The continued influence of the PS2
Sony’s PlayStation 2 remains the best selling home gaming console of all time. It had a lot going for it. It wasn’t priced out of the budget for a lot of consumers, it was backwards compatible (allowing it to play PS1 games and thus increasing its library tremendously) and it could play CDs and DVDs, which eliminated the need for other gadgets.
Today, the PS3 is available as the next generation of gaming for Sony and many of the gaming franchises have been continued on the PS3 format. Some greatly influential titles and series, however, have missed. Following are some of the most classic PS2 games that are on current call from the fan base to see them revisited on the most modern console. The list, as compiled by Rashid Sayed, includes some of the best sellers and some cult classics, as well.
Level-5′s Dark Cloud was first introduced as a series almost eleven years ago. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is a sequel to the 1996 PS1 release Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and also has a series of sequels for the PS2, ranging in dates from 2001 to 2004, but there is no PS3 representation of this well-loved franchise. Manhunt is a more modern game from the PS2 that fans feel was popular enough for a PS3 sequel, as was the Thing. Some of the other classic PlayStation titles that have been left out includes the Tenchu series, dating back to 1998; and Fatal Frame, which was an enormous series beginning eleven years back.
With the attention many of these gaming franchises still receive, there is an off chance that fans will see PS3 releases of these great gaming series from PlayStation history. See more about the influence of PS1 and PS2 games here.
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