Action 2002 for PlayStation 2 — top best games in the Action genre

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - a game in the Action genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 May 2004

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a legendary spin-off of Grand Theft Auto 3, which developed the ideas and mechanics laid out in it, connected by common characters...

Deus Ex

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Stealth

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 December 2002

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Deus Ex is a legendary action role-playing game with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in the fictional dystopian world of Earth in...

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...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 November 2002

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — summer holidays. After 1 year of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry is once again forced to...

Final Fantasy XI

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 23 March 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This fantasy MMORPG takes place in Vana'diel, where three powerful nations face the beastmen forces and the threat of another war. The player takes the role of an...

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 February 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Set in a fantastical version of feudal Japan, this action game follows the warrior Jubei Yagyu on a journey to discover his destiny. He travels through the country...

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...

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 6 February 2004

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a real-time tactical action and strategy game about an elite commando unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The team...

Conflict: Desert Storm

Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Historical, Tactics, Online

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 18 December 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 61/100

A third-person tactical shooter about a special forces squad deployed behind enemy lines. The squad must seek out and destroy enemies while sowing confusion in...

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 October 2003

Players: 8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A stealth action game about a retired contract killer forced back into service by treachery. The protagonist takes on assignments around the world, including in...

Operative: No One Lives Forever

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 June 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Operative: No One Lives Forever — first person shooter. The main character of the game is Kate Archer, a spy working for the secret organization UNITY. Most...

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 November 2002

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game brings together characters from Capcom and superheroes from the Marvel Universe. Players assemble a team of three and fight in 3-on-3 tag-team...

Bloodrayne

Action, Horror, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 October 2002

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This third-person action horror game is set in the years between the World Wars. The dhampir BloodRayne serves as an agent of the Brimstone Society, a secret...

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 February 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams is an enhanced version of the game, first released on XBox and later ported back to PS2 and PC. Most of the gameplay consists 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...

Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 October 2002

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An isometric action RPG based on the first two films in The Lord of the Rings trilogy follows the Fellowship as it battles Sauron’s forces. Enemies include Uruk-hai...

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Action, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 February 2004

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is a fighting game built around a combat system that gives each fighter three styles, including hand-to-hand combat and weapon...

Medal of Honor: Frontline

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 6 June 2002

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This first-person shooter set during World War II follows Lieutenant Jimmy Patterson as he infiltrates the German frontline. His mission is to steal the HO-IX, an...

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...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

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

Red Faction 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 November 2002

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person shooter set on twenty-second-century Earth, where a squad of super-soldiers moves against the dictator Sopot. Five years after the rebellion on Mars...

Getaway

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 20 November 2003

Players: 3.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Getaway — action-adventure game with a third-person view in an open world. The game will immerse you in the criminal world of London, where it will introduce...

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...

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...

Scooby-Doo!: Night of 100 Frights

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 16 August 2002

Metacritic: 68/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows Scooby-Doo as he searches for his kidnapped friends from Mystery Inc. and tries to foil the Mastermind’s plan...

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 February 2003

Metacritic: 72/100

Star Wars: The Clone Wars — The game is divided into two segments: vehicles and third-person Jedi combat. The vehicle segments include most of the vehicles...

Spider-Man: The Movie

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 February 2003

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Spider-Man: The Movie — The plot of the game coincides with that of the title film. Peter Parker gains super powers after being bitten by a genetically...

Way of the Samurai

Action, Fighting, Slasher, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 October 2002

Metacritic: 74/100

Way of the Samurai — A fast-paced action-slasher game with a third-person view set in medieval Japan. The game's main focus is on the relationships between...

Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat

Action, Warships / Submarines, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 1 March 2002

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat — the game takes place in 1762 and is dedicated to the adventures of Catarina de Leon. Leon's father is the governor of the...

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: 81/100

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...

Defender (1981)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 22 October 2002

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 58/100

A futuristic arcade shooter about defending humanity from alien forces invading the galaxy. The player controls a defender of the planet and destroys the invaders...

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...

Worms Blast

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 March 2002

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Worms Blast is an arcade action game with a side view and puzzle elements in the "match three" genre set in the universe of combative worms. You can expect worm...

Nickelodeon: Rocket Power - Beach Bandits

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Top-down view, Sports game, Skateboards

Game released: PlayStation 2 → сентябрь 2002

Players: 5/10

Nickelodeon: Rocket Power — Beach Bandits is a top-down arcade game with elements of action, platforming, sports and skateboard simulator from the masters at...

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 April 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance is a stealth action game with a third-person view. This is a special edition of the game MGS2: Sons of Liberty, which fans of this...

Disney•Pixar's Monsters, Inc. Scare Island

Action, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 1 February 2002

Metacritic: 65/100

Disney•Pixar's Monsters, Inc. Scare Island is an action game with a third-person view from developers from the studio Artificial Mind & Movement. The...

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...

Men in Black 2: Alien Escape

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 31 July 2002

Metacritic: 50/100

This futuristic first-person shooter follows Agents Jay and Kay as they defend Earth from alien criminals. The player battles enemies including Shark Guy and Jarra...

Robot Alchemic Drive (RAD)

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 November 2002

Metacritic: 79/100

This futuristic action simulator centers on controlling a giant combat robot in an urban environment. Robot Alchemic Drive simulates the movement of a 75-ton...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2002 for PlayStation 2 (Game released)