Ten PlayStation 2 games you may have missed
Ten picks from the catalogue a little off the beaten path, and why each one still plays today
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Dark Cloud 2 2002
Max and Monica work together to stop Emperor Griffon from destroying the world, in Level-5's sequel to Dark Cloud.
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Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2004
In a digital world called the Junkyard, the Embryon tribe is infected with a demon virus and has to fight and devour five rival tribes to reach Nirvana, across two games.
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Shadow Hearts: Covenant 2004
In 1915, during the First World War, the German lieutenant Karin Koenig is drawn into Yuri Hyuga's fight with a secret society called Sapientes Gladio.
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Gitaroo Man 2001
An awkward boy named U-1 picks up a legendary guitar and fights in musical battles, tracing lines with the analog stick to play each riff, in a 2001 rhythm game for the PlayStation 2.
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God Hand 2006
Gene, a martial artist with a legendary divine arm called the God Hand, fights to save the world from demons, in Shinji Mikami's beat 'em up full of jokes.
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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly 2003
A survival horror game in which the twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura are trapped in Minakami, a village haunted by hostile ghosts, with an old camera as the only weapon.
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Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner 2003
Two years after the first Zone of the Enders, Dingo Egret is forced to pilot the Orbital Frame Jehuty against the military organization BAHRAM, in fast mecha battles where anything nearby can be grabbed and swung.
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Maximo vs. Army of Zin 2003
Maximo and Grim the Reaper set out against the Army of Zin, mechanical creatures powered by lost souls, while his armour breaks away piece by piece down to his boxer shorts.
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Oni 2001
In a polluted 2032 ruled by a totalitarian world government, Konoko works for its police force until she learns it has kept secrets about her past.
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Second Sight 2004
A parapsychology researcher uses psychic powers to piece together a lost past tied to a military mission, throwing enemies across the room or taking over their minds when a gun will not do.
