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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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    In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at some facts, secrets and Easter eggs from some of the best PlayStation 2 games, such as Metal Gear Solid II and Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 645

  • @KillerStar565
    @KillerStar565 3 роки тому +448

    “This game sucks, I’ll make my own” badass.

    • @JackHolleworth
      @JackHolleworth 3 роки тому +4

      Shinji Mikami is based.

    • @THWhite-ip3uq
      @THWhite-ip3uq 3 роки тому +2

      @about you I know you hate religious people

    • @AfonsoEGM
      @AfonsoEGM 3 роки тому +6

      He's already stated that God Hand was a product of his own whim. Mikami set his mind into making a game that he had fun playing and took zero criticism from anyone and everyone. Mad respect.

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 3 роки тому +1

      @@THWhite-ip3uq , Atheists are ironically the worst religious zealots of the lot, despite their claims otherwise on the matter.

    • @genyakozlov1316
      @genyakozlov1316 2 роки тому +2

      Thank the god hand his game failed then! That's what this kind of attitude deserves. Really restores my faith in this world after Sonic Mania was somehow successful and commercially well received.
      Remember kids, if you say your piece of art is a better version of another piece of art, you deserve to fail as hard as possible because you are a condescending liar, as art is entirely subjective and one game cannot ever be better than another, that's a lie spread by pseudointellectuals for as long as art exists.

  • @lizardguyNA
    @lizardguyNA 3 роки тому +232

    Final Fight's worst game inspired the most underrated ps2 game ever? That's actually pretty funny and kind of awesome.

    • @lizardguyNA
      @lizardguyNA 3 роки тому +6

      @Exodus N Not enough, God Hand is frigging amazing.

    • @zydian_
      @zydian_ 3 роки тому +4

      There's a lot of underrated games on that system, you would be surprised. Hell, there are a lot of underrated unknown mediocore to good games on that system.

    • @BurninatorXIII
      @BurninatorXIII 3 роки тому +1

      @@lizardguyNA God Hand is a love letter to my heart. Every day I wake up scorned that it flopped so hard. At least it inadvertently set Clover down the path to become Platinum Games.

    • @JackHolleworth
      @JackHolleworth 3 роки тому +1

      @Biluga420 You’re not Alexander.

    • @lizardguyNA
      @lizardguyNA 3 роки тому +1

      @Biluga420 Hello IGN.

  • @MrAlice
    @MrAlice 3 роки тому +63

    The PS2 was the best selling console ever, because it was also the cheapest DVD player lol. So many parents got their kids a gaming system as a "present", because really they wanted to watch DVDs

    • @RippahRooJizah
      @RippahRooJizah 3 роки тому +7

      It's not the only reason, though. But that certainly helped. What also helped was backwards compatibility and the fact that in the previous generation the PSX had large amounts of success.

    • @V-Jes
      @V-Jes 3 роки тому +3

      @@RippahRooJizah Don't forget that most people only had a PS1 on last console generation so naturally they wanted the next Playstation as well rather than a lunch box or a console by a newcomer like Microsoft.

    • @JazGalaxy
      @JazGalaxy 3 роки тому +2

      It wasn’t just that. The largest contributing factor to the ps2s success was hype. Sony lied about the power of the unit for a solid year leading up to the launch saying things like that it could render Toystory in real time, and that it was being stolen by terrorist to power guided missles. (I am not making this up). They said that it was so powerful that the architecture required expert programmers to utilize. So for well over a year, people gave any bad pa2 game a pass because everyone was convinced that they just weren’t smart enough to harness the true power of the ps2.
      This, plus the social phenomena of not being able to get one at launch, propelled the unit into mythical status despite it having one of the worst launches in games history (look it up) and not having any decent games for a year. (Aside from SSX and a couple others.)
      It’s undeniable that ps2 was a champion console, but luck and shady practices got them a position they didn’t entirely earn. And that same shady strategy is what caught up with them I’m the PS3 era.

    • @RippahRooJizah
      @RippahRooJizah 3 роки тому +1

      @@JazGalaxy And your proof?
      Also the architecture thing was pretty much true, although part of that was Sony's lack of support. Still, that wasn't a lie.

    • @Dreadjaws
      @Dreadjaws 3 роки тому +2

      @@JazGalaxy "I am not making this up" No. You are just regurgitating stuff that _others_ have made up. That story was already being told about the Dreamcast, long before the PS2 was even released.

  • @stevecooper6578
    @stevecooper6578 3 роки тому +181

    The sheer levels of arrogance and condensing tone in Trip's email is honestly revolting

    • @HiFutureMeHowAreYou
      @HiFutureMeHowAreYou 3 роки тому +34

      It's poetic the fact this guy is the founder of E.A

    • @savetheevo
      @savetheevo 3 роки тому +14

      @@HiFutureMeHowAreYou why am I not shocked

    • @GameGod77
      @GameGod77 3 роки тому +15

      It's incredibly telling that he threatens those who were honest by taking away their money. This is how capitalism infects good things.

    • @Weird_dude265
      @Weird_dude265 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah. I knew there were arrogant, egotistical, entitled ppl working in the game industry, but wow. That was honestly shocking.

