PS2 family games

cid · Post by **cid** » February 24, 2005, 5:10 pm

I got the boy a ps2 for xmas, he is 7. I am looking for suggestions on games that he and I would enjoy together. The football games are still too complicated for him

Ebumar · Post by **Ebumar** » February 24, 2005, 5:27 pm

Anything where the rating is M...

Llaffer · Post by **Llaffer** » February 24, 2005, 5:44 pm

Hell, the football games are too complicated for me, and I'm 30

The only football game that I understood and enjoyed was Intellivision Football

I was about 7 when I played that

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » February 24, 2005, 5:46 pm

XXX BMX? Nothing says family like girls with no shirts riding bikes.

Lohrno · Post by **Lohrno** » February 24, 2005, 5:57 pm

Manhunt!

Jice Virago · Post by **Jice Virago** » February 24, 2005, 6:49 pm

Serious Suggestions:

Xmen Legends,
Godzilla,
Crash Team Racing,
Hot Shots Golf Fore,
and perhaps Baldurs Gate 2

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » February 24, 2005, 7:02 pm

Maybe Sly Cooper, Spiderman 1 or 2, Spyro games, even Dog's Life looks pretty cool.

Nilaman · Post by **Nilaman** » February 24, 2005, 7:21 pm

Spyro is awesome for little kids.

I went to a local store and dug through their old PS1 games and ended up getting my nephew Tarzan for christmas. He has mastered it and he is 5.

Twisted metal is a pretty good series to go with because if you stick on god mode then you and the kid can have fun with multiplayer.

Gauntlet Legends is awesome too, I have played and beaten the one for nintendo 64 and PS2 with my nephew.

He also gets a kick out of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 24, 2005, 7:33 pm

quake 2 was pretty own. love the super nailgun

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » February 24, 2005, 9:49 pm

Is that your precious' favorite weapon? I figured her to be a sniper using excrement

Farrel · Post by **Farrel** » February 25, 2005, 1:45 am

Ive only played half of the X, but maybe its not too early to start him on the final fantasy series?

edit: oh, and duh,
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batman vengeance

edit2: you can run a gamepro search by genre, rating, console and such and come out with a list like this: ps2 & E-rating...

http://gamepro.com/search.cfm?keyword=& ... &sType=adv

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » February 25, 2005, 1:54 am

Twisted Metal is NOT a kid game, ROFL.

noel · Post by **noel** » February 25, 2005, 1:57 am

There's a Batman game that I mentioned on this forum earlier, I think it's something like... the Rise of Sin-Tzu or something...

Anyway, it's coop, and based on the art (which I like a lot) from the animated series, and I recommend it as a fun time waster, and excellent rental. The fact that you can probably get it for like <$20, might make it worth buying if the two of you like it.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » February 25, 2005, 2:06 am

ages 7+

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » February 25, 2005, 2:07 am

My 9 year son old loves the Jak and Daxter games, Sly Cooper, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, NFL Street (Little brat actually beat me once, then danced around the room telling me I sucked), Tony Hawk and Ratchet and Clank.

Burke · Post by **Burke** » February 25, 2005, 10:59 am

Tetris, nuff said.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » February 25, 2005, 11:34 am

Ratchet & Clank 1 & 2.. and 3 coming out (or just came out?). That game is awesome and addictive. I've heard a lot of people like the Jak game, but I never got into it. Looked kinda like Ratchet & Clank though. For RPGs the best I played were Champions of Norrath and Baldurs Gate. If you wanna save money, get CoN instead - as they're both extremely similar (using the same engine and all..). That and when you get to Innorruk you can brag to the kid how you killed him in EQ. Gauntlet is also really good. Final Fantasy X was also good. Champions of Norrath 2 is supposed to be extremely good but I haven't tried it yet. NFSU and NFSU2 are good car games and easy to play.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » February 25, 2005, 1:13 pm

Jice Virago wrote:Serious Suggestions:

Xmen Legends,

Good suggestion. There's tons of gameplay and things to sidetrack the main story. It will continue to challenge at higher levels but there's plenty of fun at beginner levels. The game has lots of options for improving your characters but that can be set on "auto" to improve abilities to simplify things. The controls are straightforward including a great tutorial to begin the game to learn what's what.

cid · Post by **cid** » February 25, 2005, 1:18 pm

Thanks for all the great advice all!