Must Have M Rated PS2 Games

Stuck on what to play or what to buy? Join TVGS as I list and discuss ten of the greatest M Rated PS2 games the console received. Many great games for adults released for the Playstation 2, so let me know your top 10 best mature rated ps2 games down below!
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[@srdjanstevanovic4245]

You have so much love for the PS2, I always thought no one will come near to me. Love your content!!!

[@kevins8071]

There’s a reason that the PS2 is the best selling console of all time. Thank you for making me relive some great gaming memories. Great list mate.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

My pleasure!

[@EntertainMeTV]

Might have something to do with the DVD player being cheaper than standalone devices 😅

[@ryutou-ki4dl]

@@EntertainMeTV it more had to do with its life length, the system had insane longevity which is a testament to its quality as a system. dont get me wrong the dvd player helped sales of course but the ps2 was still selling and being developed way past the point of available cheaper dvd players. the system is just unmatched pound for pound all around compared to any other system ever.

[@anpancake]

Best selling console so far

[@ryutou-ki4dl]

@@triborn217 yea it was still pumping out games like halfway into ps3 life span im pretty sure.

[@Igoreshkin]

Damn, I love PS1/PS2 era games. Developers released finished products, unlockables can be unlock by playing games or using cheat cods, developers didn't afraid to take risks and be creative, no preorder locked content.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

This!

[@MrYodi93]

yeah that era is so good without gatcha and spend real money like nowdays game

[@SuperFlashDriver]

The 5th and 6th generation are pretty much the golden standard for how video games should be made...Unlike the 8th generation and beyond.

[@blackflame4506]

There are some other must have M-rated games on the PS2 like Darkwatch, Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks, The Suffering games, PSi-Ops, Urban Chaos riot response, Cold Winter...

[@thejervis86]

Cold Winter is 💣

[@mandibiedermann2246]

@@thejervis86 yes is fantastic, good physics and mechanics and beautiful graphics

[@yuugenmagenevileyes9881]

Absolutely LOVE Manhunt, it seems to be making a small comeback in recent years too which makes me happy. Still loads of fun today.

[@tookool5616]

No Hello Kitty Island Adventures then?

[@thatvideogamesshow]

A bit too mature there 😅

[@matthewheupel8960]

That's G rated horror, right?

[@themollymachine]

Play Dark kitty killer Island adventure

[@juanyanez755]

Thats an AO rated game

[@Estorium]

That game should be rated N for Nobody.

[@serialkiller88]

Cold fear is such a good game. emulated it out of curiosity, now I want a physical copy

[@SamRecon]

It has native pc port. Do.di has re pack

[@vicentealvarez9284]

Is great seeing again shadow of rome. It is a hidden gem, what a game. Id like to mention aswell Blood Will Tell Dororo's

[@thatvideogamesshow]

I’ll second that and great suggestion with Blood Will Tell!

[@ChefD303]

I would have added Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, Cold Winter and NARC.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

What is your favourite M Rated PS2 game?

[@sOUL_i0N]

black. good to see it in the video, together with your charismatic narration.

[@quinnhurst3472]

Black is super underrated for no reason. It's on game pass, it's on PC, if you got a PS2 it's very inexpensive. Go play the damn game. It's worth every minute. (Except for the bridge level at the end with 0 checkpoints.

[@exaltedb]

For me, probably Persona 4. Likely among my favorite games of all time

[@theultimategamer95]

Persona 3 FES (blame Mara for it being rated M tbh)

[@quinnhurst3472]

@@theultimategamer95 do not mention the throbbing king of desires near me. I didn't know. I was too young.........

[@wingmwanzia960]

I still can't believe the lack of love Shadow of Rome got; no sequel, no remake...such an incredible game is damn near forgotten to time! I know the devs went on to make Dead Rising

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Same here, it’s such a shame as well as it’s a Stella game!

[@neoyaku]

It is actually the basis for the engine of Dead Rising. Dead Rising replaced Shadow of Rome, sort of like Yakuza and Shenmue.