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 роки тому +1

      lol ikr!!!! dude's nuts!

  • @lightbluesquid
    @lightbluesquid 3 роки тому +96

    The console that I grew up with in the mid-to-late 2000s! My childhood was defined by this bad boy! The memories...

    • @KILLER-ur5lu
      @KILLER-ur5lu 3 роки тому +5

      Same

    • @CaylexT
      @CaylexT 3 роки тому +2

      The PS2 had the best horror library of any console to date, including many survival horror games as well. I love my PS2.

    • @ShoryukenFighter77
      @ShoryukenFighter77 2 роки тому +1

      True that, I'm had so many awesome memories playing my games on the PS2. I have still it to this day. It's in a box stored with all my other old PS2 games. I have the PS4 now.

  • @KorenLesthe
    @KorenLesthe 3 роки тому +66

    "CJ have some morality"
    CJ then happily drown a con artist and his girlfriend for absolutly no reason.

    • @Loongear
      @Loongear 3 роки тому +26

      Emphasis on "some"

  • @frog_stomp
    @frog_stomp 3 роки тому +12

    That DVD player in the PS2 was a huge selling point. At the time I bought mine, the PS2 was about $50 more than a DVD player and played games.

  • @LobsterPuncher
    @LobsterPuncher 3 роки тому +187

    "The see way some adults would reject Shrek or Beethoven"
    The audacity of this guy. Who does he think he is putting him self of the same level as humanity's greatest achievement I'm art. He's not even in the same swamp as Shrek.

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar 3 роки тому +3

      Seems about right to me. Shrek is garbage.

    • @ka7al958
      @ka7al958 3 роки тому +15

      I didn't undersrand what he meant, Shrek is obviously an animated movie and the greatest piece of art to ever exist, But when he mentioned Beethoven, Was he talking about the dog or the composer?

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 3 роки тому +3

      That whole email is golden. Just so many layers to unpeel

    • @gustavovasconcelos9857
      @gustavovasconcelos9857 3 роки тому +6

      @@the-NightStar are you serious? Why u think that?

    • @Lukethefox
      @Lukethefox 3 роки тому +3

      I wasn't sure if he was referring to Beethoven the Composer or Beethoven the Dog.

  • @mere8320
    @mere8320 3 роки тому +57

    * Rockstar gets bashed by media*
    Rockstar: "Oh no, anyway"

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 3 роки тому

      If I made a video game, and people made comments about my work, I would do everything that I could to destroy everything and anything that the Karens and Kevins valued, held sacred, held dear, idolized, and worshiped in their lives, plus I would expose their real agendas in front of the entire world, thus destroying the opposition in one fell swoop, as any critic that saw what had happened to a critic that was made into not just a good example, but also a horrible warning, on what would happen if they started talking smack about my work would learn to grow some brain cells inside of their heads and to abandon the drugs and alcohol that they used in their lives.

    • @kbz396
      @kbz396 2 роки тому

      Their publicist does this on purpose, they created alot of the outrage for GTA3 as marketing. Likely they did the same for SA also

    • @ZilRockbottom
      @ZilRockbottom 2 роки тому +1

      @@paxhumana2015 This reads like a copypasta lmao

  • @ApolloVictoria44
    @ApolloVictoria44 3 роки тому +32

    "Metal Gear Solid II: Guns of the Patriots"
    Yup sounds about right

    • @CaylexT
      @CaylexT 3 роки тому +8

      Oh God. Why are the subtitles and actual voiceover always so different in these videos? It's amateurish.

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 3 роки тому +37

    Wow, Trip Hawkins was ahead of his time by comparing Shrek to Beethoven.

    • @InternetLad
      @InternetLad 3 роки тому +2

      I think he means the dog movie. Not the composer

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 3 роки тому +2

      @@InternetLad I'm pretty sure that more people know about the composer than the dog movie, even in the mid-2000's

  • @chocotokenxreturns6126
    @chocotokenxreturns6126 3 роки тому +74

    Must have been some hostility, and passive aggressiveness during that development of the Beach Bandits game.

    • @angolin9352
      @angolin9352 3 роки тому +15

      Not necessarily. Sometimes a part of your program is breaking, you have absolutely no idea why, and no amount of study, deepdives, printf statements, breakpoints, or Googling gets you anywhere - If it hadn't just made you even more confused. I've written way worse stuff in code comments.

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 3 роки тому +1

      @@angolin9352 LOL

  • @DidYouKnowGamin
    @DidYouKnowGamin  3 роки тому +17

    What are some of your favorite PS2 games?

    • @KUIJEN8659
      @KUIJEN8659 3 роки тому +3

      Sly cooper for sure

    • @t-nawtical2471
      @t-nawtical2471 3 роки тому

      Dark Cloud!

    • @Thollis1987
      @Thollis1987 3 роки тому

      Metal Gear Solid 2 and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven and Grand Theft Auto: San Andres🙂😉

    • @GoodlyPenguin
      @GoodlyPenguin 3 роки тому

      Poggers

    • @fuentesjuanjose90
      @fuentesjuanjose90 3 роки тому +3

      God hand, urban reign, syphon filter omega strain, silent hill 4 the room, ty the Tasmania tiger, smugglers run, crash twinsanity, atv off road fury, viewtiful Joe, etc I have a long list lol

  • @florencio1000
    @florencio1000 3 роки тому +25

    "DVD drive is smoking crack!", if that isn't comedy I don't know what is.

