25 Best Open World Games for PS2

Mafia takes the players back to the underworld business and offers a truly dynamic and blasting Action-packed gameplay. The game is a massive hit of 2002 and is mainly sought as one of the best Third-person Shooter video game of all times. With a very realistic Underworld environment and a great backstory, Mafia lets the players take on the role of Tommy Angelo, a hardcore Mafioso, and a skilled Marksman who in pursuit of becoming a mafia lord, completes various missions and proceeds with the storyline. The gameplay of Mafia consists of Driving (Cruising through the City), Chasing the targets, racing and Third-person navigation (On-foot), and Shooting while using various types of weapons including Pistols, Guns, Knives, etc. The game focuses on a mission-based gameplay and allows the players to get to some pointed out locations, get the missions and complete them to earn the rewards such as Money, Upgrades, and Stuff. The game offers over fifty American Cars for the players to roam in as well as 19 bonus Cars including Five Racing Cars and bikes, etc. Just like any other Open World Action video games, the Police in the game books the players for minor to significant offenses such as speeding a red light, harming the pedestrians, shooting, and running wild. With a very addictive and quite immersive gameplay, easy controls and loads of amazing missions to complete, Mafia is inspired by two of the biggest names in gaming of this particular type such as The Godfather and Goodfellas video games and offers a similar gameplay and mechanics. Mafia is available to play on Windows, PlayStation and Xbox platforms.

Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is an Action-Adventure, RPG and a 3rd person Shooter video game developed by 2k Czech and published by Gathering of Developers for PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. The game is set in the fictitious city of Lost Heaven and features a Mafioso named as Tommy, as the protagonist who is a taxi driver by profession but accomplishes different missions assigned to him by Don Ennio Salieri. The protagonist drives vehicles, runs, walks on foot, and kills the targets in order to advance in the game by engaging in combats with the enemies. In close combats, the protagonist uses melee tactics and attacks the enemies with different melee weapons. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven offers vivid graphics, an amazing storyline and a thrillingly addicting game-play. Trying this game will surely be one of your best choices.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames or shortly named as Mercs 2 is a fascinating piece of art when we talk about Action-Adventure and shooting games with RPG elements. The game comes with super cool graphics, an open world, thrilling gameplay and a stunningly well written storyline. A proud production of Pandemic Studios, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and is playable on PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. With a powerful and highly modified gaming engine “Zero”, game runs smoothly on almost every machine with the required specifications. The story of the game sets in Venezuela following the lead of a mercenary who worked honestly and got betrayed by the boss Solano. Player plans to revenge on Solano but Solano was not an easy man to find so in order to get to Solano, the player goes through a huge distance of destruction and mayhem. After a long struggle and killing a lot of low tier gang leaders, he finally catches Solano and kills him. The story of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames resembles a lot to the story of Just Cause 2 and The Saboteur and because of that this game is a inclusion to this specific genre. Trying it out won’t feel like wasting your precious time and instead, you’ll enjoy it.

The Godfather is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Single and Multi-player video game created by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. The game takes place in the fictional New York City and focuses on the movie of the same name. It revolves around the character named Aldo Trapani who is a criminal, and his main goal is to create his gang and raise his rank through Corleone Family. The game is played from a third-person perspective. Control the character in the game world, interact with NPCs, navigate hurdles, drive various vehicles, and accomplish missions. Earn money and use them to unlock further content. There are different weapons to use such as a pistol, shotgun, 38 snub nose, a magnum, and a Tommy gun. It includes both manual aiming and lock-on systems. Explore the game world either on foot or by vehicle, fight against enemies using weapons, and enhance your rank by progressing in the game. Different Vehicles, Weapons, Open Environment, NPCs, etc. are the prominent features of the game. With the best mechanics, addictive gameplay, exciting story and smooth controls, The Godfather is the best game to play and enjoy.

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger’s Tale in Mexico is an Action-Adventure, Stealth, Open World, and Single-player Shooter video game developed by Square Enix and published by Sci Entertainment. Grand Theft Auto series inspires the game and it offers the similar gameplay like GTA. The game takes place in the historical year 1989 in the fictional world and combines the elements of exploration, combat, and fighting. According to the story, Ernesto Cruz, an undercover agent of DEA and DEA army attack the military in order to steal some information about Papa Muerte in a jungle. After that, DEA army thrown Ernesto from the aircraft and is killed. There are three protagonists such as Tommy, Ernesto, and Ramiro and you can select one of them to get into the game world where you have to complete a series of missions. Ramiro is the most playable character during the game, while Ernesto and Tommy can play only two starting missions. Assume your role, fight against foes using different weapons and explore the game world from third-person perspective. You can navigate the environment either on foot or by vehicle. Your character can run, jump, fight, swim and also perform acrobatic moves. With superb story, addictive gameplay, and immerse visuals, Total Overdose: A Gunslinger’s Tale in Mexico is the best game to play and enjoy.

