15 Best Melee Combat Games for PS2

Hitman: Contracts is a Stealth-based Third-person Shooter, Action-Adventure and Single-player video game, published by Eidos Interactive and developed by IO Interactive. It is the third entry in the series of Hitman video game, and the plot revolves around the exploits of a Hitman, named as Agent 47. According to the storyline, the protagonist is sent to different locations to assassinate specific targets. A huge variety of weapons can be used to kill the targets, ranging from knives to machine guns. Using the stealth elements, the player can silently kill the enemies, move their remains to trash and remain undetected. As the player advances, he can gather different armaments found in various levels, enabling him to be used in further missions. The world is explored from a third-person viewpoint, and the player can interact with NPCs and the environment to collect information about the missions and take down enemies while scoring the points and earning money. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and smooth controls, Hitman: Contracts is the best game to play.

Gungrave is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter and Single-player video game developed and published by Red Entertainment. The game offers an exciting gameplay and puts you in the unknown character who must explore levels and take the revenge of his death. The protagonist equips with different weapons such as a pistol, rifles, and machine gun and can use melee combat to take down his enemies. You can run, walk, jump and attack enemies to kill them. The game rewards you with points that can be used to boost energy, upgrade weapons and more. It focuses on combat and puzzle solving elements. You must pit against a wave of enemies and slaughtered them using melee combat, weapons, and other tools. Coffin, Cerberus, Demolition Shots, Graveyard Special, etc. are prominent weapons in the game. As the story progresses, the game becomes difficult to play. With the breathtaking environment, excellent mechanics, and high-quality graphics, Gungrave is the fantastic game for TPS lovers.

Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 is an Action, Third-person Perspective, Fighting, and Single-player video game developed by TBC and published by Namco Bandai. The game takes place in the stunning village invaded by evil forces who are trying to dominate it. In the story, an ancient organization is looking for orbs to restore the mechanical terror. It’s up to the protagonist named as Naruto and his fellows to team up with the people of Hidden Sand Village and struggle to fend off evil forces to prevent devastation. The player can explore the environment from a third-person perspective and can perform multiple actions to take down enemies. There are a set of missions and the player needs to complete each to progress through the game. He uses his punching and kicking abilities to beat his element. The player can run, walk, climb, and can fight against enemies. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and superb detailed environments, Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 is the best game to play.

BloodRayne is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by Majesco Entertainment. It is the first installment in the series of BloodRayne and based on a self-contained comic book and a series of films. The game takes place in the historical year 1933, where the people believes in vampires, all the windows and doors show crosses. The story centers on the female character named as Rayne who is a vampire. There are a variety of missions and each mission needs a completion of individual objectives to progress. The player assume the role of the female protagonist, and his ultimate task is to explore the world, fight against monsters using sword and melee combat and kill them to earn points. As the game advances, it becomes challenging to play. The story is split into three acts such as Mortton, Argentina and Germany. With breathtaking environment, well-written story, and superb controls, BloodRayne is the incredible game to play and enjoy.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is an Action-Adventure, and Shooting video game created Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts. The game has Single-player mode and combines the Open World, Third-person Perspective and Stealth elements and takes place during a fictional military action in North Korea. The player assumes the role one of the three mercenaries and his ultimate task is to complete contracts to earn profit for his counter and prevent a nuclear war. It offers open world sandbox environment, where the player picks up a variety of challenging missions, gather items, accomplish side task and drive multiple vehicles. It has five different factions such as South Korea, North Korea, the Allied Nations, the Russia Mafia, and China. Before entering the world, the player needs to choose his faction and each faction has a varied tasks to complete. Navigate the world from the third-person perspective and complete several missions to earn points that he can use to unlock weapons, upgrades and other equipment. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction is the best game as compared to other Shooting 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.

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.

Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven is an Action-Adventure, Stealth, Single and Multiplayer video game created by K2 LLC and published by FromSoftware. The game takes place in the fictional world and introduces three new playable characters such as McDullen, Emma, and Jane. According to the story, new monsters threaten the world and the people need your help. Your aim is to select your character and get into the world where you have to fight against monsters using weapons and defeat them to earn points. Your character has brilliant abilities such as from the Stealth (observing and sneaking) to the Traditional (leaping, interactive with objects, running, etc.). Navigate the environment from the third-person perspective, use your sword to slaughter enemies and earn points to enhance your abilities and fulfill your goals to progress through the game. There are a variety of quests that you have to complete at any cost to prove yourself as the best warrior. With prominent features, exciting gameplay, and brilliant mechanics with smooth controls, Tenchu Wrath of Heaven 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.

True Crime: New York City is an Acton-Adventure, Open World, Third-person, and Single-player video game created by Luxoflux and published by Activision. The game revolves around the story of the protagonist who is a gangster and turned police officer named Marcus Reed. He receives a letter on the first night of his job of promotion to detective in a crime unit. The protagonist is the witness of his mentor’s death. You can get into the role of the character named Marcus Reed, and your ultimate task is to explore the game world, find the person who killed your beloved friend and brings him down the mole. The takes place in the fictional city called New York and offers an open environment where you can explore the world either on foot or by vehicle. You can explore the world from a third-person view and have to solve four main cases such as the Palermo Mob, the Shadow Tong, the Palermo Mob, and the Magdalena Cartel. Your hero can run, jump, drive, walk, swim, and can perform an acrobatic action. Use different weapons to slaughter foes and earn money to upgrade the features of the game. With superb sounds, detailed environments, and brilliant story, True Crime: New York City is the best game to play and enjoy.

