Criminally Underrated PS2 Games
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- Stuck on what to play or what to buy? Join TVGS as they list and discuss ten of the most over looked and underrated PS2 games the system ever received. Many lesser known games released for the Playstation 2 console so let us know your top 10 obscure under rated PS2 games down below!
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0:11: Rogue Ops (Bits Studios, 2003)
1:22: Dawn of Mana (Square Enix, 2007)
2:33: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway, 2004)
3:44: The Sword of Etheria (Konami, 2006)
4:59: Tales of Legendia (Namco, 2006)
6:23: Maximo vs Armyof Zin (Capcom, 2004)
7:37: Shadow Hearts Covenant (Nautilus, 2004)
8:43: Samurai Western (Acquire, 2005)
10:06: The Bouncer (Dream Factory, 2001)
11:23: Shadow of Memories (Konami, 2001)
Ur a legend
Urban Reign is another really good one to add to this list.
absolutely
"In this city, nobody is innocent..."
That game was addicting.
I was about to mention it, one of the best PS2 gems.
yeah, agree with that. Is the best beat em all that I played in ages
Nice video!! Just saw all of them 😂🤣
My recommendations are
-Area 51, The Suffering, Death by Degrees, Freedom Fighters, I-Ninja, Metal Arms, Kya Dark Lineage, Primal, The Thing, Urban Chaos, Urban Reign, Sphinx Cursed Mummy, Shinobi, Total Overdose, Run Like Hell, Bloodrayne, Test Drive Unlimited, and maybe Bloody Roar 3-4
The Thing is still in my top 5 best horror games of all time
Area 51 is cool af, it just lacks more varied weapons but nevertheless it's one of my favorite ps2 games
Tales of Legendia is one of my favorite games for the PS2. The gameplay takes a little getting used to, but the story and the music are A+. Such a heart wrenching story.
yep, I think the music in Legendia is one of the best OST in RPG genre
and the character Quest is easy the best story in Tales series
Glad to see Shadow of Memories on a list like this. Always felt it's way underrated.
not many people know of this game, have you finished it with ALL the endings?.. you know what I mean i guess
@@andreidragosifrim i played the psp version and i felt in love with it...i unlocked all the endings and man it didn't disappoint...truly a master piece
I bought this game a few years ago because i had my copy stolen. I had to have it back in my collection what a great game.
Psi ops is bad ass! I replayed it not long ago. Second sight is also really cool........also, I know it's part of the franchise, but the music on Maximo is the same as the old ghouls and ghosts game from the SNES. Cool!
Psi ops is so good, had so much fun playing through it!
@@thatvideogamesshow so did i
My uncle gave me psi ops cause he didn't like it or something. I absolutely loved it, spent countless time in the training area, so much fun.
Psi-Ops was the first thing that came into mind when I first saw Control.
The Bouncer. I remember vividly back in the day
I never see people talk about Shadow of Destiny (Memories), loved it when I was younger
Shadow of Destiny is such an awesome game, very underrated and 8 years later, i was surprised I saw Shadow of Destiny remastered for PSP with extra content, new cover and looked better then the ps2 in my perspective. If you can get a psp and get it, you gonna enjoy it once again.
@@SegaSlashTV I never knew it released on PSP, I'll have to look into that, I still have it for PS2 and was thinking of streaming it or something but maybe I'll hold off until I get it for PSP and do it from there, thanks for the information
@@9aracna. your welcome, its always good to help fellow gamers with the same passion and taste in gaming. Shadow of destiny deserves a remastered for the new generation of consoles.
@@SegaSlashTV While I would love to have a remaster/remake, I feel I wouldn't be able to play it at that point, lol. I'm not one for horror or scary and get very anxious at times even playing the original. I know it's not exactly a horror-type game but I feel they would try to lean a bit more into the phycological horror-type aspects in a remake. And that's just too much anxiety for me ^^' But I'm all for supporting the project and buying it just to have to support whatever company does it if ever
I love the shadow hearts franchise and this ip needs to be brought back
Fully agree I loved the first one. The second one not so much but i do own it.
fully agreed. Especially since the natural progression of the series looked like it was going to focus on World War 2 next.