    • @L33PL4Y
      @L33PL4Y 3 роки тому

      hilarious...

  • @Forever_Zero
    @Forever_Zero 3 роки тому +13

    I love how Kojima knows what random actions people are gonna try and he just rewards them

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 3 роки тому +1

      That's why I love about his games, that attention to detail. And he KNOWS what gamers do best. He knows that gamers like the screw around.

  • @NanaKyoto
    @NanaKyoto 3 роки тому +23

    Out of all the consoles, the PlayStation 2 is the one I have the most games for now.

    • @jmac79ers
      @jmac79ers 3 роки тому +1

      Same here, I keep finding more at thrift stores

  • @Yarivenra
    @Yarivenra 3 роки тому +7

    00:46
    "Metal gear solid 2 : Sons of Liberty"
    The caption : Metal Gear Solid II: Guns of the patriot

    • @luxpulvis
      @luxpulvis 3 роки тому

      I was about to comment that, nice to see someone else spot that as well.

  • @TheCartoonGamer8000
    @TheCartoonGamer8000 3 роки тому +21

    BIG G PARTY ANIMAL
    I would drink Fruitopia fruit punch all day every day if it wouldn't give me diabetes. For an alternative, apple juice, I guess.

  • @Artista_Frustrado
    @Artista_Frustrado 3 роки тому +3

    -Press misjudging something before is out & masking it as "think of the Children"... Time is truly a Flat Circle
    -"DarkBlack Studio" has to be one of the most 00's Studio name possible

  • @jimmy33music
    @jimmy33music 3 роки тому +5

    I love falling alseep to these for some reason. Always been thankful for all the episodes theyre so relaxing. Thanks DYKG!

  • @efrainamezcua7594
    @efrainamezcua7594 3 роки тому +29

    Ps2 really was the Golden Age of gaming.

    • @brett84c
      @brett84c 3 роки тому +4

      GTA3, then Vice City, then San Andreas... Each of those games alone could sell a console, and they all existed on a single system.

    • @Urelasir
      @Urelasir 3 роки тому +4

      More like, the Golden age of console gaming.

    • @efrainamezcua7594
      @efrainamezcua7594 3 роки тому +2

      @@Urelasir Both comments hold truth.

    • @efrainamezcua7594
      @efrainamezcua7594 3 роки тому +1

      @@brett84c Those are all legends in their own right, however I'm a RPG guy. Dark Cloud2, Wild Arms4, Front Mission 4. Are fucking Epic.

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 роки тому

      I'd say the 128-bit era in general is : PS2, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Gameboy Advance

  • @fuentesjuanjose90
    @fuentesjuanjose90 3 роки тому +14

    I still play ps2 games just an amazing console in my younger years along with the Xbox playing jet set radio future and the GameCube. Good times no dlc, no micro transactions, no gachas just you and a complete game.

    • @KopperNeoman
      @KopperNeoman 3 роки тому +1

      Just you and a Viewtiful Joe 2 demo that wiped your memory cards.

    • @windebiesteultima3317
      @windebiesteultima3317 3 роки тому

      JSRF is soooo good. Sega needs to get on it and make another one

    • @TeamLegacyFTW
      @TeamLegacyFTW 3 роки тому +1

      JSRF has an amazing soundtrack!

    • @windebiesteultima3317
      @windebiesteultima3317 3 роки тому +1

      @@TeamLegacyFTW definitely! I still listen to it when I work out

    • @rompevuevitos222
      @rompevuevitos222 3 роки тому

      I still fail to find replacement to many of the games in that console, God Hand, Metal Gear 3, even Resident Evil 4
      I wish i still had my console, i also never played a PS2 RPG because i wasn't fond of them back then, i hope to make up for it someday
      A friend found out that the first generation of PS2s supported actual hard drives (which where necessary for a couple of games, like FF 12), so if you get one, you can get ISOs installed into it

  • @ChaseMC215
    @ChaseMC215 3 роки тому +3

    Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know that Final Fight: Streetwise was the forth game that hit 3d- IT WAS THE FIFTH FINAL FIGHT GAME BY RELEASE DATE AND THE SECOND GAME TO BE IN 3D!!!

  • @Werten25
    @Werten25 3 роки тому +9

    Honestly, I was always a GameCube guy, but I have to agree the PS2 was great as well.

    • @DBMusicEX
      @DBMusicEX 3 роки тому +2

      Same.

    • @CaylexT
      @CaylexT 3 роки тому +1

      I love my Gamecube, but I have to admit that it was pretty lacking in horror titles (especially compared to the PS2, though probably not a fair comparison).

  • @evangrim37
    @evangrim37 3 роки тому +5

    You said “engage with the video dammit” while I was trying to think of Pear juice.
    I sub now. Well played.

