Day of Reckoning 2 - The Final WWE Gamecube Game

[@LordJudgement1818]

This game holds one of me an my father's best memories. I had a caw character that was basically unbeaten an unstoppable. He had the title an my dad challenged me to a tlc match with Batista . I was about to grab the belt when he knocked me off the ladder an my wrestler fell off the ladder an outside the ring on to a table an was basically killed. After a furious amount of button mashing I made it back into the ring but right when I grabbed at the ladder dad had gotten the title. He had beaten me an my wrestler. then just to rub it in my father refused to give me rematch for days an picked on me as much a possible. Teen me was pissed but older me realizes this was completely funny. Ended up winning the title back the next week when we played again but man what a tough blow to take. Love you Dad.

[@theorangeknightmakwolf]

Beautiful man

[@LordJudgement1818]

@@theorangeknightmakwolf good times with family tends to be. Makes me smile when I think about jt

[@joshclossick5710]

My dad and I used to play these games until he went blind.

[@isaacblake4201]

Wholesome memories with your dad is a great thing

[@mikexxxmilly]

My son plots out matches a week ahead for us to play on the weekend lol Sometimes im tired and don't feel like playing but I do anyway because I didn't have that as a child and I want him to have those memories for life.

[@Steeldragon493]

The last WWE game on GC, the last game released in the US with the remnants of the AKI engine, and agruably the best in those categories. Hundreds of hours I've sunk into this, and it's still fun today

[@drunkensailor112]

You should check wrestle kingdom 2 on ps2 with same, improved engine.

[@mrdude88]

Arguably.

[@david.tousignant20]

@@drunkensailor112 You're right about that gem!

[@dn22pkkdd476]

Also the only game with a fatal four way last man standing match (besides wrestling empire). Also, Shout-out to Tunsuki's CAW-a-bunga! The best site for DoR and DoR2 create a wrestler formulas and maps for precise paint tool textures. Guy was a legend. Still use his AJ Styles, Abyss, and Kid Muscle CAWs to this day. May that site Rest In Peace.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@mrdude88 no arguing about it, it took the AKI engine and perfected it. For pure gameplay, this has never been beaten.

[@ChiseledAdonis]

OH YES ! i still play this game til this day!! One of my most prized possessions!

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

"Oh Hell Yeah." 🖕👍

[@sodokami6347]

Aye would love to see you make a video of you playing it

[@TheJedihunter]

Nice

[@paulabeer2916]

Say something funny

[@deronnekingcaid4328]

Yeah I believe you and I don’t blame you to all I need a Nintendo GameCube Soon and just buy a few WWE Games

[@MTJfan2017]

“Stacy Keibler will be your girlfriend in this game, because you can’t get a girlfriend in real life” I died at this part

[@Masterofxtreme93]

THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD. I put more time into this game than I can possibly even count. For all it's shortcomings, such as no commentary or title matches in exhibition matches, it's still a blast.

[@KidTonyGaming]

The story mode and creation suite make up for the short comings

[@Csnich96]

This was my childhood in the mid 2000's. Spent so many hours after school playing this legendary game Thanks for doing a video on this man, I really appreciate it!

[@Cableguy15]

11:12 Glad you mentioned this. It drives me crazy how no wwe game since this one has had proper hit detection. They claim to be simulations, yet half the time you're throwing punches which clip through wrestlers while they're doing certain moves, or you'll try and put someone through a table and the freakin' table moves. lol A wrestling game with HCTP's freedom, DOR's engine, and SVR's features would be a dream come true for me.

[@jhonnycultura4455]

Yep... It's frustrating how can't we have this in 2022?

[@fergalstackstreams]

When I think of walk animations in this era I always think of Tazz on Tough Enough when he played one of the video games for the first time with the contestants. He picked himself to play and upon seeing his entrance was like "Why am I walking like I got a rod up my ass?" "The PS2 outsold the Gamecube in North America and Europe." That's putting it mildly.