Yeah! Maximo deserves more attention!
It's a shame it was forgotten so fast, this game made part of my childhood
Its always a classic needs a remake
Never played i remember seeing it in game informer mags
It wasn't forgotten. The disc was not made well and many copies were shredded so a lot of potential players skipped it. By the time a better disc was made, there were too many other titles that had the worlds attention.
It was a tough game, just like its predecessors. Yet just as fun as Ghost n Gobblins
We need maximo 1 and 2 remake or remastered
The Bouncer has an amazing soundtrack.
It was a great game
Shadow Hearts I & II are top ten all time games for me.
Such great RPGs!
I played only the third game, loved it! So fun and nice battle system.
I still have to play the first two.
I somehow missed them when they originally were released but just started the first one recently with plans to play “SH: Covenant” next. Just started but have heard nothing but good things about both.
Shadow Hearts 1 got me like no other and I have jumped into two and found it still as fun and quirky (less horror elements but I can live with that) and enjoyable but I’m not getting into it as much as I had expected to due to the acclaim it gets.
I’ve heard it starts slow though and doesn’t pick up until you get further through, so I am sure I will love it eventually.
😍
Koudelka is an excellent game from the same universe as Shadow Hearts. I recommend
Shadow of Memories and the Bouncer are one of my favourite games ever! I'm so glad they are on this list, so that more people could know about them, especially Shadow of Memories!
Both games really, I really cherish them both, and am really happy to see them here :D!
Death by Degrees with Tekken's Nina Williams. Is very underated imo
Minimme had made a video about it. I implore you to watch it if you want.
@@ZX3000GT1 will do thanks!
I just picked up Dawn of Mana Saturday at a swap meet for 20$ basically brand new.
Nice.
I really want to play Sword of Etheria; it looks fantastic. Such a shame we never got it here in the US.
I was wondering what was that game's name but luckily found in this video.
Its a really bad ass game, one of the best ps2 games in my opinion and when konami still care to make good games, in Japan was called O.Z. In Korea was called Chains of Power and in Europe The Sword of Etheria, never got a USA released and I was mad but I imported the European version that has 6 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian & Portugues, and i had to modify my ps2 to play import ps2 games, its such a good game, i still have it in mint condition. I recommend this game 100%
@@SegaSlashTV my PS2 was moded back then and played all sorts of ISOs.
Loved Shadow of Destiny (the American name for Shadow of Memories). Easily has to be one of the best time travel stories out there, and was just a blast to play and unlock all the various endings for. While the graphics haven't aged all that well, it's still got some impressive moments to it.
An underrated classic on PS2 for me was Steambot Chronicles, an action-RPG that was like GTA meets a mech anime. You find a giant robot and can customize it to your heart's content, ranging from all sorts of weapon attachments and models to make your robot bigger or smaller, faster and/or stronger. There was even a bit of a choice system, where certain actions could affect the story, and while not as in-depth as other games where you have dialogue options, it was still fun being able to mess with the characters in cutscenes, or pick a satisfyingly appropriate response for a major plot moment.
What about Trapt? That game, and the whole Deception series, is criminally underrated.
Agree, just started playing Trapt and its great. I really hate the camera though
the bouncer is one of my favorite beat em ups. great atmosphere and gameplay.
Chaos Legion is my favorite PS2 sleeper hit. Felt like a bigger/badder Devil May Cry. The graphics, especially now with upscaling, are so good. Collecting demons to use in combat and assist, giant boss battles. Just love it.
Great game, really loved how you started with thanatos and had to make your way back up after
It was pretty awesome, I played the PC version
I love the soundtrack in Legendia, the battle music and the world map theme are particular standouts for me. Definitely underated!
Maximo looks like he's fighting Baba Yaga's house!
