PS2 Games That Felt Like Perfect Masterpieces in 2004

2004 was a big year for gaming. Nintendo launched the DS worldwide, the PS2 got a slimmer redesign worldwide, and Japan got the PSP. In terms of big video games, this was also the year of Halo 2, Half-Life 2, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Those were all games that didn’t hit the PS2, though, so what was Sony cooking up now that they had newer hardware?