[@aaronchapman6994]

MGS 2 had a stamina bar also, an example being when Snake/Raiden hangs from a rail

[@NeoTurboManiac78]

The Warriors is my favorite video game based on a movie.

[@ChefD303]

This is why i love your channel. You pick some old-school bangers man. Brought back lots of memories from back in tha day. Gunna play some of these for sure on my bwc ps3.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks man I appreciate that 🙂

[@tychodragon]

your videos bring out the childish joy i had as a kid. before all the harsh lessons of this ruthless adult life. thanks so much!

[@Pooby1000]

An interesting thing about "Scarface" is that it doesn't follow the events of the film - that would have been easy, rather it starts where the film ends only Tony survives the attack.

[@HeLL1Striker]

Surprised this list doesn't have The punisher, The Suffering, The thing , Killer 7 and Tenchu wrath of heaven . Good list nonetheless.

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

It's so weird how the early 2000s had movie tie-in games of movies that were, at that point, over 20 years old. It's like if someone made a game based on the first National Treasure movie or The Departed for the PS5.

[@adamlach6572]

Scarface has one the best combat systems in open world games of it's time, and it still holds up very well - to be honest it's combat is better than any gta game (although i love gta series much more)

[@DarkHope25]

Shadow of Rome has a special place in my heart! ❤

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Shame it didn’t get the attention it deserved!

[@41nhs]

100% agree

[@kevins8071]

Funny, I just picked up a copy from my local retro game store a few months back and I’m actually getting ready to play it.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@thatvideogamesshow , or a sequel. Honestly, I would love it if it got a movie because, in the right hands, it could be every bit as epic as Spartacus, The Robe, or Gladiator.

[@Narding5566]

Honestly by some miracle this get remade, I think there is an option to separate Agrippa and Octavius storyline kinda like Live a live style. Pretty sure people who stopped playing this just hated the Octavius stealth gameplay. I liked Octavius gameplay but having action packed then thrown to a stealth game just feels weird

[@mrdude88]

Dang, I wish I would've heard about Cold Fear. That's the only game I never heard about when I was a teenager.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Such a great game!

[@Hugh_Jainus]

This is the type of content I'm lookin' for, thanks!

[@JorgeAraujo97]

PS2 had so many great games. PS3 and beyond can't hold a candle to it.

[@Beznik01]

2 players on warriors was great

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Best way to play it!

[@41nhs]

All of us who love underrated video games gave you immediate applause when you opened the video with none other than Shadow of Rome lol God bless that game. Its ambience is some of my absolute favorite in games. I think a video on games with relaxing ambience would be interesting, come to think of it. The Sims 2 is a good contender for that list, for example. Thanks for the enjoyable video!

[@NinjaCthulhu]

Ive played Manhunt but dont have it anymore, but well worth the play. But i still have Silent Hill 2.

[@FakePearBear]

AMAZING list mate! Some of these I need to check out. The rest of them? Certified BANGERS! Great video as usual!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks a ton!

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

Love god of wars 2 and 1!! Been replaying 2 recently and its such a blast lol

[@ClassicReplay]

That brought back all the great memories, especially Silent Hill. I completely forgot about Cold Fear. Thanks!

[@Fast_Travel_Gamer]

Scarface: The World is Yours was so fantastic. Manhunt blew my mind back in the day as well. In my opinion MGS3: Snake Eater is the best game ever made! I've always wanted to play Cold Fear but have never gotten my hands on a copy. Great video, my friend! There are so many great games on the PS2!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks for watching!

[@BlackCanvasAudio]

Great video as always my friend! Glad to see another one!!!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

More to come!

[@chrisbarth8488]

I really have to admit... your youtube channel is a hidden gem in the youtube universe! no frills.. no exaggerated advertising (although i would be totally fine if it helps you to create more of your good content!) your videos are really great! I'm glad I subscribed to your channel! keep it up with your videos... and I hope that you will get lots of subscribers and continue to produce such good videos!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

That means a lot mate. Cheers!

