Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore | We Review Every PS2 Game, Oh God

[@GigaMan91]

Ein: "I'm coming." Kasumi: "Why?" I laughed at that WAY harder than I should have.

[@kevin4Xajstribling]

My favorite fighting game ever. Me and my brother used to go at it for hours in this. We got it when PS2 first came out and we didn't stop playing it until 2010 . Honestly the reversals is what made the game funner than all the other games. Along with the sidestepping

[@neonpop80]

Lucky. I had no one to play it with. I could only enjoy arcade mode for so long but I’m sure I would’ve played it way more against a person

[@micksterminator3]

My parents got us a ps2 bundle from Best Buy the year of release for Christmas. It came with The Matrix, DVD remote, extra controller, vertical stand, Monster s video cables, Nascar 2001, Orphen, & DOA 2. You shoulda seen my face when I fired that last one up 😂

[@MysticMage255]

Your reviews are awesome, brief, and full of detail. I enjoy the quirky humor thrown in too. Wonder what game is next...say, how do you choose anyhow? Rng?

[@WREPS2GOG]

Thanks, I appreciate it :) To answer your question relatively briefly, I'm doing them in release order. I mostly try to intersperse games that are popular and games that i think are less popular, so it's a little method and a little madness. I've only done launch titles so far, but I'm not married to the idea of release order necessarily.

[@DetectiveSketch]

Baller as all hell. Sick video bro! Love this series.

[@aoiyozoraa]

can't think of a better fighting game I've played since my young age. I used to play it a lot with my brother and sister during the first year we received it. After that, I didn't mind playing it alone, just to be able to hear that mesmerizing soundtrack (that still comes to my mind sometimes when I'm working) and find all the collectibles in the survival mode while trying to top the best score for each character. My favorite character gameplay-wise for that mode was Ayane, tho she wasn't my real fav as a whole. Hayabusa was (just fell in love with him since that game and yes, I'm a dude). Also, I found the story quite emotional and the somewhat clever with how some scenes came to show a certain logic when put together (after playing with all the characters). I don't know, that game magnified the vision I had of video games at the time. I loved the mood and the challenge so much. It was a game I didn't know I needed in my life. PS : I tried playing some other DOA games after that one, but they never really grew on me. Something always felt off. I just think many developers back then when in better conditions to create masterpieces like that one. I don't think it's nostalgia that makes me say this. They hadto work around so many limitations that they just had to be more creative and impactful than other companies with what they were trying to bring to the game (the medium).

[@TabbyNickel]

Zack looks like Dennis Rodman from Demolition Man.

[@DrEarthwormRobotnik]

He's actually based on Dennis Rodman

[@pabz426]

And voice by Dennis Rodman in DOA Extreme Beach Volleyball

[@willmyers8600]

Dennis Rodman isnt in Demolition Man

[@novemberbravo6194]

Love this channel; massive respect for the colossal undertaking you guys are working on. Can’t wait to see what’s next! Out of curiosity, is there a particular order that you’re tackling the PS2’s library in, or just kinda going with what you feel like playing at a given time? Do you/will you take requests? In any case, keep up the awesome work; you deserve to be much bigger than you currently are, and I fully believe that you’ll get there. Thanks for providing inspiration for my own content/reviews/video essays, as well!

[@at-cj2iy]

Even the european cover art looks better than ntsc

[@coretaku]

Great review. Thx for sharin' some some DOA history especially. Tryin' to get back into older fighting games after experiencing Soul Caliber 1, and Virtua Fighter 4 nostalgia. I think you knew this question might be comin'. What kind of loops am I gonna be hoppin' to experience that evil alien jelly hidden cutscene ya got there?? 👀 Lmao. Always had a knack to crank out the requirements for a hidden cutscene in games. Heh.

[@WREPS2GOG]

You gotta play the JP Dreamcast version to unlock that cutscene, but other than that, I'm pretty sure it involved beating arcade mode on the highest difficulty with the entire roster

[@coretaku]

@@WREPS2GOG Boss mode. Holy Moly that is a pretty obscure gaming secret. Heh.

[@PHANTOMKILLERX1]

CPU vs CPU is a great mode for the single player lovers for either seeing how a character is supposed to be played and learn some new tactics and moves or straight up making our own lore xD IYKYK

[@MuhammadOki]

that's my childhood game when i was kid in 2000 years ago. i'm playing this with Lucy Alice Kee, she's a voice actor of Kasumi.

[@kevin4Xajstribling]

I thought it was slick how they had four different elements of kung fu. Halina, the old man , and the Chinese man & woman

[@mcbigswig1569]

Great review, thanks. Just revived my PS2 and this disc was inside, had forgotten about it.

[@Claudia-km9lo]

nice seeing the decino pooh making a crossover

[@Azazel5021]

Good lad Itagaki. Hated gamers before it has become mainstream.

