Tekken Tag was the best launch title. Was the first time I remember a game looking significantly better than the arcade version. Usually we’d play games at the arcade for a year then have the watered down version at home finally release.
I got my PS2 with Tekken Tag Tournament and SmackDown Just Bring It back in 2001 and was floored by how good it looked and a huge leap forward from the PS1 games.
tekken tag's graphics were so good when i looked at the back cover i thought it was fake, when i finaly had the game in my console as a child i thought it was a dream, it was UNBELIEVABLE
Strange to think that Rockstar had two launch titles for the PS2 and at least one game basically every year throughout the PS2 and PS3 generation and yet the only game they've put out since GTA V in 2013 is Red Dead Redemption 2.
They couldn’t make expansion content as easy i they can today. Only shame is most of that content is online only and doesn’t carry over to your single player experience.
"Games takes too long to develop these days" -- That what people said. GTA 4 took 3 years and 5 months to develop, while GTA SA took 1 year and 9 months then GTA Vice City only took 9 months
For me TimeSplitters, Tekken Tag Tournament and D.O.A. 2 are undoubtedly masterpieces, but I also have a lot of nostalgia for Evergrace and the good ol' Judd Johnson
It seems like the system didn't really start gaining steam until 2001. We got Shadow Hearts, Final Fantasy X, Silent Hill 2, etc, and it was backwards compatible. Xbox pushed the envelope in the shooter department with Halo and the like. Truly a great time for gaming as a whole.
WHOOPS! Managed to miss off SSX in this video - it didn’t show up in my hugely reliable research and I’m truly sorry (it got 93% on metacritic). Thanks to Rob from PS Access for helping out with the intro! 💸YOU CAN BUY A SPORTS TIME SHIRT HERE 💸triplejumpshop.com/products/sports-time-t-shirt
My favourite part of Eternal Ring is how the rings are literally ring sized, ring coloured and hell to pick up. What a soundtrack, too. And Evergrace’s soundtrack! Such a banger.
I love that you pick the Pens as your hockey team because each console launch finds them in seriously different states of their franchise. 2000 wasn't the worst yet, but guys like Rene Corbet on a top line show the doldrums soon to come.
@@leecroft1983 I was born in September 96 the N64 came out a few days after I was born but due to me being an infant I wasn’t able to experience the N64 my very first one was the Dreamcast
And as the years went on, the library only got better! Amazing system, as for consoles in my personal rankings, I rank it right up there with Super Nintendo.
What's the rule for "Oh Yeah, sports time!"? Does it have to be a serious sports game, or do Triple Jump not consider boxing a sport? That would be a controversial opinion, but I'd respect you for taking a stand anyway.
I absolutely dominate the "Silent Scope" cabinet we are lucky enough to have down at the pub. Had no idea this game was brought to a home console. Wild.
Some excellent games released for the PS2 in 2000, 2001 and 2002. SSX SSX TRICKY Klonoa 2 Atv offroad fury Atv offroad fury 2 Metal gear solid 2 Splashdown Nba street Rayman 2 revolution Virtua fighter 4 Tekken 4 Smash court tennis pro tournament the lord of the rings the two towers Baldur's gate Ratchet and clank The bouncer Silpheed the lost planet Contra shattered soldier Jak and daxter the precursor legacy Socom u.s navy seals Sly cooper The mark of kri Need for speed hot pursuit 2
Thank you! I’ve never ever ever understood what fantavision was all these years since it’s release and no one’s ever explained it. Makes perfect sense now!!! I was a dreamcast guy and then Got a ps2 for vice city and didn’t play it much other than that and big sports titles as I moved on to the big boy Xbox.
As a fan of the animé, I loved "ORPHEN: Scion Of Sorcery"...Despite it being janky and frustrating as all hell. I forced myself through it though, and actually gitted gud at the controls. My favorite part about the gameplay is charging up attacks while Orphen dutifully calls them out. It really makes you FEEL like an animé protagonist. 😛
DOA2 Hardcore wasn’t a PS2 launch title. It was supposed to be but it was pulled at the last minute so I got Timesplitters instead along with Tekken Tag Tournament. It was Friday 24th November, 2000. I had £400 saved from washing cars and delivering papers
I always felt that the PS2 had one of the worst launch lineups, ever. When I got mine, the first year, all I could find to play was SSX, The Bouncer, Red Faction, NBA Street, and Onimusha. Even Sony didn't have a game for their own launch day (FantaVision was released like a week later). I'm actually impressed by this list. I was a fool.
