Here are games i recommend for genres:

Strategy/Tactics: La Pucelle Tactics, Disgaea, Phantom Brave
Strategy/Espionage: Psi-Ops, Metal Gear Solid
RPG: Wild Arms 3, Suikoden 3 (4 coming out soon)
Action: Devil May Cry 1, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
Platform: Mega Man Anneversary Collection
Racing: Midnight Club 2
Horror/Mystery: Clocktower 3 (Good for the plot)
Horror/Action: The Suffering (Very nice action)
Horror/Psychological: Silent Hill 3 or 4 (Insanely scary)
Horror/Puzzle: Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly (Spooky and puzzley)
Music: Dance Dance Revolution
Fighting: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (Deception coming out soon)
Adventure: Grand Theft Auto Vice City (San Andreas coming out soon)
Party Games: Syphon Filter, Midnight Club 2, Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven

8B

That party game section is mostly just... like a friend vs. friend category, cuz the PS2 isnt really a party machine like Gamecube- but those're fun games with friends.

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