Shadow of the Colossus, is another spectacular piece of art in the line of Action-Adventure and RPG gaming. This masterpiece is developed by Team Ico and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The story of the game features a young man named Wander who lost a girl named Mono and while searching for her, he enters the Land of Forbidden. Wander travels across the land on a horse and defeats sixteen humongous beings The Colossi, who actually are portrayed as his enemies. The protagonist fights against every Colossi after finding the beam of light and after defeating the Colossi, he restarts from the starting point. Every next Colossi emerges from a new lair and comes with new powers and battle tactics. If the Protagonist is defeated the game ends and starts from the beginning. With an open world, enhanced graphics and a great storyline that player is provided with, a third person gaming perspective and a single player gaming mode. Considering all the fantatic things in the game, Shadow of the Colossus is one amazing Action-Adventure and RPG video game to play and enjoy. You’ll definitely like it. “Shadow of the Colossus” is available to play on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 only.

Silent Hill is a 1999’s Top-Hit Horror-Survival and Shooter video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The game offers a wonderfully designed 3D Real-time environment and allows you to play from a Third-person perspective. Story revolves around the character of Harry Mason who struggles to find his adopted daughter who ends up in the possession of a cult taking refuge in Silent hill, America, a town filled with all kinds of gory monsters and creatures. In effort of freeing her, Mason fights off the Cult members, kills them and finally frees her. Silent Hill offers five different endings of the game and offers different environments and objectives as well. Combat and Exploration elements in the game add up a bit more fun to the game as they let you traverse through a number of different environments, fight off hordes of monsters, interact with objects and solve a number of challenging puzzles in order to keep going on in the game. Other cool features of the game include Third-person perspective, Heads up Display, Health bar, and Dual Shock controller that helps you keep track of your heart beat and know about when to take a pause. Silent Hill lets you combat against the monsters using Melee Combat techniques and weapons, a number of firearms, and your parkour abilities. With a very challenging and quite addictive gameplay, a fantastic story, brilliant visual details and loads of other great things to discover, Silent hill is one amazing Action, Horror-Survival and Shooter video game to play.

Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is a Hack and Slash plus Action-Role Playing Game by Snowblind Studios. It is wonderful game to play and enjoy, in this game you can customize your character with the help of experience points getting them by defeating the enemies. You can have maximum skills and abilities for you character by going through different levels of the game. After every four levels of the game, you are given some extra strength, wisdom and intelligence as well. baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is set in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeon and Dragons world where it allows you to select your character from three main classes such as Humans, Dwarves and Elves, customize your character with the help of Experience Points collected via wining over the enemies, engage your self into epic Campaigns, Quests etc. use and develop your skills as you proceed in the game and enjoy an amazing Dungeons and Dragons type gameplay. With a brilliant game setting, enhanced game mechanics and visuals and a truly addictive gameplay, Baldur’s gate: Dark Alliance is a fantastic game to play and enjoy.

Half-Life is a Super Thrilling Sci-Fi FPS (First person Shooter) video game by Valve Corporation. This brilliant game is one of the trend setters in FPS genre and it provided with a wonderful FPS series of games that actually ruled over the world. With a huge following and a worldwide acclaim, Half-Life was one of the best game of its time. Sci-Fi and FPS characteristics, great mechanics and an engaging game-play made the players love this game. The game is set in a Remote Desert situated in the City of New Mexico and it takes you to the premises of Black mesa Research Facility, a Secret Complex that resembles greatly to the Area 51. Half Life lets you be a skilled Scientist and a Theoretical Physicist and tells the story of the events and aftermath of a Black Mesa Experiment gone wrong. The Experiment goes horribly wrong and as a result an undefinable Phenomenon happens that opens up portals in the facility and the Aliens swarm down.No your task is to survive by killing the alien enemies at sight because they have no mercy for humans at all. on the other hand HECU (Hazardous Environment Combat Unit) keeps on struggling against the aliens. In order to stop the widespread chaos and panic HECU tries to suppress the matter by confiscating all of the data and Scientists related to the Incident. Freeman gets barred to but soon with the help of fellow scientists he reaches down to the other end of the portal, in the Xen territory in order to eliminate the Nihilanth, who is keeping the portal opened. Half Life offers a strong and fantastic narrative, great story amazing gameplay as well as loads of fantastic perks, cool weapons etc.

Resident Evil 4 is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing Horror-filled games. It combines the elements of Action, Shooter and Zombie developed and published by Capcom. The game supports Single-player mode only, and it is the 6th entry in the series of Resident Evil. The story focuses on the special agent of the US government named Leon S. Kennedy, who is a female and sent on an epic mission to save Ashley Graham, the daughter of US President who is kidnapped by a sinister cult. The game takes place in the rural area of Spain and casts you in the role of the protagonist and lets you fight against hordes of violent villagers. You explore the world from a third-person perspective and can use different weapons to slaughter foes. It centers on the action, shooting and massive crowds of foes in open-ended areas. There are several missions, and you have to complete each one to gain access to new weapons, by gathering enough experience points and use them to get upgrades. Resident Evil 4 includes key features such as Global Leaderboards, Customization Controls, Challenging Missions and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.