I suggested Shadow Hearts for your hidden gems 2 vid, glad to see it here again! Love the videos!
I looked into that game and people are selling it for hundreds of dollars 💀
@@jakehunter3434 it’s worth it!
If you think those go for a lot look at Koudelka the first game in the series. Glad I already own them.
@@TKMRacer28 oh im sure, I remember renting it at Blockbuster and playing it when I was a kid lol.
Shadow Tower Abyss... I beg you to play it, it deserves much more attention, it's a forgotten FromSoftware gem that never got global release
At one point I had that shadow hearts game in your thumbnail and I sold it or returned it , i remember being so bummed out because of it later on because the price shot up.
Just the fact that you use Ape Escape 3 soundtracks as background music is good enough for me to watch your lists, good stuff.
Great video. I miss these games.
Thanks Ace!
The Bouncer had the most fun multiplayer I've ever seen on PS2. Having friends over and banging on that multiplayer had us laughing and excited for nights on end.
Most of time I've heard of all the games on these types of lists, but not this one. I'm impressed.
Psi Ops was so awesome. Such a shame we didnt get to see more of it. I guess we got something similar with Infamous games.
Castlevania Lament of innocence is a so underrated and great game in ps2
Thanks for included Shadow Hearts, that series deserve to getting more attention nowadays, unfortunately it exist only for PS2, also the Bouncer its a piece of collection!
I also enjoyed a lot Rogue Galaxy and Dark Chronicles, also Demento (Haunting Ground)
There are a lot of masterpieces!
If you cover for PS3 next time, can you give a look to "Folklore" (2007) it deserve an very big attention too :3
I would love it if you can extend the list to include the often forgotten racing games genre, especially after the rather lackluster racing game list you made. Games like Road Trip Adventure, Enthusia, Test Drive Unlimited, Road Rage 3, Racing Battle: C1 Grand Prix, Battle Gear 2 and 3, R: Racing Evolution, Wipeout Fusion, as well as Evolution Studios' WRC games.
Your channel is such a godsend for Steam Deck retro gamers like me. Thank you for what you do! 🙏
My fav is Chain Dive, the gameplay is kind of like Klonoa\ Bionic Commando and has an amazing soundtrack!
My favorite obscure PS2 games are Disaster Report (and the follow-up Raw Danger), Mr. Mosquito, and Lupin the III.
Lupin the III had a game in PS2 era?
@@murkeh217 Yep! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_the_3rd:_Treasure_of_the_Sorcerer_King
Holy shit Samurai Wesern looks badass
Well worth playing man!
This is a great list. I love this channel. My only complaint is that I wish the footage was displayed at PS2 resolution (480i?) instead of being cranked up on the emulator used to capture the footage.
Why would anyone want the old bad resolution?
Chaos Legion was super underrated. Loved that game.
Good to know I’m not the only person who played and beat Samurai western and the bouncer.
Such a fun game!!
@@thatvideogamesshow yep, very fun!
Love your videos but I wish you would leave the title of each game up in the corner or something. The amount of times I have to scroll back because I've missed the title in that 1 second it gets displayed on screen.
My PS2 list increases after each video 😁😁
Haha glad you found some new games!
I'm going to try some of these games. Thank you for the video.
Glad you found something new!
Cheers for doing these lists, loved the bouncer, me and my bro took turns playing each character!
I remember going to Dixons and seeing the Bouncer and being blown away by how good it looked. Grabbed that and the first Onimusha, pure gold.
I'm glad that Shadow Hearts: Covenant made your list, it means a lot to me and was one of the best games I ever played, thank you TVGS 😇
My top 22 underrated but awesome games are:
The Sword of Etheria
Urban Reign
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (it was on ps1 and Dreamcast but the ps2 port was so rare to find and it was a Pal version only)
God Hand
Nightshade (Known in japan as Kunoichi)
Chaos Legion
Beat Down (The most underrated capcom game i ever played and was so good)
Bujingai: The Forsaken
Chain Dive
Second Sight
Psi-Ops
Shadow of Destiny (Memories)
Shadow Hearts
The Bouncer
Blood will Tell
Samurai 20XX
Samurai Western
Swords of Destiny (Only released in Japan & Europe)
Headhunter
Hunter the Reckoning: Wayward
Sea Crimson 2
Shadow of Rome
So many amazing games on PS2, these are just a few but theres a lot more underrated and amazing games I‘ve played.
I'd say Jade Cocoon 2 is underrated pick on ps2 ☺️ So happy to see Maximo. I only played the first.
great, great list 👏👏👏
Thanks Julian! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Sweet list man. loads of variety 👍
Cheers Gaz glad you enjoyed it man!
Shadow of Memories captivated me as a child. Finally an underrated list that exhibits actually underrated games
Thank you!
The visual on Dawn of Mana looks quite good. I don't think Sword of Etheria was ever released in North America.
My favorite from this list is Samurai Western,it's has an unique setting(but it's too difficulty imo)
If you love Samurai Western, you gonna love Blood will Tell and Samurai 20XX, those 2 games are extremly good and underrated as well.
Sword of Etheria is also neat cuz it is a crazy anime/tokusatsu take on Wizard of Oz. The main character you play as is the Tin-Man, with your partners being Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion (which isn't cowardly at all). The game is called OZ (Over Zenith) in japan, also aluding to the Wizard of Oz.
The game has soundtrack by Michiru Yamane, a veteran composer most famous for her contributions to the Castlevania series.
Brooooo, i've spent so many years trying to find maximo vs army of zin but i could never remember the name, ty so much
Shadow hearts is by far my favorite rpg series and deserves more love. Wish the IP would get picked up and remade/remastered.
Really good list, grew up with these games, blood will tell is a good one too, also haunting ground.
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Anyone remember Bujingai? It was pretty fun from what I remember.
Covered that recently on a PS2 hidden gems episode. Great game!
Never knew Dawn of Mana existed definitely will give it a go! Actually been playing The Bouncer for the first time and loving it!
I loved Summoner 2 but I think its much overlooked
Good call with Shadow Hearts Covenant. I also feel like as revered as it is, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is just not as documented, played, or discussed as it should be. There is no shortage of analysis videos and story arc discussions of Final Fantasy Games, but just not enough on the deep commercially 2nd-tier (is that fair to say?) JRPGs.
Well, the HD remaster is set to be released may this year on PS4, Switch and PC. So it's not like it's forgotten.
Came from E.P.G! Keep it up man awesome video
Devil Kings was a pretty fun gem of my childhood thaf i don't hear anyone talk about!
Also The Bouncer was pretty fun as well
Devil Kings is a really good ps2 game, its called Sengoku Basara in Japan, Capcom change the name in the usa to make it sound more western but it had poor sales and they never brought Sengoku Basara 2, Sengoku Basara 2 Utagi, untill Sengoku Basara 3 was release like 7 years later on wii and a year later on ps3 it was called Sengoku Basara 3 Heroes but was only succesfully in japan and USA and Europe didnt not sell well again due to not many people knew about Sengoku Basara and it was called Devil kings years ago and then Sengoku Basara 4 and Sengoku Basara 4 Utagi were released in japan and asia only and the most recent one is Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura Den that was released 5 years ago. I have some videos in my YT channel playing it in case you are curious to see it, its such a good game.
Thanks for these video bro! I just remembered recently that I have a jailbroken PS3 so I'll play some of these on there
Holy fuck! No way! I rented The Bouncer when I was 9 years old! I’m 29 now. I was so worried that I just remembered the game as being fun because I was a kid; I didn’t think I actually had any taste. I’ll for sure be picking it up now!
rogue ops is also on gamecube and xbox. so it is a criminally underrated game period
The titles of the videos might be a little bit mutually interchangeable.
But i don't mind, one can never have enough showcases of somewhat weird, slightly sub-par, but quite lovable games from the era.
