PS2 Hidden Gems
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2023
- Stuck on what to play or what to buy? Join TVGS as I list and discuss ten of the most over looked and obscure PS2 hidden gems that are stuck on the first Playstation 2 console. Many lesser known games released for the PS2 so let me know your top 10 overlooked games on the PS2 down below!
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You could probably make another 50 videos with this same title. The PS2 library is so vast and has a seemingly endless amount of weird and unique games to discover. Thank you, as always, for highlighting games in a straightforward and informative way.
Thanks Tony, means a lot man.
Absolutely agree! ... I was just handing my collection to my young nephew last night, and we went through them one box after another.. I was impressed by the journey I had with PS2❤
@@thatvideogamesshow , I currently own Nina Williams in Death by Degrees and, in all honesty, I find it to be having controls that are too difficult, and the game itself is too needlessly difficult. Moreover, Urban Reign, which is another beat-em-up/conveyor belt brawler video game that is for the PS2 that also takes place in the Tekken universe, is a million times better than that game, as it balances the difficulty out better. The only thing that the game that you had mentioned did better than Urban Reign was that it was an open world game of sorts, whereas Urban Reign has around 100 or so short stages. Had it made the city of Green Harbor all an open world environment, like the Yakuza games do for Tokyo, or True Crime: Streets of L.A. did for Los Angeles, as well as had a better story line, and more elements from the Yakuza franchise, as well as the True Crime/Sleeping Dogs franchises, then it would have even overshadowed God Hand for the top beat-em-up/conveyor belt brawler video game for the PS2.
I think it would be a great addition if you started showing the cover art of games while introducing them; I know I recognize a lot of games better from the cover art than just the name. Plus this would also help fellow collectors more easily spot games you've shown while shopping. Anyways thanks for all the great content!
FORGOTTEN REALMS DEMON STONE!!!! I have been trying to track down that game after remembering playing it as a child, literally this video has solved a years long mystery for me thank you so much!!!!
Glad the video helped out!
Shaina from Saint Seiya on the thumbnail, instant thumbs up from me
Nice!
Oh man, Mystic heroes is such a classic for me. Its music and the elemental attacks. It was one of my first ps2 games i played as a kid.
Same here! It’s a shame it didn’t get the attention it deserved back then!
@@thatvideogamesshow , and thankfully, it has an NTSB-U port as well.
In terms of mystic heroes, there are actually a few characters going by their unlocalized names that appear in Warriors Orochi series. Da Ji is in every Orochi game, Taigong Wang (Tai), Nezha (Naja who is a guy btw) appear in Orochi 3 onwards, and Yang Jian who appears in Orochi 4 who all fittingly represent the mystic realm of the Orochi series. Mystic Heroes is actually the first Keoi Warriors Collab game pre-dating dynasty warriors gundam and other collabs as the character designs are directly from the game Fengshen Yanyi based off the novel of the same name.
So glad to see Trapt be on the list. The Deception series isn't talked about enough.
You’ve picked some superb games here. Not the usual lot of semi-famous games that some others go for. Very nice. It’s great to see the PS2 finally getting the love it deserves from the retro community.
Thanks Zoe! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
What are you even talking about? What deserved appreciation? PS2 has always been considered the best console for its INCREDIBLY AMAZING catalogue, espwcially by people who got to play these games when they were released and retro gamers. What you said makes no sense at all lmao
@@shishinonaito okay, snookums.