  • @jeremyparsons2944
    @jeremyparsons2944 3 роки тому +5

    The PS2 Armored Core games are among my favorite games of all time

    • @eboooo
      @eboooo 3 роки тому +1

      It's the Gran Turismo of Mech Games

  • @victoriousf.i.g.3311
    @victoriousf.i.g.3311 2 роки тому +1

    Trip Hawkins wants to speak to the manager, for sure 🤣
    He's an infinity scarf and a tanning session away from Mega-Ken status

  • @freekashyyyk896
    @freekashyyyk896 3 роки тому +3

    Trip Hawkins wasnt even necessarily wrong, he just went totally mask off

  • @fingergunspewpew4958
    @fingergunspewpew4958 3 роки тому +10

    Who cares what these media outlets have to say, San Andreas is an iconic masterpiece of a game

    • @Vicky-Hugh-Martini
      @Vicky-Hugh-Martini 3 роки тому +1

      Is one of childhood games. I just wish Take2 would stop sending DMCA request over mods that helps the game still being playable on PC.

  • @pacman5698
    @pacman5698 3 роки тому +41

    The Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas articles were too quick to jump to conclusions. A good chunk of San Andreas's narrative is depicting loyal and persistent gang members in Los Angeles as heroic and it actually paints the police and those who side with the police as the villains! During the third act when the in-game equivalent of the Rodney King riots happen, the story goes to great lengths to show the player how understandable the riots are considering all the disgusting and abhorrent shit Tenpenny did and got away with,. By the end, Smoke and Ryder who sided with Tenpenny die with him while CJ, Sweet, Kendyll, and company live to start a new future for Grove Street.

    • @CinemaSeven
      @CinemaSeven 3 роки тому +4

      Well yeah, but that's how the game (and mainstream) media gets their money, especially now. Jumping to conclusions and stoking flames of dissent.

    • @infernoROBO
      @infernoROBO 3 роки тому +9

      And it has been the same since every gta game after. GTA IV shows how the American dream isn't as great as it seems and GTA V shows the shadiness of Hollywood like places

    • @pacman5698
      @pacman5698 3 роки тому +7

      @@infernoROBO And the police, government, or hell, capitalism in general. Not every poor person or victim of society in GTA is a saint, obviously, but those who have little to no power in America are cast in a far better light than those with jurisdiction over others in Rockstar games.

    • @TeamLegacyFTW
      @TeamLegacyFTW 3 роки тому +2

      Nicely written🤝

    • @pacman5698
      @pacman5698 3 роки тому +1

      @Hiden Bunter's Krak Pype Don't you have a court case to show up to right now? I heard judges don't take attempted insurrection as a little oopsy woopsy.

  • @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat
    @Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat 3 роки тому +8

    Being concerned about a game series known for its depiction of crime (admittedly, nonserious depiction, usually making fun of it in a very hyperbolic way) having a black protagonist and potentially furthering black criminal stereotypes isn't actually that bad. While it's not great that they hadn't actually played it, it's a reasonable concern and, if we are to treat games as art, they should be criticized like art. Apparently it was a good depiction (I haven't played GTA myself) but it's understandable criticism and saying that a piece of media can increase a real stereotype is not a bad critique.

  • @alexm54
    @alexm54 3 роки тому +24

    When you pointed out that he also founded EA it clicked. It made so much sense.

    • @ka7al958
      @ka7al958 3 роки тому +5

      He did a lot for the gaming industry, I understand the EA hate and 2011 9GAG level of gamer "EA Bad" humor.
      But he actually made a lot of things right and believed that games are art and devs are artists, Even if the email he sent was pretty childish.

    • @Damian_1989
      @Damian_1989 3 роки тому +2

      @@ka7al958 EA is still doing scummy practices today, dude. "EA Bad" humor is still relevant...

  • @suppengroove
    @suppengroove 3 роки тому +1

    as german, i really don't miss the ps2 days. last gen where it was *always a pain in the ass* to get the uncensored version of certain games like gta - games stores tried to sell the censored garbage and without the internet access like nowadays... have fun getting one of the playable import versions :(

  • @dcta51
    @dcta51 3 роки тому +25

    Honestly i think that San Andreas having a black main cast is something to be proud of. You hear about representation alot nowadays and one of the most iconic games of all time and considered by many as the best game of that generation has a black main character centered around the hood nonetheless. Not Master Chief, Mario or Solid Snake but a black dude named CJ from grove street..Dope.

    • @infernoROBO
      @infernoROBO 3 роки тому +5

      Representation has a negative connotation at this point because it just seems that any dev who does it is catering to SJW-like propaganda by media sources. San Andreas was one of those rare instances though where the representation was done right and it can clearly be seen, unlike some other game like *cough* TLOU II *cough*

    • @dcta51
      @dcta51 3 роки тому +2

      @@infernoROBO way back in 2004 too.

    • @fieryrebirth
      @fieryrebirth 3 роки тому +2

      @@dcta51 Certain anime too, like Cowboy Bebop and another one I forgot(starred a badass black woman looking after a kid). Seems "Representation" can only be done right if you're not just another sheltered white creative just trying to appease their corporate overlords.

    • @JazGalaxy
      @JazGalaxy 3 роки тому

      White people flipped the F out when CJ was a. Ounces. They said they couldn’t identify with a black man as the lead character and said rockstar ruined the game. It was a huge thing.

    • @Dreadjaws
      @Dreadjaws 3 роки тому +2

      @@infernoROBO Here's the thing: when they decided to make GTA SA's main character a black man it was because it was organic to the story. They didn't set out to make a game with a black man as a character, it was a natural progression for the story they wanted to tell. Nowadays, "representation" comes before and sometimes even in place of storytelling, which is why people are so annoyed by it.

  • @adventureoflinkmk2
    @adventureoflinkmk2 3 роки тому +6

    Stop watching at 1:47 and resume at 2:46

  • @midwestdepressed
    @midwestdepressed 3 роки тому +1

    Always love these videos. Keep it up!

  • @BlueKnight85
    @BlueKnight85 3 роки тому +1

    And here I thought you'd have to be high as hell to lump Shrek and Beethoven in the same sentence.
    Trip is a perfect name for that guy.

  • @NekkoBlue
    @NekkoBlue 3 роки тому +8

    omg greg said “fook” 😳

  • @SvenSvenApfel
    @SvenSvenApfel 3 роки тому +9

    Having Shrek and Beethoven mentioned in the same sentence is...magical.

    • @nlatimer
      @nlatimer 3 роки тому +1

      He had to be talking about the dog

  • @penguinatr
    @penguinatr 3 роки тому +1

    definitely some kind of cranberry juice, like cran-apple, or cran-mango, white cranberry, cran-lemonade....the best juices

  • @KindredDoomBot
    @KindredDoomBot 3 роки тому +3

    Everytime I see God Hand mentioned I get happy because I love this game so much. I still have my copy xD

    • @Gamesta100
      @Gamesta100 3 роки тому

      I'm so glad I own the game.

    • @Gamesta100
      @Gamesta100 3 роки тому

      @matt alan Don't know why you would be glad to have not played a great game.

  • @Squigglestheduck
    @Squigglestheduck 3 роки тому +4

    IM ENGAGING WITH THE VIDEO GREG YOU'RE WELCOME

  • @PowerPandaMods
    @PowerPandaMods 3 роки тому +1

    I remember when Trip Walker's letter dropped online. It was a huge deal.

  • @CaylexT
    @CaylexT 3 роки тому +1

    It's almost October, you know... and I was a little disappointed that no horror games came up in this video since the PS2 was an absolute golden age for horror and survival horror titles. If you were to make a video on those, like Silent Hill 2-4, Fatal Frame 1-3, Kuon, LifeLine, Siren 1 and 2, Rule of Rose, Haunting Ground, and so many more, I would subscribe on the spot.

  • @Dreadjaws
    @Dreadjaws 3 роки тому +1

    Man, the PS2 years gave me some of my best gaming memories. Back then when I had my first job the first thing I wanted to purchase was a new console. The only console I had before was a bootleg Famicom and then after I only gamed on PC. But it was the time for that console generation, my PC was too old and the three competitors were out. PC gaming was on a bit of a decline back then with everyone focusing on consoles and the indie market still not being a thing, so I decided to go for a console. I had to choose between the three available and the PS2 won by default. Sure, all three consoles had exclusives I cared about, but the PS2 had many, many more than the other two. It also had backwards compatibility with the PS1 and a DVD player. It really was the most complete package and I never regretted picking it over the other two.

  • @grantdanasty
    @grantdanasty 3 роки тому +19

    Trip Hawkins, while still head of the 3DO company (Creators of the legendarily shit 3DO Interactive multiplayer) essentially bullying a game publication for better reviews is some shit. 3DO would go out of business shortly after as well, didn't they?

    • @gc8972b
      @gc8972b 3 роки тому +3

      still, he dropped some cold hard truths about the association between media and advertisers in general, in any industry. Trip is an interesting person.
      Along with Sega, his failed attempts in the 90s made everything more genuine and interesting to watch

  • @dante7302
    @dante7302 3 роки тому +3

    When the subtitle says MGS 2: Guns of the patriots and you have to double take

  • @TheOblomoff
    @TheOblomoff 3 роки тому +1

    The 'camera' lines were fairly hilarious.

  • @worldsboss
    @worldsboss 3 роки тому +5

    LOL! Oh Trip, what were you thinking 😂 The irony is that the review was right, it kinda does look like a PS1 game.

  • @Starwars4J
    @Starwars4J 3 роки тому +2

    There has always been a heavy Sony bias on this channel but that cold opening was just on another level lmao

    • @EggEnjoyer
      @EggEnjoyer 3 роки тому

      I’m an Xbox player primarily but I won’t deny the fact that the PlayStation 2 is probably the best console ever made. Did you own a PlayStation 2 back then? Did you play the games? There’s yet to be anything like it. The industry had changed so drastically since then, we’ll never have a gaming space like it

    • @JazGalaxy
      @JazGalaxy 3 роки тому +1

      @@EggEnjoyer I have a hard time
      Buying that. Ps2 had some okay games, but people gloss over the fact that it had one of the worst launch libraries of all time and it’s first year had basically nothing to play. All of the gaming magazines at the time
      Had articles saying things like “where are the games?!?!”. For all the hype about how powerful and next gen it was supposed to be, it had a bunch of low scoring titles that didn’t do anything the ps1 couldn’t do. Even SSX, the best launch title, wasn’t really better than Tony Hawk 3 which was out on PS1 at the same time. If you sold your PS1 to buy a PS2, you looked like a fool.
      PS2 is my least favorite console, but I concede that I sold sold it after about a year and a half and went all in on Xbox. The only ps2 games I bought that I liked were GTA3 and Twisted Metal Black. I do understand that much better games came out later in the console’s lifespan. But I put a lot of weight on console launches.

