The last era of having actual video games since with the gen after that they started online locking games, DLC, microtransactions etc that is when lots of us quit gaming or quit supporting it again. Today we are back at gaming being a thing next to nobody cares about, just an thing you come across online in videos and streams and mostly cringed upon by the masses. PS2 era was the one that actually made gamers of all generations. PS2 had tons of mod options too it was for many our 1st PC too. For the price too then mods it did thousands of things more then what it was originally made for. Not only did its purpose but overdid it all. I quit gaming too but if I ever go back to it I still have my PS2 and the library of games for it so as tools. The only system I will ever care for.
Id like to share my experience with display of PlayStation 2 on Modern television. On my older TV a Sony Bravia 60-in it worked fine but when I got a newer TV the display from PlayStation 2 was too dark and was unplayable. I purchased a HDMI converter for my PlayStation 2 and it was still too dark. I couldn't afford the Retro tink or other upscaler so I was looking for another solution for my PlayStation 2 display. My 55 inch Samsung curved panel Smart TV had the option to use 3.5 mm jack to hook up component cables. I had to order the converter to 3.5 mm from Belgium. Once I used this converter the display from my PlayStation 2 is the best I have ever seen on any TV without an expensive upscaler. For those who cannot afford an upscaler and have a Samsung TV, I highly recommend this 3.5 mm to component adapter. I also recommend the brook wingman controller converter for using modern controllers with the PlayStation 2. Thank you for the video very interesting. I hope my solution to PlayStation 2 display on Modern TVs with 3.5 mm converter helps somebody out there. It was a lifesaver for me.
@@Darcvigilantegraphics aren't everything are true to some extent. I really wished that late 2000s games didn't have that orange filter on almost all of the games
omg i love clocktower 3. Still have my copy that my dad got me at a pawn shop we would game hunt there all the time when i was a kid i would work with my uncle and me and my dad would just go buy games and game it up all weekend... Miss the old days.. Hardly have time to game at all with work... Today i felt like a robot like i snapped out while at work like damn..... this is my life huh.....
I still mourn Dreamcast's quick death, dude... I often wonder what Sega would be doing if they were still making consoles. Now that I'm a bitter adult I know that Sega probably will never get back in the game as a manufacturer, but when I was a kid I used to literaly dream about a Dreamcast 2 or something. About the PS2 I really don't have ANY nostalgia for it since the only Sony console that I had growing up was the OG PlayStation and my experience with the PS2 was pretty slim, mainly playing a couple hours of random games on friends and family houses, but I am just now catching up with it's library - the whole Sony past PS1 actualy. I'm playing the first God of War live here on UA-cam and I am loving it, the franchise really hooked me with Ascension, I think it's a hell of a game and it's supposed to be the worst of the franchise so I can only expect that this franchise may very well become one of my favorites. I think that the combination of Sony's earned trust with the PS1, a pretty good hardware for the time, the fact that it ran DVD movies out of the box and piracy really made the PS2 the smash hit that it was here in Brazil.
Well the GameCube did actually lose Nintendo money even though they stabilised towards it's end of it's lifespan. The N64 probably about broke even. The Wii made a bomb. Nintendo have no idea why they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. The truth is nobody really knows.
@@raymondfrederick I don’t know, man… if they were somewhat relevant and successful making consoles nowadays maybe they would make more games and have more and different studios under them, but we can only speculate
PS2 wasn't better than Dreamcast in all aspects. DC often had better texture quality and a much cleaner final image output - I've never noticed such excessive flickering/shimmering on DC like I did on PS2.
I still remember when i convinced by family of getting me a ps2. i told them that a DVD player cost 300 to 600 dollars, and you would only get a DVD player. but if you buy a ps2 you will get a DVD player a CD player a ps1 and a ps2 for for about 200$
Love how much complete this video is. Videos like that are important for gaming history preservation. Its also useful for indie gamedevs trying to achieve ps2 esthetic ;)
Like you said in the video, also have in mind that we used to play on a CRT TV, which made a huge difference compared to our current LCD displays. I still have an old CRT around and it is mind blowing how good PS1 and PS2 games look compared to my main monitor or TV, barely any pixelation in the backgrounds and textures, all 2D elements look smooth.
I've used the Elgato 4K for some time and had a lot of problems with frame drops, now I use the Avermedia GC573, it's pretty ok for me. Great video as always btw!
I also own a GC573 and love it, especially the surround sound support. With the GC573 I had a lot of stuttering on OBS but none in the native app. With the Elgato, I get no stutters in the native app and barely any stuttering via OBS! In regards to quality I find them quite similar, but I prefer to record via OBS for mkv files and AV1 encoding.
@@VideoGameShowcase How's been your experience with the new Elgato 4k? I currently own a 4k60 Pro Mk.2, which is good, but I really wish it had surround sound support.
@@AuroMotaGaming I like it so far. It works well both with the 4K Capture Software (Elgato's own software) and OBS. I also really wish it had surround support, but that's supposedly coming soon. The 4K Pro barely has any stuttering on OBS, and something that I discovered is that if you disable OBS preview BEFORE capturing gameplay, and keep it like that, there's no stuttering at all. I believe that applies to all capture cards.
I broke up with with a long relationship 6 months ago and with all this time on my hands, I recently I bought a playstation 2 to play all my ps1& 2 games I had while growing up. It's been more than 10 years since I don't play... and what a trip it has been. I had forgotten how amazing video game were! I've been watching reviews like these for the past months and this one has got to be the best I found so far. PLEASE do a review on playstation one games. I love Ps2, but Ps1 games have a thing of their own. Since they didn't have all the space of a DVD, or the graphics, creativity was at its highest in gameplay and story telling. Most of those amazing Ps2 games that we call works of art today, started out in. PS1. Greetings!