It's unfortunate that the Armored Core games are overlooked because of their inaccessibility/difficulty. You can customize the controls however you want. By mid-game you're firing multiple missiles at a time boost staffing/crossing over enemies dodging lasers while firing chain guns like a boss. Super fun game once you learn it, like a Souls game. In my top 5 favorite games for PS2.
Oh yeah, catchphrase time! I've heard a catchphrase before, but I've never said a catchphrase. So I'm going to make this super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Let me be clear-if you weren't there at launch, it might seem laughable, but Madden 2001 really WAS a reason to own a PS2 at launch, other than using the DVD feature. Think of all the football games that came before Madden '01 and even the ones that were of it's own generation. It absolutely destroys all of those, save for NFL2k or k1. If one bought a ps2 in 2000 or early 01, Madden was most likely a pickup. It truly was revolutionary and just beautiful to look at graphically (again, at the time) It's certainly notable and deserves a little more respect despite being just a football game.
I mean literally nobody outside the US gives a rat's ass about football so while there may have been a couple of curious folks, it was most definitely not selling consoles anywhere but the US.
I got my PS2 with 4 games. Smugglers run, gungriffon blaze, ridge racer V and unreal tournament. Always wanted a video where they talk about those obscure games. Especially gungriffon blaze
Is it me, or was Mr. Sir Benjamin Potter suffering from a cold when he recorded the VO? Also Tekken Tag and TimeSplitters are the best PS2 launch games!
OH YEAH. Here we go, triple jump time!!! I've seen a triple jump video or two before, though I never seen a whole 30 minute video in one sitting. So I'm going to give this everything I've got
It took 3 more games for Armored Core to finally implement control scheme that used analog sticks, typical From Software. Also DOA2 in-game graphics look better than DOA1 FMV opening in PS1, crazy how big the leap between two generations.
I only had Tekken Tag out of any of these games - Gran Turismo 3 was my first PS2 game which came out in 2001 I think. Surprised you didn't mention Tekken Bowl, Ben.
I loved smugglers run so much, my brother and i would spend hours on end just driving around and using the game to play tag in split screen. Id give anything to have one more moment of that dumb fun we created for ourselves.
Wasn't Kessen a launch title as well??! Kessen is always overlooked:/ It's a bit simple or "shallow", but is an early and experimental PS2 game. It haven't aged all that well though. But the entire conecept and presentation of the game is still very interesting and unique. And the soundtrack is amazing.
I bought Madden and Tekken when I got the system. I still love Tekken. I remember showing my dad how “real” madden looked (I was also 13 so I wasn’t the brightest)
That cameo appearance from Rob was hilarious.
Rob/ Playstation Access exists in the TripleJump Universe confirmed! XD
Let it be known! Now we need him as a wrestler
@@ryantheanimator1156 same as OXbox/XTra. An audacious extended universe but a welcome one for sure
Yeah that bit was a funny shock
OH YEAH. HERE WE GO. VIDEO TIME. I've watched a TRIPLE JUMP playing every launch title video before. So I'm going to give this one EVERYTHING I'VE GOT
Heh, gottem
This needs to be hearted
Good for you
Yes...perfect 👌
Why no heart ?!
Tekken Tag was the best launch title. Was the first time I remember a game looking significantly better than the arcade version. Usually we’d play games at the arcade for a year then have the watered down version at home finally release.
played an insane amount of hours in TTT, awesome game, was the first game I bought for the PS2 too
I was only 4 when I first played Tekken Tag back in 2002. It was the very first game I ever played
I got my PS2 with Tekken Tag Tournament and SmackDown Just Bring It back in 2001 and was floored by how good it looked and a huge leap forward from the PS1 games.
tekken tag's graphics were so good when i looked at the back cover i thought it was fake, when i finaly had the game in my console as a child i thought it was a dream, it was UNBELIEVABLE
Gosh, I love early PS2 graphics and aesthetic. The block people on the snowboarding game left an impression on me.
such a great era of games
@@julianpeterson4227 I want a pizza
@@MrHomelessHobos k
It was such a huge leap forward from PS1.
Each new generation of gaming since then seems far less impressive visually
I wasn't impressed with the early ps2 games since I owned a dreamcast but when final fantasy X and Metal gear solid 2 came out I had to get a ps2 :D
Top tier Rob cameo
It's nice to see him open to doing these little cameos.
It was awesome
Strange to think that Rockstar had two launch titles for the PS2 and at least one game basically every year throughout the PS2 and PS3 generation and yet the only game they've put out since GTA V in 2013 is Red Dead Redemption 2.
That is crazy.. and disappointing.
They couldn’t make expansion content as easy i they can today. Only shame is most of that content is online only and doesn’t carry over to your single player experience.