    • @EggEnjoyer
      @EggEnjoyer 3 роки тому

      @@JazGalaxy Well who cares about the launch year when it went on to have one of the strongest libraries of all time? Most people don’t experience the first year of the console and so that’s why no one talks about to. And to be honest, I’ve never seen any console with a good launch library. All mediocre trash, that’s why I wait a few years before upgrading. I think you just missed out tbh. But not too much cause the og Xbox was an amazing console too and it also had some pretty great games.

  • @Mental_Health_Matters
    @Mental_Health_Matters 3 роки тому +8

    Did you know? The PS2 can play DVDs and PS1 games?!

  • @smgofdvld
    @smgofdvld 3 роки тому +5

    right after school every couple of weeks I would always visit the game shops and pick up whatever gba and ps2 games were out good times 👍😁

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 3 роки тому +10

    *God Hand:* 3.0 from IGN
    *Final Fight: Streetwise:* 3.8 from IGN
    Someone better not tell Austin Eruption...

    • @genyakozlov1316
      @genyakozlov1316 2 роки тому

      Honestly, knowing this just makes me dislike God Hand. I don't like it when people dislike art without thinking about opinions of people who may like it, so if this piece of art is made because the creator disliked another piece of art, it just makes me dislike that piece of art.
      If you want to make something better, please don't make anything because nothing better can exist, because something being better is fully subjective and all you're actually doing is being condescending.
      I guess God Hand deserved its negative reception after all. It may have been a good game, but it was made for the wrong reasons. I'm glad it failed. Shows him how to make a "better" game!

  • @YovaRodz
    @YovaRodz 3 роки тому +6

    Classic games, good old times from the PS2 era

  • @Jofe000
    @Jofe000 3 роки тому +8

    7:40 If only Hawkins had written that letter almost 20 years later, journalists would be agreeing with him and praising his boldness. Truly a visionary.

  • @marscaleb
    @marscaleb 3 роки тому +3

    I think a lot of people want throw flak at that CEO for talking about how advertisers are the true demographic of their magazine. But in all honesty, I find it refreshing to see someone so high up being real about it. The truth is, that is exactly how the media industry is played. And whether it's one of the biggest gaming magazines or a simple UA-camr, the truth is that people who give poor ratings don't get the same revenue and opportunities.
    I suppose there is something to be said about the context behind the letter, since it was a private letter and not a public display. But really that just leaves questions about who leaked the letter to begin with.

  • @TheNegronomicon
    @TheNegronomicon 3 роки тому +21

    Wow this Trip person sounds like a stand up guy! And he founded EA?! Woah, the positives just keep coming!

  • @AverageBelgianGamer
    @AverageBelgianGamer 3 роки тому

    Speaking of News outlets being enraged before a games release. Bully (Canis Canem Edit) also suffered the same pre release negative press when announced. I remember that it was being said it encouraged bullying (which it didn't, obviously). It even got some bad press here in Belgium. Even my mother forbid me to play it, even though I was 16 at the time and it was rated 16+. Joke was on her though, I already bought and completed it by the time she got around to forbid me to play it lol. Even though she suddenly started paying more attention to what games I was playing and checking the ESRB/PEGI ratings... But she didn't care about a month later, guess she realised she was at fault to when she bought me GTA 3 and Vice City years prior.

  • @Zeverinsen
    @Zeverinsen 3 роки тому +1

    There's a reason why the PS2 topped the most sold console of all time!
    I still have mine, and a huge library of games to go with it.

  • @sojannedos
    @sojannedos 3 роки тому +1

    Picking a juice to drink for the rest of my life is harder than one would think.
    I'd pick pomegranate juice.

  • @crithon
    @crithon 3 роки тому

    little known fact, Trip Hawkins was named among people magazine 50 most beautiful people right before they launched the 3DO at a 700 bucks. Also was head of apple and ea.

  • @alaok489
    @alaok489 3 роки тому

    0:44
    Narrator: Metal Gear Solid II Sons of Liberty
    CC: Metal Gear Solid II Guns of the Patriots

  • @Grimm-Gaming
    @Grimm-Gaming 3 роки тому +3

    Portal Runner was one of my absolute favorite early Ps2 Games! the multiplayer was sooooo fun!

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 3 роки тому +2

    as a guy who has played and owns final fight streetwise I find it quite hilarious that shinji mikami hates it and it led him to make Godhand maybe I should play Godhand...

