Today marks exactly fifteen years since the launch of PlayStation 2 on European territory, a date of inevitable reference for what has been Sony’s greatest success to date in the video game industry. 150 million units sold and a simply impressive catalog of titles marked an unrepeatable generation for the Japanese company and for those of us who were able to enjoy it.
On days like this, it is practically mandatory to look back to remember what that golden age was, exercising the muscle of nostalgia as we like to do so much.
The list of mythical moments that PS2 gave us would be practically endless, but let’s see what you think of these fifteen essential details, adapted for the occasion in GIF format. Of course, there will be some spoiler than another , although I think that at this point in life enough time has passed to be able to talk about them, right?
The duel between the flowers of Metal Gear Solid 3
We are facing the greatest moment of the best chapter of an insurmountable saga. Need to say more? Kojima style at its finest. Impossible to overcome this sequence without shedding a tear.
Finding the first colossus in Shadow of the Colossus
It didn’t matter how prepared you were for your first encounter with a Colossus; the moment it appeared on the screen, its enormity made you feel like a defenseless ant that could do nothing before such a mass.
Adriano, the brown beast of the PES 6
Considered by many to be the top of the saga, talking about ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 6’ is always to recall the memory of that machine that destroys rival defenses that Adriano was, as high as he was that using it was practically equivalent to cheating.
Combos interminables en Devil May Cry
The game that marked a before and after in the hack and slash genre, the first great contribution to the cult of combo that the great Hideki Kamiya has practiced in recent years and one of the best examples of how high Capcom came to fly in those years.
Completar Through the Fire and Flames en Guitar Hero III
For a brief but intense period of time, the entire industry seemed covered in musical games, a trend that will always count among its most memorable contributions with that kind of final boss that was ‘Through the Fire and Flames’ by DragonForce. Only the biggest ones got 100% in expert mode.
Do the goat with the bike in GTA San Andreas
Who needs great sports cars or fast bikes when you can use pedal strokes to get around? Of the huge ‘GTA San Andreas’ many good things are remembered, but few comparable to how fun it was to look for the impossible pirouette with a bicycle.
El terror a Pyramid Head en Silent Hill 2
We have seen and suffered many horror games, each one with its corresponding portion of ugly critters, but over all of them the impossible Pyramid Head will always reign, protagonist of the nightmares of thousands of players for years.
Drool with Okami
A beautiful game where they exist, deservedly elevated to the category of cult work and never sufficiently recognized, ‘Okami’ was, in addition to a great adventure, an exercise in aesthetic mastery for history.
Rez’s party
There has not been, nor possibly will ever be, a game like ‘Rez’ . Many clones of it have been made, some quite amusing, but that conjunction of sound, image and experience that Tetsuya Mizuguchi raised here will always shine above all.
Unstoppable with Raphael in Soul Calibur II
Namco gave during those years a fabulous counterpart to the classic fighting titles with his swordsmen, and of all of them I will always remember with special force the devastating movements of Raphael’s rapier sword, a hurricane in the combat arena.
The Colossus of Rhodes in God of War II
Poor Kratos always had to face the greatest enemies of Ancient Greece, but few managed to surpass in impact and genius that Colossus of Rhodes that came to life in the most terrible way possible at the beginning of his second adventure. As if to deny him something.
The chainsaw from Resident Evil 4
For many, this title marked the end of the greatness of the ‘Resident Evil’ franchise, and although some reason is not lacking, we cannot deny that it had really good points, like that demonized villager who chased us tirelessly with his chainsaw. Things rarely ended well.
Assault Bevelle in Final Fantasy X
Since the technique has made it possible, the ‘Final Fantasy’ saga has enjoyed amazing cinematic sequences, and among all of them the assault on Bevelle shines with its own light to put an end to that wedding that was not supposed to happen at all.
Go hand in hand in Ico
Few interactive experiences have been able to say so much with (apparently) so little. A simple handshake, two poor allies in a hostile world, the blind fight motivated only by hope, magic.
Life is a lentil, take it or leave it
The only song that was supposed to be heard in ‘GTA Vice City’ . Final point.
Header image | Deni Williams
