I'm kind of surprised to see it just out of the blue.

Just regular ass PS2 games for $9.99 each. No Trophies or anything as far as I know. Just made to run on PS3 hardware.

Also a pretty good starting lineup.

• Grim Grimoire
• Ring of Red (Personal favorite)
• Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
• Odin Sphere
• God Hand

What do you all think of this?

Woah God Hand? That game was the best punching dudes simulator I have ever played.

I am really thinking about buying a few of these games. I kind of want to play Ring of Red, Odin Sphere, and God Hand.

I don't know much about Grim Grimoire or Maximo. Are they any good?

PS2 games are "classic"

I'm 21 and I feel old.

Considering they are focusing on semi-obscure, cult games; I think it's off to a good start. The price point is respectable (though I'll wait for PS+ discounts to buy any of these because I'm a cheap bastard).

I'm curious about how the upscaling is going to look this time. Time for an Odin Sphere Quick Look?

@mijetman said:

PS2 games are "classic"

I'm 21 and I feel old.

I know right.

@GalacticPunt: Yeah I havent pulled the trigger on any of them yet. But $10 is not bad at all. I kind of expected $15-20.

I remember the slowdown in Odin Sphere being a major pain in the ass. It being emulated on the PS3(or however it works) wouldn't happen to fix that issue, would it? Sorry if this is a really dumb question.
 
also, God Hand owns. If you haven't played God Hand, go buy it. Now.

I think for $10 all of those are a great deal. When you think of obscure, amazing PS2 games all of those make the list. I'm expecting some weeks to be crap but let's hope they add a lot more desirable PS2 games.

@punpun said:

I remember the slowdown in Odin Sphere being a major pain in the ass. It being emulated on the PS3(or however it works) wouldn't happen to fix that issue, would it? Sorry if this is a really dumb question. also, God Hand owns. If you haven't played God Hand, go buy it. Now.

I'm not sure. That is actually a good question. It may suffer from slowdown, if it did in the original version, depending on how good the emulator is. I would hope that they made some kind of improvements.

Also I am totally downloading god hand right now. Never played it before.

@RE_Player92 said:

I think for $10 all of those are a great deal. When you think of obscure, amazing PS2 games all of those make the list. I'm expecting some weeks to be crap but let's hope they add a lot more desirable PS2 games.

They're $9.99 each just to be clear. Not sure if you thought it was some sort of bundle or not.

Also I am totally downloading god hand right now. Never played it before.

@mijetman said:

PS2 games are "classic"

I'm 21 and I feel old.

I hate you for reminding me. Especially since I'll be 22 later this month. T_T

But God Hand, eh? I might pick that up since I've heard great things about it (plus it's impossible to find, legitimately or not). Ten bucks sounds pretty steep for a PS2 game though. At least, in comparison to the second hand collections you find in game stores which are dirt cheap.

@punpun said:

I remember the slowdown in Odin Sphere being a major pain in the ass. It being emulated on the PS3(or however it works) wouldn't happen to fix that issue, would it? Sorry if this is a really dumb question. also, God Hand owns. If you haven't played God Hand, go buy it. Now.

If they fix the slowdown, Odin Sphere would be perfect. What a great game!

@punpun said:

@Devil240Z said:

Also I am totally downloading god hand right now. Never played it before.

protip: you can cancel out of almost all of your attacks with a neutral dodge (up on the right thumbstick). the game was honestly a bit frustrating for me until I found that out.

I have been watching some videos of God Hand on youtube. Looks pretty awesome.

God Hand and Odin Sphere? I'm in.

Odin Sphere!!! I've wanted to play that game for forever! Was actually considering buying a PS2 for that game. GrimGrimoire is just a bonus!

I'll be buying those as soon as I can!

Man most of these games are SUPER niche. I love it!

also the description of ring of red in the PSN store sucks.

Take on an alternate history in this thrilling turn based strategy game

Its actually a real time battle system that plays out on a SRPG style board. Also with mechs.

@RE_Player92 said:

I think for $10 all of those are a great deal. When you think of obscure, amazing PS2 games all of those make the list. I'm expecting some weeks to be crap but let's hope they add a lot more desirable PS2 games.

They're $9.99 each just to be clear. Not sure if you thought it was some sort of bundle or not.

Anyone buying God Hand on here, be warned that it can kick your ass if you're not careful.

@Devil240Z said:

I am really thinking about buying a few of these games. I kind of want to play Ring of Red, Odin Sphere, and God Hand.

I don't know much about Grim Grimoire or Maximo. Are they any good?

I can't speak to Grim Grimoire but I really enjoyed Maximo. I think it was meant to be kind of a polygonal spiritual successor to Ghosts 'n' Goblins and, as such, can be quite difficult in spots.

Well I am playing Ring of Red right now. Seems to run fine. The loading times might even have been sped up, but I cant really recall what they were like in the original version. But here they seem to be non-existant.

@eroticfishcake: Sorry to do that to you buddy. It'll be even worse when kids start talking about BLOPS as retro game.

Give me Okami and I'm down.

