The R3wind - Should you buy a PS2 in 2024?
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2024
- Like Yesterday collectibles, games and Toys Presents The R3wind, a show dedicated to nostalgia and revisiting the past happiness of childhood, through Toys, retro video games, T.V. and movies.
In this episode we will be talking about the PlayStation 2, the best selling console ever made. We will be looking into the past and s what this retro console has to offer today. - Hry
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Ps2 is an upgrade from current gaming.
So true. What is your favorite titles on the console?
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr Godhand! a unique fighting quirky game. Half Life 1, the only Console version of the game and done really well. Need for speed Most Wanted. Thats 3 absolute master pieces right there.
@@nowhere529 I remember playing half-life 1 on PS2, that game is something else. I heard good things about Godhand, clover Studios made good games probably ahead of their time. Shame it is so hard to find their titles, Okami and Viewtiful Joe, two I would've loved to play.
Yup The JRPG library alone is insane
For how cheap PS3's are at the moment. It's better to buy a bunch of PS3 consoles since 99% of the PS2 games are available on the PS3 both physical and digital.
It's a shame to miss out on the PS3 library that's probably the best library ever.
Also PS3 consoles all play PS1 games as well. So no loss there either.
I gave up on modern gaming during the PS3 era when all the nonsense started to happen. There are more than enough PS1 and PS2 games to last my lifetime, and they will always be playable in the future.
That is way collecting physical copies are so important. if you can stack your collection, the fun is endless.
I own almost every system from 1972-present day. The PS2 is a great system. While the graphics may not be cutting edge, what makes this system so great is very simple. The games are just really fun to play. Simple as that.
So true. Awesome collection, would love to see it.
True and i even find that realistic graphics ruin the fun of a game, i dont want to play games that try to look like real life, a game playing like a game is more fun
@@LG-ro5le Well said.
you are so awesome ! would love to see what you have in collection. will you make video about it?
@@swupwa Hi, thanx for watching. i will try to make one down the line. My collection keeps changing, lots of titles coming and going, but I will make some time for a video.
I completely agree. Gaming has lost its way. I have done exactly the same as you and gone back to my ps2
Luckily for us we can still remember what good gaming was like. Hope you are enjoying it. What are you playing?
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr right now ridge racer!
Great Video! One of my all time favourite consoles. Looking forward to seeing more of your content. Keep it up.
Thank you so much. ps2 is the best, i keep going back. What are you playing?
The PS2 in 2024 is still the gold standard, I play the games today and most of them are one & dones, buy, play, beat, put on a shelf never to be played again. While games of the PS2 era can be enjoyed & played for hours even when you beat them, now thats replay value ☺️🙌🏾
Well said. So true, PS2 hasn't lost its magic. It is fun plain and simple, and as Ozzy said,"You can't calculate fun"
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr Quoted from the legend himself 🤘🏾👏🏾💯
The PS2 and Segs Dreamcast were the last era of consoles where developers focused on games being fun and an escape from the real world. Today's games are too focused on building immersion world and 4/8/256K resolution visuals. I actually spend more time playing my legacy consoles than I do my Series X and PS5
Well said. those consoles where a moment in time, that is why they will never get old.
Agree with every word.
Some of my favourite games on PS2:
Champions of Norrath
Shadow of Rome
Lord of Rings EA games
The Warriors
The Punisher
Great titles, rare to, that is what it is all about, joy.
The best time to buy a PS2 is yesterday. The second best time to buy a PS2 is now.
While there is still consoles out there.
The best time to buy a PS2 is 20 years ago.
The second best is today.
Love your videos i have 12x ps2s used cleaned all of them puted new thermal pads and some are modchiped with matrix infinity and i got 1x brand new ps2 slim unopened sealed .
Got 3 memory cards .
2x with FCMB .
i play using hdd / usb .
I prefer through disc reads pretty good compare to external hdd .
I might try original hdd adaptor heared its better no lags hick ups and etc ..
I love ps2 its VERY Releable console it dont have to use thermal paste it only need 1mm thermal pad dont take lot of electric from wall no overheating issues no problems .. i got ps3 brand new slim too and 4x used xbox360 slim x2 brand new and x1 used . I just love these consoles i got a ps4 slim and xbox series & ps5 too .
Still i still go back play ps3 & ps2 games are better then today games
For retro gaming, make sure to pick up a CRT TV now while they're still cheap. These TVs are no longer manufactured and will only increase in price as gamers snap them up!
I have noticed, currently looking for one, to hook up the VCR and PS2.
@LikeYesterday-sv3kr I just picked up a very nice 1994 32" Sony Trinitron for $100 on Facebook Marketplace. You couldn't give these TV's away. Now they're getting pricey!
On eBay I just bought a 3tb hard drive plug and play for my original PS2 with all the titles… $120 well spent
Is it from china?
I am based in South Africa.
This is very true. I owned a ps2 since the first days and still playing it. Just for convenience now I use emulators. I really love how most of these games looks in higher resolutions. But for gun games I still use the real thing on a old crt tv... Thanks for this video good sir! keep it up!
Thank you, really apricate it. I fell in love with this console all over again. Softly stroking it when my wife isn't looking. As of now I am looking for an old TV, hook it up old school, that is awesome!
You can put a hardrive in a fat ps2 and get every game 🎮.
I've heard about this, what are you playing?
Very well put together video and retrospective on an amazing console. The DVD option and GTA III are honestly what made me change over from Nintendo to PlayStation at this generation. Still an amazing system and possibly in retrospect one of the best generations in gaming. 🍻
Thank you so much. It is one of the greatest consoles. the games sells the system.
Yes definitely
One of my favorite ps2 games is Okage Shadow King. It has a tim Burton art style and the story and characters would fit perfectly as a comedy anime
i will look into that one, sounds very interesting.
I have also started again playing on my PS2 it is so much fun instead of new age game the games like burnout revenge/Smackdown here comes the pain and gran turismo are so complete
I agree, the console still has a lot of fun to be had.
I got a ps5 and a ps2 at the beginning of the year and besides demon souls on ps5 I have put way more time in the ps2. Def jam FFNY , NFL street 2 , Yu-Gi-Oh duelist of the roses and so many more. Right now I have a playlist on my channel of WWF attitude era superstars going to the NFL challenge in NFL street . Love the old games
I don't know what it is, I am playing more PS2 then PS3 or PS4, the fun factor, i feel a childish joy playing those games, Burnout 3, Crash Racing and RE4.
@@LikeYesterday-sv3krmore fun than Motorstorm Pacific Rift? Or Pure? Or Killzone 2 and 3 especially 3 with the motion advance gun controller? Or Resident Evil 5 gold edition? God of War 3? Wipeout HD?
I got into game collecting via Xbox360 and a PS2, was a PC gamer mainly (growing up owned Atari 2600, NES, Sega MD2, Sega Saturn, but only for brief periods).
5 years ago, got an offer to swap my old laptop for a xbox360, ran across a fully equipped PS2 with a couple of games at the local flea market a week later for less than 20EUR, and then while looking for a upgrade for a hard drive for the xbox360 bought a modded PS1 from the same seller as it was dirt cheap.
Currently I own two PS1, a fat (with a 2tb hdd) and a slim PS2, a slim PS3, PS4 pro, PSP 1000 and 3000, an Xbox (original, modded with a 500Gb ATA drive), Xbox 360, and a PAL and JNTSC Sega MD2, and over 600 games across all of those systems (mostly the PS2-3-4 and Xbox360).
I'm slowly going over all of the stuff I missed along the way - mostly exclusives on the PS platform and some of the games I couldn't bother playing on the PC. I also like comparing the same game's look and feel on different platforms, so I'm replaying some of the stuff I finished on my PC in other places as well.
That is awesome, what a collection, enough gaming for a lifetime. Thank you for watching.
I got 3 ps2 slims and finally a ps2 fat. Been upgrading my ps2 games library now at over 200 games😊
Fantastic.
@LikeYesterday-sv3kr yeah definitely understand the hype the PS2 has. Unfortunately when I was younger I was blinded by Nintendo goggles haha...now I see the PS2 as the better console
Def Jam fight for Ny and DBZ Budokai 3 on PS2 is the most expensive game now wish I never gave away my copy
I know the feeling.
Bro I did the same thing 🤦🏿♂️
In most of Europe, Def Jam NY is one of those budget games, I got my copy at a flea market for ~2.5 EUR and saw it in multiple retro stores for 5-10 EUR (in Slovenia and Hungary). Horror games are expensive as all hell though, except Res Evil 4 as I see copies of it floating around all the time, found like 6 copies of it at the local flea market, and even our online sellers sell it for under ~10 EUR a lot of times.
@@epidemicmagick That is good to know, wish it was as readily available over here. I remember the GAME stores in the UK back in 2004 when I lived there. As a small town kid from Africa, walking into those store blow my mind. that is actually where I bought my first PS2.
PS2 is still special. I didn't even have it back in the day, but I emulate nowadays. Tons of fun and I like the aspect of exploring how creators experimented with certain mechanics.
Best one sony made, I keep going back to it, so much fun.
What do you mean by emulate ?
What does it mean ?
@@durin3799it's a piece of software that replicates the original hardware and you run games on say a computer without having the original hardware :)
@@durin3799 I use a PS2 emulator on my PC. PCSX2 to be exact. I also use many others, including PPSSPP for psp, rpcs3 for PS3, Ryujinx for switch and so on. Check them out.
love the PS2 now the entire system is easy to emulate with a Mini pc with easy to download the full set of games including the imports
Awesome.
I grew up with a PS2, but I needed to sell my console for a Xbox 360 and 2017 I bought a almost brand new PS2 for 70 bucks with my first money while going to secondary school. Now with 24 I have every Playstation and I use my PS2 more than PS5 haha
Brilliant. older games are special.
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr Exactly! I have own personal project to complete all GTAs and I'm so in love, that Iwant to collect now all special games which are popular or high in prices. Last thing was the GTA collectors edition for PS1 (for my personal project) and Haunting Ground ^^ I wil teach my children in the future to like also retro games :D Whole my childhood I was also a CoD, Fortnite etc. gamer, but it changed, becuase of the current state of games with micro-transactions, expensive as shit skins. Greetings from Austria
I’m playing it, and so are my cousins.
Controller looking greasy af in the thumb, lmao
Always. Why is that? Secondhand controller thing.
@@LikeYesterday-sv3krIt's because If you get a brand new duel shock 2 It actually has a matte coating on it Which turns glossy over time :)
A library of over 4200 games, I still play ps2 and collect games for it.
That is awesome, what is some of your best games on the PS2?
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr I like these games a lot:
Klonoa 2
Metal gear solid 2
Atv offroad fury 1,2,3,4
Jak and daxter 1,2,3
Jak x combat racing
Ratchet and clank 1,2,3
Ratchet deadlocked
Sly cooper 1,2
Socom 1,2,3
Socom combined assault
R-type final
war of the monsters
need for speed hot pursuit 2
the mark of kri
god of war 1,2
yakuza 1
soul calibur 2,3
urban reign
killzone
Virtua fighter 4
king kong
champions of norrath
champions return to arms
lego star wars 1,2
lego batman
Splashdown rides gone wild
the punisher
jet li rise to honor
transformers released in 2004
the lord of the rings the two towers
the lord of the rings the return of the king
Ssx
Ssx tricky
Nba street
Nba street vol 2
freedom fighters
crash twinsanity
alien hominid
rayman 2 revolution
Spongebob battle for bikini bottom
justice league heroes
@@lukegamer5328 great selection, can't say I know Klonoa, what is it about?
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr a fantastic platform game, one of the best platform games of all time released in 2001, Klonoa 2 has beautiful graphics and excellent gameplay, it's a blast to play, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klonoa_2:_Lunatea%27s_Veil
@@LikeYesterday-sv3krit's a 2.5D platformer very underrated :)
The first game i played was shaolin monk on ps2 then i switch to xbox 360 and ps3 but after 20 years man oh man i got exposed to retro gaming of arcade and nintendo/genesis and it was absolutely gorgeous at every aspects then i got fascinated about the huge gaming libraries of ps1 and ps2 era todays console is overatted as hell man the old gen. console games are still way better and simple to master and have fun into 2x
That is so true, digging for gems on the older consoles is fun in itself. The joy of vintage.
I have a fat boy hooked up to my CRT for light gun games and a slim hooked up to a Bitfunx for a super crisp picture with scan-lines on my Sony Bravia TV. Outrun 2 coast to coast just looks beautiful. PS2 is awesome. So many great great games. Is it worth buying? As said, I have 2!
Absolutely, I am currently looking for a second on, and an old TV.
ive still got the PS2 i got for my 14th birthday that came with a copy of Metal Gear Solid 2. played the hell out of that game cause i was a broke kid who only ever got games for christmas or birthdays or had to save up for ages with my pocket money.😂. Snake Eater is probably still my most replayed game on any system but i also played and replayed played a lot of Ominusha, Psi ops, soul reaver 2 and both God Of War games on that console.
GOW 1 and 2 are great, Psi -op man so underrated. I should play Metal gear, never have.
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr Psi ops really should have been the franchise they wanted it to. those power mechanics are still fresh today. You'll get purists who will tell you you should play metal gear solid in the chronological order the story takes place in but honestly release order is best. they have an hd collection for the ps3 but its missing the first game in the Solid series. that original ps1 game is very pricey if you find it out in the wild but is pretty cheap on the playstation network as a digital download last i looked. if however you ever come across the Metal Gear Solid Legacy Collection for the PS3 for a reasonable price snap it up as it has every game that was released up to that point and is becoming a highly collectible game.
I recently just bought a PS2 and a few games that I had growing up. I found my old PS1 memory cards plugged them in and got to experience game saves from 20 plus years ago lol. The console is amazing and it's a shame companies like you said are becoming a monopoly and letting go of their artistic creativity in favor of money.
20 years old saved games, that is awesome. The days of the memory card.
PS2 and gen 6 is the last consoles with real new games. After that, everything is just cut and paste with better graphics, bigger maps, larger stage, more characters...etc, etc...because of more powerful tech.
Playing ps2 games on PC is still the best option, for upscaling and save states mainly. I use steam deck to play everything up until psp.
That is awesome. Tons of fun. The cool thing is playing all the stuff I missed.
I break out my PS2 all the time. I love Summoner (super relaxing and fun), Max Payne (better than the Xbox version), and Disgaea Hours of Darkness.
The beauty is having the option of replaying our favorite titles. Some games are gifts, made to revisit and get joy from.
My Friend, I have children that despite me having a vast collection of video games ranging from Nes to PS5 and everything in between. My kids just want to play FORTNITE.. Thats the world we live in today. The younger generations just want Multiplayer and silly youtube.
Brother I hear you. Got two boys myself, same thing only want to play fortnite. Instant gratification I suppose, they don't have patients to grind and finish a game. But that is the way things go the new generation will determine the market.
Cut off the online gaming and show them the ways of the classic. We as grown gamers are in charge of passing down torches of gem games and gaming for the kids to know how to truely appreciate the games and not just understand use credit card for skins and upgrades.
All these triple A companies need to do is to refuse ESG funding and hire good devs to complete their games before release instead of launching them unfinished and charging extra for season pass ext.
Seems they just want the money printing multiplayer model developed by single player teams.
Glad other people agree ☺️
So much more reliable long
Bulletproof system
Absolutely.
I have just recently found out that a ps2 slim that i was given has been scratching all my ps2 games with the ribbon cable inside.Its a common falt of the ps2 slim ive heard.Very dissapointed as some of these discs ive had 20 odd years are were worth a fortune.
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
If you are a game collector then ps2 is worth having in your collector,s show case playing it on a crt or even on a 4k monitor but if you really wanna play it beyond it limitations you just get a decent pc
Gamers find a way.
This is funny I’m ready to buy a ps2 because their is nothing to play I miss the old game to play like Dynasty Warriors
As a kind gift to yourself, It is like a old lost friend you haven't seen in years, welcoming you into a warm embrace of joy and happiness.
to answer your question from the title- there won't be a time where you shouldn't buy a ps2.
I don't think you should buy 200$ hdmi mods for it though haha
Agree, the question should why don't you buy a PS2.
The best part about the playstation 2 is all the games come complete no downloading extra crap no micro transaction and two players games are amazing! Buy a playstation 3 to play playstation 2 games output in 240 and 480 p
That is a very good point. Pop it in, load, Play. Later consoles takes so looooong.
Got one but screen resolution is not ideal not clear with the standard connection.
There are HDMI adaptors out there to help with that, but to an extent the bad resolution ads to the charm.
I only found out the new Xbox you can pay $20 one off developers fee and then download the emulater software and play all the old games. Videos online on how to do it. Setup takes about an hour. When my PS2 and 360 die, i think this will be the route i am taking. Love the older games. 47 and still loving it all. 😊❤
That is great to know, Fun knows no age. Think your right about the future, emulators might be our saving grace.
You mean PCSX2 right? PS2 hasn't been in production for about 20yrs.
I just ordered a replacement for my old PS2, which finally gave up the ghost. I considered a PS5 but, with no backwards compatibility, that was a non-starter. Like you, i have no interest in most of the "modern" games as they are basically interactive movies at this point.
Exactly, the long cut scenes, I get annoyed because I want to play. now you sit for 2 hours, walk a bit, watch a movie rinse and repeat. Death Stranding. they overexplain everything.
Yes lets encourage people who don't want to play the games to buy them that way the prices increase more. I swear people who make these types of videos only do so to make more money off of inflated retro game prices.
You might be right on that, still this channel is too small to have that kind of influence. I think it is about attention. The more reflected on these games, the more people want them. Demand push the price up. But still it sucks, there are games I want but can't bring myself to pay that much for them.
ehhh, a PS2 is great, however a fat PS3 might be better bc you can play PS1-3 games. Or using PCSX2 thanks to 4K, save states. And being able to use any gamepad without extra cost. But you do you man.
That is true, but I don't trust the fat model, the angry yellow light of doom.
get a backwards compatible PS3 like I have, play ps1,2,3 games whenever you want to. My PS5 will still remaine my main console because I enjoy modern graphics and gameplay but for nostalgia ps3 does its job, im 34 btw
PS3 is super underrated.
theres no point i have 3 ps2,s never use them buy an early ps3 that plays everything good luck si
I accidentally left my old PS2 from my childhood plugged in without using it for too long and ruined it, so I am going to have to get a new PS2 Slim at some point. Found out they now have refurb ones on Amazon. It really is a fantastic system. I have a lot of the good games from it too.
Hi, luckily there are plenty of PS2s out there. One of the best systems.
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr Yeah, I've played a lot of great games on PS2. It was soooo awesome to collect fighting games on in particular. Soulcalibur III I think is still to this day exclusive to PS2, and it's one of the best in the series.
to exp the worse graphics of that generation with the worse performance worse clairity it helps you appreciate all the other consoles thats why
Ha ha ha. I suppose that is one way to look at it. Got the nostalgia for this one. Playing it now, those old legendary games. The consoles are better, but the games on the old systems where something special.
This is exactly why this console killed the Xbox.
I heard Microsoft are selling their exclusive console I.P.s to Sony and Nintendo. Looks like they are stepping away from the console space. They have not made profit on any Xbox consoles ever.
@@LikeYesterday-sv3kr Yes, because you have to have proper console selling games in order to sell consoles.
i will not subscibe because you asked at the beggining i hate this kind of creators....
Hi, thanx for the tip, will keep it in mind for the next video.
No. Don't do it.
You won't regret it.