Forgotten and Weird PlayStation 2 Games (PS2)
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Sony's PlayStation 2 wasn't just a popular console, it was THE biggest thing in the 2000s. Which ALSO means it's got a vast library of video games, some of which are barely talked about on the net. For every banger there's at least 50 forgotten and weird ones and this is a few.
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I sure miss the PS2 days. Feels like you could get a new shiny banger every few weeks. Games have been great lately, but this era alongside the PS1 and Dreamcast was TO ME, the Golden Age. What are some other PS2 games I should check out in the future? I need more 10,000 Bullets, that one is WILD.
Yakuza Fury, Special Forces, Rollercoaster World, Deep Water, Zombie Hunters 2, Party Girls, Tank Elite, Zombie Virus, Zombie Attack, and RPG Maker 3.
Konami's Firefighter FD18
Capcom's Under the Skin
Sega's King of Route 66
Red's Bujingai
Capcom's Blade Warriors
Namco's Urban Reign
Love It austineruption Bro.
factor is not needed
you've probably already heard of this one because of the series' that it's related to, but the xenosaga trilogy will always be The "forgotten ps2 game" for me. god i love those games. it's so depressing to me that to this day they've never gotten a modern remaster and rerelease on newer systems, and at this point i don't think it ever will
Radiata Stories AND Rogue Galaxy in the same video, its almost like you were looking at my very legitimately obtained iso list
PCSX2 supports CHD format my dude. Compress to impress.
Rogue Galaxy will never ever get the praise it deserves
@@AceTheBatHound99 And also yet another game where Steve Blum voiced a grizzled man with a goatee.
I've managed to snag them both over the last 5 years. Radiata Stories is one of my top 10 favorite games all time.
And I have them physically and actually bought them to support the studio. So I’m better than you.
That goatee reveal should be labeled as a jump scare
Fr I literally came here like what in the hell
he needs to get rid of it
Austin was definitely wearing bell-bottom pants while filming this
not vibing w it
Goatee go hard
Fun Fact: PlayStation All-Stars wasn't that last game that would feature Jak and Daxter. There's another game that came out on the PS3 that probably no one has heard of, or even remembers. PlayStation Move Heroes, a game that takes the big 3 (Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper) and has them do a set of challenges across each others worlds. This would be the last time Jak and Daxter would be playable.
The last appearance Jak and Daxter made was when they were cameos in Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart. The RYNO in Rift Apart drops things from other dimensions, a number of them come from other PlayStation games. The only 3 characters that appear from those other dimensions are Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper, and Bentley. I also believe Dark Jak can show up as well but i don't remember
I had *no idea* Gregory Horror Show was based on an animated series! The game was so cool - a friend of mine had it when I was growing up, and I adored the style.
Man every time a new forgotten and weird video releases, i gotta pull out my excel sheet of video games that i want
same man its such a ridiculously sized list at this point just for ps2 that aint even including other consoles lol
I grew up on Gregory Horror Show as a kid with a PS2. My grandad got it for me on a whim as it had our surname in the title. Adore this game and completed it alot. They keep teasing with a sequel for years now along with that recent mobile game of it since there was many characters they couldn't put into the game. It's also semi rare price wise also physicslly.
Your last name is Horror?
@@StudioInkblot Gregory lol
Living in the UK, I had Gregory's Horror Show and it was genuinely amazing. It had some really clever stealth mechanics as you tried to peep through nkeyholes to diacover what was going on. It also had an interesting calendar system going on. If you got caught, youd be chased through the mansion by the dinosaur nurse wielding a giant syringe. She was not at all subtly based on Nurse Rathed from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Great game, criminally underrated. It, and viewtiful joe, would absolutely do a lot better if they were remastered and re-released for a modeen audience.
Road Trip Adventure is one of favorites on the system honestly.
I'd say it's one of those games that'll win your heart over if you give it the chance to. It's definitely jank and clearly low budget, but it makes up for it in charm and you can feel the heart the devs put into it.
It's fairly chill to just drive around, exploring to find the new towns, meet new characters, doing quests/minigames, etc.
its also one of my favorites i remember i got all the q coins stamps and everything and got the devil parts
It's amazing once you get into it. I bought it two years ago for the first time in years and still found it charming
Gregory Horror Show looks like having a fever dream about Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing mixed with Pecola looks.
@@markeyiszraSame creator as Pecola who later on did Pingu in the City series.
I played Rogue Galaxy back in the day, & I still love the game. I was just so blown away by how beautiful the game was, & is still to this day. Plus the virtually seamless travel across the planets, with no loading screens. It blew my mind back then. That & learning about how the international version was expanded to the point that it required a dual-layered DVD, wow just, wow, in a good way. The only other dual-layered DVD PS2 game I ever had was Xenosaga 1. When I learned that Rogue Galaxy was being brought to the PS4/PS5, I was super excited. I hope they bring back many other forgotten classics. I think Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirit (my personal favorite strategy game on the PS2) & the Shadow Hearts trilogy should be on this list as well. While the Shadow Hearts trilogy unfortunately petered out by the 3rd game, the whole trilogy was amazing.
Yet the story falls apart, the combat is trash, the music is boring, and your "special ability" does nothing but change your appearance... One of the worst level 5 games on ps2
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Rogue Galaxy isn't perfect, but what it brought to the table was certainly ahead of its time. Like with the seamless travel with minimal loading screens. While the story & music weren't anything too special, they were decent. And the combat, I wouldn't call it boring. Easy to forget that some of your guns had a bit of different effects. And costume changing doing "nothing". Most of the game's cutscenes were in real time, meaning that your current costume would show up in most scenes of the game. I did beat Rogue Galaxy back on the PS2, so I might be a bit biased, but it's 1 of those games that you don't forget in a good way.
Super DBZ will always be amazing simply for being like the only game that includes a playable Chi-Chi from the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.
Only one that has Original Dragon ball King Picolo too all the other games leave him out outside the Dragon ball Evolution PSP game for the Z version that not the same character.
@@Acidonia150reborn King Piccolo was playable in Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
@@staticshock4239 Yet left out every game after despite all they had to was make a new face texture and shirt texture.
I have a love in my heart for one forgotten PS2 game. It's called "Raw Danger" and it's actually apart of a series of called "Disaster Report" and the released like the second one on PS2 in the states as "Raw Danger." They actually still make the games under its original title, they're all a little odd, but Raw Danger is genuinely one of my favorites and it stays hidden in the PS2 library.
I love that series!
Raw Danger is so great. love it
I picked up Raw Danger way back when to get free shipping because it was cheaper than paying for it. Can’t remember what I got, but Raw Danger still stays in my mind.
It’s one of those series that got “localized” by changing the hair color of the mc from black to blonde.
they keep recommending that game on Insert Credit, I really oughtta try it someday
Smugglers run gets super hard the more you play it. Like abnormally hard lol
My dad played that one all the time
Yeah it's really hard remember playing both of them back in the day, great multiplayer mode too
I 100%ed it on the GameCube I have no idea how
Tbh, I grew up with Road Trip (Adventures) and it was honestly one of the best games I randomly picked up. Don't blame you for not getting far but I loved the fact that you could build your own town/city by talking to certain NPCs, the jets and gliders and the skis you can put on your car. It was more of the charming jank for me and it's one of the few PS2 games I still have to this day.
I really liked Choro Q because of the build your car aspect, which led me to a gba game thats in my top 10 called Car Battler Joe.
I did tried it but i just hate how the game just starts you on this big map where you can go anywhere and ends up getting lost.
@@QF_Dan72I'd say the opposite imo. I think the lack of forced direction & freedom is great. Basically anything you do (races, quests, etc.) is progressing you in some way whether it be improving your car or collecting stamps and such so there's no wrong way to approach it.
YO ROGUE GALAXY!!! That was one of my favorite games on the PS2 XD I played it and Dragon Quest 8 SO MUCH, as well as the Tenchu games hehe It's so nice seeing someone actually talk about Rogue Galaxy, i almost never see it brought up in videos.
I wanna say thanks for the PSP one. I had fun playing Kenka Bancho. The Simple Series 2000 is a prime example of unknown (and awful) games for the PS2.
Neo Contra is such a fun game and it has the most badass reversible cover art that I dont thinkany people noticed.
I'm so happy to see someone talking about Gregory Horror Show! It's one of mine and my friends favourite games and we often revisit it. As young teens we were so horrified of getting caught and having to see the 'horror shows' even though they weren't actually scary. The atmosphere of the game just makes it so terrifying.
I would genuinely recommend people check it out if they can. I've not played anything else like it.
Also if anyone wants to know any other details about it I would love to share. It's so rare we see anyone have any idea what it is.
Shadow of Rome is 1 of my Fav PS2 GAMES! I rented that thing multiple times from blockbuster, even though I managed to beat it completely each time I rented it, it didn't bother me, I loved the combat and hacking off limbs to use as weapons, and how it BASICALLY used the entire story from Gladiator with Russell Crowe down to the end fight with the white armored emperor lol
Such a fun RPGish beatum up
Great timing. I’ve had a big wave of PS2 nostalgia this week.
I can't express enough how impactful the release of this video was for me today.
My animal companion passed away yesterday, and I've been feeling emotionally distraught and lonely ever since. I had just heated out the last meal my companion and I were going to share together; as I intended to eat it while she sat on my lap.
We loved watching CZcams videos together when we ate, and many times that included the catalog of Austin Eruption. It is really special that there was a new video to watch today, as I has this meal for the first time alone.
Thank you for continously producing enjoyable, light hearted, gaming content. It can be incredibly positively impactful; for the right people at the right times.
Virtual hugs coming your way ❤
“Animal companion” was that written by AI? Or just a woke way of saying pet dog,cat etc.
Sorry for your loss
@@grimnir6169 I thought the same thing... AI?
I never expected to see anyone ever talk about World Destruction League Thunder Tanks, but it makes sense that if it was going to be anyone it'd be Austin. I had this game growing up, but never really understood how to play it so it was just left in my bin of PS2 games unplayed for years.
Also amazing to see Radiata Stories brought up here not long after a friend of mine finished playing through it twice for both endings and would not stop singing its praises.
Ok what is this video turning into cause Smuggler's Run was my absolute JAM as a kid and one I still love to play every now and then. I rented it all the time growing up and forgot about it for years before finding it at a retro gaming store for like $5 or less and fell in love with the game all over again.
Rule of Rose was a PS2 horror game that was so controversial (in Europe, specifically) that it was banned in New Zealand, Australia, & the United Kingdom. It's got one helluva story although the combat is the jankiest. Never owned a PS2 but I'd love to emulate it because the secondhand prices are INSANE!
* thanks to KyleCrossGaming for correcting me, I thought it never made it to the States because Sony didn't wanna publish it
I paid for that and Kuon and are not worth the price.
Rule of Rose was released in the States. Sony just declined to publish it there, so Atlus did instead. Same situation as Demon's Souls on PS3.
Nitrorad goes into more detail.
I bought all the copies that were on eBay around 2012 and prices shot up on rule of rose as a result and never came back down.
it's also made by the same studio that made Chulip, a fact that the Chulip fandom has memed to no end
Correction: Namco X Capcom was published by Namco
Pin of Correction.
Wild Tanks, 10K Bullets, Red STAR, Rogue Galaxy, NeoContra, UrbanChaos - Austin is on the roll in this video with his selection of old good games on PS2
Rogue Galaxy is my favorite PS2 JRPG (maybe second to Kingdom Hearts 2). I've played Dragon Quest VIII; I've played FFX & FFXII; I've played Tales of the Abyss & Legendia; I've played both Dark Clouds etc. I've played lots of the big name JRPGS and smaller name ones too, and Rogue Galaxy is still my favorite.
The music is incredible, story is fun, setting is beautiful, and the characters are all great.
One of my all time favorite video game songs is in this game, Shadow of the Sun by Tomohito Nishiura. It's the reason I started playing Classical guitar many, many years ago.
Thanks for covering this game, Austin!
Really? But dark cloud 1 and 2 are like, so much better.
(And obviously so is KH 1&2 and ffx and xii)
@@Yixdywhats your favorite game then dum dum? surely it must be the best game of all time then if we going off your logic that is. “thats your favorite thing?? but this one is better!” yep favorite things are decided purely based on objective fact like a robot, not smaller nuances that resonate n move ppl lul
Road trip adventure was a staple in my house as a kid. And as someone who played it regularly I can say that all of what you said is true.
There was a handful of songs that played on the radio in that game that were by some obscure bands (2 different bands from what I can remember) and those bands are now two of my favourite obscure bands that I listen to regularly
Radiata Stories mentioned! I love that game so much and I remember asking you about it forever ago on stream. I'm glad you took any time at all to look at it and mention it in a video.
smugglers run 2 is one of my fav ps2 games, played the free roam mode where it just had a deep house track on loop for hours, was great
bro is Gordon Freeman
Hey Austin, glad to have you back mate. Hope the move went well!
That beard was a choice
Epic list. I love when you put these together because there's always a bunch of hidden gems I've never heard of.
stretch panic had the milkers
I always love the topics you bring up, keep it up. Every video has my interest. Honestly, Whiplash was also a very obscure PS2 game. I remember it because they made 3 flash games behind it (named after the main characters of the game, Spanx and Redmond 1 to 3 respectively) to promote the "upcoming" game (which was Whiplash). I actually really like it, but I know it's definitely not for everyone. It looked ugly and sometimes even played a bit ugly but it was a lot of fun, especially when the main gimmick of the game is wrecking stuff. Basically as the weasel (Spanx) and the rabbit (Redmond, who is basically your weapon due to him being indestructable because of the chemicals that were put in the makeup that was being tested on him) are trapped in a lab where animal testing is basically it's entire factor of it's existence. What you gotta do is rescue those animals, bash the scientists and guards down to the ground and wreck the entire lab to bits so that it's net worth goes down the drain.
The PS2 had such a great variety of games, def one of my favorite consoles of all time, some of these I've played others I haven't. So was nice to get some light put on games that seem interesting and unique. Love all the content Austin, can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.
Me and my friends played Road Trip adventures so much, that and seek&destroy were random bargain bin games that turned out to be really good
I still have my copy of Shadow of Rome. It's a great game. Shadow of Rome and Colosseum: Road to Freedom are both great gladiator games.
Bujingai is my favorite PS2 oddity. I always considered the PS2 years to be surprisingly Gacktful with Bujingai, MGS2, and FFVII Crisis Core all having him involved.
Wallace and gromit Project zoo rare forgotten jank
i really did forget about most of these so, well done
When you mentioned tanks with the WDL part I was expecting to hear about Seek & Destroy a game about sentient tanks fighting some form of war. Had almost forgot that WDL existed.
Agreed on Skygunner, I rented that game around when it first came out and then swiftly bought a copy and it's been proudly in my collection ever since. Plus the opening theme song/animation is a complete banger, too.
I love Greggory Horror Show! I only played it a few years ago since I'm not European but it's fun tone, spooky atmosphere and wild characters cemented it as one of my favorites! Speaking of Capcom published PS2 games that only came to Japan and Europe, I also love Glass Rose! It was Cing's first game and like their Nintendo published adventure games it's fantastic
I actually really enjoyed Road Trip Adventure as a kid. It was fun exploring what seemed like a fairly large world at the time. Plus I enjoyed making the car better especially when you found the boost power up. The little quest you would stumble upon were adorable, and the one were you actually had to make a town based on the cars you meet along the way was enjoyable.
Loving the vids Austin! PS2 is such an amazing system to analyze. Also, just fyi, I've been caught up to every video from your channel and you were never cringe. Keep it up!
Welcome back, Austin!
Shadow of Rome is incredible! I still resent Dead Rising to this day because I love this game so much :(
Urban Chaos was in Hitman: Blood Money as a demo and I replayed that first level so much LMAO I loved every second of it and then I bought the game.
And of course, Rogue Galaxy. What an insane gem of a game that more people definitely need to check it out.
I don't care what anyone says. The OST for The Adventures of Cookie and Cream goes hard AF. I love showing it off to people because they're always caught off guard by how bizarre it is. The composer, Kota Hoshino also did Evergrace's and Forgotten Kingdom's OSTs which are notorious for how wacky they are. While I'm at it, I totally recommend his band FreQuency because the Armored Core OSTs are fantastic and way less of an auditory assault like a lot of Hoshino's early work.
10:15 HOW DID YOU KNOW ABOUT MY SLEEPOVERS????????
Finally! I've been waiting for you to cover Gregory Horror Show for so long. Game is fantastic
The PS2 was a really special console, a lot of the best creativity in gaming started there and continues to evolve today. Hell, you could even say that Soulslike as a genre is really an evolution of PS2 action game design that was refined to a particular edge.
I loved this video, I'd love more of these kinds of things if you are interested in it. This hit the nostalgia spot real well
probably not mentioned, but sky odyssey is a really cool PS2 game. You fly an unexplored island and have to complete missions. It's got a good soundtrack and is just overall a really cool game about flying and avoiding natural obstacles. Such as hurricanes, climbing mountains, dumping fuel, refueling from a train. If you have any interest in flight games and like pilot wings, I really recommend it.
Man, The Red Star is an absolute GEM! Had so much fun playing it co-op with a friend
Stretch Panic's bosses give me that Madoka Magica vibe. The music is also a bop!
Liked and subbed! Talked about some cool games I remembered! I’m a 91 baby but I have older brother so I got the good life on having every system passed down with huge cool libraries ready for me to explore 🎉 good life being a 90s kid
I am so happy you brought up Rogue Galaxy! I loved that game so much that it is still one of my most favorite games of all time. I remember being up for hours doing the final boss and felt so proud to take it all down
I got SO excited when you brought up Gregory Horror Show; I knew it'd have to come up in a weird/obscure PS2 list. It's in my top five games; I absolutely adore it. Huge recommendation if you enjoy survival horror and/or puzzle games and want something a little quirky
Thunder tanks and war jets had big replays on my PS2! My neighborhood friends loved those two
I LOVED Road Trip Adventure to death as a kid and still do, the world may be limited and empty by today's standards but it was HUGE, the characters all adorable and charming and there's an insane amount of car bodies/customization for the time. Tons of goofy bodies too like Ducks and mascot parade floats.
The racing balance is horrible though, it's like impossible to win a race until you get a certain part and then once you do they don't stand a chance. And then you get to bring a rocket jet to the race which is fucking laughably OP.
Rogue Galaxy is an absolutely amazing game. Some of the party members back story's actually had me tearing up.
Urban Chaos was an absolute blast as a kid back in the 2000's, surprised to see it mentioned after all these years.
I love videos like these that show really good ACTUAL hidden gems. The Red Star looks great and I'm totally playing that.
Shadow of Rome is amazing, I saw the cover once and didn't think much about it, but I noticed the Capcom logo. I played it and performed a suplex to a giant enemy. So yeah, it's pretty good.
ok CHICHI BEING PLAYABLE IS SICK AF
Hope the new place is treating you well! Welcome back
ROGUE GALAXY blew my mind as a kid! It had voice acting too!
Radiata Stories AND Samurai Legends Musashi?
MY CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA SCREAMS IN PLEASURE
As always another fantastic video.
Honestly one of the best content creators on CZcams!
I've been gaming for that long that it's rare I find a channel that shows content that really pulls me in with gaming.
Honestly, fantastic, your doing an incredible job. Thank you.
Loved this video and even the sponsor. But I love the Larry the cable guy Austin era even more
So glad to hear someone else mention Rogue Galaxy. So many hours side questing
cool list for sure, turned me on to some stuff i missed. thanks!
Borderline an evergreen topic. I'm always down for more of these.
The sudden memory flash I had of hours spent on demo disks when you mentioned The Red Star & Musashi: Samurai Stories...
I picked up Skygunner back in the day on a whim and really had fun with it. Loved the PS2 era for its quirky, random releases.
Oh, RedStar. I had that one too. Im a sucker for twin stick shooters.
One game I thought you might have talked about when you brought up Arika was Everblue, the precursor to the Endless Ocean series (though I expect you made most of this video before the announcement of the newest game) what's weird is we never got the first Everblue in the states but we did get the sequel and they still called it Everblue 2 over here.
Speaking of only released in Japan and Europe, look into Michigan: Report from Hell. It was made by Grasshopper and it's a first person camera game where you actually play a camera man. It did some neat stuff while also being delightfully janky. I think you'd dig it!
radiata stories is so good. every npc has a day and night routine and it feels alive
I loved that Musashi game. I remember being overleveled and just sweeping through the enemies and bosses, until I fought my doppleganger. xD
I remember going through SO MUCH to play Rogue Galaxy. The original release didn't work on older PS2s, like my first generation slim, and when it was played too much wouldn't load past the synopsis screen. So used copies were nigh unplayable. Eventually, i got a brand new sealed copy from a non-Gamestop store and got to play it then
Love the sideburns. Vintage.
Demon Chaos is insane. Stretch Panic makes me question a lot of things. Too many interesting games to count
Great video - 1,000 Bullets has epic John Wick type vibes :)
Always great to see a PS2 video. So many weird games that were actually given decent time and budget to be realized.
Okage is awesome and anyone watching this video should go check it out.
Liking Austin’s new beard cut 😁👌
Hey Ausitn, how are you upscaling these games? This looks waaaaay too clean for PS2. I love it.
seeing that rogue galaxy cover brought back some trauma working at gamestop. our store had a dozen of these at any given time and i had to see that thing every day for years.
Musashi Samurai is a game I've been wanting to play again for years! But couldn't remember the name of! Thanks so much!
High Impact and Ready At Dawn were doing magic on the PSP at the time. I remember as a developer going to GDC at the time and talking with both of them about their tech. They put out some really great titles on that thing!
I had a DVD of the Yu Yu Hakusho movie, Poltergeist Report, when I was growing up. In the special features there was an ad for Gregory Horror Show. Haven't thought about it since but seeing it pop up here feels like a "hey you should watch that" kinda sign
Rouge galaxy was one of my fav I randomally picked it and never stopped playing that game
Austin....I want a deep dive on Stretch Panic! I am endlessly fascinated by that game and I want to know more!
The goatee sideburns combo really took me by surprise
Austin is slowly turning into Tommy Vercetti
Yooooo absolutely love smugglers run
Great counten keep going your good reviewer and you explain very well.
I had a PS2 in college, it was PEAK JRPG times for sure. I remember going to the store and buying Rogue Galaxy, $30, and firing it up in our dorm and absolutely falling in love with it. It's a damn shame the series didn't go anywhere. Trivia - the main character is voiced by Will Friedel, who played Eric Matthews on Boy Meets World.
If ten years of complaining finally got you a Rocket Knight collection, please start complaining about Freedom Fighters, another forgotten PS2 gem!
That's missing the ps360 game from the collection 🤔
BRUH I think about Shadow of Rome like once a week at least, for absolutely no reason. I just remember spending a ton of time with it, and that it was very ahead of its time in some aspects. Thanks for (hopefully) bringing some closure by talking about it. It's like when you have a song stuck in your head. If you hear it, sometimes it goes away lol.
As a kid, my cousing and me were OBSESSED with Shadows of Rome. To the point that we both had our own copy of the game, and when we once went into a long summer vacation to another town, we bought an extra copy just to play during our vacation.
First time I've heard of 10,000 Bullets, looks pretty interesting! Thankfully there's an undub avaiable, gonna have to check it out.