![]() Needless to say, God of War II remains one of my favorite PS2 games of all time. God of War had been around awhile, but it wasn't until God of War II that I actually became interested in the series. And I was in for a treat: over-the-top action, fun combo moves, interesting puzzles and a world full of Titans, Gods and heroes left me breathless and wanting more. I had never seen a game with so much scale and power. I watched as my co-worker made Kratos drop and roll away from a massive hand just as it came down to smash him, while at the same time trying desperately to ward off enemies who were scaling the walls nearby. The sheer size of the thing was unbelievable. What I saw was an incredibly gorgeous game with an incredibly angry guy doing his best not to get smashed by an incredibly large and angry colossus. Curious, I circled 'round to see what all the fuss was about… and my jaw just dropped. I remember sitting at my desk one day, adding games to our database when I heard much ooing and awing on the other side of my cubicle wall. Meghan Sullivan, Database Editor My best memory of the PS2 belongs to God of War II. I pedaled my trusty Trek mountain bike seven miles round trip through the pouring sop to play Mortal Kombat. Not even a lack of automobile was going to stop me. ![]() When Deadly Alliance came out, it was raining in Seattle - as it tends to - but I wasn't about to let a wet sky keep me from sampling a new fighter with my amigos. Capcom 2 to The Last Blade 2 and Mark of the Wolves, we tried everything, which lead to me actually getting giddy for Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance on PlayStation 2. When I moved to the Seattle area almost 10 years ago, my buddies and I played virtually nothing but fighting games. I had friends that swore by Mortal Kombats 2 and 3, but I honestly never gave 'em the time of day. Mark Ryan Sallee, Guides Executive Editor I've always been a Street Fighter guy, never was a fan of Midway's Mortal Kombat challenger. That's the saddest sentence in the human language. Guitar Hero stopped me from becoming a complete basement dweller. ![]() It was a game both the guys and the girls felt comfortable playing, too. The music and distracting colors helped me ease myself back into the whole "talking to people" thing because I no longer felt like the centerpiece. Groups of three or four of my friends would come over, and we'd take turns playing. By this point my friends were visiting less and less frequently because I was so reclusive, but the silly little plastic controller served as a connecting point for me and my friends. It was around this time that Guitar Hero had come out. They, the nice kids that they were, would visit me and do their absolute best to keep me socially involved and stop me from becoming a filthy hermit, but I wasn't exactly an amazing host and didn't really give them much of a foothold for conversation. This included most of my high school friends, whom I simply stopped talking to and opted instead to sit in my living room with my curtains drawn. Play Nick Kolan, MMO Editor There was a good long while after I left high school that I found myself isolated from most of society. Though our time together was brief, I'll always remember you PS2. She got in, we found a nice quiet alleyway and "got it in" as they say on the Jersey Shore. Exasperated, I exclaimed, "Dammit! I keep killing all my hookers!" Of course, I eventually got a handle on the car controls and parked right up next to a lovely street walker. So instead of plowing them in the sexy, figurative way, I literally plowed them down one after the other. Although I found several parading their stuff on the sidewalks, I could not figure out how to stop the car in time. It was the first time I had picked up a controller since the SNES, so I drove around like a moron - swerving and hitting poles - desperately trying to pick up a whore. (I think it was Vice City, but I don't remember exactly.) The setting wasn't important what was important was that I wanted a hooker and I wanted one five minutes ago. However, I had a female friend who owned a PS2, and one day she showed me Grand Theft Auto. I was still technically in my "dark years" of gaming where I focused on my studies and didn't pay attention to what cool new games were coming out. Kristine Steimer, Associate Editor My first and only time with a PlayStation 2 was in college.
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