@@GameHammerCG yeah, you have no clue what you're talking about 🤣 go cultivate yourself
On the matter of hidden gems on PS2: Transformers, Van Helsing, Rygar: The Legendary Adventure, Blood Will Tell, Ring of Red, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Project: Snowblind, Extermination, Resident Evil: Dead Aim, Army Men: Sarge's War, KoF Maximum Impact 1+2, Operation Winback 2 Project Poseidon despite all of its shortcomings, Crimson Sea 2, Final Fight Streetwise is so much better than its reputation, Legend of Kay, ETHUSIA - Professional Racing never got the praise it really deserved
Shattered Soldier has been on my wanted list for years
ps2 is the system that keeps on giving, i havnt heard of a few of these. awesome list. this list with the super dimension and mystic force, couldnt help but think of dynasty warriors gundam (not super hidden game but also not super popular spin off of dynasty warriors i guess) but i used to LOVE playing that on my ps2
Your videos never fail!! I didn't know about Super Dimensional Fortress Macross for the PS2!!! Gotta try to find it! thanks!!!
Glad you found something new! Hope you enjoy it 🙂
Is it the same as Robotech battlecry or something?
When i get the notifications for a new "TVGS" video, I'm happy but i can't watch right away because im usually busy the time he posts. But it's great when i finally have the time to relax and enjoy the content with no interruptions.
Macross? I had no idea this game existed for the PS2 and as one who was a huge fan of Robotech, I must look into this!
It’s well worth it. Such a solid game!
I would say it's the best console Macross game ever released. I put it over The Dreamcast and PSP games for sure!! Way better than Robotech Battlecry too!
that trapt one legit looks insane i never seen such a concept done before, and death by degrees is quite fun catwoman also uses the right joystick for combat like that game.
Love your channel dude!
Thank you!
"Urban Reign" and "Crimson Tears" are two great beat-em-ups
just make sure you figure out the crowd control moves and strats :D
thank you for reminding of forgotten realms demon stone!! i loved it so much as a child
Man this is a great list, watched this video in incognito thinking it might be just another one of those "Ps2 hIdDeN gEmS" video, now here I am, discovering some legit hidden gems. Subbed!
Glad you enjoyed the video man! 🙂
saint seiya was pretty well known. I also remember it looking way better on the screen😂 it was a simple but fun game, you could always smash buttons to try get back up when downed, there was a lot of cinematic combat, pretty cool.
i think you played the other better saint seiya game,saint seiya the hades game
You did it again. I'm currently looking online for a copy of Trapt. That game looks awesome. Also ngl a major memory unlocked when I saw gameplay of Death By Degrees. That takes me back. I rented that from Blockbuster back in the day.
Glad the video helped out 🙂
Great video ! Very nice selection. I never Heard about maybe 70% of all the games you presented...
Glad you enjoyed!
man, this channel is great
Love the content! Been subbed for quite a while. Some timestamps would be awesome! nonetheless keep up the good content. Like I said been subbed since like 2019, found a lot of awesome titles because of you!
Always look forward to seeing an upload after returning home from work
Thanks for watching!
Such a creative time in gaming, and so many games. It was such a good time rummaging through PS2 collections at different gamestops like how album collectors and DJs dig through crates in record shops. If anyone can help me with a ps2 game I only played in a demo but still wanna play it. It was a weird and quirky action jrpg where you play a character with a lance type weapon i think and you had a sort of dog creature with you always that had powers of its own and could help get across obstacles. The game had a really nice graphics since the environments are small and compartmentalized into different sections and as such had a nice depth of field effect to the visuals. Anyone?
Now this is a series that will have long legs! 2 of my PS2 hidden gems would be Shinkon Gattai Godannar and Ichigeki Sachuu HoiHoi-San. The first is a 3D beat-em-up that is based off an anime that aired in the mid 2000s and did a decent job of putting in the different mechas from the show into a fighting game, even though a couple are severely overpowered.
Hoihoi-san is something really special tho. It was released in a bundle with a figure of the character in japan & the story is that in the future, japan has an insect problem. The bugs have become immune to all pesticides and traps so a company created a small robot which looks like a maid that comes alive at night and literally kills all the insects while you sleep. Guess who you play as in the game!!