Total Overdose is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, and Single-player Shooter video game created by Deadline Games and published by SCi Games Ltd. Grand Theft Auto series inspires the game, and it is the first entry in the series of Total Overdose. The game takes place in the open environment known as Maya Jungle. According to the story, Ernesto Cruz, an undercover agent in DEA. DEA army attacks the military to stolen some information about Papa Muerte. After the attack and thrown Ernesto from the plane and is finished. The player can get into the role of the protagonist named Ramiro, most of the game the player control the Ramiro, while in starting two missions the player assists different characters such as Tommy and Ernesto Cruz. There is a variety of challenging missions filled with different objectives, and puzzles. The player uses third-person perspective to navigate the environment and can explore the world either on foot or by vehicles. Interact with NPCs to get missions and earn money when the mission accomplished. Use his money to buy vehicles, weapons, armors and more. With superb mechanics, open environment, and brilliant gameplay, Total Overdose is the best alternative to GTA.

Yakuza is an Action-Adventure, Fighting, and Single-player video game developed by Sega. Throughout the course, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Kazuma Kiryu, who is in jail for the crime, he has not committed. The game takes place in the city of Kamurocho, where the player controls the character from the third-person perspective.

The player can level-up the character’s attributes and increase his fighting skills to perform some actions which greatly damage his enemies. The player has to complete missions and side quests found around the city. The game has three modes Encounter Battles, Storyline Missions, and Battle Mode.

In the encounter battles, the player has to kill the foes randomly. Winning these battles will grant cash to the player, which he can use to purchase equipment or healing items. The Battle Mode includes an Underground Arena where the player has to complete specific actions or beat a certain character.

Driver: Parallel Lines is an Action-Adventure, Racing, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Atari. It is the fourth main installment in the Driver series having new features and similar gameplay. Throughout the game, the game serves as a driver named TK, who roams in the open streets of NY.

The game has an auto-aim system where the player’s vehicle automatically detects the target if any of the opponents come in front of the car. The game offers a money system where the player can easily modify the vehicles by spending the money lavishly. The game has offered a new felony system that can differentiate between a personal felony and the one attached to the player’s vehicle.

Like Grand Theft Auto, the game features distinct styles of vehicles from New York for the player to drive. In this open-world arena, the player can jump and run. While exploring the town, the player views the character from the third-person perspective. The game has core features like Third-person Perspective, Vehicles, and Felony Systems.

Scarface: The World Is Yours is an Action-Adventure, Open World, and Exploration video game with Shooting and fighting elements developed by Radical Entertainment for multiple platforms. The game casts the player in the role of the protagonist named as Tony Montana. The story revolves around the struggle of the character to regain the control of the drug trade of Miami, demolish brutally and against gangs, restore his reputation and become the King of the criminal underworld. The game offers the similar gameplay to GTA series and lets the player explore the environment from third-person perspective either on foot or by vehicle. There are four large regions which the player must take over to progress in the game such as North Beach, South Beach, Little Havana and Downtown. It has serval missions, and each mission requires a completion of certain tasks. Scarface: The World Is Yours offers prominent features such as Open Environment, highly detailed Graphics, Eight Reputation Levels, and more. Scarface: The World Is Yours is the brilliant game as compared to other games.

Mission: Impossible Operation Surma is a 2003 Action-Adventure, and Single-player video game created by M4 Limited and published by Atari. According to the story, the IMF (Impossible Mission Force) and Ethan Hunt are captured and brought into an investigation of a criminal organization called Surma, that is threatened by a highly advanced virus called Ice Worm. It is capable of hacking or breaking through any security system and could steal any data, ranging from the intelligence of any government to nuclear weapons specs. When all operations are failed, the IMF and Ethan discover that their database has been hacked and enemies stole their dark and deepest secrets. The game is a mix of stealth, shooting and exploration elements and puts you in the role of the protagonist named as Ethan Hunt, who is a part of a top-secret government agency. There are a variety of missions, and you must complete each one to find clues and save the top secrets and nuclear weapon specs from enemies. With superb mechanics, action-packed gameplay, and fantastic visuals, Mission: Impossible Operation Surma is the best game to play.