"Games takes too long to develop these days" -- That what people said.
GTA 4 took 3 years and 5 months to develop, while GTA SA took 1 year and 9 months then GTA Vice City only took 9 months
A ps2 was the last Christmas gift my Grandma ever gave me, I still have it hooked up in my game room
For me TimeSplitters, Tekken Tag Tournament and D.O.A. 2 are undoubtedly masterpieces, but I also have a lot of nostalgia for Evergrace and the good ol' Judd Johnson
I loved the line, “this is the hill I will die on… please bring flowers.” Great job as always team triple jump.
35 mins of Ben's dulcet tones....bliss.
Gay
It seems like the system didn't really start gaining steam until 2001. We got Shadow Hearts, Final Fantasy X, Silent Hill 2, etc, and it was backwards compatible. Xbox pushed the envelope in the shooter department with Halo and the like. Truly a great time for gaming as a whole.
WHOOPS! Managed to miss off SSX in this video - it didn’t show up in my hugely reliable research and I’m truly sorry (it got 93% on metacritic). Thanks to Rob from PS Access for helping out with the intro! 💸YOU CAN BUY A SPORTS TIME SHIRT HERE 💸triplejumpshop.com/products/sports-time-t-shirt
Lovely little crossover. Excellent video!
I was wondering where the hell SSX was since it was considered the best launch game.
Only sadists liked ssx
Pretty sure Sky Odyssey was also a launch title.
Cool flying game.
I'm so happy to finally be able to buy this shirt!
Eternal Ring is something I appreciated much later. It has a lot of neat concepts which could have benefited from more time in development.
read this as elden ring for a second lol
My favourite part of Eternal Ring is how the rings are literally ring sized, ring coloured and hell to pick up. What a soundtrack, too. And Evergrace’s soundtrack! Such a banger.
No mention of SSX? Considering it's the highest rated PS2 launch title it's really weird it's not featured on this list.
That game was so fire!!!!
You got me thinking...how the hell hasn't there been a remake of SSX???
Love this series so much! And seeing Rob from PlayStation Access has made my weekend!
Love to unexpectedly see Rob getting ticked off
They finally got him on the channel. Even if for a brief moment.
Nearly wet myself with laughter!!
This is an incredibly entertaining and funny video. Thank you for making this Triple Jump
Playstation Access's HELLO, YOU'VE CAUGHT ME vs TripleJump's OH YEAH, HERE WE GO, SPORTS TIME: a catchphrase battle for the ages.
I litterally came here, just for Timesplitters!
Fuck i miss those games! Even the 1st had soo much life and charm to it
ME TOO! So many memories with that game
I love that you pick the Pens as your hockey team because each console launch finds them in seriously different states of their franchise. 2000 wasn't the worst yet, but guys like Rene Corbet on a top line show the doldrums soon to come.
2003-4 was the worst of it, but it led to the Pens getting Crosby.
Yes Rob! Love to see two of my favourite channels crossover
This was the first launch I was ever a part of. Such great memories
I was in Albuquerque NM standing in front of Best Buy that October. I will never forget it.
Mine was with the N64. Nothing will beat the experience of first seeing Mario 64 in action. First play of Halo Combat Evolved is my second choice.
Mine was the Dreamcast
@@leecroft1983 I was born in September 96 the N64 came out a few days after I was born but due to me being an infant I wasn’t able to experience the N64 my very first one was the Dreamcast
And as the years went on, the library only got better! Amazing system, as for consoles in my personal rankings, I rank it right up there with Super Nintendo.
Hearing Ben speak to me reminds me of a warm Christmas night
"Tekken is not like other, more complex fighting games"
Oh boy, only if he knew...
As a life long Tekken player I chocked at that line
Please make a series on playing every offical final game(s) released for a console. I’m keen for more sports time!
What's the rule for "Oh Yeah, sports time!"? Does it have to be a serious sports game, or do Triple Jump not consider boxing a sport? That would be a controversial opinion, but I'd respect you for taking a stand anyway.
The rule is that this channel would be much less shit if they stopped doing it.
@@dannyholloway8597 false. They'd be worse if they stopped.
@@dannyholloway8597 That is just sacrilege, wash your mouth with soap.
Ready 2 Rumble is definitely not a sports game. It's a beat-em-up disguised as a boxing game.
@@dannyholloway8597 I watch their videos just to see if they say "oh yeah here we go sports time"
I absolutely dominate the "Silent Scope" cabinet we are lucky enough to have down at the pub. Had no idea this game was brought to a home console. Wild.
Some excellent games released for the PS2 in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
SSX
SSX TRICKY
Klonoa 2
Atv offroad fury
Atv offroad fury 2
Metal gear solid 2
Splashdown
Nba street
Rayman 2 revolution
Virtua fighter 4
Tekken 4
Smash court tennis pro tournament
the lord of the rings the two towers
Baldur's gate
Ratchet and clank
The bouncer
Silpheed the lost planet
Contra shattered soldier
Jak and daxter the precursor legacy
Socom u.s navy seals
Sly cooper
The mark of kri
Need for speed hot pursuit 2
Oh wow! Rob Pearson from Playstation Access made a cameo appearance on this video! That was unexpected. And amazing to see.
Amazing video guys, so many fond Memories of the PS2, an elegant console for more civilized times
I still love Tekken Tag to this day. Fantastic game.
I really love the effort that goes into this channel
Thank you! I’ve never ever ever understood what fantavision was all these years since it’s release and no one’s ever explained it. Makes perfect sense now!!! I was a dreamcast guy and then Got a ps2 for vice city and didn’t play it much other than that and big sports titles as I moved on to the big boy Xbox.
Damn that splash screen music takes me back..
You have my real name but the other way around.
As a fan of the animé, I loved "ORPHEN: Scion Of Sorcery"...Despite it being janky and frustrating as all hell. I forced myself through it though, and actually gitted gud at the controls. My favorite part about the gameplay is charging up attacks while Orphen dutifully calls them out. It really makes you FEEL like an animé protagonist. 😛
DOA2 Hardcore wasn’t a PS2 launch title. It was supposed to be but it was pulled at the last minute so I got Timesplitters instead along with Tekken Tag Tournament.
It was Friday 24th November, 2000. I had £400 saved from washing cars and delivering papers
I always felt that the PS2 had one of the worst launch lineups, ever. When I got mine, the first year, all I could find to play was SSX, The Bouncer, Red Faction, NBA Street, and Onimusha. Even Sony didn't have a game for their own launch day (FantaVision was released like a week later).
I'm actually impressed by this list. I was a fool.
The Bouncer. Like a 3D streets of rage
10/10 for that intro alone. The Rob cameo is hysterical 😂😂😂
Absolutely my favourite series of TripleJump videos - great stuff
I genuinely played so much armoured core hahaha easily one of the best launch line ups in history
It's unfortunate that the Armored Core games are overlooked because of their inaccessibility/difficulty. You can customize the controls however you want. By mid-game you're firing multiple missiles at a time boost staffing/crossing over enemies dodging lasers while firing chain guns like a boss. Super fun game once you learn it, like a Souls game. In my top 5 favorite games for PS2.
Tekken TAG, TimeSplitters and Dead or Alive 2HC. Great games, some of my faves.
I remember liking Summoner back in the day, though I also sure do remember it starting out incredibly slowly.
SSX was the only game you needed back then.
"ooOO time for some naughty car crime"
I usually don't LoL when I'm alone but that got me
Oh yeah, catchphrase time!
I've heard a catchphrase before, but I've never said a catchphrase. So I'm going to make this super easy, barely an inconvenience.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
Oh really???
@@jeremiahfarquhar Wow wow wow
The Rob cameo was joyous! What a nice surprise 😆
“OH YEAH, HERE WE GO! VIDEO TIME!”
Always nice to see these types of videos. It’s fun to look back at a console during a certain time
Let me be clear-if you weren't there at launch, it might seem laughable, but Madden 2001 really WAS a reason to own a PS2 at launch, other than using the DVD feature.
Think of all the football games that came before Madden '01 and even the ones that were of it's own generation. It absolutely destroys all of those, save for NFL2k or k1. If one bought a ps2 in 2000 or early 01, Madden was most likely a pickup. It truly was revolutionary and just beautiful to look at graphically (again, at the time)
It's certainly notable and deserves a little more respect despite being just a football game.
Can guarantee hardly anyone outside of America didn't buy Madden when they bought their PS2 at that time.
@SelectiveShinku not keen on the sport but me and my pals loved playing Madden games and we’re from fucking Bradford of all places
I mean literally nobody outside the US gives a rat's ass about football so while there may have been a couple of curious folks, it was most definitely not selling consoles anywhere but the US.
I got my PS2 with 4 games. Smugglers run, gungriffon blaze, ridge racer V and unreal tournament. Always wanted a video where they talk about those obscure games. Especially gungriffon blaze
I’m glad I found a PS2 from someone and found some of the games l used to play as a kid.
Ngl, that Rob cameo made my day, great work guys 😂👍
When it's finally sports time, you DEFINITELY have to give it all you got 😁
My top 3 are TimeSplitters, Dead or Alive 2 and Midnight Club
Is it me, or was Mr. Sir Benjamin Potter suffering from a cold when he recorded the VO?