Never heard of these ones! I'll check them out for the next video :)
Oh wow, there's so many games I've never heard of in this episode. The ps2 library is truly endless
Oh damn, Demon's Stone is amazing. I'm playing it again right now on PS2
Never heard of Mystic Heroes, looks like I have to add this to mywishlist
played a ton of mystic heroes on the gamecube. Loved it back in the day, actually went through it again about a year ago! It's still a ton of fun! For PS2 games, I really really wish that someone would resurrect Drakan. Arc The Lad died on that console too, and that was a very good light strategy rpg
Just when I thought I knew all the best games you introduced me to more! Macross! One of my favorite games on PS2! There is one mission where you have to land on the SDF1.
Plenty more recomendations on the way :)
Flamboyant is... the right word to describe saint seiya. I love it soooo much
😅
Predator Concrete Jungle... YES!
I had to give up on Death By Degrees though.
I remember watching an old video of Trapt or Kagero Deception doing a really cool combo, but with cartoon music in the background.
It was hilarious!
Never heard of all those games! 🙏 thanks, its like new games release on my favorite console of all time
7:16 saint seiya the sanctuary and the hades are awesome!
Another great video
so glad to see Contra SS gets mentioned here, this game OWNS hard!
Jaws, sky odyssey and wakeboarding unleashed a very underrated
wow that Macross game looks crazy cool, I just bought it, thanks for the recommendation
Excelente listado ❤
I played a little of Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary and wasn't a hug fan. I think The Hades is a bit more smooth. I think it's cool that The Sanctuary has the French cast doing a dub though. I do like beat-'em-ups though so maybe I'll give the game another shot.
There's a French dub for the Saint Seiya The Sanctuary? Here in Latin America Soldiers' Soul is the only Saint Seiya game dubbed into Neutral Spanish, and one of the few Japanese games with a dub that's not from Nintendo. In fact, Soldiers' Soul is the last Saint Seiya work were Seiya's original VA, Jesús Barrero, voiced him before his passing
@@pablocasas5906 Not only french dub, Athena, Shaina and Seiya were played by the french voice actors of the show
@@goylem91 that's interesting to hear, as I said before, the Neutral Spanish dub managed to bring back almost everyone, even those actors who voice more than one character. Saint Seiya's Mexican dub launched the career for many of its voice actors:
- Jesús Barrero (Seiya): he previously voiced characters like Rick Hunter and Scott Bernard in Robotech and Koji Kabuto in Mazinger Z, he then voiced Jason in Power Rangers, Luke Skywalker in the OG Trilogy Special Edition, Kuzco in Emperor's New Groove;
- María Fernanda Morales (Athena): she voiced Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon and Crystal, Nala in the Lion King, Lola Bunny in Space Jam 1 & 2, Tanjiro's mother in Demon Slayer
- Ricardo Mendoza (Shiryu): Yamcha in Dragon Ball, Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Aizen in Bleach, Eddy in Ed, Edd 'n Eddy
- René García (Hyoga): Vegeta in Dragon Ball, Hanamichi Sakurai in Slam Dunk, Hermes in Futurama, Nick Wilde in Zootopia and he's the usual dub voice for Ben Affleck and Keanu Reeves
- José Giberto Vilchis (Shun): Van in Escaflowne, Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen, Yoshikage Kira in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. He's also Jesús Barrero's nephew so he inherited many of his late uncle's roles, like Rex in Toy Story 4
- Marcos Patiño (Ikki): Vicious from Cowboy Bebop, Kingpin in Spider-Man TAS, Ging Freecs in Hunter × Hunter
these are some great games that I am going to try out.
Predator Concrete Jungle...one of my favourite hidden gems. There is so much to discover for the PS2. Do you know the game "Sub Rebellion" from Irem? That's a very interesting title, too ;)
Magna carta ❤ un juego increíble con muchas sidequest y una dificultad un poco más elevada de la media que vale la pena para los amantes del género
Forgotten Realms & Mystic Heroes caught my attention, and Predator will be great if it received a remake with the Spider Man 2 engine
Love your videos please post more videos like this
About playstation games
More on the way my friend 🙂
Super Macross looks fun! I never saw it on the shelves. We got crummy Transformers games, and boring Mech games with funky controls.