Eu achando que um canal com o edu falando de console antigo ja era bom, agora tem outro e em inglês ainda, INCRIVEL E a qualidade se mantém impecavel como sempre, parabéns Edu
Back in 1999 I was so proud owning a arcade machine sega's dreamcast Played on a very old crt and it looked very gut on it But the dream was short Thank god there is a big fanbase for this machine Making homebrew for it ❤
Actually Grandia III did get a digital re-release on Playstation 3 store. If I could still buy it I would, but for whatever reason I've not been able to. Some people say because the store is down, but even when it was up, it wouldn't let me update my credit card information.
I dont think you use credit card on ps3 anymore. You need to buy psn top up voucher, redeem it on ps4 or ps5, then log in to ps3 and the voucher should be there. Works for me
I play FFX on either my Xbox One X, or my PS Vita!! The Dreamcast is the one system out there I wish the most, had not Failed.. it was such an amazing System!! Metropolis Street Racer was better than any of the Project Gotham that came later on Xbox.. PG is ok, but none of them had the same realistic feel that MSR had.. But the DC had so much that was great! I'll never forget Shenmue!
an incredible video, congratulations on the production, even though I have already watched a similar video on a channel of a great manly brazilian man, it is worth reviewing, this channel will help me a lot in my learning of the english language, hug!
you've selected only a few of best looking games on PS2 for this video. If you gonna make another episode on how PS2 games actually look, and show the true graphical potential of PS2 i suggest you some insane graphically games : Ghosthunter, Primal, Shadow of Rome, Haunting Ground, Killzone, Area 51, Black, Cold Winter, Cold Fear, Darkwatch, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Burnout Revenge & Dominator, Flatout 1&2, Onimusha 3&4, True Crime NYC, Scarface, The Getaway 1&2, Reservoir Dogs, Stolen, Prince of Persia series, Project Zero series, Hitman Blood Money & Contracts, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory & Double Agent, 24 The Game, Mercenaries, Destroy all Humans 1&2, Sniper Elite, CoD 3 & World at War, Enthusia, Evolution GT, Toca Race Driver 2&3, Driver 3&4, Tourist Trophy, WRC Rally Evolved, Def Jam Vendetta & Fight for NY, Zetch Bell Mamodo Battles, Fight Night 3, Psi-Ops, The Suffering 1&2
amazing video! i agree with you: shadow of the colossus is probably one of the best games ever made. Just one thing: in ps2, you can actually play it in progressive scan mode and it is wonderful!
Salve Edu. Encontrei esse canal depois que você falou sobre ele no Vilela, e eu ativamente procurei até conseguir achar. Mas uma coisa interessante, é que eu já recebi recomendações desse canal antes, só que eu nunca cliquei para ver os vídeos. Talvez o fato de eu ver muitos videos em inglês tenham ajudado a receber essa recomendação, vai saber
achei vc aqui também Dudu.... bora pra Feira no Brasil naquela data hein.... espero te ver lá... good work in the canal... better voice and better canal... so like ever and ever... by my friend... its show its very cool with evertime
I do feel it is a disservice to portray these titles as how they “actually look” without using a method to achieve the intended display on a CRT. You have access to something as insane as a Retrotink 4k, which can achieve black frame insertion with 120hz panels to replicate CRT motion clarity as well as apply genuinely flawless CRT shader masks that are extremely comparable to the best looking televisions of the era and you decided to not utilize these features for a video about displaying the visual authenticity of the PS2? It’s a great video but feels like an odd choice taking the analogue signal and using it raw on a digital display it wasn’t meant for. Feels a lot less genuine to the true look of the system.
I notice a good difference in the way you express yourself and even in the tone of the video compared to that of your other channel, despite the basis of the content being practically the same. Is this a conscious decision or do you think it is the languages differences that causes this impression? both videos are excellent by the way
Probably a mix of how I perceive and communicate in the language, and how it's actually more challenging for me to communicate in English compared to my native language. Not a conscious decision.
@@VideoGameShowcase This isn't a problem though, I love the tone of this channel, I find it more relaxing and intimate, it's like chating with a friend
While I love using dolphin, pcsx2, xemu, and redream, and are my preferred methods nowadays, there's really nothing like using original hardware. The 6th generation really did have that future aesthetic. These systems were powerful but also somewhat limited so they all had completely unique ideas but again, the early 2000s had a very future feel to everything like SSX1, Midnight Club 2, the ps2 and xbox start up/menus, etc.. It made them seem far more powerful and surreal than they really were. You kinda lose that feel when using an emulator, but immediately jump back into it when using the actual console.
Final Fantasy 10 was the first game ever that let me understand games can have different quality of graphics. at that time it was so much better than anything else that it stands out even today D; but later with final fantasy 13 the developers discovered you cant make a good game that is entirely focused on good graphics D; the gameplay is vastly more important.
I recently decided to play and finish FF13 (it even has its own video in the channel). Yeah, it has its problems, but I found it quite enjoyable... but I played it knowing what I'd have to deal with! Thanks for the comment!
@@VideoGameShowcaseI wouldn’t get it just for content creation unless it is an early investment that you can afford to make as I don’t believe you tube revenue isn’t anywhere near paying that upfront costs until you get so much ad revenue and with a low subscriber count it could take years to get enough to warrant that purchase. Do it because you want to and enjoy it.
@@Patrick-tw7nrto be honest, my Xbox 360 video alone was enough to fund the RetroTink 4K, monetization with content in English is really strong. And this is not my only UA-cam channel, so in my case it made a lot of sense to buy one. But, as I said, the 5X is a solid scaler that can do most of what the 4K can do. I’d even consider MiSTer FGPA instead of a scaler depending on the person. Thanks!
