The 20 HARDEST PS2 Games

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[@UltraRage86]

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition is even harder especially when you're trying to play as Virgil

[@monsterxkillerx4196]

God Hand!!

[@either-application9758]

I’ll never forget putting Jak 2 down as a kid because I just thought I wasn’t very good at it Then firing it up again as an adult and almost putting my foot through the tv on numerous occasions, absolutely no business being that tough 😂

[@Alon3Mafia]

Chaos Legion Clip from my Channel : 1:45 thanks for Mention !

[@partradio8]

3 cheers for Manhunt, this game needs a modern remake with better controls.

[@Alex-ng6hc]

Jak 2 is one of the most tedious games I've ever played. Every time I play it, I just know that it'll take twelve dozen attempts to complete half the missions. Even so, I love playing Jak 2 and will defend it as the best game in the series

[@DoubleWE]

I have it on PS4 literally months of playing it everyday I wasn't even half way thru, I will complete it someday

[@JoseFigueroa-b4k]

That game took me and my brother to finish that 3 times in our life. But we were kids with nothing but free time on our hands. As adults we're good😂

[@Icemann265]

Honestly all the games in the series are pretty tough!

[@NICKHAM16]

Jak 2 took me two years to complete when I was a kid. I remember being so frustrated and giving up multiple times, just to come back a few months later and breeze through the section I had been struggling with. Absolutely the best game in the series and finally beating it is still one of my favorite gaming memories to this day.

[@JoseFigueroa-b4k]

@@NICKHAM16 running away from the crimson guards (army) after a grueling mission was just a nice sweet bonus to our sanity 😂

[@svsps]

God of War 1 should’ve been top 3 only for that ridiculous spiked column section before you exit hell

[@kizaruthegreat]

not the mention the crazy challange of the gods bonus missions. no save, gotta do them back to back cause if you quit or your ps freezes gotta start again from task 1

[@sting7789]

No the Ares boss fight at the end made me turn into the Incredible Hulk.

[@adomomcjinkies4787]

​@@kizaruthegreat to beat those, juggler

[@viktorvogel4106]

to be fair god of war 1 at the hardest difficulty is barely harder than shinobi is at normal mode. and unless your playing god of war 1 at the hardest difficulty its pretty easy.

[@gregorygraham3145]

I actually think god of war 2 is a tad bit harder puzzle wise but, Id agree with god of war 1 still pretty tuff game.

[@ARTSONICFAN990]

11:15 to 12:11 Who else remembered Twisted Metal: Black?

[@Ashenshugura]

An amazingly fantastic game. We need more "arcade" car combat games.

[@jimmymoreno4979]

Really great vehicular combat

[@KaliU-ix2kf]

@@ARTSONICFAN990 Great game

[@PhantomVictorYT]

I have it on my PS5

[@Ashenshugura]

@@PhantomVictorYT Same! My son and I still play it together from time to time.

[@kevinphelps5807]

Chaos Legion was criminally underappreciated.

[@larsnars427]

beating jak2 as a kid now feels like an accomplishment because it had so many unfair roadblocks 😭

[@robertpadua6096]

My PS2 list: Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening Jak 2 Metal Gear Solid 2

[@teleskopossomnium]

Jak should have never deviated from the first entry. The gta style gameplay killed it for me

[@robertpadua6096]

@@teleskopossomnium it was horrible I kept crashing with other ships

[@teleskopossomnium]

@@robertpadua6096 yup. Spent half the game with stupid time trials and traveling obnoxious lengths to progress the game.

[@newacc6065]

DMC3 Vergil boss fight was aggravating

[@Djudo-q9x]

​@@newacc6065 fk right especially on mission 20

[@jrvy74]

Gradius 5 is hard, and I’m not saying it isn’t, but one setup I found made the game so much easier. Unlocking weapon edit will make this much easier, but the setup I used was to use the laser beam that continuously fired without breaks (can’t remember what it’s called), and the options set it to aim control. Even with one option and laser, spinning the laser around will wipe out most enemies in one go, and with four options, it makes things so much easier. You’ll still have to pay attention and stay alive and/or avoid having your options stolen.

