The 12 best games ever made for the PlayStation 2, the best-selling video game console of all time

The PlayStation 2 still holds the title of the best-selling video game console of all time, with over 150 million units sold in its lifetime.

It managed to stay in production for over a decade, from 2000 until 2013. We took a crack at the impossible task of whittling its massive library down to just 10 of its best platform-exclusive games, but had to eventually expand that roster to 12 so we didn't hurt too many people's feelings by excluding something - though we are still almost certainly going to get a slew of angry emails for what we left out.

So, without further ado, here are the 12 best PS2 games of all time: