Grand Theft Auto 2 - Square Eyed Jak

It's 1999 and rival gangs are at war across the city: do you work with them to take out the biggest threat or will you work for the Zaibatsu Corporation to maintain their control over people's lives??
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[@TheCommanderNZ]

Pro tip for anyone trying to find the save point. Use the van with the satellite dish on it, it always points towards the save point.

[@ClamMan1989]

Great tip!

[@s_for_short2400]

Or you can install the widescreen fix mod that comes with an f5 quicksave shortcut

[@ClamMan1989]

@@s_for_short2400 my god that would be a godsend

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

Hot Dog Homicide is probably the darkest mission in the series. You kidnap a bus full of innocent civilians, take them to the Russian Mafia meat plant, and watched as they’re stripped naked and forced at gunpoint to walk into the meat grinder as they all scream and cry. Then you take the freshly made hotdogs out and sell them

[@thepostalteenager2206]

Imagine this mission recreated in RDR2

[@appletizer8415]

You know... I can tolerate some very gruesome descriptions... Idk wtf to say to this...

[@jaysonvancouofficial6100]

They Changed it For the PS1 version due to it Crosses the Line Instead of normal pedestarian, it Changed to Rival gangs

[@YinNYang_Official]

This game was low key pretty advanced. Even the radio would cut with static and turn low quality in certain areas of the map as the signal became low on the radio. That still blows my mind it’s so forgotten

[@Kevinschart]

I hate to be the guy, but this game is underrated. GTA3 was when most people learned about the franchise, but I LOTS of fun with this game back in the day.

[@Quatrixjs1]

Never forget the mission where you turn the rival gang into hot dogs

[@SquareEyedJak]

I don't recall stumbling into that in my play time but I did love the Ice Cream van bomb to blow up the loonies

[@alvar891]

I remember that one after you mention it lol. Been 20 years since i did the missions. i remember the prison one the most.

[@ArCgon]

@@SquareEyedJak One of the green telephone missions for the Russian Mafia. Except @ThePPQQ1 is misremembering: you don't turn rival gang members into hot dogs... you turn normal civilans, which you pick up from bus stops first. Possibly the only time in the entire game when I actually thought this is taking things too far.

[@gracekim25]

Say WHAT?!😂 how do I play this?

[@kingmula2]

@@ArCgon In pc version its humans on ps1 version its gang members

[@Mr.BeastFacts]

Instead of Hit and Run, it should’ve been called *Grand Theft Otto.*

[@SonicBoone56]

Little too tongue and cheek for the legal department

[@voxlvalyx]

Grand Theft Otto sounds like that's how Jerma got his dog.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

Race and Chase still playing on popular vehicle stunt crime movie of Grand theft auto

[@catfshart2255]

Grand Theft Otter. It’s just otters protecting their turf.

[@TheSpacey52]

Or Grand Theft ahh-Doh!

[@Nigel222]

I remember getting this game as a kid and my mother asking the guy in the shop why its 18 rated and he goes "oh its just because some of the people on the street say things like Jesus Christ" and my mother goes "oh thats not so bad" and she let me get it.

[@fatfurie]

but its called grand theft auto lol

[@ArCgon]

@@fatfurie Be glad Rockstar didn't go with "Grievous Bodily Harm" like they intially planned.

[@gracekim25]

😂brilliant

[@RandomGaminginHD]

19:48 - 20:00 got me 😂. Excellent retrospective of a classic. Forgot how fun GTA 2 was

[@fathersunglasses6085]

Just watched your video with the worm haha

[@WH250398]

I literally just watched a video of your pc being mollested by a worm. How are you here, you scary man?

[@vieri031]

Music in this game is awesome. I love listen to GTA2 radios in my car

[@allistergraham6704]

Got this for Christmas back in 99, I was 8, I loved this so much I remember pretending to be sick to not go to school so I can have time with this :⁠-⁠)

[@MalikATL]

8? I couldn't play GTA until I was 16 LMAO

[@banterinthefastlane6647]

I was playing when I was 3 haha. On my Uncles PS1.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

GTA 2 is a great game honestly. It's a huge improvement over the original game. Graphically I still think it looks pretty awesome even to this day. To this day I still consider GTA III to be literally a 3D version of GTA 2. If you've played GTA 2 and then played GTA 3 in a bubble you will notice what I mean. But GTA 2 gives that being dropped into a Sandbox feel I want out of a GTA game that sadly none of them have achieved since. I don't like grand story's surrounding a premade character...