@punpun said:

@Devil240Z said:

Also I am totally downloading god hand right now. Never played it before.

protip: you can cancel out of almost all of your attacks with a neutral dodge (up on the right thumbstick). the game was honestly a bit frustrating for me until I found that out.

I have been watching some videos of God Hand on youtube. Looks pretty awesome.

WHAAAAT?!

@Devil240Z said:

I am really thinking about buying a few of these games. I kind of want to play Ring of Red, Odin Sphere, and God Hand.

I don't know much about Grim Grimoire or Maximo. Are they any good?

I love me some Maximo, the first game is not the prettiest and can be really punishing with an example being losing all of your collected upgrades when you die save for those you place in your 3 "safe slots" (you can get more of these slots by selecting the "kiss" reward after a boss #protip). It also has a shield with limited durability, a few really difficult platforming sections, the more you get gameover the more expensive continues become and you have to pay to save your game inbetween levels (you can replay easy levels to grind for money though).

Here's the old Gamespot video review for it:

The second game, Maximo vs Army of Zin, is a lot more forgiving. It streamlined a bunch of stuff and has a more evolved combat system. It also happens to be one of my favorite games, so I'm gonna link you to that review as well (featuring GB's own Brad Shoemaker I should mention).

Capcom's participation has me dreaming about Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter and Capcom vs. SNK 2 getting released this way. The former has a chance, but the latter seems very unlikely.

I didn't know Alex wrote thread titles now.

Maximo was a pretty fun game. When i hear that name, all i can remember is him running around in his heart boxers.. Good times.. at the age of 21 I am already reminiscing on times of old.

@mijetman said:

PS2 games are "classic"

I'm 21 and I feel old.

The Xbox 360 has a "classics range" too.

Get with the times grandpa!

So much good times in my PS2, makes me feel old.

Hmm... Odin Sphere... Predecessor to the best Wii game available. Might have to pick it up.

give me kingdom hearts 1 and 2.

I enjoyed Maximo. However, the only thing I would buy out of those is probably God Hand. Never played it, always heard great things about it.

@Sooty: Be nostalgic and buy this stuff again!

@Lukeweizer said:

I didn't know Alex wrote thread titles now.

Dude is totally biting my style.

ALSO PEOPLE!!! Ring of Red is GOOD. One of my favorite PS2 games of all time. DONT SLEEP ON IT.

I like this. I just hope they keep putting out more of the obscure stuff.

@Devil240Z said:

@punpun said:

@Devil240Z said:

Also I am totally downloading god hand right now. Never played it before.

protip: you can cancel out of almost all of your attacks with a neutral dodge (up on the right thumbstick). the game was honestly a bit frustrating for me until I found that out.

I have been watching some videos of God Hand on youtube. Looks pretty awesome.

It's alittle hard to get used to, but once you get past the lurning curve it really is a great game ;) I'll be getting Odin Sphere myself since a physical copy is pretty expensive over here.

& I hope 10$ translates into around 6-7£ I dont want pay almost double for these games. Even if they are "classics" ;p

I just really hope they add Silent Hill 2. I never got around to playing that game on my PS2, and I just love survival horror games. Nowadays I feel anguished buying games for old consoles :(

sorry if this has been posted already but I felt it needs said, I downloaded Odin Sphere hoping the frame rate has been improved. It has not.

Buy a PS2.

Seeing God Hand makes me think that Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2 will be put up sometime soon. Also, if my PS2 was broke and my Gamestop didn't have shit tons of PS2 games (including God Hand), I would totally get some of these.

so they take o ut ps2 bc to charge 10 bucks to enable 1 game each wow, so they basically telling us we got screwed , no thanks , glad i still have my 60 gig

this would only be good for those who dont own a ps2 - but ,,, ---- how many own a ps2 150 million , sloppy sloppy 2nds we should say , at least the trillogys have updated visuals and such , 30 bucks a pop for them no less , id rather spend 30 on a updated version then the same price for no actual copy of the old game i could find for the same price at my local pawn shop lol ,

and since i got a bc ps3 , i dont need this , lol

10 bucks just goes to show that Capcom was ripping people off with the Resident Evil HD Adding half assed achievements isn't worth charging ten more dollars for. 
 
Bring on the chubby prostitutes!

That's totally a line-up I can get behind. I loved Grim Grimoire and Odin Sphere. Maximo was always a guilty pleasure of mine, although I'd like to see Army of Zin a bit more than Ghosts to Glory.

Either way, YAY FOR PS2 GAMES!!!

Please give me Final Fantasy XII that game had such an amazing way to explore maps and combat, i didn't care for the story that much, but the way the world was constructed was really well done for me, i could just play it non stop (well...until i reached lvl 99)

@LiquidPrince said:

Hmm... Odin Sphere... Predecessor to the best Wii game available. Might have to pick it up.

I didn't know Odin sphere was a predecessor of No More Heroes

$10 bucks is even cheaper than some of the PSOne games lol

I want Namco/Bandi to release an HD remix of Ace Combat 4, 5, & 0 but I guess I'd be okay with them being released this way.

By the way, the new PS2 classics for this month are Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland, Raiden III, and Bloodrayne.

Sorry if this has been asked before but are these in HD?