Please don´t forget to calibrate for proper black levels it makes a huge difference in picture quality. There are lots of games there with washed out greys instead of proper blacks. Resident Evil Code Veronica X can be played in 480p using GSM you can force it to progressive mode, the only drawback is that you need to skip the fmv´s or the game will hang. The game can look a little bit sharper in 480p but the "cinematic" motion blur is still there, the only way to disable the motion blur is with a hack. Final Fantasy X also can work perfectly in progressive scan again using GSM. It even works with 720p, 1080i and 1080p video modes.
@@VideoGameShowcase May be the colors are correct but if the "brightness" or black level is not set properly it will affect all other colors. Another possibility is that you are capturing in full range rgb and the retrotink is sending a limited rgb signal, the mismatch would surely make all blacks to look washed out or grey.
some games looks stunning with GSM with resolution set to 576p, in general i prefer more 480p and 576p in 4:3 aspect then 1080i cus 1080i make the image very pixelated
@@mandibiedermann2246 576p is very good for PAL games that are properly ported to use the extra 512 or 576 lines from the PAL standard, that is, as long as the game is not using "field rendering" of course. I think 1080i mode is bugged in some old standalone GSM versions, i also remember some games not looking right, as if the game was being displayed using the wrong field order, causing distortion or pixelation. I think it may have been fixed in the newest builds of OPL with the integrated GSM, but i have not tested it extensively.
@@jsr734 only few early games used field rendering method, also i play PAL games in general cus im from Germany 😅and of course i know PAL games have slighty better resolution and colour palette
@@VideoGameShowcase greetings just checked and grandia 3 is definitely still there on the ps3 store. You gotta have a ps3 and buy it directly from there go to the store then games>all games> go to "add filter">game type>ps2 classics should take you directly there.
Code Veronica was developed for the dreamcast first and exclusive at one point, thats why it looks better. The dreamcast had better video out compared to the ps2 overall.
Nah, is just that someone at Capcom said: Hey! look!, we can add this amazing motion blur effect, everyone shall be amazed! 😆 The game is almost identical to the Dreamcast version, even running in 640x480 instead of the typical 640x448 that Ps2 games use, the textures, characters (well, some differences in some characters modeling of hair), is just that the motion blur effect makes it look more washed out.
UA-cam acabou de me recomendar o vídeo seu huahuahua. Vídeos muito bom de fato. U.u PS: Como não foi divulgado pro público BR, irei respeitar a privacidade e manter pra mim mesmo.
Metal Gear was pretty intimidating to play at first because I was mostly an RPG player but after some trial and error and getting used to the mechanics you'll start breezing through it with very little actual combat. Metal Gear Solid left a huge impact on me as a kid and there's a lot of philosophical and political messaging that are relevant to this day.
Teu sotaque eh muito bom kra mas ja tava suspeitando q vc era br kkkkk um monte d gente q nao eh falante nativo faz video em ingles pra nao ter soh o seu país como audiencia e tava na hora de ver um br fazer isso (e de maneira discreta, com naturalidade)
I still play on my PS2 whenever I come back to my mom's and I gotta disagree with you on the RE4 take.. I don't know why but I love playing with the R1 + X mechanics to shoot, the right analog being useless is the only thing I would complain. Yes, the shooting is dated but it feels confortable, and I'm not being blinded by nostalgia, I just reckon it to be a cool and different TPS experience
I still have my ps2, dreamcast and og xbox hooked up. The ps2 is definitely a struggle to work on modern qled tvs. I'm running it through a ossc with the hd retro component. I have it at 480p through the ossc and for the most part looks good. The dreamcast and xbox I leave 480p and I have it through behar bros hardware then I have it connected to a mclassic running hdmi to the TV.
@VideoGameShowcase I also maintain them. Every few years I clean the insides, replace the thermal paste. Re solder loose caps. The og xbox, unfortunately has terrible dvd drives. I went through 4 since 2001
Yeah, I understand… because I’ve been doing the same with my consoles. Unfortunately I don’t solder, but I bring all my consoles to a friend of mine who’s a technician and we have been changing capacitors and maintaining all of my consoles little by little. In the end, that’s the smart thing to do. My SNES was looking awful (either via SCART or Composite) and now it looks really good… capacitors had gone bad.
I never had consoles, only PC´s when I was younger. Only now thanks to emulation I can play PS2; Ps3 and XBox titles. I play mostly racing games like GT4 so I appreciate how much an emulator can enhance the image quality with upscaled resolution, tweaks, texture replacements and maybe some Reshade on top of that :)
I normally don’t care too much about the graphics enhancements. As long as the game plays properly I’m happy. With the PS2, running games on emulator with progressive scan that on original hardware only run in interlaced mode is a huge improvement. Enjoy the games!!!
@@VideoGameShowcase To me, I see no point in enhancing the look of these games as... The only time to enhance is a CRT filter, but honestly the art direction for these older consoles was BETTER
@@MaoRatto I do see a point, because PS2 didn't have the best image quality - it was actually quite a huge downgrade from Dreamcast. So much flickering and shimmering makes my eyes hurt, I couldn't play Valkyrie Profile 2 for more than ten minutes on original hardware. I'm playing it upscaled with PCSX2 now and the only other enhancement is anti-blur, (and 16 AF, which is always on through the graphics card driver anyways).
@@Disconnect350 There's nothing cringe about playing games with decent image quality and a steady framerate, especially when the original hardware was as poor as PS1 and 2 in that regard. Only those with the thickest nostalgia goggles think that the atrocious flickering and wobbling is fun to look at.
Oh yeah I remember back when people chose the PS2 over XBox because Microsoft wouldn't allow you to use the game remote to control the DVD features, you had to buy a special remote controller, and uh, PS2 I choose you!