+1 for mystic heroes, hella hours with my cousin on the gamecube version
Love your video bro 🔥
Thanks man!
So amazing to see Ofiuco's Shaina, a silver saint from Saint Seiya un the thumbnail ❤❤❤
Great video! Found ya on Facebook. 😊
Welcome to the channel!
On that thumbnail you placed a character most Latinamericans from my generation recognizes...
Can you explain?
@@JoshuaJacobs83 Saint Seiya, one of the 3 most popular anime shows in the 90s for us Latinamericans.
Including Dragon Ball Z and Captain Tsubasa.
@@takehirolol5962 Thanks. I had no idea.
@@takehirolol5962isn’t one piece huge in Latin America as well?
As a brazilian i've always thinked of YuYu Hakusho being more reconizable than Captain Tsubasa, but i can see it being the other way on other countries as well
forgotten realm i play a lot on 2000s, this game is so good from the age .
Yeah, Forgotten Reamls Demon Stone was awesome game, true hidden gem :D
Sad Skygunners wasn't on here but still a neat list.
I saw you had a copy of Shadow of Memories! :) Havent Come very far but a really nice game.
Love that game, wish we could get a re release for modern consoles!
That would be amazing!
Great choice of games
Amazing video bro, TRAPT wow dat game i try it otday and play it all the day amazing gem
Well time to grow my Playstation 2 game 🎮 list
Homie your intro is a vibe
Yay Poinie's Poin!!! I just beat to this game last week.
When the PS2 came out with its games, we as video gamers were introduced into the new generation of a new realm.
PS2, GameCube, the OG X-Box-what a great time to be a gamer!
Which PS2 forgotten gems would I recommend?
-Mad Maestro
-Alien Hominid
-Mister Mosquito
-Ka 2 (Mr Mosquito 2): Let’s Go Hawaii
-Singstar ‘80s (ALL 30 SONGs ARE CLASSIC BANGERS!, from Uptown Girl to Our House to I Ran (So Far Away) to The Final Countdown to Wake Me Up Before You Go Go)
Predator looks awesome but the price tag kills me! I haven't seen it in the wild anywhere
Trapt was so good!!
I got the prequel on the ps1 and sequel on the vita.
Saint Seiya mentioned! YAAAAY!
awesome video
Thanks!
Mystic heroes looks like a fun one
I have been waiting for this video. Absolutely gorgeous. I Love Death By Degrees. This game should be REMAKE. 👍🏼❤️💜
Glad you enjoyed!
A true hidden gem for me is "EVERBLUE" 1&2.... I love this game so much that I bought a brand new PS2 console just to enjoy playing it again😁👍
I played Magna Carta to never played the original. I’m gonna have to check it out.
Mystic Heroes is on the gamecube as well :3
Ring of REd, Robot Alchemic Drive are two great little known mecha games.
Hi men. Do you have the music name at 2min for Macross Dimension Fortress please ?
So many great games! ❤ Also, I can’t figure out your intro song, which game is it from? I feel like it’s on the tip of my tongue.
It’s from the Tekken 2 intro 🙂
@@thatvideogamesshowyass! Thank you❤
Aaahhhhh Magna Carta... a game with such a HUGE BUDGET!!!
Magna Carta... I actually think it's probably the worst RPG I remember playing. I'm always down for an RPG grind, but there were too many sticking points that gave me an overall bad experience with the game.
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Trapt is one game I don't know why they dropped the Deception name from the title. It definitely scratched the itch I had from the previous Deception games which I got into because of Tecmo and how they use their games as special unlocks in most of the Monster Rancher (or Monster Farm) games.
what kind of monster rig are you running that gets these games looking so good?..
What is a good starting point for a long running series as Macross anyway?
Always wanted to get in, but there are so many Movies, OVAs and series, it's kinda overwhelming...
Another list of absolute BANGERS!!!! I can't wait to emulate these at 5X resolution!
Have fun!
Same. Except I'll emulate at 5.1 times.
Saint seiya soldier's soul on ps3/4 wasn't bad but I want one where the armors break or tear like in the anime or the db games where clothes tear and fighters show bruises.
I still think Death by degrees is the most out of left field spin-off game
Lol is that Predator game the game they played in the movie, Grandma's Boy?
Yep, love nothing more than really weird Japanese games, and Poine's Poin is one I've never seen. Def gonna track that down to try, those darker levels look amazing.
It’s well worth it man, such a fun little game!
Superb
You should put Asterix & Obelix XXL.. it's underrated game
Awesome
Starting to think PS2 episodes are my fav (completely biased opinion, because I played a lot during my childhood. My PS2 is still here. ❤ Great console)
More on the way 🙂
@@thatvideogamesshow Dope.
What is your PS2 setup? How do you play your games? On original hardware? How do you record them?
I could use a supercut video with every ps2 game from this channel
Was thinking about doing something along this line and mixing all of my console specific videos into one, super long video 😅
@@thatvideogamesshow hopefully it wouldn't be too much work since it's reused content.
Gosh darn dang it Koei, bring a Deception/Kagero Collection to Steam!
I’d buy that in a heart beat!
Okay. So i was setting up my emulator on my PC like 30 mins ago. And I thought of downloading some games for it so I watched a video prior this. And then As I was watching that, I vividly remember a game I enjoyed playing as a kid (huge fan of Dynasty Warriors/Samurai Warriors/Sengoku Basara games) but I cant remember what it was. And so, this video was suggested. And boom. There it is. MYSTIC HEROES! Good Lord! I was surprised!
Tekken 2 intro music 😍
Legend of Kay was a lost gem too!
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll check it out for part 2!
Nice games. 👍
Thank you 👍
This video is good and all but there are some things regarding Contra Shattered Soldier you got wrong or failed to mention. First of all it does NOT play like the older Contra games where you have run n gun sections with bosses in between, Shattered Soldier is almost ENTIRELY boss fights with very brief run n gun sections sprinkled between them. Also there are never any weapon pickups, you always have the 3 weapons with their respective charge shots. One of the things I think you got wrong is concerning the Hit Rate meter, it does NOT represent accuracy. Instead it counts the percentage of unique non-respawning enemies and parts/pieces of bosses and such that you destroy. It is tied to progression since you have access to the first 4 stages immediately and you can do them in any order, but to access stage 5 you have to beat stages 1-4, and in order to access 6 and 7 (7 being the final boss) you have to beat the rest of the stages while having at least a certain total ranking (i think it's B or higher for stage 6 and A or higher for stage 7/final boss). Getting good at and beating the game really comes down to mastering the controls (learning how to aim lock really) and MEMORIZATION. I've heard it said that Contra Shattered Soldier is a puzzle game in disguise and I would have to agree with that, but if you can accept the game's differences compared to the rest of the series I think it's a very enjoyable game. It helps that it has a FANTASTIC soundtrack done by Akira Yamaoka, most well known for the soundtracks of the Silent Hill games. It's a very nice mix of grungy guitars and alien sounding synths that fits the game very well.
suggestion: do a fan translation non-rpg ps2 games. it’ll be great 😊
That's a good idea!
**TIME STAMPS**
0:15 Forgotten Realms Demon Stone
1:59 Super Dimension Fortress Macross
3:39 Mystic Heroes
5:26 Predator: Concrete Jungle
7:15 Saint Seiya The Sanctuary
9:01 Poinie’s Poin
10:46 Contra Shattered Solider
12:30 Magna Carta Tears Of Blood
14:13 Trapt
15:48 Death By Degrees
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