[@elplumaje]

Best list ever 👍🏻 (Speaking of mgs3, the 007-style opening credits still give me goosebumps)

[@ryanSLF]

As someone who just dusted off my ps2 the other day for some nostalgia, i actually played silent hill 2 the other day and it still holds up. A few other favourites of mine are Freedom Fighters 2003, Spartan Total Warrior 2005 and The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. I liked the video by the way 🙂

[@Tasuke]

God of War 2 was pretty fun. I only played a little bit of it but I love me a good action game. I've only played a demo of MGS3 but I've seen videos on it and I respect the game and series as a whole. Silent Hill 2 I have a copy of, which I somehow got because a friend in university just randomly gave me his copy on the last day of our freshman year lol! A couple years later we started talking more and he asked if I knew what happened to his copy and I told him he gave it to me and he was all "Oh, okay, well I bought another one" lol! I am glad though that he didn't ask it back because I've seen the prices for the game go up pretty high in recent years.

[@TheViper4Life]

Nice, have my PS2 softmodded so I downloaded Scarface and Shadow of Rome, I'll check those out.

[@johnmartinez-valentin5427]

Great list of games 🎮 as always 👌

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Cheers John!

[@PRATERVXEX]

Not exclusive, but the TimeSplitters games are amazing, especially the third one: Future Perfect.

[@rosstee]

The driving sections of Scarface remind me of Crazy Taxi 😉

[@bj2mill]

That Tekken 2 opening is legendary. Namco sound team is undefeated

[@Cloud92390]

Love SMT/Persona. So glad I got into that series and got the ps2 versions

[@user-pc5sc7zi9j]

My local second hand store is drowning in copies of scarface, but I was too sceptical of movie tie-ins in general to even look at the box.

[@adamlach6572]

I have to say apart from one game, this list also shows how good games could look on ps2

[@mandibiedermann2246]

This guy here is using PCSX2 emulator not the PS2 😒, but in PS2 they look way better with original colour palette, video filter and lights effects

[@adamlach6572]

@@mandibiedermann2246 i know, i own ps2 and play it often using crt tv. And on the intended hardware, using CRT they look awesome.

[@ThePabilyonGamer]

Nice review

[@ryanbrancel]

Can you please do a game list in the description and/or video chapters? Really like your videos though sometimes don't have the time to see it all.

[@ripoutyourprejudice]

What song was playing in the background of the Manhunt bit ? It sounded really cool.

[@tompatrikc]

Vice city stories is underrated imo capturing territories was a ton of fun. Kinda like Farcry 3 system but that's more modern.

[@jrpggamer93]

And manhunt an punisher !!! I want a remake or remaster of punisher hidden gem an max Payne was great ! Hitman

[@ryutou-ki4dl]

look at those graphics for "Black" it almost looks ps3/xbox 360 quality. the ps2 really was the best system of all time imo and its not even close. best game library ever as well.

[@NP-ip3nj]

A very, very solid list

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Glad you think so!

[@joeypeat]

I'd like to toss in The Suffering to that list as well! :)

[@DT64]

Just a note for MGS3, please play the Subsistence version, it gets rid of the fixed camera, which can be horrible because enemies have a realistic "cone" of vision now, and it would be easier if you used a third person camera

[@ripaipaipai97]

i remember playing scarface. so fun at that time.

[@MrYodi93]

gungrave overdose i like it, rumble roses

[@spencerstevens2175]

Man I remember getting the plastic bag in manhunt. Dont think I've ever seen that used again

[@silverian]

From this selection Silent Hill 2 is my favorite. I played it through many years ago.

[@RoamerSeed]

Mr Mosquito. I hear its quite bloody

[@GrownManPat]

I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought "Well, you MUST HAVE a PS2 first!"

[@kurtkavanagh1984]

Just a suggestion for a video seen as though I’ve got a boys games night coming up soon, best couch multiplayer 2-4 player games on PS2 etc great vid as usual! Love shadows or Rome such a banger

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll add it to the list 🙂

[@tompatrikc]

War of the Monsters and Godzilla save the earth I played a ton as a teen with my friends. 2-4 players VS Smackdown wrestling games too haven'te ever come close to being as fun as PS2 era.

[@Nico-vhsyunpocomas]

Great video, another good R videogame is "nanobreaker"

[@SalmanThatGoat]

I miss the ps2 what happened to us guys ? Look at us we are old , the only thing ps2 is missing is trophies other than that its a fantastic console

[@aiodensghost8645]

Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 are also must haves (Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner if youre in Japan)

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Great games!

[@BoondockRoberts]

have a love/hate with the Scarface game. Tony in the game wasn't like the movie. He was more like a puppet that you pull the string on and he spews out one liners. They didn't capture his complexities at all. Aside from that, though, it's hella fun and a great soundtrack. Just kinda a bad Tony

[@matthewheupel8960]

I'm surprised you left out The Punisher...

[@Elvisbackpack]

Is it weird that I know the music playing under the Manhunt entry was from Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles?

[@Jack-nj9pi]

Good thing alot of these were ported or remaster cause the warriors is a must play game

[@evilblader7]

Cold fear is better than RE4 to me. And black looks so good.

[@jbk19xx57]

Damn!!!!!!!!!! Manhunt was something……………

[@theultimategamer95]

Not usually a fan of FPS games personally (outside of deathmatches), but Black is pretty damn class honestly. Really need to play Cold Fear one day, looks like quite the unique experience.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Don’t skip Cold Fear, especially if you’re a fan of survival horror!

[@cramirez3855]

Tekken 2 intro music is one of the greatest most erotically charged pieces of vidjea game muzak ever composed

[@Hatsworthful]

As much as 2 was a step up in a lot of fields, I still vastly prefer manhunt 1 to 2. Yeah 2 is disturbing, but I feel that on some points it ends up going too far into 'playable slasher film' and rebuilds that wall of 'its just ficction' that manhunt 1 broke. Plus it doesn't have the same "charm" (if you can call that disturbing feel that) of the warriors-esque gangs of manhunt 1 or the settings it goes.

[@johnmartinez-valentin5427]

Men i need to buy these list of games 🎮

[@CuneytTaskin-nr8gl]

Urban chaos riot response next

[@Stinger420]

Yeah! Black was a great game!

[@RenIsBack20]

Cold Fear is an hidden gem !

[@SzymonSaysStuff]

You need to start putting timestamps on these longer vids. Would increase your viewcount A LOT.

[@blueblack2479]

Cold Fear:Resident Evil on a boat Resident Evil Revelations:That's Cute Done it in 2013

[@boarMcberry]

mind explaining why omitting the 2nd protagonist playstyle for Shadow of Rome? The game did feature 2 protagonist with 2 different playstyle. I understand the topic being M rated, but 2nd protagonist still should be included as well.

[@WeeG-bwc77]

Shadow of Rome is so obviously a prototype for Dead Rising, which was the next game capcom made. The skeleton is there.

[@exaltedb]

Black is one of those M rated games that apparently doesn’t have any blood whatsoever. It’s M purely for language else it definitely be T rated

[@markpurdie7608]

Loved Scarface on ps2 👍

[@elcamello1980]

Wow! You mentioned Black, which is one of, if not my favorite, FPS. Just for that,you get a like. Really, though, Black gets no love, and I don't know why. I mean, it's an FPS, and it does what it says it will do: you shoot your enemies, in first person view. No "find a blue key card" crap, or that jumping around like a moron, BS, (cough, cough!, Doom!, Halo!, cough, cough!). It's just pure wholesome unload your mag into a target, fun, and I love that.

[@rockduck2210]

Can you make one for the OG Xbox

[@ministerofjoy]

Top🎉 episode

[@Narding5566]

Shadow of Rome is one of my most favorite PS2 games of all time along with Onimusha and MGS. Its a shame how underrated that game is. I think it puta people off when they get to Octavius story. If by miracle this gets remade, they can either separate Agrippa and Octavius storyline or give the option skip it and reward them if they finish the game wothout skipling it. Even as a fan of stealth games, Octavius stealth missions are damn hard.