YOOOOOOOO U MENTIONNED SWORD OF ETHERIA
I'm surprised more didn't rip off Shadowhearts Covenant's combat system. It's still one of my favorites
Shadow Hearts is the best RPG on PS2 by far, such a great RPG is all aspects. I really miss it & wish we get an HD trilogy 😭
There are still many games criminally hidden
1= Mercenaries playground of destruction
2= Scarface world is yours
3= The god father
4= second sight
5= Cold winter
ETC
Shinobido Way of The Ninja should be in the list, even in these days this underrated masterpiece remain the most unique and interesting ninja game that was ever made it, in my opinion it's even better than Tenchu by distance because you have a more diverse and dynamic storyline, you have more freedom in your actions and the gameplay it's more addictive from what I can tell, you should give it a try, it will surprise you, Shinobido remain my favorite game from PS2 era...
I like how Dawn of Mana stories, but whenever I played it, I feel sick and got headache. I didn't know why
Metal Saga, MS Saga, and the Wild Arms franchise should be on that list.
underrated ps2 games in my opinion
1. extermination
2. cy girls
3. kessen
4. gun grave
5. gungrave 2; overdose
6. haven
7. predator ; concrete jungle
8. no one lives forever
9. swat ;global strike
10. the thing
11. batman begins
12. freedom fighters
13. indigo prophecy
Code Lyoko: Quest For Infinity is also a good one. It gets the look and feel of the series right.
I remember playing the bouncer when I was a kid. Great game, but I remember it being really hard for some reason. Maybe I just didn't know how to play it properly. I just bought it again so I can actually finish it this time.
Maiximo is a sequel to ghouls & ghosts
God Hand is also an under appreciated game for PS2
I'd love to hear your opinion on I-ninja. Doesn’t get enough love in my opinion.
I’ve included it in a previous episode on the channel 🙂
Big Ups for Urban Reign!
shadow of memories ending E was the most shocking for me. because it really was unexpected.
PS1 and PS2 laid a path for the stealth games we have today.
Bouncer was a gigantic release, huge marketing, covers of all sites and magazines. It was just too short and regarded as an empty experience with fantastic graphics. Ironically a game with the same emptiness belongs in that spot- State Of Emergency belongs in that spot
I've beaten the bouncer. I can vouch for it. It's pretty good beat em up with little bit rpg. The video doesn't mention its music. For me, I thought it was really good. Especially the ending song.
Shadow hearts... Always wanted to play it, but keep being left behind... One day...
Make sure you play Koudelka on ps1 first.
Good list.
Great selection!
I wish Shadow of Memories was more popular. I thought it was a unique idea. I very much enjoyed it.
subbed. sick channel
The Bouncer is Just Like Tekken
Hmm... Dawn of Mana looks interesting, and it's not ridiculously expensive... I might pick up a copy as I've been getting back into the Mana series.
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As someone who is really into RPGs, I don't know why I never was able to find the Tales games near me... oh well, thank the internet nowadays. Tales of Legendia looks interesting.
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Shadow Hearts: Covenant - I saw the thumbnail and KNEW I recognized Karin. As someone who played all 4 games in the series (Kouldeka on the PS 1 was the first but did not have the Judgment Ring) it is the one with the most stuff to do as well as feeling like the most noob-friendly as this game you could go into a mode that didn't immediately stop if you missed button timing (if that was in the first Shadow Hearts, I did not find that option)
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Shadow of Memories - Wow, that's a name that I have not heard in a long time. I played that so much and worked so hard to get all the endings. I think it's games like this that have ruined me on plot twists, though.
I love The Bouncer 👌
Psi-Ops was so good. I still bring it up to people.
I didn't know dawn of mana was a thing, thanks for the video, hopefully it gets a hd remake!
Glad you found something new!
I would recommend all of these titles if they're not overly expensive. These games are gems that not many sought after and there are alot more out there.
Very nice List Dude. PS2 Era was a very uniqe.
People should also know that Legend of legia 2 and Shining Force Neo are really good hidden gems too.