[@KMS2K]

One of my favourite PS1 games when I was a teen. Spent soooo many hours playing on weekends. I loved the radio stations especially the Yakuza one.

[@illegalsmirf]

The PS1 version was sooo inferior to the PC version.

[@KMS2K]

@@illegalsmirf Didn’t matter to me back then

[@AugustDreamScape]

"Fossil & Sound"

[@KMS2K]

@@AugustDreamScape Faster than sound

[@folksurvival]

​@@illegalsmirfThe Dreamcast version was good.

[@sebastiankulche]

I honestly think GTA 2 is way more fun than GTA 3, not only because of its gunplay but also the mission design is more intense and creative.

[@Teh69thSpartan]

Rockstar should make a new futuristic GTA

[@thepostalteenager2206]

​​@@Teh69thSpartanAnd not a gta game about nowadays failed society,i hope at least gta 9 would have an HD version of the Anywhere City

[@DmitriyK12]

They will not make a remake of GTA 2 , because they are two busy counting the gta 5 online profits. 😢​@@Teh69thSpartan

[@DmitriyK12]

It will be a sad day when GTA 6 is released because after a few days people will ignore the story and just play the online gangs vs police or heist modes.

[@Beatnu3000]

I also always loved the sorta “fence hopping” mechanic when it came to dealing with the different gangs in this game. Felt like most everything you did had consequences. It’s definitely something I’d like to see refined in a modern game where you’re a more neutral criminal with no clear cut allegiances to anybody. I feel like the closest we got it being replicated was in GTA III, where Claude does do business with all the gangs at one point, but almost all his bridges are burnt by game’s end also.

[@AugustDreamScape]

Still my favorite GTA game. Wish they'd remake it in 3D with OG radio stations. I have the soundtrack & still listen to it daily.

[@WartyWarlock]

2 is easily my favourite. The 3D ones have been awesome but there's just something about 2, multiplayer especially, that is just 100x more fun. A bit of whimsy goes a long way.

[@Neveri93]

I loved GTA 2 back in the day. Even then I dreamed of game where you can do "anything". And that is what GTA 2 really was.. a sandbox to do whatever you want. Of course it was very limited to today's standards but back then it was amazing, at least to me.

[@Jumbleman5]

This was always an essential LAN party favorite amongst my friends. GTA2 is forgotten for its multiplayer modes, but if you're reading this and interested in retro games, give it a try with your friends.

[@EightOneGulf]

Great memories of putting landmines for others to run into only to run into them yourself after 10 minutes, or trying to get to the tank before someone else does...

[@krisfrederick5001]

There was a multiplayer???

[@Jumbleman5]

@@krisfrederick5001 There was! You can do a quick search on youtube for "gta 2 multiplayer" and see what it looked like.

[@TheCommanderNZ]

@@krisfrederick5001 all old school games had multiplayer of some sort.

[@EightOneGulf]

@@krisfrederick5001 yeah, it's hidden in the launcher before you start the actual game.

[@v3ck1n]

GTA 2 might be one of the best in the series if we're being honest with each other

[@alvar891]

It built as well ontop of the 1st game as Vice City built on the 3rd game. Both masterpieces.

[@Kevinschart]

yeah...this game blew me away. I kind of liked how simple it was.

