Best Games for PlayStation 2 of 2005 / Page 3

November 10, 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 30/100

Set in a modern city where gangs vie for power and the police struggle to contain the violence, this crime action game blends beat ’em up combat with...

Fatal Frame 3: The Tormented

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

November 8, 2005

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This survival horror adventure follows Rei, a young woman tormented by guilt and disturbing dreams, into a world where reality blurs with nightmares...

Front Mission 5: Scars of the War

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots

December 29, 2005

Front Mission 5: Scars of the War is a third-person role-playing game with a touch of strategy and robot simulator from developers at Square Enix...

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

August 23, 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This third-person action game based on the Marvel comics follows the Hulk and his destructive power. Players explore a free-roaming, interactive...

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

January 10, 2005

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

This third-person action shooter is set in the near future, where a military coup in North Korea plunges the region into chaos and threatens nuclear...

Red Ninja: End of Honor

Action, Stealth, Fighting, Third-person view

March 3, 2005

Metacritic: 47/100

This third-person stealth action game is set in 16th-century Japan, where the samurai class is losing influence and political power is contested amid...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (2005)

Action, Platformer, Music game, Third-person view

October 21, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 59/100

This platform game with musical elements centers on the filming of a special episode of a Mermaidman & Barnacleboy show in Bikini Bottom...

Sprint Car Challenge

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

August 16, 2005

Sprint Car Challenge is a first-person racing game from the developers at Brain in a Jar. The game is published by Liquid Games. In some circles, the...

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

September 16, 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico is an action game with a third-person view. 1989 Ruins of an Inca temple deep in the jungle. Ernesto...

K-1 World Max 2005

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Boxing, Sports game

July 16, 2005

K-1 World Max 2005 is an arcade game with elements of action, fighting, boxing simulator and sports game from developers from the D3 Publisher...

Yakuza

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

December 8, 2005

Metacritic: 75/100

This crime action game with role-playing elements follows Kazuma Kiryu, a former rising star in the yakuza who is trying to rebuild his life after...

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...

Armored Core: Nine Breaker

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

October 28, 2004

Metacritic: 57/100

A futuristic action game about pilots of combat mechs known as Ravens, corporate mercenaries hired to control the planet. In Armored Core: Nine...

007: From Russia with Love

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

October 26, 2005

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

007: From Russia with Love is a third-person shooter in which the player takes on the role of James Bond. The game consists of 14 main levels, but...

Global Defence Force

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

July 28, 2005

Global Defense Force is a third-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the Sandlot studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Resident Evil: Outbreak: File #2

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

September 9, 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival horror game continues the story of Resident Evil Outbreak, bringing back its eight characters in new scenarios tied to the catastrophic...

Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

October 14, 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure is a third-person action game with platforming elements from developers from Magenta Software Ltd.. The main...

Tales of Legendia

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

August 25, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

This action role-playing game follows Senel Coolidge and his younger sister Shirley as they drift in a small boat across a misty ocean. They reach...

Tales of the Abyss

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

December 15, 2005

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy role-playing game follows Luke fon Fabre, a young aristocrat who was kidnapped as a child and returned to his family with no memories of...

X-Men: Legends 2 - Rise of Apocalypse

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Isometric, Comics

September 20, 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This comic-book action role-playing game follows an uneasy alliance between the X-Men and their hated rivals, the Brotherhood, as they join forces to...

Darkwatch

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

August 16, 2005

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person horror shooter set in the American frontier, where undead forces have overrun the West. Outlaw gunslinger Jericho Cross joins the...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

April 19, 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who...

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...

Baldr Force EXE

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Adult game, Combat robots, Visual novel, Cyberpunk

January 24, 2003

Baldr Force EXE is a top-down action game with elements of a shooter, an anime or manga game, a game for adults, a robot simulator and a visual novel...

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

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

October 21, 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence — The game's plot begins in 1094 and shows the beginning of the eternal conflict between vampire hunters from...

Crash Tag Team Racing

Action, Racing, Third-person view

October 14, 2005

Metacritic: 67/100

Crash Tag Team Racing — The player controls Crash Bandicoot, who must find and return to Ebenezer Von Clutch his Black Power Stone, along with...

Evil Dead: Regeneration

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

September 13, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This third-person action horror game offers a “what if” continuation of Evil Dead 2. Ash, the sole survivor of an encounter with the Necronomicon, is...

Shadow of Rome

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

February 2, 2005

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Shadow of Rome — During combat, the player character is Agrippa, who can use a variety of gladiatorial weapons such as swords, scimitars...

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

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

July 15, 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A post-apocalyptic turn-based role-playing game about warring tribes in Junkyard, a town where rain never stops. Serph, a member of the Embryon...

SRS: Street Racing Syndicate

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

August 31, 2004

Players: 9.3/10

SRS: Street Racing Syndicate is a first-person racing game from developers from the Eutechnyx Limited studio. The game is published by Namco Hometek...

Sword of Etheria

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

June 30, 2005

Sword of Etheria is a third-person action RPG, anime/manga and fantasy game from the masters at Konami TYO. The game is published by Konami Digital...

World Series of Poker

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Card game, Casino

August 31, 2005

Metacritic: 49/100

A poker game centered on the 2005 World Series of Poker tournament, set in a recreation of Harrah’s Rio Suites in Las Vegas. It features tournament...

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat

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

October 24, 2005

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

This first- and third-person military shooter depicts modern conflicts between the United States, China and the newly formed Middle East Coalition...

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

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

November 1, 2005

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 77/100

This World War II shooter follows a member of the American infantry division known as the Big Red One through battles in Europe and North Africa. The...

Death by Degrees

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

January 27, 2005

Death by Degrees is a first-person action game with stealth and fighting game elements from Namco Limited. The main publisher of the game is Namco...

Guilty Gear Isuka

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

July 29, 2004

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This futuristic fighting game in the Guilty Gear XX series follows the emergence of Leopaldon, a new Gear threatening the world. Battles can be...

Haunting Ground

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

April 27, 2005

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Haunting Ground — Throughout the game, Fiona will be accompanied by her dog Huey. The player controls Fiona and can give commands to Huey, who...

Metal Slug 4

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Tanks

June 12, 2002

Metal Slug 4 is an arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter, platformer, anime or manga game and tank simulator from the developers of MEGA...

Nano Breaker

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

February 15, 2005

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 51/100

Nano Breaker is a futuristic 3D action game about fighting nanomachines that have gone out of control. Originally developed to benefit humanity, the...

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...