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is the 5th marvelous entry in the series of Medal of Honor video game developed EA Los Angeles and published by EA Games. The game offers First-person Shooter gameplay and supports both Single and Multiplayer modes available to play on PlayStation platform. Like previous entries, the game takes place in the World-War II themed world. In Single-player mode, you can get into the role of the Sergeant Joseph Griffin, who is a soldier in the United States Marine Corps. The game begins, when the protagonist wakes up on the USS California to the sneak attack of Japanese on 1941. The protagonist makes his way, attack on enemies and assist the crewman. It has two different modes such as Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch. Control your character throughout a variety of missions and fulfill your goals to progress through the game. The game rewards you with points as you advanced through the match. Medal of Honor: Rising Sun offers prominent features such as exciting gameplay, excellent mechanics, and smooth controls, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is the best game to play and enjoy.

Crysis 2 is an Action-Adventure, FPS (First-person Shooter), Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Crytek and published by Electronic Arts. It is the 2nd entry in the series of Crysis, serves as the sequel to Crysis, released in 2007. The game takes place in the future, and casts the player in the protagonist’s role named as Alcatraz, a Force Marine, and wins an ownership of the Nanosuit from the Army Delta Force. Like previous title, the game offers the freedom to the player to customize abilities and weaponry. The player explores the landscape from a first-person perspective, use a huge arsenal of weaponry to kill enemies and navigate the environment between buildings and floors with a destroyed cityscape. According to the story, the brutal alien invaders threaten the street of the fictional New York. As the hero, the player is the last hope of the world and the player is responsible for the protection of the world. He must fight enemies, smash them to earn points and progress through the game. With cool features, Crysis 2 is the incredible game to play.

Quake III Arena is an Action-Adventure, Horror, Single-player and Multiplayer First-person Shooter video game created by id Software and published by Activision. The game serves as the title in the series of Quake game and introduces Multiplayer action in this title. It takes the player on the thrilling adventure where he must fight against brutal monsters, and zombie-like creature to survive. The player explores the environment from a first-person perspective and can use a variety of weaponry to take down enemies. It offers the similar gameplay to Doom and includes a series of missions each with a set of objectives that the player must accomplish to score the points. The game welcomes the player to the arena, where the legendary warriors are turned into the mush. It offers an open-ended environment where the player can collect power-ups, ammo, and health to increase his abilities while battling against other players in Multiplayer mode. Quake III Arena includes prominent features such as a variety of Missions, Multiplayer Matches, a huge arsenal of Weaponry, and more. Try it out.

WWE Crush Hour is a Racing game with strong Vehicular Combat elements. The story revolves around Vince McMahon who wants to take over all television networks and launch its own TV Show named WWE Superstars. His upcoming show called Crush Hour is a derby-style show and includes over thirty WWE Superstars in custom cars equip with weapons and other objects. The game takes place in a destructible world and lets you select your character and vehicle, custom it with deadly weapons and equipment. Jump into the game world where you have to race against AI drivers with a simple task to eliminate them all to win the race. Destroy other cars using weapons and complete mission within time to score points and money. The amount of content to unlock depends on the points you score. Enhance your car ability by upgrading engine, weapons, and other. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes and lets you immerse yourself in combat experience. With exciting features, open environment, addictive gameplay, and superb mechanics, WWE Crush Hour is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure is an engaging, Third-person, Exploration, Single and Multiplayer video game created by DSI Games. It is set in the procedurally generated underwater world and includes various sea dinosaurs such as Thalassomedon, Tylosaurus, and more. Select your animal and get into the game world where you have complete a set of missions. Discover sea life and encounter various fishes. Your main goal is to find and gather all hidden fossils. The game is played from a third-person perspective. Earn experience points and uses it to unlock further content. Gain experience to level up and show your abilities. You can explore the game world solo in single-player mode or with your friend in Multiplayer mode. Hunt small fishes and progress in the game. Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure offers core features such as Open World, Sea Creatures, Unlockable Content, Upgrades and more. Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure is one of the best game as compared to other Adventure games.