Hmm with older consoles a lot of games don’t have a proper widescreen option so mostly it’s not worth it. Oftentimes the wide option will cut content or simply stretch the image instead of expand it.
17:21 i played this in pc. It was great..Now playing in ps4 remake.. Remake is far better then ps2 because of graphics as well as gameplay. Even game mechanics.imporved in terms of shooting etc.
I was looking for some foreign channels to practice my English. And look who I come across hahahahah. Dudu, first of all success to you in this new adventure. Second, without violating your privacy, I would like to get in touch with you so that, if you allow me, I can clarify some small questions with you. If not, I understand. Hug!
Not worth it. The output is 1080i, the internal (rendered) resolution is not. Can’t remember exactly if it’s 480i or a resolution just close to it. But for modern displays 480p is definitely better than 1080i for it.
@@VideoGameShowcase GT4 renders 576x960 buffers stretched horizontally to get the 16:9 aspect ratio in 1080i mode. It looks as sharp as 480p mode but with smaller jaggies so it looks as sharp and smother than in 480p. 480p looks sharp but very jagged in comparisson to 1080i. 480i looks the smoothest as the game forces the "anti flicker filter" to blur the picture and lessen the perception of jaggies.
i don't get it, looks basically the same as i remember, aside from any conversion pieces that may make it more true to what the devs saw in development, which I can't really notice at all, it still looks as I remember.
Did you play PS2 games on LCD / plasma TV’s? Otherwise it should look different, since CRT’s display video in a totally different way due to how it blends adjacent pixels, plus how we perceive scanlines.
@@VideoGameShowcase What I am saying is what they looked like vs what they reeeeeeeallllllly looked like is fairly indistinguishable and can only really be noticed by upscaling things to a point where you can notice them. (not that you did that). Ex: On n64, usually running at 240p, well, you can really tell how crappy it "really" looks when you upscale it to 1080, etc. even though it isn't the intended way to view the game. But because you've used a very accurate way of capturing the footage (kudos), a lot of it is barely noticeable.
Hmm I'd disagree honestly... I think that pure signal (like what we see here) is quite different, and worse, than how the games looked in CRT displays. That's why, when I play analog consoles, I use CRT masks and filters... this way they look way better in modern displays. But that's my take, I'm not saying you're wrong! Thanks!!!
I have all the original copies of Ratchet, Jak and Sly games. I looked at a review of Deadlocked on UA-cam and most people have the PS3 ports .....Yikes that looks bad lol.
I still play mine all the time. One of the best systems ever. I love collecting for it still.
I really need to get my ps2 off the shelf. Games really felt crafted back then.
The last era of having actual video games since with the gen after that they started online locking games, DLC, microtransactions etc that is when lots of us quit gaming or quit supporting it again. Today we are back at gaming being a thing next to nobody cares about, just an thing you come across online in videos and streams and mostly cringed upon by the masses.
PS2 era was the one that actually made gamers of all generations.
PS2 had tons of mod options too it was for many our 1st PC too. For the price too then mods it did thousands of things more then what it was originally made for. Not only did its purpose but overdid it all.
I quit gaming too but if I ever go back to it I still have my PS2 and the library of games for it so as tools. The only system I will ever care for.
Amazing! how they actually looked like, instead of the blurry old youtube mess on 240p
Id like to share my experience with display of PlayStation 2 on Modern television. On my older TV a Sony Bravia 60-in it worked fine but when I got a newer TV the display from PlayStation 2 was too dark and was unplayable. I purchased a HDMI converter for my PlayStation 2 and it was still too dark. I couldn't afford the Retro tink or other upscaler so I was looking for another solution for my PlayStation 2 display. My 55 inch Samsung curved panel Smart TV had the option to use 3.5 mm jack to hook up component cables. I had to order the converter to 3.5 mm from Belgium. Once I used this converter the display from my PlayStation 2 is the best I have ever seen on any TV without an expensive upscaler. For those who cannot afford an upscaler and have a Samsung TV, I highly recommend this 3.5 mm to component adapter. I also recommend the brook wingman controller converter for using modern controllers with the PlayStation 2. Thank you for the video very interesting. I hope my solution to PlayStation 2 display on Modern TVs with 3.5 mm converter helps somebody out there. It was a lifesaver for me.
Have to have HDR off for PS2 or be very very dark .. "setting on newer Tvs"
I don't have a nostalgia for PS1 or PS2, but these videos are so good that make me feel that I've lost a great era of games.
Thanks for checking it out!
You did. Should give at least a title or two a shot. Graphics aren’t everything and if you enjoy games for more you will find some you like.
@@Darcvigilantegraphics aren't everything are true to some extent. I really wished that late 2000s games didn't have that orange filter on almost all of the games
Still got my ps2 hooked up over my ps5
Ps5 is a trash today compared to ps2 era
omg i love clocktower 3. Still have my copy that my dad got me at a pawn shop we would game hunt there all the time when i was a kid i would work with my uncle and me and my dad would just go buy games and game it up all weekend... Miss the old days.. Hardly have time to game at all with work... Today i felt like a robot like i snapped out while at work like damn..... this is my life huh.....
I still mourn Dreamcast's quick death, dude... I often wonder what Sega would be doing if they were still making consoles. Now that I'm a bitter adult I know that Sega probably will never get back in the game as a manufacturer, but when I was a kid I used to literaly dream about a Dreamcast 2 or something. About the PS2 I really don't have ANY nostalgia for it since the only Sony console that I had growing up was the OG PlayStation and my experience with the PS2 was pretty slim, mainly playing a couple hours of random games on friends and family houses, but I am just now catching up with it's library - the whole Sony past PS1 actualy. I'm playing the first God of War live here on UA-cam and I am loving it, the franchise really hooked me with Ascension, I think it's a hell of a game and it's supposed to be the worst of the franchise so I can only expect that this franchise may very well become one of my favorites. I think that the combination of Sony's earned trust with the PS1, a pretty good hardware for the time, the fact that it ran DVD movies out of the box and piracy really made the PS2 the smash hit that it was here in Brazil.
