This is another Rockstar outing, which started life on the PSP before being ported to the PS2. Take away the violence and snuff movie content, and you have a surprisingly solid and well realized stealth title that requires careful planning and a tactical approach to taking down your foes. Underneath all of the controversy lay some truly great, often overlooked gameplay. This attention, however, was for all the wrong reasons, which most of us will be all too familiar with so we won’t go into it here. It sold fairly well, and certainly got plenty of attention. Manhunt wasn’t underappreciated in the classic sense of the word. We’re going to start with a controversial entry. But at the time, they simply failed to make an impact, either critically or commercially. TimeSplitters 2, Metal Gear Solid 2, Final Fantasy X, Shadow of the Colossus, and many, many more made the second generation of Sony’s platform the go-to place for gamers, but for every classic there were several turkeys, as well as some genuinely great titles that missed out on the love. These hidden gems may have their own cult following, or have now been recognized as the classics they are years after their initial release. 8.Sony’s PlayStation 2 has a mammoth catalog of games, and within this reside some of the best games ever made. It’s like an interactive Franz Kafka novel, only a lot more enjoyable. It’s funny because: it’s a complete deconstruction of video game narrative conventions, allowing the player – as downtrodden office worker Stanley – to disobey and contradict the ongoing voice over exposition. It’s funny because: it’s a brilliant Grand Theft Auto pastiche in which super-cop Chase McCain hunts crime boss Rex Fury through a cavalcade of deconstructed action movie cliches, daft characters and whip-smart one-liners – all of which gleefully whiz over the heads of its younger fans. Released after a series of beautiful family platformers, Rare’s mature-rated masterpiece remains one of the most subversive acts in console game history. It’s funny because: it’s about a foul-mouthed binge-drinking squirrel whose attempts to get home to his girlfriend are continually thwarted by an embittered Prussian weasel. It’s also funny because Swedish developer Coffee Stain Studios made it as a joke and never actually meant to release it, but it did and now more than 2.5 million people have played. It’s funny because: you’re a goat, clip-clopping around a glitchy urban environment ruining barbecues, destroying museums and licking passing trucks.
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