[@JuicyBroccoli]

Jak 2 was awesome. Never considered it to be one of the hardest games though.

[@gundamit8828]

DMC 3 is the 1st one to teached me to "Get Gud" in a game.

[@jimmymoreno4979]

I was just playing twisted metal black last night and man I forget how annoying the Ai is when they all target you

[@maxwellnolan6724]

Love seeing some Shinobi appreciation. Tough as nails, brilliant game.

[@PhantomCookie87]

Yup, I was disappointed not seeing it on this list. Shinobi PS2 was one of my absolute favorite games of the era!

[@forresthunter1483]

Damn, Chaos Legion. Haven't though about this game in nearly two decades.

[@theAshesofDecember1]

I didn’t realize chaos legion was difficult. I recall beating it several times and unlocking all of the secret legions

[@mykelljosey173]

In my experience, God of War 1 was the hardest PS2 game I played. Especially the fight with Ares.

[@Historicutuber]

yeah its the hardest game in the series. Brutal puzzle after brutal puzzle and tough fights

[@sting7789]

I almost lost my voice after raging from the Ares boss fight at the end of the game. I said to him Ares your making me angry, you won't like me when I'm angry.

[@XBeatmymeatX1990]

That game is not hard. That's an obvious skill issue

[@RoxasHyuga14]

I have finished Jak & Daxter and Jak 3 but never got to finish Jak 2, it was so frustrating

[@jasonstewart1625]

Ring of Red was my favorite ps2 game of all time, I still play it on my phone with an emulator lol. Nice to see it get it's flowers all this time later

[@andrehooker3229]

Man oh man how Shinobi had me buying new controllers every other day! I could never get past I believe the third boss, when you had to fight two of them at once while you're also being attacked by them darn armored wolfs 🤬🤬🤬

[@natejoe9924]

The boss I had trouble with with Shinobi was the last boss where he's flying up in the air I couldn't beat it My brother could not also

[@natejoe9924]

To this day I could not beat it I don't think I would be able to beat it but I did get past those bosses that you're talking about

[@alexshank1414]

TMB & Stuntman! Oh, the nostalgia.

[@mjdf122]

PS2 time tons of great games

[@andrewtarasenko2976]

Jak 2 is so brutal 😅. Even now with OpenGoal

[@johnhebert9619]

I just remembered dying alot on maximo 😭😭

[@ParisianPrince02]

I was waiting for Shinobi to be mentioned

[@alld33z20]

Bro been years since I heard that name 🔥🔥

[@ParisianPrince02]

@@alld33z20 I still have the game and the sequel

[@derrickhaggard]

BOF: Dragon Quarter is also infamous for punishing players for using the Dragon Transformation mechanic a mechanic that is a series staple. And by punishing players for using it if you use it a certain number of times before the game allows you to use it freely you will get a game over and see the game's bad ending and there's a high chance this will happen a lot as many of the bosses and enemies are difficult to the point where you have not choice but to use the Dragon Transformation just to barely win also the game doesn't clearly tell you how many times you can use it before you trigger the game over and bad ending.

[@robertpadua6096]

Never heard of Chaos Legion

[@GeezieMac]

It’s basically a “tamer” version of Devil May Cry.

[@zakirstocks9514]

It's part of Capcom

[@KikiChic19]

I had no idea Jak II was so difficult when I was playing it. This info validates so much frustration 😂 Shinobi is why I can't stand Souls games, lol

[@H4NGM4NDVD]

Youre a G for including Alien Hominid. I remember jamming newgrounds rumble and trying to unlock every character.

[@SilentFraud793]

Gotta include Silent Hill 4 on this list. The game gets especially tough when the hauntings in the apartment get crazy and protecting Eileen is already hard as it is.

[@geekforlife003]

Nice to see Chaos Legion getting some love for a change.