[@ArCgon]

Rockstar did an amazing job with further polishing the diamond that they found with the concept of the original GTA. Jak, you summarized it really good: Rockstar's first good choice was making the experience more like a video game and arguably less like real-life (but actually more playable and much less irritating) by adding a health bar, the ability to replay failed missions; and figuring out that finding weapons and power ups should not be such a big deal for the player and thus scattering them aplenty on the map, including always right near the payphones with the missions. Second thing they did brilliantly was making the city feel even more alive that GTA1 did: taxis and buses actually work (and that's regardless if the driver is an NPC or the player), radios have DJs with some personality plus ads for places that actually exist in the game ("Crazy CJ's, home of the Mad Burger. You'll be insane to miss it!" - says perhaps the most memorable one, spoofing the Mad Cows Disease scare of that era... and then you blow the building up). Last but not least: rival gang members who attack each other on sight, car thiefs and pick-pockets not affiliated with any gang do their thing too. If a policeman is nearby he tries to stop them. It really felt like this is a real-life simulator that you can just leave running and things will happen. Like the player is just one small pedestrian that the game in no way cares more about that all the other NPCs. What can I say? Back when it came out, this one young boy (that is now almost middle aged), quickly declared it his favourite game of all-time (dethroning GTA1). It might no longer be, but it still holds a special place in my heart... and on my hard drive, where it stays pretty much permamently since 1999. I just can't front on this title. It was super fun back then and still is fun today.

[@dpandcrspandvn]

"All you had to do was swallow the damn brains, CJ!" "Oh .... burger off." 😊

[@Oddstheo]

It's a good day when there's a new Square Eyed Jak video

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

It is

[@AugustDreamScape]

"Have you you ever considered death? I know I hadn't until a friend pointed out that it comes to us all. "

[@Saxdude26]

Okay, that intro with footage of the streets and city loop of Melbourne was an insane montage. For how uneducated on GTA2 I came into this video, I'm baffled I haven't heard more about it compared to GTA1 or the 3D titles. What a wild episode Jak, top tier stuff.

[@lyylski]

Fun fact: in GTA2 you are playing as Claude Speed who may or may not be Claude from GTA 3. Also yeah, GTA2 is among my favorite childhood games. The gang mechanic was incredibly immersive and it's a shame there's really not been anything similar since, even outside the GTA franchise.

[@Xegethra]

I like how you can play each gang, and at the end of the level when all missions are done, all gangs will send assassins after you which you can kill and win that way.

[@misterx2598]

This one is by far the best part of the classic GTA games. It resulted too hard for me to overcome back then in my childhood, so it's one those check boxes I'm still looking forward to be checked!

[@jonbourgoin182]

Your video on the first game really blew up. Good for you man, you deserve all the success.

[@Mahoromatic]

"Three weeks into the future" isn't meant to be taken literally. It's an old expression that means 'its the future lol'

[@baggyobeast]

So many awesome features that need to come back. Love upgrading the car with oil slick. Getting chased by the pigs and leading them in to my gangs territory who slaughter them. Need to re buy thisb

[@TubeYouKanal]

Thank you so much for this Video! In my opinion, it's one of the best games of all time and even compared to the other GTA games, I think part 2 is just sensationally good. This is especially evident in the fact that it's from 1999 and it still works awesome today and has aged very well.

[@lukeo5908]

Dude, I’m new to your channel and I have to say, you have of the most authentic, energising and entertaining personalities of anyone I’ve seen making this kind of content. So many people play a kind of character when they’re in front of the camera. There’s nothing wrong with that per se, but it’s so refreshing to see a person cut out the nonsense and speak articulately and passionately about the things they love - and the things that give them the shits! And not to shit on anyone else, but it’s awesome to hear a proper Aussie accent without some kind of weird affectation / exaggeration that some of the more popular Aussie KZbinrs seem to feel they need to put on. My only regret is not finding you sooner. Keep doing what you’re doing my man, I look forward to coming along for the ride!

[@storagepalace6989]

Wow, Jak. Great moves. Keep it up. Proud of you.

[@nbracken7]

I always appreciate your intros and how you make them look like the opening of the game. Excellent, cheers!

[@NotSweetland]

My childhood game right here, I played it non stop for years on ps1. It was the greatest in the top down series, and with the 8 minute movie I always wished it was a show or movie 😢

[@TheFatSandwhich]

One of the funniest parts of this game is the Ice Cream Van tune. It used to send me into hysterics as a child.