[@flintose927]

I remember renting this from Family Video the day it dropped so me my little bro and his friends could play 4 players. Great times 😎

[@THEANGRYNEWYORKER]

Renting games. used to be one of those most exciting things. never knew if your game would be in stock! especially on release day

[@KidTonyGaming]

DoR didn't get the recognition it deserved because it was on a GameCube

[@ericdxfan511]

One thing I noticed is that the PPV stages in DOR2 is more accurate to their real life counterparts than they are in SVR2006 (see Royal Rumble 2005 and GAB 2004)

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

One of my favorite WWE games ever. I look at Gamecube WWE games like this Wrestlemania X8. Trial and Mad Error Wrestlemania XIX. Much more refined and an all around major Update/Experience DOR 1. Another Major Upgrate DOR 2. Perfected

[@Facade953]

Wrestlemania X8 was quite decent.

[@SpraykwoNTheChef]

I worked on this game for almost a year at THQ. Was a good time.

[@JakobIsOkay]

You got any interesting behind the scenes information

[@temike129]

Good job

[@Bubba__Sawyer]

What was the reason behind cancelling this series?

[@exceedisdead5180]

I just played this game on a modded Wii. You guys made a Masterpiece. The gameplay is so smooth and the graphics are better than SvR

[@erictorres112]

Right, I'm sure you did buddy and I wrestled Stone Cold at wrestlemania. Was a good time

[@songokussj3]

This game is crazy competitively, for example, one of my friends had a character that had the sweeping clothesline (a clothesline that hits the legs) for a finisher and also as a normal running attack. The thing is, because he has both of them, once he had the special activated you had to guess whether he'd do a normal SC or the finisher SC. you can't counter both at the same time. Absolutely love this game.

[@theoriginaldizzy-d420]

GameCube.... My Last Nintendo System Before I Switched To XBOX 360. Was A Nintendo Faithful Until Then

[@jokaman03]

This was the last wrestling game I really played. So many memories.

[@lb2.0.45]

Glad you finally got around to covering DoR2 I remember playing this almost everyday when it came out in the summer of 05 especially since at the time I didn't have a PS2 so the day of reckoning games were a great alternative definitely the most underrated WWE games series out there.

[@romacechina]

I still remember almost tearing my cube out doing that Summerslam match in the cage. Christ that was on Dark Soul level that match, so glad it was for the intercontinental title. Loved the story mode for DOR 2, the way it continued on from the first game, the use of Stacy was great and I really felt invested in the story, who stole the heavyweight belt and how it affected the PC across the year.

[@jayythrash3646]

Bruh… that cage match was ridiculous. That submission match against Kurt was a Mf too

[@kuronori09]

Man escaping the steel cage was fking brutal! 🤣

[@Haplo699g]

Yay! Been waiting for this! Your original video was responsible for me buying a Gamecube and getting to play the excellent games that I, as a PlayStation owner missed out on. Thank you! I had a whole bunch of fun with it!

[@123bigrex]

I remember playing story mode and getting to the fatal four way steel cage match and remembering how frustrating it was because of the stamina meter by the time you took out the other three guys and then try to climb the cage your meter would be drained making it difficult to win

[@sabbath275]

I was about to write this down about remembering how I used to struggle with that part of the story mode. My dumb ass really thought it was a one-on-one cage match and I remember it really was a fatal 4 way cage match 😂. Dude I think it took me 2 months to get through that and just because during the first month I gave up for two weeks. I honestly almost broke my control I almost launched that bitch. Still love the game tho but ain't never gonna play the story tho 😅

[@123bigrex]

@@sabbath275 I can't even remember how long it took me to win that damn cage match but I did it somehow lol

[@TheCastellan]

had to use a cheat to win THAT one.

[@123bigrex]

@@TheCastellan there was cheat codes?

[@TheCastellan]

@@123bigrex There was a button combination that sorta does a glitch that would make the opponents get stunned, and fall to one knee, letting one being able to climb out the cage. I did that back in 2007, might need to search for it.

[@Cloud121D]

Though I own the second, never playd much of it, but played the hell out of the first one. During the Raw storyline where you face HHH at the end in an Iron Man match, he would counter EVERYTHING no matter what. The screen always flashes when a counter is done. After so many tries, I got so pissed off, that I turned the game off, disconnected everything from the console, and then chucked my GameCube across the room. I look back on it and laugh as I very calmly disconnected the controller, memory card, A/V cables and power brick, then just throwing the console at the wall in an absolute fit of rage. After calming down, I tried again, and this time I pinned Hunter only a couple of minutes into the match, and then literally just ran outside around the ring for half an hour (in real time). I finally beat him 1-0.

