I wanna know what PS2 games I absolutely have to try out before they stop making them or the games are obscenely hard to find. Ya know, so I have something to put on my b-day list. When you tell me the games, tell me what genre the are... ya know, rpg, platform, sidescroll, fighter, etc.

Okami

This game is bizarre, yet very cool. X-Play gave it a 5 out of 5 (in case you care). The story is that you are a goddess in the shape of a wolf. Some evil stuff has happened and you need to rectify it. Basically the world is dead and colorless. So, you fight as a dog... strangely, peeing on enemies is an attack.

The art of the game isn't realistic, it's mildly cartoony (somewhat like Paper Mario), but it's still awesome to look at. The game dynamics aren't very hard either. A bit of it is on the simple side...

What sets this apart from your average game? The fact that as a goddess, you have powers (nothing odd there), and to use these powers, you use a calligraphy brush, and you draw symbols. Drawing a line that loops then goes back to the line makes wind.. Another is during combats, when the wolf's done enough damage, you use your "brush" to draw a slash throught the middle of the enemy, and they're cut in half!