  • @Hiromaniac
    @Hiromaniac 3 роки тому +1

    Apple juice! I like grape juice as well, but apple juice is just leagues better than any other juice.

  • @Vicky-Hugh-Martini
    @Vicky-Hugh-Martini 3 роки тому

    I didn't recall any backlash of San Andreas prior to release. Probably because I was a young kid, but I'm able to vaguely remember the Hot Coffee scandal around the same time.

  • @lilwyvern4
    @lilwyvern4 3 роки тому +1

    Only one juice for the rest of my life? Probably cranberry. Am I allowed to drink things other than juice as well?

    • @nlatimer
      @nlatimer 3 роки тому

      I don't see why not
      Cranberry is a god tier juice though

  • @madProgenitorDeity
    @madProgenitorDeity 3 роки тому +2

    8:44 amen
    you can add Activision / Blizzard hiring literal torturers to that.

  • @TheGomer
    @TheGomer 3 роки тому +2

    Big G I'm gonna have to go with tropical juice, the GOAT

  • @LilPolemistisXL
    @LilPolemistisXL 3 роки тому

    9:56 i don't think that's the right "Evolution Games" logo
    Evolution *Studios* made the WRC games for the PS2

  • @TGoRetro
    @TGoRetro 3 роки тому +1

    Holy shit at mid-2000s Jeff Gertsmann

  • @codydfwn
    @codydfwn 3 роки тому +4

    Finally.... I've been waiting for this one! Please do some more Sony trivia videos! This was a great change of pace, honestly. Nintendo facts aren't really enticing me as much anymore.. All the good stuff has already really been covered by you guys.. The newer facts arent as cool.. But the GBA games that never came out one was pretty nice.. Woulda loved to have seen that Wind Waker GBA.. Looked sweet!
    But still-
    More Sony IPs and Sony facts in general, pls.

    • @Ability-King-KK
      @Ability-King-KK 3 роки тому +2

      It would have been nice to hear facts about actual Playstation IPs like Ratchet & Clank, Sly Cooper, God of War, etc. Instead we got facts about third-party PS2 games.

    • @codydfwn
      @codydfwn 3 роки тому

      @@Ability-King-KK Exactly how I've been feeling! Or just facts about the console or it's piracy or blah blah... I want some in-depth videos on the production and all that stuff for Sony IPs.. Crash, Spyro, Tomb Raider, Soul Reaver, Ratchet & Clank, Jax & Daxter, Uncharted.. Much like they've done for so many Nintendo IPs. Been waiting for these.. Possibly just as you, my friend lol. But definitely we share a similar mindset! 😀 totally agreed, man.

  • @pronstorestiffi
    @pronstorestiffi 3 роки тому +2

    A young Jeff Gerstmann appears. Still a threat.

    • @nlatimer
      @nlatimer 3 роки тому +1

      Wait, that was the OG threat

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie 3 роки тому +1

    Pros to pasting the script into subtitles : saves time
    Cons to pasting the script into subtitles : Guns of the Patriots

  • @greatsageclok-roo9013
    @greatsageclok-roo9013 3 роки тому

    Was I hearing that right, or were you using *TY the Tasmanian Tiger* music after that Raycon promotion? Specifically TY 2.
    Sounded an awful lot like it...

  • @TobiIsAGoodBoy1
    @TobiIsAGoodBoy1 3 роки тому +1

    i was a huge fan of army men back in the day an this is the first time i have ever herd of or even seen portal runner.

  • @misslilly7353
    @misslilly7353 3 роки тому +1

    If I can only pick one juice to drink the rest of my life it would be a very high pulp orange juice

  • @RE4-Station
    @RE4-Station 3 роки тому +1

    The PS2 was something else!

  • @NukeOTron
    @NukeOTron 3 роки тому

    If you feel you can make a better game, and actually have the know-how to do it, do it. That Godhand story makes perfect sense to me.
    7:57 Is he referring to Ludwig Van Beethoven, or the film series with the large St. Bernard? Also, this makes me think of how Yahtzee Croshaw keeps pointing out that he keeps getting company notes to focus on for the games he plays, and he proceeds to heckle them.

  • @christopherjohnston1471
    @christopherjohnston1471 2 роки тому

    Orange juice is actually pretty dope as a snack; freeze it, cut the top off the carton, and spoon that shit up.

  • @FunkyPanda1
    @FunkyPanda1 3 роки тому +1

    Ratchet deadlocked Online on PS2 was amazing for its time

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 роки тому

      Was Ratchet 3 or Ratchet Deadlocked the one with the best online mode?

    • @FunkyPanda1
      @FunkyPanda1 3 роки тому

      @@Game_Hero I say ratchet deadlocked because people only really like ratchet 3 for CTF and lagjumping. Fans brought back the online servers and we still play both on PS2 though. I have some videos on my channel

  • @asxmeggy5049
    @asxmeggy5049 3 роки тому +4

    PS2 had a great library of games
    Gta 3 vc SA MGS2

    • @ClaireZhasa
      @ClaireZhasa 3 роки тому +2

      Ironically, GTA3 and VC both aged much better than San Andreas

  • @PrinzessinRamode
    @PrinzessinRamode 3 роки тому

    PS2 sold extremely well because it was a DVD player game system combo and was 1/2 the price of the Panasonic GameCube. As far as a number of games, the PS2 had an overabundance of shovelware. Quality over quantity. :P

  • @songoku9348
    @songoku9348 3 роки тому

    I have a portable PS2. You have no idea how awesome it is to be able to carry your favourite PS2 games on the go.