[@litodat233]

😂😂😂😂

[@colebacca1369]

Freakin love this game. Damn shame it doesn’t get talked about more. There is a match in the story mode that I could never beat, because I couldn’t button mash fast enough lol. That fatal four cage match gave me freakin fits. Edit: and the soundtrack is freakin awesome too

[@childofnature4402]

I've stil never beaten that fatal 4 way cage match. I thought it was just me lol.

[@rickymenier]

That damn match! I can’t even count how many times that match made me rage quit lol

[@cyrus2546]

Yeah they messed up in not testing that before releasing it, it’s damn near perfect.

[@BruceWayne-wi6gq]

The way to beat the match is to choose a finisher your wrestler can perform quickly. Some prefer the RKO or the stunner, I personally choose the modified STO. hit it on each opponent as fast as you can and go to climb out when your spirit meter is super red. Do that and you'll beat it eventually 😁

[@flairgamingOG]

That match gave me nightmares as a kid lol, watching this video made me remember that as soon as I seen the game play

[@MAGA_Trump_Warrior]

Ok you just convinced me to hook up the old GameCube and play some Day of Reckoning 2. I really loved the controls and the create a person was well stacked with items. Also the moves and move sets were abundant. It made it easy to create a wrestler.

[@Heroesworkshop]

This game looks way too good for the year it came out.

[@grimworldgaming928]

That’s what I’m saying!!

[@zionz1164]

The graphics really did surprise me as a kid espically for the gamecube

[@adamled99]

​@@zionz1164I think it's the lighting and camera angles

[@The_Shining_wizard]

The upgrade from the first game is insane tbh.

[@jamesregina804]

Absolutely love this game but I can’t see how anyone can talk about this game without talking about how unbelievably hard the fatal four way steel cage match at Summerslam during the story mode was. Took me 14 years to actually proceed in the story mode.

[@kylegoncalves1]

I gave up back in the day. I picked this up again recently, and I gave up again lol. It's IMPOSSIBLE lol

[@AintFredoYou]

One of the best WWE games I’ve ever played. The memories. The matches.

[@RufusM]

Man, I decided to boot up my GameCube last year and also managed to use my save data from like, 2007. The GameCube WWE games were so, so good. All the footage we’ve seen of AEW’s upcoming game has me hyped because it looks so similar to DoR in terms of animations and collision.

[@xxuser0200]

Aew game didn’t age well lol

[@hollywoodtre6098]

The roster in the game really does reflect what the roster was around this time. It was a lot of good matches but mega stars there wasn’t a lot. Not in the 2004 to 2005 era. But older games make me miss when WWE went all out on stages for PPVS. It made them feel like their own entity and a big deal. But now they just want to save money when they have ALOT of it

[@theMainFNMan]

You just hit my nostalgic button with this video cuz this was the wrestling game that me and my brother would play constantly to me it truly is one of the best wrestling games ever made that might be The nostalgia talking but I can't help it just had too many of my good memories

[@battinghat]

I absolutely love Day Of Reckoning 2! It's a fantastic game and the Wrestle Kingdom games on PS2 (Which Yukes also made) Uses the Day Of Reckoning 2 engine which is awesome!

[@S87yt]

Love the lighting and arena atmosphere

[@-JRL-]

Before this game came out I remember going on IGN and watching the entrance videos they put out each day and just being super impressed by how good the models all looked.

[@nlee4566]

Dope! I use to do that for the Smackdown games!

[@DJSwagz]

Same! Seems like just yesterday!

[@Kunzite1982]

One if my favorite wrestling games of all time. Loved everything about this and the first one.

[@KellyAesop]

Disappointed there it's a full remix of Burn It All on your patreon! Oh well. I really enjoy your theme remixes and videos, great job.