They would be doing absolute BANGERS
Well the GameCube did actually lose Nintendo money even though they stabilised towards it's end of it's lifespan. The N64 probably about broke even. The Wii made a bomb. Nintendo have no idea why they sometimes succeed and sometimes fail. The truth is nobody really knows.
@@raymondfrederick I don’t know, man… if they were somewhat relevant and successful making consoles nowadays maybe they would make more games and have more and different studios under them, but we can only speculate
As a PSVita owner, we care share your pain and relate to it due to how Sony treated us.
PS2 wasn't better than Dreamcast in all aspects. DC often had better texture quality and a much cleaner final image output - I've never noticed such excessive flickering/shimmering on DC like I did on PS2.
Thanks for making this video! It feels like a nice trip down memory lane. I had forgotten how many awesome games I played on the PS2.
I still remember when i convinced by family of getting me a ps2. i told them that a DVD player cost 300 to 600 dollars, and you would only get a DVD player. but if you buy a ps2 you will get a DVD player a CD player a ps1 and a ps2 for for about 200$
Love how much complete this video is. Videos like that are important for gaming history preservation. Its also useful for indie gamedevs trying to achieve ps2 esthetic ;)
Thank you very much!
that side by side comparison of zidane blew me away. it really brought me back lol
Like you said in the video, also have in mind that we used to play on a CRT TV, which made a huge difference compared to our current LCD displays. I still have an old CRT around and it is mind blowing how good PS1 and PS2 games look compared to my main monitor or TV, barely any pixelation in the backgrounds and textures, all 2D elements look smooth.
Incredible! I watched it in two languages.
o youtube me notificou do seu video depois de eu pesquisar videos relacionados em ingles, está fazendo um excelente trabalho com o canal, parabens
I've used the Elgato 4K for some time and had a lot of problems with frame drops, now I use the Avermedia GC573, it's pretty ok for me. Great video as always btw!
I also own a GC573 and love it, especially the surround sound support. With the GC573 I had a lot of stuttering on OBS but none in the native app. With the Elgato, I get no stutters in the native app and barely any stuttering via OBS! In regards to quality I find them quite similar, but I prefer to record via OBS for mkv files and AV1 encoding.
@@VideoGameShowcase I see. I'm using the native app from AverMedia (mp4 and H.265) with bitrate 130Mbps for 4K videos. Never got used to OBS
@@VideoGameShowcase How's been your experience with the new Elgato 4k? I currently own a 4k60 Pro Mk.2, which is good, but I really wish it had surround sound support.
@@AuroMotaGaming I like it so far. It works well both with the 4K Capture Software (Elgato's own software) and OBS. I also really wish it had surround support, but that's supposedly coming soon. The 4K Pro barely has any stuttering on OBS, and something that I discovered is that if you disable OBS preview BEFORE capturing gameplay, and keep it like that, there's no stuttering at all. I believe that applies to all capture cards.
@@VideoGameShowcase That's great! Thanks for your reply and the tips. I'm a big fan of you and your work! 😁
The quality and editing on your video is superb. Keep it up!
I broke up with with a long relationship 6 months ago and with all this time on my hands, I recently I bought a playstation 2 to play all my ps1& 2 games I had while growing up. It's been more than 10 years since I don't play... and what a trip it has been. I had forgotten how amazing video game were! I've been watching reviews like these for the past months and this one has got to be the best I found so far. PLEASE do a review on playstation one games. I love Ps2, but Ps1 games have a thing of their own. Since they didn't have all the space of a DVD, or the graphics, creativity was at its highest in gameplay and story telling. Most of those amazing Ps2 games that we call works of art today, started out in. PS1. Greetings!
I only watch videos in 1.5x or greater than that, but with your videos I enjoy normal again!! This is huge!
Shadow of the colossus ...when i hear the music i get chills one of the best games ever if not the best for sure..and my number 1 favourite!
Cara é tão estranho ver o edu falando em inglês.
não mesmo, quando começou já percebi q era ele, fiquei em dúvida pois não sabia q tinha canal em inglês
Eu achando que um canal com o edu falando de console antigo ja era bom, agora tem outro e em inglês ainda, INCRIVEL
E a qualidade se mantém impecavel como sempre, parabéns Edu
Damn, I wish I could've played Clocktower3!!!!
Looks so good
Gran Turismo 4 has no business looking so good, 20 years later
Amazing video! Keep up with the great content 😉
Great video! Would love to see more direct captures of different consoles with the retrotink 4k!
Back in 1999
I was so proud owning a arcade machine sega's dreamcast
Played on a very old crt and it looked very gut on it
But the dream was short
Thank god there is a big fanbase for this machine
Making homebrew for it
❤
Great video, thank you!
Your personal comments on games are valuable
muito bom duduzinho, bota alguem pra dublar em portugues o seu conteúdo hahah
So many memories with the ps2 and im still rocking with mine as a teen!
Actually Grandia III did get a digital re-release on Playstation 3 store. If I could still buy it I would, but for whatever reason I've not been able to. Some people say because the store is down, but even when it was up, it wouldn't let me update my credit card information.
Never knew about it. Thanks for the info!
I dont think you use credit card on ps3 anymore. You need to buy psn top up voucher, redeem it on ps4 or ps5, then log in to ps3 and the voucher should be there. Works for me
Nice editing, amazing video!
Hey! Would you ever considering doing a video showcasing the Sega Saturn? I don't know if you own one, but i used to love that console back then
Yes, I’ll get to it for sure! Right now I’m working on the Dreamcast!
I play FFX on either my Xbox One X, or my PS Vita!!
The Dreamcast is the one system out there I wish the most, had not Failed.. it was such an amazing System!! Metropolis Street Racer was better than any of the Project Gotham that came later on Xbox.. PG is ok, but none of them had the same realistic feel that MSR had..
But the DC had so much that was great! I'll never forget Shenmue!
I loved Metropolis Street Racer... the vibe of that game was awesome and the soundtrack had a lot of great songs!
Playing music from FF 10 at your wedding is peak man!
18:58 SoTC looked better than pretty much any early 2005-2006 game of the seventh gen.
an incredible video, congratulations on the production, even though I have already watched a similar video on a channel of a great manly brazilian man, it is worth reviewing, this channel will help me a lot in my learning of the english language, hug!
Been waiting for this one!
you've selected only a few of best looking games on PS2 for this video. If you gonna make another episode on how PS2 games actually look, and show the true graphical potential of PS2 i suggest you some insane graphically games : Ghosthunter, Primal, Shadow of Rome, Haunting Ground, Killzone, Area 51, Black, Cold Winter, Cold Fear, Darkwatch, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Burnout Revenge & Dominator, Flatout 1&2, Onimusha 3&4, True Crime NYC, Scarface, The Getaway 1&2, Reservoir Dogs, Stolen, Prince of Persia series, Project Zero series, Hitman Blood Money & Contracts, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory & Double Agent, 24 The Game, Mercenaries, Destroy all Humans 1&2, Sniper Elite, CoD 3 & World at War, Enthusia, Evolution GT, Toca Race Driver 2&3, Driver 3&4, Tourist Trophy, WRC Rally Evolved, Def Jam Vendetta & Fight for NY, Zetch Bell Mamodo Battles, Fight Night 3, Psi-Ops, The Suffering 1&2
Shadow of the Colossus cost me two controllers back in the day. All 10 frames per second of it.
Well it looked better on a CRT than LCD/Plasma set.
Totally agree
using RGB scart/component cables or cheap PS2toHDMI dongles PS2 looks pretty good in old HDTVs
amazing video! i agree with you: shadow of the colossus is probably one of the best games ever made. Just one thing: in ps2, you can actually play it in progressive scan mode and it is wonderful!
Salve Edu. Encontrei esse canal depois que você falou sobre ele no Vilela, e eu ativamente procurei até conseguir achar.
Mas uma coisa interessante, é que eu já recebi recomendações desse canal antes, só que eu nunca cliquei para ver os vídeos. Talvez o fato de eu ver muitos videos em inglês tenham ajudado a receber essa recomendação, vai saber
achei vc aqui também Dudu.... bora pra Feira no Brasil naquela data hein.... espero te ver lá... good work in the canal... better voice and better canal... so like ever and ever... by my friend... its show its very cool with evertime
I do feel it is a disservice to portray these titles as how they “actually look” without using a method to achieve the intended display on a CRT. You have access to something as insane as a Retrotink 4k, which can achieve black frame insertion with 120hz panels to replicate CRT motion clarity as well as apply genuinely flawless CRT shader masks that are extremely comparable to the best looking televisions of the era and you decided to not utilize these features for a video about displaying the visual authenticity of the PS2? It’s a great video but feels like an odd choice taking the analogue signal and using it raw on a digital display it wasn’t meant for. Feels a lot less genuine to the true look of the system.
Really cool you said you bought an used Ps2 slim here in Brazil!!
I notice a good difference in the way you express yourself and even in the tone of the video compared to that of your other channel, despite the basis of the content being practically the same. Is this a conscious decision or do you think it is the languages differences that causes this impression? both videos are excellent by the way
Probably a mix of how I perceive and communicate in the language, and how it's actually more challenging for me to communicate in English compared to my native language. Not a conscious decision.
@@VideoGameShowcase This isn't a problem though, I love the tone of this channel, I find it more relaxing and intimate, it's like chating with a friend
Beautiful!
While I love using dolphin, pcsx2, xemu, and redream, and are my preferred methods nowadays, there's really nothing like using original hardware. The 6th generation really did have that future aesthetic. These systems were powerful but also somewhat limited so they all had completely unique ideas but again, the early 2000s had a very future feel to everything like SSX1, Midnight Club 2, the ps2 and xbox start up/menus, etc.. It made them seem far more powerful and surreal than they really were. You kinda lose that feel when using an emulator, but immediately jump back into it when using the actual console.
Final Fantasy 10 was the first game ever that let me understand games can have different quality of graphics. at that time it was so much better than anything else that it stands out even today D; but later with final fantasy 13 the developers discovered you cant make a good game that is entirely focused on good graphics D; the gameplay is vastly more important.
I recently decided to play and finish FF13 (it even has its own video in the channel). Yeah, it has its problems, but I found it quite enjoyable... but I played it knowing what I'd have to deal with! Thanks for the comment!
Would love to have a RetroTink 4K but price and availability are a bit of a problem.
If it weren’t for content creation I wouldn’t buy the Tink 4K. The Tink 5X would be my choice!
@@VideoGameShowcaseI wouldn’t get it just for content creation unless it is an early investment that you can afford to make as I don’t believe you tube revenue isn’t anywhere near paying that upfront costs until you get so much ad revenue and with a low subscriber count it could take years to get enough to warrant that purchase. Do it because you want to and enjoy it.
@@Patrick-tw7nrto be honest, my Xbox 360 video alone was enough to fund the RetroTink 4K, monetization with content in English is really strong. And this is not my only UA-cam channel, so in my case it made a lot of sense to buy one. But, as I said, the 5X is a solid scaler that can do most of what the 4K can do. I’d even consider MiSTer FGPA instead of a scaler depending on the person. Thanks!
Awesome video
Thanks!
6th and 7th are the best generations of gaming!
PS2 and Xbox 360 = 🐐
Please don´t forget to calibrate for proper black levels it makes a huge difference in picture quality. There are lots of games there with washed out greys instead of proper blacks.
Resident Evil Code Veronica X can be played in 480p using GSM you can force it to progressive mode, the only drawback is that you need to skip the fmv´s or the game will hang. The game can look a little bit sharper in 480p but the "cinematic" motion blur is still there, the only way to disable the motion blur is with a hack.
Final Fantasy X also can work perfectly in progressive scan again using GSM. It even works with 720p, 1080i and 1080p video modes.
The RGB signal was calibrated, the Tink 4K has a specific setting for that.
@@VideoGameShowcase May be the colors are correct but if the "brightness" or black level is not set properly it will affect all other colors. Another possibility is that you are capturing in full range rgb and the retrotink is sending a limited rgb signal, the mismatch would surely make all blacks to look washed out or grey.
some games looks stunning with GSM with resolution set to 576p, in general i prefer more 480p and 576p in 4:3 aspect then 1080i cus 1080i make the image very pixelated
@@mandibiedermann2246 576p is very good for PAL games that are properly ported to use the extra 512 or 576 lines from the PAL standard, that is, as long as the game is not using "field rendering" of course.
I think 1080i mode is bugged in some old standalone GSM versions, i also remember some games not looking right, as if the game was being displayed using the wrong field order, causing distortion or pixelation. I think it may have been fixed in the newest builds of OPL with the integrated GSM, but i have not tested it extensively.
@@jsr734 only few early games used field rendering method, also i play PAL games in general cus im from Germany 😅and of course i know PAL games have slighty better resolution and colour palette
That MGS2 gameplay, oh man, oh man.
I know, super skillful, right? 🤣
Masterpiece ❤❤
Mana Khemia 1+2(and Atlier Iris 1-3) deserves HD remasters ported to all systems.
bro 160m is crazy
Truly the best selling console of all time
Grandia 3 is on psn store for ps3 and looks much better thanks to the upscale and smoother. Do hope it gets re-released if 1&2 sell well.
From what I understand Grandia 3 was delisted. And no physical re-release too unfortunately! Thanks 😅
@@VideoGameShowcase greetings just checked and grandia 3 is definitely still there on the ps3 store. You gotta have a ps3 and buy it directly from there go to the store then games>all games> go to "add filter">game type>ps2 classics should take you directly there.
PS2 is my all time favorite gaming console❤
Chatgpt told me, that I wont be able to master all ps2 games, during 1 lifespan
Code Veronica was developed for the dreamcast first and exclusive at one point, thats why it looks better. The dreamcast had better video out compared to the ps2 overall.
Nah, is just that someone at Capcom said: Hey! look!, we can add this amazing motion blur effect, everyone shall be amazed! 😆
The game is almost identical to the Dreamcast version, even running in 640x480 instead of the typical 640x448 that Ps2 games use, the textures, characters (well, some differences in some characters modeling of hair), is just that the motion blur effect makes it look more washed out.
Used to love my original PS2
UA-cam acabou de me recomendar o vídeo seu huahuahua. Vídeos muito bom de fato. U.u
PS: Como não foi divulgado pro público BR, irei respeitar a privacidade e manter pra mim mesmo.
Tarde demais haha
Muuuuuito tarde 🤣
Não é? Eu só tô fingindo demência aqui haha
Cedo ou tarde nós iríamos encontrá-lo hahaha
Metal Gear was pretty intimidating to play at first because I was mostly an RPG player but after some trial and error and getting used to the mechanics you'll start breezing through it with very little actual combat. Metal Gear Solid left a huge impact on me as a kid and there's a lot of philosophical and political messaging that are relevant to this day.
Chover no molhado, mas, baita vídeo tio.
Teu sotaque eh muito bom kra mas ja tava suspeitando q vc era br kkkkk um monte d gente q nao eh falante nativo faz video em ingles pra nao ter soh o seu país como audiencia e tava na hora de ver um br fazer isso (e de maneira discreta, com naturalidade)
I still play on my PS2 whenever I come back to my mom's and I gotta disagree with you on the RE4 take.. I don't know why but I love playing with the R1 + X mechanics to shoot, the right analog being useless is the only thing I would complain. Yes, the shooting is dated but it feels confortable, and I'm not being blinded by nostalgia, I just reckon it to be a cool and different TPS experience
On the games that support 480p do you have to select it or does it do it automatically?
Gotta select it (either via the game's menu or by holding X and triangle at boot).
I still have my ps2, dreamcast and og xbox hooked up. The ps2 is definitely a struggle to work on modern qled tvs. I'm running it through a ossc with the hd retro component. I have it at 480p through the ossc and for the most part looks good. The dreamcast and xbox I leave 480p and I have it through behar bros hardware then I have it connected to a mclassic running hdmi to the TV.
Both the Dreamcast and the OG Xbox look great in modern TVs with a proper scaler (such as the OSSC). Awesome you still got them!
@VideoGameShowcase I also maintain them. Every few years I clean the insides, replace the thermal paste. Re solder loose caps. The og xbox, unfortunately has terrible dvd drives. I went through 4 since 2001
Yeah, I understand… because I’ve been doing the same with my consoles. Unfortunately I don’t solder, but I bring all my consoles to a friend of mine who’s a technician and we have been changing capacitors and maintaining all of my consoles little by little. In the end, that’s the smart thing to do. My SNES was looking awful (either via SCART or Composite) and now it looks really good… capacitors had gone bad.