[@Paul-fi7og]

Stuntman was hell..I never beat it. Maybe got a lil more then half way

[@Tyrranis]

Yeah, Stuntman was pretty punishing in its' difficulty. Fortunately, the sequel Stuntman: Ignition was much better in this regard.

[@empoweredshemphoward]

I don't remember twisted metal black being overly difficult, just time consuming to run the game with every character.

[@empoweredshemphoward]

@@axemansjazz6670 it's on my external hard drive, just haven't gotten to it yet.

[@theoutlawking9123]

I'm surprised Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus isn't here, with it's no health bar and One Hit Kills unless you have horse shoes, it can get really annoying, real fast!

[@Piizzachuu]

God Hand and Maximo need to come back on the PS5!!

[@zekkenalter6013]

And here I thought Baroque would be in here. Anyway I only managed to finish four of these games. DMC3, SMT Nocturne, Chaos Legion and Viewtiful Joe. I did play Gods Hand but in the PSP though.

[@user-Dragon-King740]

Next do 20 Ps2 games that need to be on the ps plus premium on ps5

[@shadowsnake3867]

That's not a good idea as there's so many. Not just 20 as ps2 has so many hidden gems as well. PS2 was such a big hit it's hard to replicate it.

[@wdavis911]

No

[@darkstardarin]

TEKKEN FUCKING 5 AND I-NINJA!

[@user-Dragon-King740]

@@wdavis911yes

[@user-Dragon-King740]

@@shadowsnake3867it is a good thing we need better ps2 classics

[@PhantomVictorYT]

When I was younger, I thought Dynasty Warriors 3 was hard. Now I find that it’s more challenging then the later one but not as hard as I thought

[@zakirstocks9514]

Yeah, I'll admit: *Capcom's Chaos Legion, Viewtiful Joe, Okami and Capcom's Maximo: Ghosts to Glory and Army of Zin* are all the Hardest PS2 Games from my Childhood Years. They're all Super Hard to beat

[@shizuwolf]

Okami isn't hard

[@zakirstocks9514]

​@@shizuwolfYeah, I suppose you're right. Have you ever played *Capcom's Chaos Legion, Capcom's Maximo: Ghosts to Glory and Army of Zin and Viewtiful Joe* from your Childhood

[@shizuwolf]

@@zakirstocks9514 haven't even heard of most of those until now

[@zakirstocks9514]

@@shizuwolf Oh. Well, you should've given those Games a chance to play and get to know them better.

[@johnsaibot2359]

Maximo is going to have a 3rd game but got cancelled.

[@v-techboy2200]

Da Vinci code was also hell to beat when i had it. Great pain to solve the puzzles and investigate stuff

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

Yep. Jak 2 was tough. I beat it eventually.

[@dreamguardian8320]

When I beat Jak and Daxter 1, I thought the sequels would be easy as well. Boy, was I wrong. The levels were so hard and confusing, I had to stop before my head exploded, or worse. P.S. Next time, how about doing some lists of the hardest PS3, 4, and 5 games?

[@aaropekuri3291]

They don't know about Sly Raccoon time challenges

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Woohoo great list really enjoyed it 🎮 one of the best eras of gaming 👏👏👏

[@khronicman2009]

Airblade was my game man! I def mastered that one. And no doubt about Shinobi being hard, but despite the difficulty it was a really fun game.

[@victormanuelcaliva]

Gitaroo man is underrated. It's awesome

[@KatieHarrison-l2j]

The escort mission towards the end of Jak 2 resulted in me not finishing the game. I just couldn't complete it! Absolutely loved 1 & 3, hate 2 for it's unfair difficulty. Airblade was a really cool concept, but I couldn't get past the first couple of levels. 😭

[@gokew]

I remember air blade. So many days and weeks spent on the first two levels. I never got past level 4. I would go back and probably demolish it now. 😂

[@liamdooley863]

My greatest gaming achievement is getting 100% in every Stuntman level. It took literal decades

[@aubreynorton4470]

I'm plessed Shinobi is on this list, that had some crazy platforming and time constraints. 😳

[@kylemarrero3814]

FFX needed to be on this list , this time the video was way off .. ffx has some of The hardest bosses in all gaming

[@Gir-Riff-raffe]

Anyone ever play Blasto! A ps1 game starring the late great Phil Hartman? That games c*ck-clobberingly hard. To this day I don’t believe they have a 5th level because I’ve literally never seen it in 25 years.

