Utterly Mad

As it nears the time of year when that creepy dude comes down your chimney for questionable reasons and leaves presents as he devours pies or some s,hit ive received news ill be getting one of the best Christmas presents of all time, my childhood, a PlayStation 2, as a child i did have a good few games on the console but wasn't that adventurous, i mainly played fur fighters, lego star wars, some racing game i can barely remember the name of, shrek 2, shrek 3, shrek 4 trip to vegas, shrek 5 ive came back with no money, shrek 6 whisky is all i have since Fiona left me and shrek 7 the hangogre, the last 2 really messed me up, now that im getting the console back i was wondering for those of you who may have had a PlayStation 2 what was your favorite games on the console or good suggestions? 

ive heard a little about the mettle gear solid games they do seem like some good play throughs, ill have to have a gander at them

Downhill Domination (A crosscountry bike racing game with a touch of road rash)
Gauntlet, Dark Legacy
Soul Reaver 2 (if you like exposition)
I played a little soul caliber 3 (I think it was 3? it was the one with the scythe guy), but mostly for the character creator.
Shadow of the colossus (of course)
Shadow of destiny (A story about the philosophers stone and preventing your own death several times.)
Baldurs gate (if you are into that kind of thing)
Twisted Metal Black
Blitz playmakers (ONLY because it had exploding testicles. I hate sports games.)

Black, crash twinsanity, cod: big red one, moh: frontline, sly 2.

Metal Gear Solid 3 is definitely one of the best.
The ATV series of games are pretty good.
Need For Speed: Most Wanted is a must have if you want a good arcade racing game.
I think someone mentioned Twisted Metal Black, but I think they were referring to Black the fps game.
If you can stand irritation, I'd try some of the Final Fantasy games on the system (talking about X and X-2 here).
Someone already recommended Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, I do agree it's a really fun game.
Splinter Cell is pretty good.
Oh and The Sly Cooper series is also a fun one.

JEGUS CHRIST HOW DO FORGET THING
"maximo; ghosts to glory" and "maximo vs. the army of zin," why I forget these? and dark cloud 1&2.

I think someone mentioned Twisted Metal Black, but I think they were referring to Black the fps game.

I was referring to twisted metal black, the car game. epic cheese man mentioned black.
I would say, probably avoid X-2, but thats my opinion.
HOW THE FUCK DID I FORGET BATTELFRONT!?

That SOCOM game. Any one of those.

I had two SOCOM games for my PSP, one was like traditional SOCOM which was awesome and while it was hard to control it was still fucking amazing. I remembered beating it and it felt like the story kinda ended without closure but it was probably because I sucked at the game. The other SOCOM game I owned was like this turn-based squad tactics one, at first I hated it because it felt like I got tricked into buying it because it looked like a 3rd person shooter on the screenshots.

But after giving it a chance it was probably the best one, if SOCOM ever came back I really hope it goes for the turn-based thing or at least try to do what the old Rainbow Six games did. Because that SOCOM that was advertising the Move sucked.

The only SOCOM game I played was on PSP and it was this real time tactics kind of deal that was hard to control because the tutorial left out how to make you units actually run instead of sneakily crouch walk. I remember flash bangs being so useful in it.

Yep that's the one. I got to the hotel mission and never got past it.