[@franticraven5665]

Correction: They returned to this style with Grand Theft Auto Advance first, which was released in 2004 (would be nice to see the video on that one too), then again in GTA Chinatown Wars. Overall great videos so far, glad I stumbled upon your channel, algorythm actually working properly lmao. Cheers, and looking forward to the next video

[@staceyallen4913]

This game was My introduction into the GTA series and one of my favorite PS1 games as a 6 year old best game in the series to start with in my opinion, if you wanted a head start to your criminal Enterprise that is : )

[@MrWabaki]

one thing to help you with enemy encounters. Just walk backwards and shoot in front of you. The enemys have to be in a certain range to start attacking so kiting them around while shooting at them makes alot of things easier. GTA 2 will always be one of favourite games.

[@NotThatJonesShow]

It's like after this game rockstar hit gold with GtA 3 and said "y'know what let's never change up our game design ever and innovate only visually and we'll remove a bunch of stuff people love"

[@Butters159]

theres a mission in this game where you collect some gang members and turn them into hotdogs then sell the hotdogs to their fellow gang members.

[@Zusse]

This series has been an awesome trip down memory lane for me! Im so happy to have been able to watch these videos, and i do think you did a great job detailing what you liked and didn't like about each installment. As always great video!

[@123simion1989]

Loving this GTA series mate! Nice work 🙏

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

I loved the original, we played it for hours - but I legit thought GTA2 was _the_ coolest game I'd ever played.. every single pixel is a huge nostalgia hit for me, thanks for the video Love and success, cousin - London UK 🙏🏻❤🍻

[@klocugh12]

I wish Anywhere City and its retrofuturistic theme was recreated in some 3D installment of series. This game has unique atmosphere and for that remains my fav in the series. I like Industrial area the best, as it takes that atmosphere up to 11. And yes, 6 heads in this game is BRUTAL. Only one comparable would be GTA3 with how quick military can mow you down with their OP minigun like M16s. As for kill frenzies, never bothered. When you die, it's better to reload save as you lose all your weapons, so extra lives aren't that important IMO.

[@thepostalteenager2206]

Thats why i dont like gta 6,to be set in Vice City,we already digested the concept of Vice City in:GTA VC and VCS and also in the original Scarface movie and also there is a Scarface videogame The gta 2 concept is something very misterious and exotic,and difficult to visualise due to the game lack of story and character development I wish Rockstar will make an GTA game set in the HD version of the Anywhere City with a more detalied map and with a much complex story,the retrofuturistic theme would fit for vehicles like Opressor mark II from gta online

[@djdrwatson]

0:52 The guy in the GTA2 intro movie is actor Scott Maslen. He currently plays the character Jack Branning is British TV soap 'EastEnders' and has done so since 2007.

[@SeanORaigh]

We got this game rented from my local Civic Video, or maybe Video Ezy when I was a kid, probably because it was less realistically violent than the 3D GTA games. The main things I remember are killing the Elvises, crushing cars and entering a Kill Frenzy only to ask "who's frenzy and where is he?"

[@Vampyr787]

Here is fun fact about GTA2. There was an European PC version that for some reason had some cars altered, most notably Ice-Cream Truck was replaced by Coca-Cola Truck, cop cars were also altered to look more like modern cars instead of this retro futuristic look.

[@alvar891]

Played this game a ton on the ps one. Loved the diverse missions. Especially the prison mission. I did beat the game with just the tanks also lol. Rampage thru the city and get the score high enough is not that hard if you get the hang of the tank. Great game compared to the first. Your gta 1 video made me install 1 and 2 again after a few years and enjoy them every time with alot of nostalgia.

[@SuperDicq]

11:00 You say "you piss off a rival gang and they send a hitman after you". If you finish all the missions from all the gangs in a single district this is actually what will happen in the game. All three gang will figure out that you've been working for all of them and they will each send a hitman that chases you all around the map. Consider it the final boss battle of each district.

[@ArCgon]

It's not hitmen, but rather the gangs' bosses who try to kill you personally. That's the reason why the Zaibatsu gang has a different boss in each new level.

[@darnelwashinton1295]

GTA 2 was incredibly hard as a 9 year old but damn did I love playing it, especially loved the vehicle mods.

