No problem. It helps that I did the Variation Tie-In in the first place when I did the Region updates for Euro PS2.
I jokingly told my wife that I might as well live in Europe, since the only thing I edit these days is European releases. She's been thinking of moving somewhere in Europe since I mentioned it.
Be careful what you casually mention around people who's decisions effect your life
My beloved told me when we were dating, "I just ask two things. One, I don't like cold, so please help me avoid that. Two, I don't like being late." Yeah. We moved from Mississippi to Pennsylvania, and had three kids... strike those requests.
THIS is why I love picking up games I know little about when they're cheap. I think I picked this up for a buck or two, well worth it.
What games are your personal favorites that didn't have as much success as they might had deserved?
As for the actual topic, I second GrimGrimoire and raise you an Odin Sphere. Fantastic game, save for the frame rate. It doesn't have as much, er, objectionable bounce as Dragon's Crown, and has a fantastic multi-angled story.
Just a casual glance at the collection also offers;
Adventures of Cookie and Cream - a fun co-op offering, always welcome in our home.
Bombastic is a peculiarly named sequel to Devil Dice, one of my favorite puzzlers, and has everything in that game and more.
City Crisis is a nifty pilot-the-helicopter-in-city-emergencies sim.
Culdcept is a fantastic Magic the Gathering meets Monopoly multiplayer game that takes about as much time to complete as an actual Monopoly game
Both Dark Cloud games are good fun
Drakan: The Ancient Gates are what I wanted the Drakenguard games to be
I really liked Dropship: United Peace Force, as you play the titular craft in a sort of support role
PS2 has a decent port of Escape from Monkey Island, and if I need to tell you what that is, you should have a hilarious date with Youtube
Flipnic is a neat game for fellow pinball fans
The Ghost in the Shell game was surprisingly decent IMHO
The Growlanser games on PS2 are tough to find but worth it for SRPG fans; same with Front Mission 4 and Stella Deus.
Both Gungrave games are arcade-y fun
I liked Herdy Gerdy, but that's probably because it's more oddball than fun to play.
I personally liked Jade Cocoon 2 more than the Pokémon games.
Klonoa 2 seems much lesser known than the PSX game
If you liked Disgaea, La Pucelle Tactics is the precursor and pretty decent. Makai Kingdom, Phantom Brave, and Soul Nomad are also in the same vein.
Many lesser-known RPGs, like Metal Saga, the first Magna Carta, MS Saga, Okagi, Ys: Ark of Napishtim, the Shadow Hearts series, Rogue Galaxy, and Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land have been looked over.
I think I like NeoGeo Battle Coliseum more than most, but I never hear folks talk about it
I thought the port of No One Lives Forever was decent, as was Tribes: Aerial Assault and Half Life (with the Blue Shift add-on!)
There's always Stretch Panic, if you never want your girlfriend to talk to you again...
Everyone seems to forget that PaRappa the Rapper had a fun PS2 sequel.
I still say that the PS2 original Transformers (by Atari, before the movie games,) is the best Transformers game.
Tokobot Plus is an interesting platformer/puzzle game.
And there are many more I'm looking at, but I'm just going to stop for now...
Oh!
The Red Star is a fantastic action game that fits the very definition of a hidden gem.
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