Also Tekken Tag and TimeSplitters are the best PS2 launch games!
That Rob cameo was amazing :)
the amount of stress/rush on those first few sec gave me anxiety. Like, why are you pluggin the controller and memory card so violently lol
Time splitters (franchise) was the best shooter on ps2 by far
Love it but IMO "BLACK" is the best shooter of that gen
I did a Tripletake when I saw Rob!!! Great video, shoutout to Fantavision
I haven't watched a TripleJump video before, *so I'll give it everything I got*
Street fighter ex 3 hold a special place in my heart. It was big in my childhood. The end credits giant fight. The tag team and 4 ppl on screen battle
OH YEAH. Here we go, triple jump time!!! I've seen a triple jump video or two before, though I never seen a whole 30 minute video in one sitting. So I'm going to give this everything I've got
OH YEAH SPORTS TIME
0:41
Me, every time I try to 'quietly' drag furniture across the room at night.
The shaking of the controller input, memory card, & game gave me a chuckle.
No console will ever top the greatness of the PS2
🐐
ps3 did
I BLOODY LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
When I got my PS2 for Christmas I got batman vengeance and kinetica. Loved both and played the shit out of them
It took 3 more games for Armored Core to finally implement control scheme that used analog sticks, typical From Software. Also DOA2 in-game graphics look better than DOA1 FMV opening in PS1, crazy how big the leap between two generations.
When I get a notification that there is a new Triple Jump video, I know it will be a good day.
Such a great video and DEF worth the wait!!
That's bloody brilliant! Love seeing two of my favourite channels have a little cross over.
I only had Tekken Tag out of any of these games - Gran Turismo 3 was my first PS2 game which came out in 2001 I think.
Surprised you didn't mention Tekken Bowl, Ben.
Wasn’t kessen a launch title ?
I loved smugglers run so much, my brother and i would spend hours on end just driving around and using the game to play tag in split screen. Id give anything to have one more moment of that dumb fun we created for ourselves.
Wasn't Kessen a launch title as well??! Kessen is always overlooked:/ It's a bit simple or "shallow", but is an early and experimental PS2 game. It haven't aged all that well though. But the entire conecept and presentation of the game is still very interesting and unique. And the soundtrack is amazing.
I got Kessen 2 along with the x-games snowboarding game a few months after launch when I got the PS2 so maybe. Not sure when Kessen 1 came out though.
@@sherrdreamz7232 Kessen 1 came out in 2000. kessen 2 in 2001
subscribing for the Rob cameo alone, that got me good and i know i'm in good hands here lmao
Omg the Access cameo was absolutely amazing
Oh yeah! Here we go, sports time!! _Also, why doesn't pool and boxing get that treatment but snowboarding does? Just curious..._
I bought Madden and Tekken when I got the system. I still love Tekken. I remember showing my dad how “real” madden looked (I was also 13 so I wasn’t the brightest)
Back then it was something to show off, just seeing the numbers on the jerseys more clearly and models was a big deal
Oh yeah sports time!
OH YEAH, HERE WE GO! MOTION SICKNESS TIME!! *plays Timesplitters 1*
ROB!!!! Great crossover, i still remember when Rob put Ben's PSN trophy collection in a Friday feature 😝 MORE PLZ!!!
I've never seen a intro so realistic
15:53 it wasn't developed by Rockstar, only published by them. It was developed by Angel studios long before they were bought out by R*
Great series, and as expected, hilarious. To my eye the 360 was the pick of the launch game bunch.
Bought Tekken Tag on launch day and I still think it has the best intro in the series.
TimeSplitters is still a hella funny game to play with a friend :D
😂😂😂😂 loved seeing Rob from PlayStation Access in there. Great intro
OH YEAH HERE WE GO SPORTS TIME, IVE SEEN A UA-cam VIDEO BEFORE BUT IM GONNA GIVE THIS ALL IVE GOT!
The Rob cameo really caught me off guard haha
Holy shit that intro summarizes my experience owning the launch PS2. It had lens problems it's whole life, barely was able to enjoy it.
WHY CAN'T I GIVE TRIPLE JUMP MORE THAN ONE THUMBS UP WHEM THEY OBVIOUSLY DESERVE IT‽??
@jabroni destroyer NINTENDO
Great to see a Rob from PlayStation Access cameo, fantastic
That Playstation Access Rob cameo was perfection.
0:57 omg this made my day ❤️
The SmackDown games for decorative purposes ♥
Lol, the cybergoth dance footage always gets me