[@panoramatint]

I was in my second year of university when this game came out. My roommate and I were and massive wrestling fans who used to go so far as to make predictions for pay-per-view finishes and trade a title belt back and forth every month based on who got the most right. We also played hundreds of hours of this game on my 17 or 20 inch television. We'd do tag matches we'd do grudge matches we'd book storylines in our heads. We even made our own wrestling characters as a tag team, painstakingly crafting each entrance so as they would be unique but complement one another over one long Saturday marathon. You're bringing it all back to me brother, thank you.

[@martynodonnell8467]

So what you’re saying is when you were at uni, you had no life? 😜

[@panoramatint]

@@martynodonnell8467 Yes, you are correct. My girlfriend at the time (now spouse) used to play this with me too a fair bit.

[@martynodonnell8467]

@@panoramatint I had a similar thing going on WM2000. Where I created my own wrestling organisation. EWF (European Wrestling Federation). I would have “two weekly shows” and monthly PPVs. With a host of created characters.

[@velvetpilot2008]

Janky Reptile carried Evolution during their run. In a recent shoot interview he also revealed he assisted Triple H in burying Scott Steiner and was even one of the judges involved in the push up contest.

[@thenightowl7712]

But the people’s elbow actually is one of the very few moves that can be broken up. Aslong as you do it as soon as he’s bounced off the ropes once.

[@TheComelyLads]

I would love to see a DoR 1&2 story mode upload. As much as I appreciate the contributions Janky Reptile has made to the sport of professional wrestling, I think it should be a new Create-A-Wrestler made with either patreon input or consideration. Anyway, this was another great video! Thanks for the content!

[@blackstar4786]

The graphics on this game are still impressive, I own two copies 😭

[@chadsherrill7559]

Absolutely my favorite wrestling game of this era! I created sooooooooo many superstars

[@MarcoBeSomething]

I love all the content you make, a let’s play of the Reckoning games would be cool to see since I’ve never gotten to play one.

[@stormwalker8495]

Yooooo! That intro remix tho! 👌🏻🔥

[@zakk219]

I remember thinking that this was the best video games were ever going to look when I first saw it. Glad to see that it still holds up and looks really good.

[@KellyAesop]

I loved this game! I popped at the theme song in the beginning

[@JM1993951]

I was a PlayStation kid, and lucky for that, because of the Smackdown series. But I remember being jealous after seeing some magazine articles showing screenshots from this game.

[@gamerfourlife64]

Its been a long time coming this was totally worth the wait

[@xtn5378]

For a game without commentary, the matches were still engaging.

[@ChrisYoungGunn]

Man I forgot how good this game still is

[@kristofercarter9470]

Day of Reckoning 2 is still the best wrestling game of all time good times.

[@shakarussanders9911]

I concur!

[@Ralphunreal]

no mercy is better

[@lilgemini4032]

@@Ralphunrealoverrated game

[@jonathanwashington9199]

I'm Shocked That Day Of Reckoning 2 Didn't Have The Older Version Of Undertaker From The 90's Like Here Comes The Pain Did

[@CallumRSU30]

Also, I loved the tactics of the submission move; low stamina? go for the rest hold option, etc, etc. I'm unsure why though but the AI could lock submissions in for ages, but mine would break very quickly in comparison, like as part of the mechanic.

[@KiddGreen1]

Ironically I still play this game, DOR 1 and Wrestlemania XIX on the GameCube when I have free time. Amazing wrestling games in my childhood 🔥

[@ZeroSystem100]

Yes absolutely play through the story modes! This is easily one of if not my favorite wrestling games ever! Plus I discovered the band A Dark Halo through the game and have loved their music to this day!

[@steelofthealloys1081]

Voice+content=amazing channel Keep up the great content 😁

[@TheJedihunter]

Easily my favorite wwe game, and yes I would watch it.

[@ebertrivera6930]

So glad you finally dropped a video on this !!! I remember getting this for my 13th birthday ! And man I remember co many countless sleepless nights playing this !

[@Nogardo]

I sadly had quite a lot of technical issues with this game so my mates and me would continue to play the hell out of Day of Reckoning 1. It is indeed a highly underrated classic though.

[@brandonleague3641]

Hulk Hogan, The Hurricane and William Regal as playable characters? Sign me up.

[@JETLIFEMUZIK]

Always loved the Day of Reckoning. 2 being one of my favorite wrestling games. From small details of Kurt taking his singlet off to the minitron playing the logo gifs in the background.

