The best PS1 games for today

[martin31406]

Hey y'all. What do you think are the best PS1 games for today. Here's what I think are the best PS1 titles for today's gaming world.


Metal Gear Solid - IMO this version trumps the GC game, Twin Snakes. While the visuals of the PS version are rather dated by today's standards, the GC version doesn't look that much better in comparison and the MG2 gameplay doesn't adequately accommodate MGS1's level design. Then there's the issue of voice acting and cutscenes and the list goes on and on. For those reasons, I think that MGS1 playstation is the definitive version to play.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Still the best Castlevania on any console. I don't think I need to say anymore about this wonderful title that hasn't been said already.

Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 - Even if RE4 and RE5 are the new direction in the series, RE2 and RE3 are still fun. I don't feel 2 and 3 are dated in any way in comparison to RE4 and 5, they're just different; a different game play mechanic that borders on frights and scares, mystery, puzzle solving, item collecting, document reading rather than balls to the walls action. In addition, if one has never played RE 2, then one is missing out on a pivotal story arc in the series.

Fear Effect 1 and Fear Effect 2 - The Fear Effect series takes the traditional Resident evil element and turns it into a twisted anime inspired, noir flick. Elements that separates Fear Effect from Resident Evil:

* The backgrounds are almost always animated
* The game has you playing with 3 characters instead of the typical 2
* Game has a very mature setting; I mean like sexual overtones mature
* Characters are cell shaded which gives this survival horror game a unique charm


Dino Crisis 2 - Takes the original resident evil formula and turns it into a more arcade-like game filled with a scoring system, heavy-duty weapons and a mess load of dinosaurs. I think this game is relevant because it's the last good Dino Crisis in the series.

* Prerendered backgrounds are lush and exotic
* Constant barrage of dinosaurs coming at you to keep the action going
* TONS of weapons


Crash Team Racing - The best character-based kart game on the playstation and quite frankly, the based crash team racing in all of the PS family. Suffers from low res PS textures but graphics are colorful and animation is fast and smooth.

Honorable mentions:

Tekken 3 - Considered the best fighting game on the PS1 but being the best Tekken on PS1 doesn't cut it when you have Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 5, Tekken 5 DR, and Tekken 6

Driver - I think Driver is pretty good but could it be possible that the game is over shadowed by the GTA series?

Soul Blade - Soul Calibur series makes this game obsolete.

Those are just my ideas. What do you guys think?

[martin31406]

Sorry, I meant "The best PS1 games for today" not "PS!"

[tcpballa93]

The three final fantasy titles? I have'nt played them personally, but it seems people just love them.

[ZeroAX]

The three final fantasy titles? I have'nt played them personally, but it seems people just love them.

yup. all 3 of them are way better than ff10

[tcpballa93]

The three final fantasy titles? I have'nt played them personally, but it seems people just love them.

yup. all 3 of them are way better than ff10

I have a friend who has beaten FF 7 more times than I could ever guess. : P

[equalsign]

Sorry, I meant "The best PS1 games for today" not "PS!"

You can edit the thread title by editing your first post .

[dlmvii]

The three final fantasy titles? I have'nt played them personally, but it seems people just love them.

yup. all 3 of them are way better than ff10

you mean 4!
You're forgetting the best one, FF Tactics!

[tcpballa93]

The three final fantasy titles? I have'nt played them personally, but it seems people just love them.

yup. all 3 of them are way better than ff10

you mean 4!
You're forgetting the best one, FF Tactics!

Oh yeah! I was mostly thinking of the main ones, but it's the only one, that I can think of, to get a re release.

[fox099]

Einhander!

[Mathius]

I always wanted to try out the Fear Effect titles.