    • @silverreaps6803
      @silverreaps6803 3 роки тому +1

      How did u get something like that?

    • @songoku9348
      @songoku9348 3 роки тому +1

      @@silverreaps6803 Check a guy called Martial Arts Gamer, he has a couple of videos showing off the PS2P.

  • @Chalky.
    @Chalky. 3 роки тому +4

    After first holding the Xbox controller it just added to my already existing dislike of the Dualshock, but the Ps2 had many great exclusive games so just dealt with it.

    • @gjergjaurelius9798
      @gjergjaurelius9798 3 роки тому

      Huge xbox fan myself but goddamn ps2 fuckin rocked too. Xbox to me was the underdog and my 1st I bought myself.

    • @rompevuevitos222
      @rompevuevitos222 3 роки тому

      The Dualshock 2 is objectively better than the 360s controller due to the fact that the arrow keys don't suck ass and they didn't replace the R2s with a soft and small trigger, the PS2 one is easier to grip while the xbox's just rest on your hand
      The idea to put the sticks at different heights helps the issue of thumbs touching each other, but it causes issues with certain types of games. Overall the xbox controller was made for FPS, but that's the worst genre they could have chosen to focus on with a console
      Another small detail is that the buttons are closer togheter and have easier to grip borders, allowing to press various buttons at once with one finger more easily
      The Dualshock 4 also fixes the issue of the thumbs touching each other by just increasing the distance between them, so imo that line wins in the end

  • @gerardwaysway5999
    @gerardwaysway5999 3 роки тому +1

    True crime NYC is one of the most underappreciated games i played, I wouldn't be a my chemical romance and I wouldn't have sought out three cheers for sweet revenge

  • @SA-dc9el
    @SA-dc9el 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the shout out to God Hand!

  • @VideoGameJNPoop
    @VideoGameJNPoop 2 роки тому +1

    The subtitles have 1 error.
    You say the game is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty which is right, but the subtitles say Metal Gear Solid 2: Guns Of The Patriots.
    Guns Of The Patriots is MGS4, not MGS2.

  • @Godeias
    @Godeias 3 роки тому

    Still my favorite gaming console to this day, still own one, still play it more than any other console I own

  • @marksayosmejia7251
    @marksayosmejia7251 3 роки тому

    FINALLY A NON NINTENDO RELATED VID.
    AM I DREAMING?? ive been seeing nohing but mostly nintendo content tbh.

  • @AdamHolland-Adz
    @AdamHolland-Adz 3 роки тому

    Would it be possible to see some facts about PS2 LEGO games? Those were my favourites as a kid

  • @SammEater
    @SammEater 2 роки тому +1

    At least the 3DO guy was right about gaming magazines real customers being the advertisers not gamers.

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 3 роки тому

    Neat video & facts! Thanks for uploading!

  • @waalex11
    @waalex11 3 роки тому

    I'm hoping for a Remaster of True Crime.
    It was very enjoyable. Awesome concept.

  • @TheFartsandCrapsShow
    @TheFartsandCrapsShow 3 роки тому

    One juice?! I dunno... apple? Buuut lemon is really good with tea, and I love tea. Yeah, lemon juice... Although I could just drop a slice of lemon without juicing it, or use a zest... Yeah, apple.

  • @energuminum
    @energuminum 3 роки тому +1

    Orange juice for me. Or maybe lemonade. Does lemonade count?

  • @unclefranklin4575
    @unclefranklin4575 3 роки тому +2

    7:41
    Wow this guy was almost a decade ahead of his time. Maybe modern games journalists took some inspiration from this guy.

    • @the-NightStar
      @the-NightStar 3 роки тому +1

      "modern games journalists"
      >Remembers how Nintendo Power was almost entirely paid ads for games.
      Yeah ok dude.

    • @windebiesteultima3317
      @windebiesteultima3317 3 роки тому

      He’s also the founder of EA sooo there’s some strong parallels there

    • @unclefranklin4575
      @unclefranklin4575 3 роки тому

      @@the-NightStarI'm not talking about catering to the advertisers(although that is definitely an issue today, and at least nintendo power wasn't afraid to give bad reviews to games every so often) I'm specifically talking about the trashy attitude games journalists have for the majority of their audience.

  • @Lykhaios
    @Lykhaios 3 роки тому +1

    Bloody hell, I’m engaging with the video! Freggin love all your content, be it 15 or or 60 minutes long! Thank you! And give me coconut juice for life!

  • @giantleprechaun
    @giantleprechaun 3 роки тому +3

    I hope the gta san andreas remake keeps the rpg aspects

  • @Mineshaft116
    @Mineshaft116 3 роки тому

    Shit, dude. Uhh... probably apple juice, I guess. Wait! Cran-raspberry. Yeahhhh...