[@bonesawisready2865]

Stuntman & devil may cry are probably the hardest games I ever played on the ps2

[@matthewharris517]

Never had the patience for hard games "Git gud" my a**

[@bfields5516]

I like a challenge sometimes I’ll put a game on hard every now an then but souls games piss me off 😂😂 that git gud shit is bollocks everyone who plays them has either got beginners luck or had to replay the boss fights so many times they end up beating the boss

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

amen. I don't play games to get pissed off, I play to have fun

[@gandhiatemilkduds5395]

@@blutomindpretzel1735 sounds like anger issues to me.

[@sorahearts3317]

It depends on what the game is about setting and story wise but I do like hard games. Like Ghosts N' Goblins and Cuphead. That being said I'm not a Soulsborne fan. Plus many of my favorite franchises started in the 80s when games were known to be more difficult. Castlevania being a good example.

[@bfields5516]

@@gandhiatemilkduds5395 my first soulsborne game I got was actually bloodborne an I got so far into it that I quit on what’s said to be one of the easiest bosses I thought I might of gone wrong somewhere in the game equipping the wrong thing so I deleted it in the end still Ive never raged til I broke a controller it’s quite far from an anger issue it just genuinely pisses you off 😂

[@lazyshinobi2861]

watching this just reminded me how unique games used to feel T.T

[@robertpadua6096]

Jak 2

[@AkaManah45]

For u maybe but not for many

[@christofalbat1632]

Love Gradius V and Shattered Soldier

[@michaelfritz5816]

Crash nitro kart, was pretty difficult. Even I couldn't beat the final boss.

[@oreoczar5188]

what about the Men in Black 2: Alien Escape? Tank style movement, third-person camera that was a little too close and clunky at best hit boxes. I loved it as a kid, but playing it recently was nothing short of infuriating. Add the additional "don't die during a mission to unlock more content" malarkey and its nothing short of draining. Oh, and if you used cheat codes, it prevented you from saving your progress until the console was shut off.

[@dedosmagicosmetal]

People complaining about GOW not being in the list but it's not that hard really, i remember i got this game GOW 2 in God mode and almost did the same thing in the first one but failed at the clones section, i was a kid backthen, so probably i could make the whole game no hit if i had it in my hands now lol DMC 3 was great too, im pretty sure i beat God hand at some point as well, good times.

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

Stuntman.....Gawd that was when I learned rage quitting.

[@ricardobarreras6280]

I worked for Sony in the late 90s, early 2000s as a quality assurance specialist (video game tester). Worked on Twisted Metal Black among others. The game was not too hard. I took 2nd place in the office tournament using Specter. Specter is/was BUSTED.

[@1788deon]

Chaos legion was a good time

[@ineedthatent5370]

I definitely couldn’t get passed this big robot right in front of you on Jax and faster 😂 I thought I went a long way then lmmfao

[@AnthonyRidley-jr2ch]

Teen Years!

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

Did Anyone Ever Play a PS2 Game Called Black and Bruised (2003) a Cartoon style Boxing game akin Punch Out (1983-2009) or Ready To Rumble Boxing (1999-2009) the game was okay to Fantastic wish I could play It right now too bad It didn't become a franchise

[@Leopez02]

The HARDEST PS2 games dosen't mean they're too hard to play and bad they can be good too like I've never played Jak & Daxter games that Jak 2 interested me the most and i'm interested about Maximo Ghosts to Glory too it looks so AWESOME game! But the HARDEST PS2 game that I've played in my childhood is Bob the Builder PS2 game yes you heard that right and can't believe how freaking hard the child's game Bob the Builder on PS2 was for me when I was a kid it was hard for my brother too it's funny to think, even Sly Raccoon was a hard game defienitily the submarine quest but still good memories with the most LEGENDARY PlayStation console PS2! 💙🎮

[@Historicutuber]

I can proudly say I beat Jak II and yeah its a really hard game!