Everblue 2 is an Adventure and Single-player video game created by Arika and published by Capcom. It is the sequel to Everblue and inspired by the Endless Ocean video game. The game puts you into the role of the Scuba diver named Leo. It takes place in the fictional Caribbean Sea and lets you explore it with your friends. According to the story, your shipwreck and sinks in a powerful storm and you reach to an Island. There you meet an alliance of scuba divers known as the Amigos. The Amigos and Leo discover a truth of NASC (Nefarious Salvaging Company) called SeaDross who is finding a valuable pirate treasure known as Erebos. Your main goal is to race against the company and find the treasure before it. Explore various locations such as a crashed 747, an ancient city with ruins, an old ship, and more. Complete a series of challenging tasks, explore the game world from third-person and show your scuba diving skills. Immerse yourself in the sea environments and encounter lots of sea creatures. You can earn money by locating ancient material such as clay, metal, glass, stone sonars, artifacts and more. Use your money to purchase tools, and equipment to go deeper and deeper. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, and Single-player video game available to play on Cross Platform. The game takes place in the in the fictional vice city in Miami and offers an open world environment. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Tommy Vercetti, following his release from jail. It is the sixth installment in the series of Grand Theft Auto and the first main released since 2001. After the protagonist is caught up in a drug deal, he attempts to find out those responsible while creating a criminal empire and enhancing his power from other criminal organization. The game uses third-person perspective to navigate the environment and offers a variety of weapons and vehicles. The player can explore the world from third-person view either on foot or by vehicle. The objective of the player is to complete a set of missions to earn points and face off enemies using different weapons, melee attacks, explosives, and firearms. After making enough money, the player can purchase different properties, tools, and arms. With high-quality graphics, detailed environment, engaging gameplay, and a superb story, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the best game to play and enjoy.

The Matrix Path of Neo is a third marvelous spin-off from the series of The Matrix. It is an Action-Adventure, Fighting and Single-player video game created by Shiny Entertainment and published by Atari. The game offers an open environment and allows you get into the role of the series protagonist named Neo. The game offers you an opportunity to take part in various major action scenes in the movie. In the beginning, you can assume the role of the protagonist named as Thomas Anderson, who is a simple man and hasn’t any power. As the game progress, you will learn new techniques and skills and have to fight against antagonist named Agent Smith. Explore the world from a third-person perspective, fight against hordes of enemies using your super power and take down them to clear the level. Gain experience and use them to unlock further characters and features in the game to become the master. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and wonderful sounds, The Matrix Path of Neo is the best game to play and enjoy.

The Simpsons: Hit and Run is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Driving, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Radical Entertainment for multiple platforms. The game offers the similar gameplay to Grand Theft Auto series and based on an American animated series known as The Simpsons. It takes place in the stunning world of Springfield, and the story centers on the Simpson family who is the eyewitness various strange incidents including mysterious vans, security cameras, crop circles and more. When the family tries to uncover the secret behind the mystery, they discover lots of shocking facts and soon realize all these incidents that occur in their city is a part of the massive alien invasion. The game offers open world environment and introduces a variety of characters such as Marge, Homer, Apu, Lisa and more. Select your character and start exploring the world from a third-person perspective like GTA series. Your character is capable of running, walking, jumping, and can perform three different attacks such as a jumping kick, a normal kick, and a smashing move. You can manipulate the world either on foot or by vehicle. Accomplish a series of objectives and missions to prevent the alien attack and save your world to become the hero. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and a superb story, The Simpsons: Hit and Run is the best game to play and enjoy.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a Single-player and Third-person Shooter video game created by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sequel to the Max Payne game and it takes place in the fictional world. The game puts the player in the role of the protagonist named as Max Payne, who is detective in the NYPD (New York City Police Department). After the previous events, the protagonist team up with Mona Sax, and set out on an adventure to resolve a conspiracy of betrayal and death. There are two different protagonists such as Mona Sax and Max Payne. You can assume the role of Max Payne, but also play as Mona Sax in some levels. In the beginning, the primary weapon is 9mm Pistol, as the game progress, you access other weapons including submachine gun, handguns, assault rifles, hand thrown weapons and more. There are a variety of missions and each mission needs a completion of certain tasks. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is the best game to play and enjoy.

