Thanks to the introduction of the Drive Gauge, players had a lot more options in combat which added some much-needed depth and strategy. Kingdom Hearts II took all the wonder of the first game and dialed the gameplay up quite a bit.

Just prepare yourself for a rush of nostalgia and a lot of “oh man, I loved that game” moments ahead. You’ll find our picks for the very best the PS2 had to offer in alphabetical order (it would’ve been impossible to actually rank these gems). This was no easy task, and after quite a bit of debating we’ve nailed down our selections. Seeing as how the library is so darn good, we’ve decided to undergo the arduous task of choosing the 100 best games on the PS2. It currently sits as the best-selling video game console of all time and for good reason as it had one of the strongest video game libraries ever.

As great as Sony’s first foray into the video game scene was, it would be the company’s second console, the PS2, that would set records and truly cement the PlayStation family in video game history. Companies like Square Enix even decided to use the new platform to bring celebrated series such as Final Fantasy into the realm of 3D. The disc-based console offered amazing new graphics, solid soundtracks, and entire new worlds to play in. Sony found an immediate hit when they released the very first PlayStation console back in 1995 (’94 in Japan).

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