Best Games for PlayStation 2 of 2004 / Page 2

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

July 29, 2004

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 68/100

This futuristic action role-playing game follows a conflict on Giga City, a massive artificial island, in the year 22XX. The discovery of Force Metal transformed...

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy

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

June 14, 2004

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This third-person science-fiction action game follows elite operative Nick Scryer as he confronts a psychic terrorist movement threatening world order. While...

Shrek 2

Action, Third-person view

April 28, 2004

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A third-person action adventure based on the animated film Shrek 2 follows Shrek and his friends through their world. The quest recreates key moments from the movie...

Jak 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure

November 9, 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This post-apocalyptic action game with shooter and platforming elements follows Jak and Daxter after they are banished from Haven City and left to survive in a...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

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

November 11, 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

Terminator 3: The Redemption

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

September 2, 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A third-person futuristic action game set in the Terminator universe, with the player controlling the Terminator. The game takes place across varied environments...

XIII (2003)

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

October 9, 2003

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

XIII (2003) — a cult adventure shooter with a first-person view. The game is a parody of old spy films. In the story, the main character wakes up on the beach...

Red Dead Revolver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view

May 3, 2004

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Red Dead Revolver — the plot of the story begins in the 1870s. Nate Harlow and his partner "Griff" discover a large deposit of gold in an area called "Bear...

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

January 14, 2004

Metacritic: 65/100

Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel is an action role-playing game in the post-apocalyptic genre. The Brotherhood of Steel sends one of its recruits to find the missing...

Hitman: Contracts

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

April 20, 2004

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This stealth action game follows Agent 47, a contract killer who is wounded and trapped in a dangerous situation in Paris. Through his memories, the story explores...

Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War

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

October 21, 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War — the gameplay modes are the same: before each mission, the player undergoes a briefing, which includes the current state of...

Conflict: Vietnam

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Historical

September 10, 2004

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Conflict: Vietnam — the game's plot develops in January-February 1968, starting on the eve of the Tet Offensive and ending with the capture of the Hue...

Puyo Pop Fever

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

February 4, 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An arcade puzzle game built around matches in which players link colored Puyos into chains and send nuisance pieces to their opponents. In Fever Mode, the goal is...

Worms Forts: Under Siege

Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based

November 24, 2004

Metacritic: 63/100

A turn-based strategy game in the Worms series, where teams of worms battle for forts and strategically important locations. Players build and expand castles...

Mortal Kombat: Deception

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle, Chess game

October 4, 2004

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, featuring matches that combine hand-to-hand combat with weapon use. Mortal Kombat: Deception includes secret and...

Resident Evil: Outbreak

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

December 11, 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

A third-person action horror game about eight survivors amid a biological disaster in zombie-infested Raccoon City. In cooperative and competitive missions, they...

Second Sight

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

September 3, 2004

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This science-fiction stealth action game with psychological thriller elements follows John Vattic, who wakes from a coma in a US medical facility and tries to...

X-Men: Legends

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Cyberpunk

September 21, 2004

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A team-based role-playing game about the X-Men, in which a squad sets out to rescue a young mutant and becomes involved in a story that could unite mutantkind or...

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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

March 4, 2004

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a continuation of the third-person shooter in the universe of the cybernetic anime Ghost in the Shell. In the role of the...

Godzilla: Save the Earth

Fighting, Bowling, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Wrestling

November 2, 2004

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 63/100

A fighting game about Godzilla and other Toho monsters battling for control of Earth. After an alien attack, G-Force scientists use Godzilla’s genetic code to...

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game

January 29, 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This turn-based role-playing game is set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where a young man survives the Conception, a global catastrophe that annihilates nearly the...

Tenshō Gakuen Gensōroku

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, First-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

May 27, 2004

Tenshō Gakuen Gensōroku is a first-person role-playing game with strategy, adventure, anime/manga and fantasy elements from the masters of...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Shooter

March 23, 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow — the gameplay is not much different from the 1st part of the series. The game's graphics have been slightly...

True Crime: Streets of LA

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view

November 3, 2003

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action game follows Nick Kang, a former police operative investigating Russian and Chinese crime syndicates in Los Angeles. The story branches...

Seven Samurai 20XX

Action, Third-person view

March 12, 2004

Metacritic: 52/100

This third-person action game transposes the story inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai to the future, where humanity faces a treacherous enemy commanding an...

Suffering

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

March 9, 2004

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Suffering is a third-person action horror game. As Torque kills enemies during gameplay, an on-screen meter called the insanity meter begins to fill. When it is...

Guilty Gear XX #Reload

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

July 31, 2003

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This anime fighting game features battles between more than twenty combatants, including hidden characters and EX variants. Each fighter has a range of moves and...

Karaoke Revolution Volume 2

Simulation, Music game, Third-person view

July 13, 2004

Metacritic: 76/100

A karaoke music simulator where players perform songs and receive feedback from a virtual audience. The song selection spans rock, dance, pop and R&B, while...

Maximo vs Army of Zin

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

September 18, 2003

Metacritic: 83/100

This third-person fantasy action game follows Maximo as he faces the Army of Zin, a mechanized legion awakened after centuries of dormancy. Aided by his dark...

Neo Contra

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

October 19, 2004

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Set in the distant future, this top-down shooter brings Contra’s classic, fast-paced shooting into a 3D world. In Neo Contra, legendary hero Bill Rizer continues...

NFL Street 2

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, American Football

December 22, 2004

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade-style American football game brings matches to the streets of Bay City. Players can use walls to pull off maneuvers: receivers run along them, the...

Rhapsody of Zephyr

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Text quest

February 22, 2001

Steam: 97/100

Rhapsody of Zephyr is a third-person role-playing game with an anime/manga/fantasy twist from Softmax Co., Ltd.. The game is published by Softmax Co. , Ltd...

Scooby Doo!: Mystery Mayhem

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

March 2, 2004

Metacritic: 55/100

This puzzle-focused action adventure follows Scooby-Doo and his friends as they investigate a series of ghost sightings. Their routine case takes a dangerous turn...

SEGA SuperStars

Action, Fighting, Music game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sports game

October 22, 2004

Metacritic: 72/100

An interactive game based on SEGA series, using the EyeToy camera as a control method. It features Sonic the Hedgehog, Samba de Amigo, House of the Dead and Virtua...

Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike

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

June 29, 2000

Metacritic: 85/100

Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shou

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

October 7, 2004

Players: 10/10

Berserk: Millennium Falcon Hen Seima Senki no Shou is a dynamic action-slasher with a third-person view in the Japanese style, based on the manga of the same name...

Worms 3D

Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Turn-based

October 24, 2003

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Worms 3D is a continuation of the competitive action game about worms in full 3D. As before, you will have to fight in battle against a team of enemy worms. You...

Astro Boy

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

March 18, 2004

Metacritic: 54/100

This futuristic action game follows Astro, a robot with human emotions who protects the people of Metro City from giant mechs. He flies on jet-powered legs and...

Mega Man Anniversary Collection

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Platformer, Collection, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Emulator

June 22, 2004

Metacritic: 81/100

This collection brings together games from the Mega Man series and arcade titles featuring the hero battling enemies in a futuristic setting. It includes Mega Man...

Psyvariar 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

February 26, 2004

Psyvariar 2 is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and shooter from Skonec Entertainment. The game is published by Success Corp.. Sometimes the game is...