Just Cause by Eidos Interactive is the very first Marvel in the Just Cause series. The game offers a brilliant combination of Action, Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Shooting elements and is available to play on multiple platforms such as Microsoft Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation. Just Cause features a huge game map and allows the players to explore an area of 250,000 acres or 1,012 Km square, and enjoy 21 missions and almost 300 side missions. The game features the character of Protagonist as Rico Rodriguez who works for a mega organization known as “The Agency.”. After the outrageous actions and brutality of San Esperito’s Dictator, Salvador Mendoza, The Agency calls on Rico and orders him to meet the Commanding Officer Tom Sheldon. Sheldon needs Rico’s help to overthrow the Dictator and free the nation of San Esperito. The ultimate goal of the game is to Kill Mendoza and to complete the objectives, Rico must act as the story suggests. The players are tasked to control Rico, Team up with Tom Sheldon and Maria Kane, Find the Guerrilla Group and Rioja Drug Cartel, Stage the rebellion and fire up the already raging Civil War against the Government of Salvador Mendoza. As the story furthers, after a massive defeat to Mendoza and all of his Black Hand Mercenaries, Mendoza escapes from San Esperito. Leaving back the governmental affairs trembling, Mendoza escapes in his jet to his Private Island. The player then gets tasked to follow Mendoza and Kill him to end the War and stabilize the government of San Esperito. Just Cause offers a fantastic amount of hardcore Action and Thrill in the game. With an open world environment, a huge arsenal of weapons, blasting action and addictive nature of the game, Just Cause is one of the most epic creations of this particular genre.

Enter the Matrix is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Fighting, Single and Multiplayer video game developed Shiny Entertainment and Infogrames. The series of The Matrix films truly inspires the game. It puts the player in the role of the protagonist named as Neo with two supporting AI characters named as Niobe and Ghost. The player can play either as Ghost or Niobe, each character has its unique skills and abilities. The ultimate task of the player is to control the character from third-person perspective, fight against opponents using a variety of guns and fighting skills and fulfill the objectives to win the match. The game introduces bullet time features which slow down the time when activated and offers an ability to the protagonist to perform various actions including shooting , dodging bullets and more. There are a variety of levels and some of levels are involves martial arts fighting in one-on-one combat. Enter the Matrix offers different features such as lots of Levels, superb Mechanics, detailed Environment, Action-paced Gameplay, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a Third-person Perspective, Platform, Action and Single-player video game developed by Argonaut Software Ltd. The game follows the character Crac (the protagonist) and his efforts to save the creatures of his world called Gobbos from the evil called Baron Dante. King Rufus finds a basket near the beach containing a baby of a crocodile. The furry creatures raise him and train him to become themselves and named his Croc. He grows three bigger in size of the furry creatures. Suddenly, antagonist arrives and destroys the Island with the help of his supporters called the Dantinis. He traps many Gobbos and imprisons the King a steel cage. The game lets you a chance to become a hero by rescuing the King and Furry creatures. Explore the open environment, collect crystals, fight against demon force defeat them and battle their boss named Boron Dante and rescue your King. You character capable of running, jumping and gliding. Use his abilities to defeat enemies and show you skills. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

Mashed: Drive to Survive is an Action-Adventure, Racing, Vehicular Combat, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Supersonic Software. The game takes place in the stunning world and includes various vehicles to play and enjoy. Each car equips with weapons, and equipment and has its unique abilities. You can play the game from a top-down perspective. In the beginning, each race contains four cars, and your main task is to explore the game world, navigate obstacles and get power-ups to obtain weapons. Eliminate your competitors from race using weapons and gain experience. Unlock other cars, upgrades, weapons and abilities using your experience and become the best driver in the game. Play against AI Drivers or other players in Multiplayer mode and show your driving skills. You can equip your vehicle with deadly weapons such as a shotgun, missiles, rocket launcher and more. In Multiplayer Mode, you can play over four players and your task is to knock out players to win. Mashed: Drive to Survive includes features such as Thirteen Tracks, Various Weapons to pick up, Use Machine Gun, and more. Try it out.

Driver 3 is a mixture of Racing and Shooter gameplay developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. The game takes place in an open world settings and serves the third title in the series of Driver. It supports Single-player mode only and offers a brilliant plot, revolving around the protagonist, an FBI Agent named as John Tanner and his effort to intercept the criminal gang, controlled by Mickey Rourke. The protagonist leads the police of Turkey and set up a roadblock to fend off the criminals. The exciting vehicles are based on real-life cars in the game and designed to behave, realistic damage, and more. In the game, the player assume the role of the protagonist and his primary objective is to drive his favorite car in the open environment while chasing the criminals to capture and complete the missions. During the gameplay, the player uses multiple weapons and can shoot enemies to kill. As the game proceed, it unlocks further content in the game. It features mini map on the screen to show the direction of the player. Driver 3 offers prominent features such as lots of Vehicles, Open World, Mission-based Gameplay, huge variety of Weapons, detailed Environments, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.