[@bald182]

New subscriber from Scotland! Loving the collection dude and can't wait to see more!

[@ninochaosdrache3189]

The first area of the game in the night still looks so pretty, even almost 30 years later.

[@Omar-ok7gd]

5:10 in short .. its like *mercenaries playground of destruction* with the gang/faction loyalty system

[@banterinthefastlane6647]

YES MY MAN. This was my first ever game as a kid. My Uncle had a PS1 and I would just drive The Cars on this. So Cool to see you doing a video on this.

[@CosmicKangaroo]

The GTA 2 Rendition of Head Radio has to be my favorite, the Song "Southpark" is so iconic.

[@nekipeh7373]

Its a perfect sequel for first game, since it added save mechanic, far more content and elements (respect, radios, collectibles, unique vehicles and many others) and enjoyable gameplay overall.

[@robertryan8784]

Overall production of your videos just keep getting better. Really enjoying the gta series, thanks for the videos dude

[@elliotbrailey816]

Bro you are the only dude I watch now. Really down to earth and knowledgeable about whatever you talk about. Also, wear that wife beater whenever you can x

[@catfshart2255]

I can’t wait for your retrospective on the next game and forward!

[@yesofcourse8520]

I make it a habit to revisit this channel every once in a while as a fan for a number of years now, and it's always great to see you doing well and going strong. Bless your soul man.

[@bravado86]

Something I appreciated in GTA 3 was the top-down camera option. A throwback to folks who, until then, had only played GTA 1 and 2.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

Also, I notice you didn’t talk about the online for any of these. It’s a blast, still works. I’ve had some fun

[@edwardgrin8556]

6:20 Classic Rockstar humor: you saving in the church and after successful saving the preacher shouted "Hallelujah! Another soul saved!"

[@desomorpheus5146]

Every time someone talks about this game, Hot Dog Homicide! gets mentioned, it was the only mission I remembered clearly (been playing in early/mid 2000s). Wondered you didn't mention it but the people in the comments did not disappoint.

[@dominicanfrankster]

The music and dialogue on the radio was great. Loved creating challenges for my brother and I, like who could survive the police the longest

[@Tezur0]

As a man who spend an ungodly amount of time on gta 2 (and still do spend it) I must say that this was very nice review with absolutely fair criticism, good job sir. As for GTA2 GBC... beating it on emulator is painful, but if someone did it as kid on their actual gameboy... hats off to them. oh and CTW wasnt next 2d gta, it was GTA Advance, but that game seems to be universally forgotten by everyone and is generally not being spoken lightly of (though it has extremely satisfying driving mechanics)

[@Sharpypus]

I used to absolutely LOVE GTA2, I remember going from GTA1 to GTA2 - it felt absolutely so so good, remember getting it for xmas, good nostalgia!

[@shredguitarob]

i always felt a special spot for GTAII. It's so fun 2 - Vice City was my favorite set of GTAs.

[@WisePaddy]

Finally been waiting for this , notification squad!

[@eternalrewind2190]

Got this for Xmas on ps1.. loved it. Spent most my time running from cops and creating havoc like I did with all gta games

[@RetroTay_]

I noticed you placed the san andreas case in a obvious spot to grab it when the script got to that part lol. I noticed AVGN does the same thing😂 love the video btw

[@Sephinova]

3 reviews already goddamn you’re pumping them out this year

[@kylemcw8301]

Man I’m loving your History of GTA series! I’m 34 now and have played every game from the very first… it brings great nostalgia! For me it started with one of the first PlayStation magazine editions with a free playable demo disc for the PlayStation. GTA caught my attention very early!… & considering Resident evil was also on said demo. My mum was all too happy too let me play the heck out of GTA as the resident evil death scene disturbed her. 😂 GTA2 chase dynamics were actually really fun! (Only use mines at full speed though!) 😬

[@PolarisCastillo]

I remember my cousin showing me this game when it was new. At the time, I was playing Driver but GTA2 totally blew me away.

[@SwearfoGod.]

This video was soul-making. Soundshaking. Earthquaking, even.

