Sup, Era! Your friendly neighborhood Ryouga here.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about the PS2 recently, especially how gnarly that library of games really was. Just coming at it from a western perspective, it almost feels like there was an endless amount of crazy cool titles. Everything from the AAA blockbusters, to the more niche Japanese RPGs. The generation produced what can only be described as a legit treasure trove of mainstream and hidden classics, at least as far as I'm concerned.
Recently I've gone back to the library, primarily to look at the games that never got the chance to leave Japan, but were no doubt just as interesting and cool as the titles that did get localized.
Of course I'm not just talking about the more obvious games like Super Robot Wars OG or Tales of Destiny DC, but also the ones I personally have no knowledge of.
So I guess the point of this thread is for Import-Era to chime in with their favorite Japanese PS2 games that never got official releases in the west. Who knows what sort of buried treasure might pop up!
Grant me your knowledge so that I might absorb it for my own personal gratification! Buahahaha!
I guess I'll start things off with my own pick, though it's not that unknown.
Good 'ol Front Mission 5, the final numbered title in Square Enix's mech SRPG series. It's an incredibly gorgeous game just in terms of details and scope, and I honestly think it's one of the company's absolute best releases of the last few decades. It's a complete shame this series never reached the popularity it deserved, because mech fans would have eaten this game up like the fine delight it was and still is. There is a fan translation for it, but I have admittedly never checked it out, so I can't speak for its quality.