[@BrandonSmith-ik7lu]

That's not true! Jak II isn't hardest game because it's kinda of easy, but I was frustrated about getting failure missions in many times when I was careless about getting hit by zoomer.😰

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Disgaea... Disagaea right here, he don't show us no respect...

[@roachxyz]

I had all of the Armored Core games and Last Raven was top 3.

[@UltraRage86]

The Final Fantasy and dot hack games are pretty hard

[@emperora9]

To further paint a picture as to how hard the Shinobi remake was: I played it before Ninja Gaiden (2004). Ninja GAIDEN was easier.

[@touffqc2306]

Harry Potter 1 on PS2 is very painful . Labyrinth, stupid camera, plateform phase but you cant jump with a button, you have to run correctly in the perfect direction...with this camera. The final boss doesnt tell us how to beat him. Took me 2h -.-

[@brandonloaiza8595]

Devil May Cry 3 will always be one of my favorite games but it pisses me off everytime i play it lol

[@ShawneeGamer]

omg maximo was a pain in the behind

[@PhantomCookie87]

Where the F is Shinobi PS2? That game broke me on more than a few occasions lol.

[@Rareware0192]

I would also put Siren on the list. Almost impossible to beat the game without a guide.

[@nairbdelrey1561]

Death by degrees was the hardest ps2 game for me .

[@UltraRage86]

How about the top 10 PS game franchises that need to make a comeback

[@unchartedrocks1]

Jak 2 was hard as a kid but replaying on ps4 I realize it was quite ez. Could be possible it’s becuz I already knew the game by heart by I found it ez as an adult

[@jonathangenao6796]

DMC3 is one of the best in the series

[@JB-wv8pb]

I've seen people complain that God of War is not on the list 😂. That game was a little challenging, but not one of the hardest games of the PS2, and neither is God of War 2

[@johnsesia9050]

Gradius uses the short "a" sound.

[@adamcouto3100]

I was wondering if Contra: Shattered Soldier was going to make the list. I have the game...talk about fuckin hard...I literally had to buy a GameShark and put a invincibility code in just to beat the game...and it still was hard as hell..💯

[@KaliU-ix2kf]

Great game Soul Ps2 💕💕 Masterpiece ✨✨

[@hatredforhumanity]

Viewtiful joe came out for the game Cube then a year later for ps2 with Dante

[@quitcallinmebill1699]

Ring of red is the best ps2 ga.e ever made. 1000s of hours playing

[@DanteElexie]

I never truly played viewtiful joe after the demo from pizza hut wiped my entire memory card 😂

[@Mrchair905]

Oh god…Maximo..8 year old me got so mad at that game. 😭

[@natejoe9924]

I couldn't beat Shinobi all because of the last boss He's up in the air and you got to attack him I couldn't beat it My brother could not beat him either The rest of the game was not that hard I mean it was hard but the last boss is what took the cake I honestly thought the rest of the game was not that hard it was the last boss I mean it was difficult but not impossible to get through that freaking last boss is what gave me the problems

[@11quinlin]

Stuntman most definitely the hardest game on the list

[@devinconsla2540]

Maximo ohh man that’s a hard game

[@natejoe9924]

I thought it was just my skills stuntman was hard yeah I had trouble with that game

[@kungfuman1951]

I beat manhunt but man was it extremely difficult

[@gertytk5528]

Gradius 3 & 4.

[@tailsprower8118]

There's a 3D Ghosts and Goblins game? Oh, no...

[@Nov-5062]

Gitaroo Man is insanely hard

[@TheRealAnthony0]

F🤬 Stuntman. That game gave me nightmares for years after😂

[@B.G.Jeikki]

I say Tarzan and Garfield saving arlene .