[@DemonicRemption]

@neutral good You clearly weren't gaming in the 90s and early 2000s to say that. All that hoopla about videogames being violent and turning kids into killers. The birth of the ESRB rating, neighborhoods that would burn games, like book burnings. And that's just what I remember...

[@stoneocean0065]

Your building a following you started out small but your slowly growing i can appreciate that

[@jasonmunro4736]

The recording fight was the best its ever seen because you could rewind it at any point to reply the combos

[@LEONthemercenarie]

Very good review

[@spartak576]

Random Chimp Event in the opening

[@WREPS2GOG]

Real life grug sightings

[@johnanth]

It's a shame that they kept making these great fighting games but decide to make them anime boob games instead. Some variety in character design for instance would go a long way.

[@shortyg1018]

Lol I also hate how they play almost more like Tekken than the DOA of 1-4

[@xLadyRaine]

I love this game so much. After. My ps2 died, i mostly play last round of these days

[@ericmikesell5252]

I always felt that volleyball should have just been included in the game as another mode

[@arngrim9159]

USE MY EXCITER I really loved this series back then, ended up falling off around DoA 4. I do remember playing this and 3 enough to unlock all the costumes just for the sake of having them, pretty much any excuse to keep playing. Also remember doing A LOT of tag battles with my cousin and our friends, ended up most using Zack and Tina vs my cousin's Leon and Bass so it was funny seeing our initial arbitrary choices be somewhat reflected in the character dynamics of the... Narrative? Either way, great video, been going through what you have, also props for the great AC2 video.

[@brownsauce0921]

6:08 I don't know about this version of the game ('cause I only played DoA2U on the Xbox) but the male characters have between 6 and 9 costumes each, while the female characters have between 14 and 20 each, many of which are bikinis and school girl outfits - of course. Edit: 12:48 Playstation fanboys BTFOed

[@DreamcastFreak]

The arcade version was only on Naomi. Great review otherwise! You should give the DC japanese version a go, btw!

[@OuterHeaven210]

Y’all should review Mercenaries

[@bigedwerd]

When the ps2 first released I never knew how many games were actually released cause when my brother went to get his he made it sound like fantavision and this were the only games he could get. He never got fantavision, but we played the hell out of this one. Lots of back and forth on who the better player was.

[@WREPS2GOG]

"Dude trust me, the only games they had at the store was a puzzle game and this booby fighter game, I HAD to get it"

[@bigedwerd]

@@WREPS2GOG verbatim

[@angrymobsters1599]

To be fair to your brother though. The ps2 library in 2000 was pretty wack outside of a few good games especially the launch games where most aged and played poorly even then. This game was definitely one of the top tier games for the ps2 in 2000 so your brother picked a good choice.

[@bigedwerd]

@@angrymobsters1599 also bewbies

[@hemangchauhan2864]

I played DoA 5 LR (the botched PC version) and I'm seeing a lot of similarities from this. But still, I was quite surprised at how crazy complex the game can get. I'm no FGC person, but I really wonder why it doesn't get as much talk on EVO

[@WREPS2GOG]

I think DOA6 had a few debacles, including one where Koei-Tecmo got themselves banned from Evo Japan. As well as some pretty predatory microtransactions. And also the preconceptions that people have about DOA probably makes them assume it's not a deep game. Also from what I've heard, competitively, people liked doa5 more than doa6

[@fromfilmtocode]

"Armageddon", based.

[@mayamellissa]

There was a Japanese only cut scene?! NO FAIR!

[@johnedington1632]

No video?!

[@SeaSerpentLevi]

Damn that story about the guys stealing the game was messed up as fuck o_o

[@mariojones6674]

Need help promoting your channel?

[@johnnada6855]

For real story in fighting games are useless, at best should be just a gag at the ending, but the real meat and potatoes of fighting games are the arcade factor, the gameplay, is that you play for the challenge and the gameplay, the cinematic story thing of the latest street fighter games and mortal kombat games are not good

[@drogoz4042]

he said sus

[@alienninja2766]

I thought it didn't exist for ps2 wtf

[@alecatttheman896]

Look waaay better on Sega Dreamcast

[@douglasbriel6103]

God bless sex. Not every game needs to be for kids. I laugh at people acting ashamed, because guess what, the 4th wave feminist was never going to sleep with you. The girls actually playing the game will date you.

[@BigCheeseEvie]

DoA wouldn't have been "dead or alive", if it wasnt so suggestive, funnily enough

[@douglasbriel6103]

@@BigCheeseEvie Xbox would have died if not for Halo.😂

[@BigCheeseEvie]

@@douglasbriel6103 wtf does this have to do with Xbox or halo

[@douglasbriel6103]

@@BigCheeseEvie It's called just joking around dude. Have a cookie.

[@johnedington1632]

No video?!