Dreamcast VS Playstation 2 - DEAD OR ALIVE 2 - Lets compare!

Dead or Alive 2 is a great game, one I happen to own on Dreamcast and Playstation 2 (both in Japanese format) A course of action therefore presented itself to me - lets compare them!
Dreamcast is recorded from actual hardware through VGA into an OSSC then Elgato capture card. The PS2 version is emulated in PCSX2, but I turned all the settings to PS2 native, including the output resolution, however it still appears more anti-aliased than i remember PS2 games actually being back in the day - this maybe some Nvidia graohics card game mode thing on my PC.
The important thing is the game plays very well on either format. There are some noticeable graphical differences between the versions,
Lighting is changed between the the versions, with DC having more saturated/stronger lights in some cut scenes, and the lighting direction changed in some stages on PS2.
Textures - the PS2 has had some texture work done, a few new textures, reducing the contrast and saturation levels + some hue shifts to more earthy tones vs the DC game. The PS2 also gains some semi reflective / glossy floors in some stages.
Geometry has changed between the versions, with some additions to cut scenes, and more detail in some environment stages on PS2.
Environments - the PS2 has extra/different environments to DC.
VFX - the PS2 has added some overblown VFX to the final boss stage which makes it borderline unplayable. elsewhere there are some new glows which look nice.
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[@retrospiritsgaiden]

My thoughts and observations are in the info box above - cheers!

[@edu2110]

🤯🤯🤯 Amazing Sega Dreamcast

[@JesusChrist-em1iz]

Looks like a lot more jaggies in the character models for the PS2 version. Colors also look different. I prefer the Dreamcast colors personally.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

agree!

[@iwanttocomplain]

PS2 has no anti-aliasing.

[@ironbaysqiureg4827]

The dreamcast is such a weird thing. Living and dying right between end of the P s one but also the beginning of the p s two. Having a weird selection of games

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

The DC certainly was ahead of it's time in a few areas, and the games i have on it are all high quality, shame it died in the way it did, and we didn't get a DC 2.

[@nezxd5516]

Dreamcast looks vivid !

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

its very saturated, i quite like that tho:)

[@estebandanger25]

Dreamcast en este juego gana. yo tengo las 2 versiones las conecto en el mismo 📺 y dreamcast va mucho mejor los gráficos son más llamativos y mejores.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@estebandanger25Realmente me gustan ambas versiones, pero creo que prefiero el color de la versión Dreamcast a los colores apagados de PS2, por lo que probablemente diría que DC lo supera en un pequeño porcentaje. Me gustan bastante los pisos brillantes de la PS2

[@edu2110]

PS2 dientes de sierra, Dreamcast era increible 😍 SEGA no se que paso😥

[@iwanttocomplain]

Media.

[@joshup1275]

Dreamcast wins

[@Kaiman76]

480p vs 480i

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

True!

[@albertodiez4215]

Desde un movil es dificil apreciar la diferencia. Pero si tienes en cuenta el precio de las maquinas y del juego tienes un claro vencedor

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

you are right, it is probably difficult to see the difference on a mobile!

[@ConnorlUvz]

Dreamcast looks like HDR compared to ps2

[@ConnorlUvz]

The ps2 graphics look good for the sandy level

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@ConnorlUvz some of the environments on the Ps2 have extra details which is a nice thing to have

[@MoonSarito]

Dreamcast looks way better here.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

I see you are a fan of colour saturation and contrast - nice:)

[@southsidetherealest2860]

​@@retrospiritsgaidenwe are fans of a smoother look with less jaggies and vibrancy thats it thats all

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

nice:)

[@user-wl3ch8dm4s]

​@@retrospiritsgaidenWhat about the bad jagged edges of the PS2 or the unwanted fog making the draw distance even worse.I love the crispiness of the Dreamcast version due to the antianylyzing.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@user-wl3ch8dm4s PS2 does suffer from jaggys in a lot of games, and it's not nice. However i think the fog in the PS2 version is more of an artistic choice than a technical one, it adds some atmosphere to a couple of stages.

[@DeanError]

the arcade version is stunning and sounds amazing compared to both and I like it over the xbox enhanced version even.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

Not seen the arcade version, but from what i understand it was a Naomi arcade board (basically a Dreamcast) - so i'm surprised there's a difference TBH - interesting!

[@DeanError]

​@@retrospiritsgaiden that is because people play down just how much a Dreamcast is cut down from a Naomi. Bandwidth i/o, memory,sound,vram,gpu are all more and better than dreamcast. The cpu being the same is not really a factor as the cpu was very special at assisting graphics for games so it could drive the more powerful and faster Naomi also.

[@christophermarshall2362]

Do all the combos from the Dreamcast version work on the PS2 version?

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

I'm a pretty low level player, everything i've tried on the Dreamcast also works on the PS2 tho.

[@christophermarshall2362]

Thank you

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@christophermarshall2362 no problem:)

[@user-ix4eo1jn4r]

Ps2 blew the dream away i think the cast look like a better design model

[@israelgonzalezabrego3551]

You need to compare console vs console not console vs emulation... I don't said that PS2 version locks better but doesn't lock that worse as you video neither with the original PS2 component cables

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

i don't have PS2 hardware to run the game unfortunately. TBH i was more interested in what they added or changed rather than which version looks better, the lighting colour for instance is very different, but i have no idea why they changed it for PS2, when the original looked pretty cool.

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@retrospiritsgaiden Sony and Sega have different goals in both the presentation of a 3D scene and game design, which is why the subtle hue's aim for realism.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@iwanttocomplain i remember back in the day that Sony would always be going for the 'more is more' and 'more realistic' angle with everything

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@retrospiritsgaiden It was their mission statement when they announced the PS1 to combine the film and game entertainment divisions.

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@retrospiritsgaiden he says it in the E3 presentation. A swedish man.

[@almeidachannel7121]

Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Dod Games !

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

awesome! thanks!

[@iwanttocomplain]

A pointless comparison. Nobody used the VGA box to a computer monitor. Not even scart. It's rf. The PS2 as well. Everyone using RF because we didn't really know what scart was for. It was only if there wasn't an arial to plug in. We were dumb! So really. Only a real console captured over rf cable will tell you the actual image quality. Even if it needs to be captured expensively, as a crt will all have different results depending on quality and condition. Filming crt's might be even harder than capturing analogue and converting it to digital.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

not true. i used VGA for Dreamcast back in the day. i had the official Sega adaptor (now very expensive). The only issue with it was that some games were not VGA compatible (but you could force most into VGA with an action replay disc). I also only used RGB scart on my TV. I never owned a ps2 back in the day so i don't know what the options were for that back then

[@iwanttocomplain]

@@retrospiritsgaiden I'm sure you did.

[@CplDwayneHicks11]

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[@retrospiritsgaiden]

Interesting!