[@RNCV-uf7wu]

Ahh that classic arena, the THQ Arena, lol Another great nostalgia video, I never played this game so it was nice to see

[@nathancruz3451]

“Because you can’t get a girlfriend in real life” Outstanding 🤣🤣

[@scottbarker5593]

Excellent video! Definitely one of the best & most underrated wrestling games ever - this was very nostalgic for me to watch. I remember me & my friends rushing home from school to play this, only to find out from our parents that it been delayed by one month! (At least in the UK), which was absolutely gutting as a kid! I remember also that night’s Smackdown episode that Teddy Long was going to introduce the ‘Smackdown’ championship but instead Batista got drafted to Smackdown & JBL was the challenger lol!

[@EliteEasyE]

Love the Create-An-Entrance. Yuke's main series had more options like tag and stable, but it didn't get nearly as indepth. Seems like once they got it down in SVR '06 they pretty much left it alone and added or removed stuff here and there. Their GameCube games had so many camera and pyro options and you got to preview them or see the angle of the camera without loading and looking at the whole intro. Plus they had options in XIX for you to delay your intro (like to time it with the beat drop in your music or like Jericho's countdown) or come from left, right, or center of the tron. The had options for Taker's Bike, Austin's Buggy, cars like Eddie's and JBL's that you could use for the top ramp portion, yet use different motions, lighting, pryro, camera angle options mid ramp and in the ring.

[@1776Sledge]

3:20 Is that Power Move Pro Wrestling's intro theme I hear? I love that game.

[@Nero__Morte]

This game brings back some hard hitting memories. As a kid I spent so much time in this game. That opening of the video with the song from the game gave me immediate goosebumps... I wish I could go back to that time. Spending hours in the create a superstar mode and even more time spent creating entrances. Simpler times 😔

[@vidalsantos5470]

Just wanna let everyone know that A Dark Halo is the name of the band. Songs are "Burn It All" and "Beyond Recall". They just came back from a hiatus and make kick ass music!

[@AmazingGuy13]

I miss my Gamecube

[@LXDarkSniper]

Am I tripping or did I hear some power move pro wrestling music at 3:00? Good video bro

[@Nazrat84]

DoR2 had better models and lighting than a LOT of the SvR games until SvR 2010. This rarely ever gets mentioned that the championship belts had texture bumpmapping to give it the illusion of depth, something not even the arly the Xbox 360 SvR games had.

[@KEWLV1C]

I remember this game being put down at the time because it “wasn’t Smackdown.” This affected its reputation at the time. Now people are starting to look back at it and appreciate it more, and I’m glad. I’ve always enjoyed this game, and I’ve recently returned to it through emulation and I forgot just how good this game was. Great video, thank you for it.

[@resilientintrovert]

Still have this game. This and the old Smackdown vs Raw games. They was so much fun.

[@alexmckenzie2969]

the stamina system killed this game for me. everything took stamina. and the only way to get your stamina back was to just stand still and wait for it to slowly come back. a real problem if you're in any multi man match and even worse in a cage match. and if you tried to fight with no stamina your player would just do this tired animation. really hurt the game in my opinion

[@DillonColtMusic]

I never had a GameCube, I had a Wii but I eventually traded it in to get another 360 and I seriously regret it. More than just day of reckoning, I missed the whole damn Metroid prime series. One badass game I did get to finish was twilight princess. I'm thinking of buying a Wii again just to play games I missed on the Wii and GameCube.

[@JakobIsOkay]

Wiis are easy to hack, as well

[@bigwats1250]

Graphic looks really good 2

[@RawHunterX]

My absolute favorite Wrestling game and even in my top 20 videogames. As someone whos played a ton of wrestling games, I really think that this is the best ever gameplay in terms of wrestling, yes, even better than the AKI ones. (And yes, I also grew up with them and loved them.)

[@martynodonnell8467]

What even better than WCW Backstage Assault? 😯

[@RyzenZegend]

Better than Aki in some areas, in others no. Remember Aki engine did evolve but it was used in Def Jam Fight for NY. Those animations and that Engine is to this Day unmatched. Sincerely,

[@cyrus2546]

Been waiting for this video since you did DOR1. Thank you.