@@VideoGameShowcase it's so important to do. Do you retro bright your white consoles?
Never did so. I honestly don’t care too much for the color, as long as it works properly and will keep working in the long run!
I never had consoles, only PC´s when I was younger. Only now thanks to emulation I can play PS2; Ps3 and XBox titles. I play mostly racing games like GT4 so I appreciate how much an emulator can enhance the image quality with upscaled resolution, tweaks, texture replacements and maybe some Reshade on top of that :)
I normally don’t care too much about the graphics enhancements. As long as the game plays properly I’m happy. With the PS2, running games on emulator with progressive scan that on original hardware only run in interlaced mode is a huge improvement. Enjoy the games!!!
@@VideoGameShowcase To me, I see no point in enhancing the look of these games as... The only time to enhance is a CRT filter, but honestly the art direction for these older consoles was BETTER
@@MaoRatto I do see a point, because PS2 didn't have the best image quality - it was actually quite a huge downgrade from Dreamcast. So much flickering and shimmering makes my eyes hurt, I couldn't play Valkyrie Profile 2 for more than ten minutes on original hardware. I'm playing it upscaled with PCSX2 now and the only other enhancement is anti-blur, (and 16 AF, which is always on through the graphics card driver anyways).
Most soulless way to be a gamer. Cringe.
@@Disconnect350 There's nothing cringe about playing games with decent image quality and a steady framerate, especially when the original hardware was as poor as PS1 and 2 in that regard. Only those with the thickest nostalgia goggles think that the atrocious flickering and wobbling is fun to look at.
Oh yeah I remember back when people chose the PS2 over XBox because Microsoft wouldn't allow you to use the game remote to control the DVD features, you had to buy a special remote controller, and uh, PS2 I choose you!
Which ratio do u use? 16:9 or 4:3 ?
4:3 in all games!
@@VideoGameShowcasedoes ratio affect the video quality
Hmm with older consoles a lot of games don’t have a proper widescreen option so mostly it’s not worth it. Oftentimes the wide option will cut content or simply stretch the image instead of expand it.
Ain’t no way that voice is from who i think it is
Holy Sh... I'm shocked that someone mention Mana Khemia. It's great jrpg but not popular, and that's a shame.
Great PS 2 ❤❤
True legend
LOL @ looks like it was found in a dumpster. It does!! Hahaha. Funny line.
26:25 wrong theme song 😭🙏
Silver age of videogames.
Yea, Veronica was better in Dremcast, as well Headhunter
shadow of colossus, one of the best games ever made!!!!!
17:21 i played this in pc. It was great..Now playing in ps4 remake.. Remake is far better then ps2 because of graphics as well as gameplay. Even game mechanics.imporved in terms of shooting etc.
@@nikhildubey85 RE 4 is a joke
Grandia 3 is on the ps3 store as a ps2 classic.
Retrothink 4K do the job
Silent hill is the best
The youtube compression is not helping this video.
I was looking for some foreign channels to practice my English. And look who I come across hahahahah. Dudu, first of all success to you in this new adventure. Second, without violating your privacy, I would like to get in touch with you so that, if you allow me, I can clarify some small questions with you. If not, I understand. Hug!
You got the gems
I still have my PS2 but whenever I play nowadays I use pcsx2.
why not just get a tv from around the same time as the ps2?
It was a better time
Biladaa!
vlw pelo vídeo :D
Hmm eu sabia que esse sotaque tava familiar
gt4 can run 1080i resolution
Not worth it. The output is 1080i, the internal (rendered) resolution is not. Can’t remember exactly if it’s 480i or a resolution just close to it. But for modern displays 480p is definitely better than 1080i for it.
@@VideoGameShowcase GT4 renders 576x960 buffers stretched horizontally to get the 16:9 aspect ratio in 1080i mode. It looks as sharp as 480p mode but with smaller jaggies so it looks as sharp and smother than in 480p.
480p looks sharp but very jagged in comparisson to 1080i.
480i looks the smoothest as the game forces the "anti flicker filter" to blur the picture and lessen the perception of jaggies.
@@jsr734thanks for the details! For modern displays, at least in my experience, the 480p looks better! Thanks again!
i don't get it, looks basically the same as i remember, aside from any conversion pieces that may make it more true to what the devs saw in development, which I can't really notice at all, it still looks as I remember.
Did you play PS2 games on LCD / plasma TV’s? Otherwise it should look different, since CRT’s display video in a totally different way due to how it blends adjacent pixels, plus how we perceive scanlines.
@@VideoGameShowcase What I am saying is what they looked like vs what they reeeeeeeallllllly looked like is fairly indistinguishable and can only really be noticed by upscaling things to a point where you can notice them. (not that you did that). Ex: On n64, usually running at 240p, well, you can really tell how crappy it "really" looks when you upscale it to 1080, etc. even though it isn't the intended way to view the game. But because you've used a very accurate way of capturing the footage (kudos), a lot of it is barely noticeable.
Hmm I'd disagree honestly... I think that pure signal (like what we see here) is quite different, and worse, than how the games looked in CRT displays. That's why, when I play analog consoles, I use CRT masks and filters... this way they look way better in modern displays. But that's my take, I'm not saying you're wrong! Thanks!!!
I have all the original copies of Ratchet, Jak and Sly games. I looked at a review of Deadlocked on UA-cam and most people have the PS3 ports .....Yikes that looks bad lol.
Well PS2 was played on CRT TVs, so... this isn't actually how the games looked like.
Hmm I did say so in the video 😅
Nintendo GameCube and OG Xbox the graphic is better than PS2 but it does have more games
I beat RE4 Remake on hardcore and didn't like it that much, original is much better for me.