Anime-Based
Games

An online RPG becomes all too real to its participants when players become comatose and a rare few reawaken to attempt to find out what's happening. A TV version is released separately from the PlayStation2 games and OVAs (packaged together).
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence

A series of PlayStation and PS2 games based on the Three Kingdoms saga of 2nd- and 3rd-century Chinese history (Shu, Wu, and Wei kingdoms), featuring large roaming maps and an open-ended style of recreating the famous battles between the Han and Jin dynasties.
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence

A long line of fantasy and science-fiction video games (ranging from the original Famicom/NES through the PlayStation2), and a recent theatrical movie, make for a continuing favorite. Aerith lives!
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

Imprisoned in a castle full of spirits, a young boy tries to escape and rescue a mysterious girl. Gorgeous terrain details and near-perfect controls in this PlayStation2 puzzle-solver.
ESRB Rated E (6+) -- contains mild violence

Military prototype robots known as vertical tanks or "Gears" are developed, and hijacked, in this PlayStation/PlayStation2 series by Hideo Kojima and Konami. Stealth is emphasized over brawn in many counter-terrorism scenarios.
ESRB Rated M (17+) -- contains violence

Various characters fight to obtain or destroy a legendary evil sword in this series of 3D-with-swords fighting games. Originally on Playstation (Soul Edge), then Dreamcast (Soul Calibur), it is now on all current platforms (Soul Calibur 2 on Playstation 2, Gamecube, and XBox).
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence

Ancient artifacts, alien invaders, giant robots, and religion combine in a grand multi-millennium RPG saga for the PlayStation (Xenogears) and PlayStation2 (Xenosaga, after a split from Squaresoft) game consoles.
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence