I like games with teams that have unique interactions like these. It's the little touches like this that make a game you like even better in my opinion
@@tiger-rgn I never played any tekken games so yeah i'm probably clueless and missing out, but my bad i should have said that first. Sorry the newb comment
It didn't, it was bamco that nearly killed the franchise. They released tag 2 at the end of the PS3 era during a fighting game popularity decline and it had no post launch support, also a spin off game. It did about as well as any other fighting game that came out around the time excluding nrs games which always sell well
@@assassin8636 He said nearly, which is what I've always heard because the game didn't sell well. That's why T7 had a small budget, but luckily it sold really well, so there was a legit budget for T8.
@@famaplay When the customization potential is that good, people start believing they're seeing mods. Another reason why Tag 2 is criminally underrated.
Hell a new Rival School game, a new Blood Roar game and hell, give me a new Power Stone, while we're at it. Also, can we get a REAL Capcom vs Capcom fighting game full of obscure, unique and mainline characters? I have no idea why Capcom didn't do this before, and no Capcom Fighting Evolution doesn't count...
@@JoeMama-me2yjKinda tells you the said state of “modern” gaming. He believes in game content (unlockable NOT DLC lol) are mods. What a time that was to be alive. 😅
My favorite part of all of this is Lee kicks Kaz in all of their tag throws, Julia ignores Ganryu completely, the character in each interaction is tangible
Tag 2 was such a huge improvement over Tag 1 when it came to the actual tag-mechanic. Despite the amount of characters having similar tag-animations, both that and the post-victory animations have a lot of charm to them. I'd love Max to rate the DoA tag throws one day, specifically DoA4, but that might be a tall order.
@@awwmahbreadsticks1094really? Damn I was kinda hoping for a switch version of Tag 2 ever since Kazuya joined Smash Ultimate because I heard that the Wii U version was the definitive edition of that game but oh well.
Tekken tag 2 was my first tekken since 3 and it was sooo freaking fun. I wish more people played it cuz its honestly better looking than 7, better customization, way more personality and more for casual fun and less serious.
There were also KO-specific items that fighters equipped that led to some crazy win screenshots. That REALLY got into the VS modes. Also love the Saint's Row: The Third ost playing in the bgm.
19:07 like a lot of Kings moves this is a callback to the anime "Kinnikuman". To be specific, this was the tag-team finisher of the "Hell Mercenaries", the main antagonists of the Tag-Team arc, consisting out of BIg the Budo and Neptune-Man who were based on Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan. The name of the finisher was the "Crossbomber", and when neptune-Man re-appears in "Kinnikuman Nissei/Ultimate Muscle" he was able to upgrade it to the "Fiber-Cross-Bomber" together with Wally Tusket. The upgraded form of this move btw cut off the opponents faces, which neptune-Man collected by pinning them onto his cape afterwards.
As a Westerner it’s a shame that I keep forgetting how big/influential Kinnikuman is. I know JoJo was like that for a while until the 2011 anime started making waves overseas, hopefully the Kinnikuman anime they recently announced can do the same for it
@@General_Weebus yes, but this one is a callback to this specific series. Heck, King and Marduk do the freakin Muscle Docking Finisher in his T5 ending.
People mostly say good things about the game, it's just that serious players hated the online and everyone wasn't all over Tekken like today. Streamer and esports influence also weren't as big as it started to become during Tekken 7's life cycle.
Look at how much personality and effort went into Tag 2. There is just so much cool stuff to do and see in this game... what the hell was with 2012 and just EVERY SINGLE fighting game that came out that year underperformed massively. This game did not deserve to be one of the many victims and yet it was. It almost straight up sank Tekken even
Tag 2 is one of my favorite Tekkens ever. I don't care if it was unbalanced af, it was so fucking fun, and had such an energetic vibe to it. It was such a good game. Fucking love it.
3:15 and 3:23 As much as some may hate them, Lars and Alisa had some of the cleanest tag throws! Hell, I'd say Lars just has good tag throws in general, especially the one with Jin at 1:27
tag 2 was the biggest love letter to a franchise thats ever been seen, so much personality and charm being displayed through throw animations is amazing.
15:08 is underrated. Point is that the mother doesn't even attemp a punch, but leaves it to Roger Jr. who is at the pouch. His stubby limbs of course miss!
I like games with teams that have unique interactions like these. It's the little touches like this that make a game you like even better in my opinion
15:28 it was bryan with dragunov's clothes, and dragunov shirtless with short white hair and some decals in his pants, once i fought a dude with asuka and a lili with swapped clothes, it was hell xDD
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I will say this much for the Tekken tag 2 stuff, it has its moments and he still felt as a beloved part of the franchise plus the painful moments that the show in this rating video that Max is doing is quite a testament to it.
I love the random ass table so much. Tag 2 does have a place in my heart, but I also feel like some of the things that made it unique are also what killed it.
omg it was 4th grade and i remember finding out about this game and i latched ON like i watched all of the endings millions of times for fun and i eventually got the game like the next summer. i love this game so much it's up there with tekken 5 for me ugh
These were so freaking good. I know that the repeats are a big smudge in the whole collection, it’s still a lot of personality for combo attacks. Love Tag 2. ❤️🔥
This game brought people together back in college! A lot of people who didn't even play fighting games regularly would get in line just to play with the gigantic roster of characters and try these moves.
I suddenly want to see a compilation or a gif of just a dude getting endlessly Stonehead'd back and forth like a ping-pong ball. No breaks or knockdowns in-between.
@@berserker2.0nigga what u mean not casual friendly me and my friends loved it and we are not competitive lol. More characters is better for casual because everyone can pick something
@@tehdaydreamer8988 Dude, I swear there was a TON of promos for this game upon release. I'm guessing it's because Street Fighter X Tekken released in the same year about 4-6 months prior.
note lee interrupting with his tag in was only for Kazuya, with lars he didn't interrupt which I thought was a really cool detail Also, this video is the best argument I could make for why tekken fighter customization was a mistake and I hope they limit how dumb you can make your characters for online in t8
I love that the answer to "Where'd he come from?" is legit "It's Yoshimitsu, bro..."
Where did he come from? Where did he go?
Where did he come from? It's Yoshimitsu bro
Your neighborhood friendly cyber ninja
XD
The unique tag throws in the game were such a nice addition compared to the previous game's lack of tag mechanics.
Tag Throws and Great Combos were in Tag 1
@@FireTrainer92 The tag combos in tt1 were super short and the tag throws were underwhelming af compared to the ones in this game.
I like games with teams that have unique interactions like these. It's the little touches like this that make a game you like even better in my opinion
@@mr.jomjome2569 yeah but it's just an evolution of what came before.
@@tiger-rgn I never played any tekken games so yeah i'm probably clueless and missing out, but my bad i should have said that first. Sorry the newb comment
Lee interrupting Kazuya is actually awesome, Lee was adopted to be kazuya's rival, and I'm pretty sure Lee legit hates kazuya
Lee hates pretty much every Mishima besides Jin
@@juarezamorim Even Jin. The golfing scene.
@TelvanniGuard oh yeah, but he was kinda nice to him in Tekken 7 so maybe he changed there
Cause Jin's last name is Kazama not Mishima😉 @@juarezamorim
@@doxxu Kazama in name only
To be fair, Max, with how much Lee and Kazuya can be petty bitches to each other, Kazuya's Stone Head getting interrupted fits the characters lol
Yo is that THE RandoChris??
It's not just an interruption, Lee hits him hard, there's even particle effects coming out.
@@VixYW The particle effects are there to signify the damage done to Kazuya's pride
Heihachi and Jin's also get interrupted.
Well, Lars, on the other hand...
I don’t care that it nearly killed the franchise I love tag 2 lol
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 was a fun game and I’m not a Tekken fan .
It didn't, it was bamco that nearly killed the franchise. They released tag 2 at the end of the PS3 era during a fighting game popularity decline and it had no post launch support, also a spin off game. It did about as well as any other fighting game that came out around the time excluding nrs games which always sell well
well i do. thanks to 7, we getting 8.
It didn't killed the franchise
@@assassin8636 He said nearly, which is what I've always heard because the game didn't sell well. That's why T7 had a small budget, but luckily it sold really well, so there was a legit budget for T8.
The ones with Lee and Lars, Lee vaults over Lars for the combo.
In the Lee and Kazuya throws, Lee actively steps on Kazuya to vault up lol
That clearly showed the relationships between them😅
The slow walk in Dragunov/Bryan tag throw was actually from Bryan. Player switched their costumes.
Yeah I found the excessive mods pretty distracting.
@@SuperWHIIITEmods? On ps3? Theyre all custom decals in game, i have a lot done in mine
@@famaplay Wait until you see the mod for PSP Tekken games.
@@famaplay When the customization potential is that good, people start believing they're seeing mods. Another reason why Tag 2 is criminally underrated.
All male Tekken characters have the same face lmao
As weird as it sounds, watching these Tekken Tag Team Throws really makes me want a Rival School 3.
I see where you're coming from, not so weird and I agree. Hopefully Itsuno would give us RS3
Hell a new Rival School game, a new Blood Roar game and hell, give me a new Power Stone, while we're at it.
Also, can we get a REAL Capcom vs Capcom fighting game full of obscure, unique and mainline characters? I have no idea why Capcom didn't do this before, and no Capcom Fighting Evolution doesn't count...
Considering the newest SF characters, yes!
Kimberly undercover?! Or is she in highschool??
@@jamessummers5936Maaaannn, we need a port of Power Stone Collection already.
Wooow I like where your head is at
These costumes are in-game customizations, not mods. The decals in TTT2 let you make some wild stuff.
Damn,that's absolutely awesome and kinda wish for stuff like this in the main game's
@@JoeMama-me2yjKinda tells you the said state of “modern” gaming. He believes in game content (unlockable NOT DLC lol) are mods. What a time that was to be alive. 😅
These Tag Throws give off major "Fight Back! Fight Back!" vibes with the way they have them jumping in and beating yo ass
Especially with Bob and Slim Bob lmaooo
@13:33 The way Hworang got jumped by two versions of the same dude and trying to defend (protect) himself is sending me 😂😂😂
Man *definitely* got ptsd
No MODS Were Used, That’s Just How Good The Customisation Is In That Game 🍗
Even the metal Sonic overlord one for Roger?
@@10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83 Yep, Alex has a mecha triceratops customisation parts.
Change the colour, add some decals, and you can get that.
@@nfsman3452 damn, i underestimate the customization in this game
@@10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83”Metal Sonic” That’s Amazing 😆
yea this game was just a good time bro.
My favorite part of all of this is Lee kicks Kaz in all of their tag throws, Julia ignores Ganryu completely, the character in each interaction is tangible
8:46 I AM THE TABLE!!!
Guitar Riff intensifies
Did not expect this comment. But I love the reference
The most slept on Tekken game of all time. Easily one of my favorites.
I loved this game it actually taught me how to play with more than one character and the bound tag moves were so dope!
This video simply proves that Kuma is "Best Son of Heihachi".
Tag 2 was such a huge improvement over Tag 1 when it came to the actual tag-mechanic.
Despite the amount of characters having similar tag-animations, both that and the post-victory animations have a lot of charm to them.
I'd love Max to rate the DoA tag throws one day, specifically DoA4, but that might be a tall order.
I love that how much the characters get along in lore impacted their tag dynamics 😅.
TTT2 is one of the most fun Tekken games ever. It was a love letter to the fans and people shitted on it…
“Don’t ask me for shit!” - Harada.
It was I spent so much time on that game. My best time in fighting games is Tekken tag 2 and Mkx.
I love tag 2 so much. Its a shame we probably wont get a tag 3 ever
Why not?
@@mydrillasanjay5397apparently it was the worst selling tekken game which shocked me
😢
@@awwmahbreadsticks1094the marketing was pretty lackluster tbh
@@awwmahbreadsticks1094really? Damn I was kinda hoping for a switch version of Tag 2 ever since Kazuya joined Smash Ultimate because I heard that the Wii U version was the definitive edition of that game but oh well.
He's so used to T7's pitiful customization that he thought the costumes were modded, lol.
Tekken tag 2 was my first tekken since 3 and it was sooo freaking fun. I wish more people played it cuz its honestly better looking than 7, better customization, way more personality and more for casual fun and less serious.
Played Tag2 a few days ago. Will always be one of my faves. The game is creative on so many levels from outfits to combos.
There were also KO-specific items that fighters equipped that led to some crazy win screenshots. That REALLY got into the VS modes. Also love the Saint's Row: The Third ost playing in the bgm.
19:07 like a lot of Kings moves this is a callback to the anime "Kinnikuman".
To be specific, this was the tag-team finisher of the "Hell Mercenaries", the main antagonists of the Tag-Team arc, consisting out of BIg the Budo and Neptune-Man who were based on Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan. The name of the finisher was the "Crossbomber", and when neptune-Man re-appears in "Kinnikuman Nissei/Ultimate Muscle" he was able to upgrade it to the "Fiber-Cross-Bomber" together with Wally Tusket.
The upgraded form of this move btw cut off the opponents faces, which neptune-Man collected by pinning them onto his cape afterwards.
As a Westerner it’s a shame that I keep forgetting how big/influential Kinnikuman is. I know JoJo was like that for a while until the 2011 anime started making waves overseas, hopefully the Kinnikuman anime they recently announced can do the same for it
Double lariats existed long before kinnikuman.
@@General_Weebus don’t you know? Takashi Shimada created modern pro wrestling, just like how Stephanie McMahon created women :y
@@General_Weebus yes, but this one is a callback to this specific series. Heck, King and Marduk do the freakin Muscle Docking Finisher in his T5 ending.
I never gave this one the love it deserved, despite thousands of hours in Tag 1.
13:24 That’s EXACTLY what I pictured it as, couldn’t have been any better
Lee only interrupts Kazuya's throw because he loves to mess with him lmao
8:45 I LOVE THAT ONE! and so does max 😂
Loved Tekken tag 2, didn’t realise it wasn’t well received.
People mostly say good things about the game, it's just that serious players hated the online and everyone wasn't all over Tekken like today. Streamer and esports influence also weren't as big as it started to become during Tekken 7's life cycle.
Look at how much personality and effort went into Tag 2. There is just so much cool stuff to do and see in this game... what the hell was with 2012 and just EVERY SINGLE fighting game that came out that year underperformed massively. This game did not deserve to be one of the many victims and yet it was. It almost straight up sank Tekken even
10:58 victim was thinking the same thing
"My nightmare of being in the Spindry cycle AGAIN!!"
XD
Tag 2 is one of my favorite Tekkens ever.
I don't care if it was unbalanced af, it was so fucking fun, and had such an energetic vibe to it. It was such a good game.
Fucking love it.
One of the best parts of Tag 2.
Can't wait for Tekken 8 Rate the Super and Rate The Smash
He should give a rating on the Supers from Street Fighter x Tekken and the babalities from MK9.
15:28 the funny thing is that’s actually Bryan in a Dragunov outfit
And Dragunov in a Bryan outfit
Tag 2 was such a wild game. Fun times.
3:15 and 3:23
As much as some may hate them, Lars and Alisa had some of the cleanest tag throws! Hell, I'd say Lars just has good tag throws in general, especially the one with Jin at 1:27
0:53 he predicted that he would rate tekken 8 and it actually happened! How far we've come.
Okay, now we need all the TTT2 Miharu's throws with her pulling the cellphone for a selfie (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
He should rate the DOA5 Tag throws those are cool
1:46 I didn't expect Jin setting up his Stance to PAWNCH on that one!
tag 2 was the biggest love letter to a franchise thats ever been seen, so much personality and charm being displayed through throw animations is amazing.
It was really cool that they brought in tag throws. It was something similar to what was in the Dead or Alive games in the tag mode
I'm glad everyone has unique tag throws in Tekken Tag 2. Unique tag throws only existed in less than half of the roster back in Tekken Tag 1.
15:08 is underrated. Point is that the mother doesn't even attemp a punch, but leaves it to Roger Jr. who is at the pouch. His stubby limbs of course miss!
I like games with teams that have unique interactions like these. It's the little touches like this that make a game you like even better in my opinion
5:43 that time he LITERALLY climbs on Kazuya cause he hates him
XD
20:47 "it's yoshimitsu" sounds about right
The tag throws in this game are astonishing
13:53 - I just realized that the tag grapple was a Urban Reign reference! I mean it has to be! it looks so familiar!
15:28 it was bryan with dragunov's clothes, and dragunov shirtless with short white hair and some decals in his pants, once i fought a dude with asuka and a lili with swapped clothes, it was hell xDD
You can describe most of it with just "Flippin and Dippin"
6:09 DAMN HE DED
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3:35 That is not an RKO/Cutter, that is what we call the Blockbuster.
I fuck with the era this compilation video came out in with the "Beam Ahh" backing tracking around the end
I like how sometimes a 3/10 is OK for max and sometimes a 7/10 is OK 😂
I will say this much for the Tekken tag 2 stuff, it has its moments and he still felt as a beloved part of the franchise plus the painful moments that the show in this rating video that Max is doing is quite a testament to it.
I love the random ass table so much. Tag 2 does have a place in my heart, but I also feel like some of the things that made it unique are also what killed it.
15:22 We used to call that a KGB interogation
Max clicking the actual play button every time instead of just the video itself and not using arrow keys is a 10/10.
omg it was 4th grade and i remember finding out about this game and i latched ON like i watched all of the endings millions of times for fun and i eventually got the game like the next summer. i love this game so much it's up there with tekken 5 for me ugh
4:59 Not only that in Tekken 5 opening. It's also similar a bit to Tekken 2 with Kazuya's ending when he throws Heihachi on Devil.
13:52 Woah. That was certainly a noise he made.
That 15:30 guy walking down slowly was bryan with dragunov costume, as you can see their throw motions
These feels more love in tag battle
8:45
OH NO!!!
THE TABLE!!!
It's 10/10!!!
3:34 WATCH OUT WATCH OUT
These arent mods, the customization is just SO GOOD IN TTT2
These were so freaking good. I know that the repeats are a big smudge in the whole collection, it’s still a lot of personality for combo attacks.
Love Tag 2. ❤️🔥
You should review the unique win screen poses for each set of characters
This gives off major “you didn’t have to go that hard” vibes and I love it
18:16 thats a kenny omega and ibushi move
This game brought people together back in college! A lot of people who didn't even play fighting games regularly would get in line just to play with the gigantic roster of characters and try these moves.
I suddenly want to see a compilation or a gif of just a dude getting endlessly Stonehead'd back and forth like a ping-pong ball. No breaks or knockdowns in-between.
Game was so good and so much fun. Shame on the Tekken Community for not giving this game the love it deserved
I had way more fun in this game than Tekken 7
Max jinxed it... he wanted to see a double stone head throw and got about 40 of them in this compilation 😂
Btw it's so fun that the guy who made the video is cosplaying all sort of costumes
5:51 He DOES let Lars finish the headbutt but always interrupts if it's any of the Mishimas.
God damn, I think I've been seeing too many Maximilian Dood videos, I feel like I can accurately call your ratings by your reactions by now 😂
Lee actually is interrupting Kazuya in the tag throw while others he lets finish. Hence why Kaz gets a hit effect
this is going to sound insane, but i think the one with brian and dragunov, brian was modded to look like dragunov and vice versa
9:42 interesting choice of words
That puny god move is 10/10 for me
I've been waiting for this.❤️🔥
8:46 DEVOOOOON GET THE TABLE
Ya know there is something beautiful in how simple but great the king and armour king ones are they are just straight up pro wrestling tag team moves
Tag 2 really had some awesome stuff, the tag grabs is 100% one of those things and I love them so much!
The Hwoarang & Steve's costume changed mod is ridiculous 😂
Nah, that's all the decal system in this game.
15:55 "Wish that was me" tickets here
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Lee interrupting Kazuya to do his own thing actually makes it more entertaining
I really wish these guys were all in default. the drag bryan tag even jebaited max
8:46 WAT
Same reaction, bro!
XD
Tekken is a world where a criminal tycoon who has a habit of killing his son took a grizzly bear and taught it how to fight.
What a universe to be in.
Seriously!! Why did this game sell so badly? It was awesome!!!
Was not casual friendly, almost 60 characters and tag mechanics made the game too complex
@@berserker2.0 I'm a casual gamer, and I still enjoyed it. Hell, I loved it WAAYYYYYYYY more than Tekken 6.
@@berserker2.0nigga what u mean not casual friendly me and my friends loved it and we are not competitive lol. More characters is better for casual because everyone can pick something
Maybe there was not enough promotion for this game. I remember seeing it in a shop and doesnt even know there was a new Tekken game.
@@tehdaydreamer8988 Dude, I swear there was a TON of promos for this game upon release.
I'm guessing it's because Street Fighter X Tekken released in the same year about 4-6 months prior.
Best Tekken ever HANDS DOWN!!!
8:46 omg I was laughing so hard after this!
This was always favorite Tekken bc of the Tag interactions. They were cool even if they don't show up in competitive play
note lee interrupting with his tag in was only for Kazuya, with lars he didn't interrupt which I thought was a really cool detail
Also, this video is the best argument I could make for why tekken fighter customization was a mistake and I hope they limit how dumb you can make your characters for online in t8