 March 2001

Metacritic: 84/100

A fast-paced first-person shooter set in a futuristic world, Quake 3: Revolution pairs its action with a bloody atmosphere. It retains much of the PC version’s...

Rune (2000)

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 October 2001

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person fantasy action game follows Ragnar, a Viking warrior who confronts rogue members of his clan. He wields a massive battle axe as he fights for...

City Crisis

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Helicopters

Game released: PlayStation 2 → август 2001

Metacritic: 63/100

This action-leaning simulation follows a helicopter pilot rescuing people from raging fires and helping the police apprehend dangerous fugitives. In City Crisis...

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 August 2003

Metacritic: 69/100

A science-fiction first-person shooter based on Star Trek: Voyager, with players taking the role of Lieutenant Tuvok. He must defend the Voyager from assaults...

Army Men: Air Attack 2

Action, Third-person view, Helicopters

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 March 2001

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action game puts the Alpha Wolf Squadron in combat against the Tan army. Plastro and Baron von Beige set a trap for Captain Blade, and the Air...

WinBack: Covert Operations

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 September 2001

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 66/100

WinBack: Covert Operations is a third-person action game with shooter and strategy elements from the masters from the Omega Force studio. The game is published by...

Casper: Spirit Dimensions

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 February 2002

Metacritic: 58/100

An arcade action game with shooter elements, Casper follows a ghost who must stop Kibosh from ruling the spirit world. Flying through mysterious portals, Casper...

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 October 2002

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 66/100

A 3D platformer about Crash and Coco facing Dr. Cortex, who creates Crunch, a super-bandicoot capable of demolishing everything in his path. Cortex harnesses the...

Soldier of Fortune (Gold Edition)

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 August 2003

Metacritic: 59/100

This first-person shooter follows John Mullins, a decorated Vietnam War veteran tasked with finding and securing three stolen warheads. He tracks the terrorist...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2001 for PlayStation 2 (Game released)