[@mettwurstminister680]

I will never forget that one mission in 2nd City, in that you have to steal a bus, collect civilians and bring them to the slaughter house for Hot Dogs.

[@MarJin727]

To play games like these and complete them from start to finish, you have to be born between the 80s and 90s✌️👍

[@BOND19951]

GTA 2 was so much fun to play. I wish there was a remake of it using the GTA 3 - GTA San Andreas engine.

[@garyianbritton]

This will mean nothing to non-UK viewers, but the main guy in the 8 minute promotional video is Jack Branning (real name Scott Maslen) from EastEnders (before he became famous). Quite funny seeing him here!

[@MaffiLu]

I have reallly enjoyed this series, as it speaks to me since I'm from the period when these games came out. Thank you! :D

[@tabletkashmir3708]

They also started the GTA tradition of awesome, wacky radio stations while driving... 'JESUS MY SAVIOUR, MY FAVOURITE FLAVOUR" I can still hear it 20 years later. Also the Elvis impersonators walking around like ducks in a row, If you manage to kill them all in one go: ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING😅

[@garrysmith1029]

That song didn't make any sense

[@AugustDreamScape]

The song playing at 10:00 is the same song that is played in the menu on GTA4:BoGT!! I know way too much GTA Lore haha, especially from GTA2.

[@Ryo]

Thank god i was on the toilet. The inspector gadget weewooweewoo made me laugh so hard unexpectedly i shat myself

[@baconman2.052]

POV you've waited so long for GTA 6 to be released you've started going backwards

[@thenateyoulove]

I wish you uploaded more often I really love your content - a couple ideas you could make videos on a few roller blading games: rolling and aggressive inline for the PS2. They're really fun games that control very similarly to the tony hawks games.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

At the time I didn't like the gangs mechanic. But looking back on it, it was way ahead of its time

[@kaynine9]

San Andreas had a prequel of sorts, showing events shortly before the game takes place using in game graphics

[@wilbourke4188]

19:56 i love that bit

[@nirvanacanwait355]

Nice to see you making videos again! I somehow hadn't seen any of yours in a longtime until recently you appeared in my recommended once again. Always enjoy your videos, keep them up!

[@SquareEyedJak]

Well I've been the entire time, never stopped. KZbin is a bit shit

[@nirvanacanwait355]

@@SquareEyedJak Yea that's the algorithm for ya, I'll keep the bell on this time!

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

Keep it Jak another awesome video

[@ThePellefantman]

Id forgotten just how much this game had in Height levels. like using stairs and jumping roof tops.

[@BranSnakes]

Woah, I never knew there was already a GTA movie in 1999!

[@groidcel]

Even crazier that it was bundled in with Moving Shadow mixtape CD's too apparently. Really miss that record label and really miss the relationship they had with R*

[@CainRG1]

Wow, I played this a lot and I had no idea you could switch the time of day to daytime. I wish I'd known, it looks so much nicer and clearer with the daytime graphics!

[@landan-i6892]

GTA 2 was z best of all GTA big facts...love Di birds eye view

[@kurtkurt777]

I'm currently playing the PS1 version of this game. It cuts completely subway system, you can't play at night, have little worse graphics, different controls, but overall it's same playable as PC version. And if you're playing this on emulator, you can use the save states to save and load everywhere you want!

[@theashtubereviews]

Banger after banger, you have been killing it the last couple years

[@KaijuBoy31]

Great video, loved hearing about the Game Boy Color version as well! Portable oddities are always fun, would be very interested to see you discuss GTA Advance in a future video

[@SuperJM9]

The first time I played the PC version I played it with the European map, which is a bit bigger than the PS1 map. The American PS1 map is slightly bigger than the European PS1 map. The biggest by far is the American PC map. It's similar in size to the PC GTA 1 and London 1969 maps. They're A3 size. GTA 2's map is slightly taller and thinner. I used those maps on my second playthrough and it was a far better experience. Unfortunately they're hard to find.

[@JitseLemmens]

Saints Row 2 had the gang loyalty stuff as far as I can remember.

[@ROSALIEIK]

loved it played it a lot as a kid.