[@72A1D372]

No Leisure Suit Larry, Playboy, 7 Sins, or BMX XXX???

[@hairy_cornflake]

Shadow of Rome aka Dead Rising without zombies.

[@user-tb7qt7pr2n]

what was the outro song?

[@amruzaky4939]

Ooh, now I know why Shadow of Rome looks way too similar to MonHun. It's indeed created by Capcom.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

From the same team behind Onimusha 🙂

[@Coincollector81]

Another half-assed video. This list is lacking so many great games. I can appreciate that Scarface, shadow of Rome and cold fear is listed. The must have ps2 games are. Scarface Onimusha games Devil may cry 1 and 3 Cold winter Dark watch Shin megami tensei persona 3 and 4 Road kill Gta trilogy Evil dead a fistful of boom stick Genji dawn of the samurai Twisted metal black Area 51 Gun Black Scarface The world is yours Leisure suit Larry Shadow of Rome Beat down the fist of vengeance The punisher The godfather Rumble roses Midway arcade treasures volume 2 Blood Rayne 2 Max Payne 1 and 2 Mortal kombat trilogy Just cause The suffering 1 and 2 Resident evil 4 Silent hill 2, 3 and 4 Rule of rose Obscure Clock tower 3 Haunting ground God or war 1 and 2 Yakuza 1 and 2 Way of the samurai 1 and 2 Tenchu fatal shadows Death by degrees Dead to rights God hand

[@Bootyhunter1971]

The video wasn't "must have ps2 games", you need to learn to read and / or comprehend.

[@Coincollector81]

@Bootyhunter1971 The title of the video is must have M rated ps2 games and my list is that.

[@oussamavids9731]

I bought a ps2 a week ago , and i'm discovering years of games and having fun , i realy don't care a lot about graphics.

[@princegroove]

I see “mature” in a title and I instantly click, naturally. 😂

[@suntannedduck2388]

Shadow of Rome sounds cool. Limbs hmm almost Dead Rising use whatever to degree. Hack n slash in a I guess Godhand (Ryse, Hellbade , GOW 2018) or DMC way? Black 2006 is excellent. The realism part hmm. I mean the sounds no they are movie like sounds but the gun models I guess they are as they still kept the trips to gun ranges aspect for the design there. Guns are punchy, the particles and destruction is great for a late gen game too (well 2006 then 2013 later gen releases). It's short, ok story, it's a good action movie shooter. The difficultied are a fine replayability elements. I don't mind it being no multiplayer bots or not. Heard enough about Scarface seems fine for what it's going for. Heard about The Warriors. Think heard of Cold Fear if remember and not confusing with another game of the camera angles and location setting. Ah weather/ship elements in a PS2 game something we don't see these days ah oh experimental elements were great or average but still exciting. Skipped the test as heard about them already, either don't care or own (God of War 2). Was expecting others then the notable but oh well some I hadn't known enough about but heard of or 1 I hadn't like Shadow of Rome.

[@tyronesmith9267]

Cold Winter ❤ is also a preety fun game😅

[@thatvideogamesshow]

I’ll second that. Great game!

[@jrpggamer93]

Warriors was great !! An godfather !!! Mafia ! Gta vice city / sanadres! Gta liberty city stories .

[@mathewm6294]

Ok, so Manhunt needs a direct sequel. Not the Fight Club-lite plot point from 2 but a continuation of the first games plot, going into what happened to the production company making the films. I feel like Manhunt could be considered a reverse horror game, where you are a slasher killing people that can fight back so maybe play up that angle🤷

[@vodkaffee4856]

I finished shin megami tensei iii for the third time last month

[@yournightmare9999]

And soon we will have the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection

[@hanchiman]

In this day and age.... the only easiest way to play Scarface is probably using PS2 emulator as the PC version is basically none working in modern PC due to graphic cards issues without tinkering with your PC to play it

[@jefflukey123]

Was Ryse: Son of Rome a remake of Shadow of Rome?