[@mtbra9435]

Great video! Load times in the creation mode were speedy on the original hardware.

[@TomGorian]

Such an underrated game imo. I'm so looking foward to you covering the SVR Games

[@Gorgutsforcongress]

Aww man! Loved this on the cube and it's criminal that it's never in the Convo for greatest ever wrestling game.

[@grammysworld5449]

Probably my favorite wrestling game of all time.. My friends and I used to have "the Trish challenge" where we would see who could beat the most wrestlers with Trish Stratus.. Also having finishers for every position fleshes out every character and makes them feel less predictable

[@freeman4real]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED & STILL PLAY on N64 the WcW/NWO REVENGE game!! LoL I loved that it had the Stables & custom options!!

[@ziahamm1603]

Man I loved the Gamecube. Such an underrated console.

[@TheFlamingPike]

WWE games had stacked roster back then. Like 3/4 of the roster was Hall of Fame material.

[@Garf_malarf]

I can’t believe I never played this and I’m a huge wrestling fan. Thank God I still have my game cube going to get this game today!

[@CallumRSU30]

I’ll just say this: Fatal-Four-Way Last Man Standing Matches, so much fun!

[@nicholashurst780]

I find it amazing how little advertising went into the GameCube wrestling games, when it was the Nintendo 64 vs the original PlayStation both of the console's games got heavy advertising campaigns but when it came to anything that sort of competed with the smackdown series, even Raw on the Xbox really, I never saw them advertised and I watched all of the wrestling at the time. The latest PlayStation game would get advertised on Raw and SmackDown and elsewhere and the Xbox and GameCube games might get advertised in a video game a magazine or the WWE Magazine and that was it at least in my Media Market (Buffalo NY)

[@evanhanley6437]

Amazing game. I played the hell out of it. I was great at reversing finishing moves. The best GameCube wrestling game hands down.

[@Thecolemineexpress.]

I still have wrestlemania x8 xix dor 1,2 for my gamecube.

[@raeshamouskeys3281]

GameCube had some of the best wrestling games ever

[@martynodonnell8467]

I missed out on the GameCube. I had an N64 at the time and my brother bought a PS2 when it first came out. I’ve always fancied owning one, as well as a Dreamcast and Saturn. However I heard more negative reviews regarding the GameCube, than positive, at the time. That’s why I never got round to owning one.

[@raeshamouskeys3281]

@@martynodonnell8467 I didn’t have a GameCube either, but I made sure my little brother had one 😂 I had to play every wrestling game back then

[@martynodonnell8467]

@@raeshamouskeys3281 I’ve not played every wrestling game that’s ever been made. However my favourites would either be SVR 2006. Or WM2000. I have and did have more love for WM2000 than No Mercy as I had the glitched version of No Mercy, where it would delete all saved data at random points, very frustrating!

[@mikelba7168]

great videos my brother. keep up the good work

[@Patno_the_god]

Loved this game. Closest thing to a revamped no mercy that we had.

[@commandercharmander8330]

Graphics hold up really well for the time the Gamecube was a beast haha, love the channel bro !

[@andthatswhyidontlike]

Great game, quality video and I think a play through of both story modes would be as entertaining as anything mate.

[@EliteEasyE]

Love how the menu brought you closer to the venue into the ring. Reminds me of SYM.

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

Graphics are pretty nice

[@syckmunky]

I literally fired this up on my actual hardware this weekend. Still one of the best wrestling games. Love the submission system.

[@MTJfan2017]

I had just beaten the story mode in this game when I saw this in my recommended. I was like “a message from god??”

[@stanstansky5522]

You didn’t mention that in story mode you have the option to go to smackdown and become part of the undertakers new ministry…along side Orlando Jordan 😅

[@Zorbak962]

Loved this game growing up! And I only recently got the first Day of reckoning to check it out And that four-way steel cage match? Wow, that was so hard

[@ryancorrigan4149]

"Stacey Kiebler will be your girlfriend in the game because you can't get a girlfriend in real life" Damn, WrestlingBios, why you gotta attack me like that?

[@LordHeath1972]

19:00 Choice freeze-frame moment! :)