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Aug 30, 2024 · What are the best PS2 fighting games of all time? The PlayStation 2 (PS2) era was a golden age for fighting game enthusiasts, offering a treasure trove of titles that combined captivating storylines, diverse character rosters, and engaging combat mechanics.
- Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution. Release Data: Sega, 2003. Genre: Action » Fighting » 3D. Previous year’s Virtua Fighter 4 bordered on perfection, and this new game is technically even better.
- SoulCalibur II. Release Data: Namco, 2003. Genre: Action » Fighting » 3D. The simple fact of the matter is, Soul Calibur II is the best weapons-based fighter for the PS2, period.
- Virtua Fighter 4. Release Data: Sega AM2/SCEE, 2002. Genre: Action » Fighting » 3D. You can’t tell right off the bat, but Virtua Fighter 4 is one of the best fighting games for the PS2.
- Tekken 5. Release Data: Namco, 2005. Genre: Action » Fighting » 3D. A big part of Tekken 5‘s appeal is due to the quality of its execution. Toss in a fantastic soundtrack and some of the best-looking graphics, along with an insane number of different moves to master from a variety of interesting characters, and you’ve got a fighting game that’s even more addictive and exciting than the original Tekken.
- 'Tekken Tag Tournament' Tekken 3 blew everyone's minds as it took the franchise into a new stylistic direction and vastly improved its fighting game mechanics.
- 'Tekken 4' Tekken 4 is considered one of the more disappointing entries in the series. Even still, it provides an evolution as far as signature mechanics go and puts forth a solid offering of fighting game fun.
- 'Tekken 5' Tekken 5 is one of the most celebrated fighting games ever made. And one of the reasons for the game's long legacy being kept intact is due to how feature-rich it is.
- 'Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore' Don't let anyone ever tell you that the Dead or Alive series is way too simple - its rock-paper-scissors approach to throwing hands is easy to grasp yet hard to fully master.
- Virtua Fighter 4
- Soul Calibur II
- DOA2: Hardcore
- Tekken 5
- Guilty Gear X2
- Soul Calibur III
- Tekken Tag Tournament
- Def Jam: Fight For NY
- Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of The Millennium 2001
- Mortal Kombat: Deception
Perhaps controversially, first place is occupied by two separate titles that were released a year apart. However, there’s not really enough to distinguish the two games and justify completely separate entries for both – let’s face it, given the choice (with hindsight), you’re likely to opt for the Evolution version, which featured two extra charact...
Welcome back to the stage of history! The first Soul Calibur is most closely associated with the ill-fated Dreamcast console – due to Sega’s machine playing host to a fantastic port of the arcade original (with a ton of extra content and enhancements; Namco always seemed to go the extra mile with their arcade ports). However, the sequel arrived at ...
Another launch title for the PlayStation 2, DOA2: Hardcore is an enhanced version of the sequel to the arcade/PS1 fighting game smash hit, Dead or Alive. The first game was infamous for its boob physics, though the attention this ‘feature’ garnered slightly overshadowed the fact that Dead or Alive was a really solid fighting game, with some neat id...
It shouldn’t be any surprise that more than one Tekken game is deemed worthy enough for the Best PS2 Fighting Games list, (the franchise is one of the most beloved brawling seriesof all time for a reason), especially how closely intertwined Tekken is with the PlayStation brand. After all, the Tekken arcade machines were initially produced on Namco’...
Despite 2D fighters being seen as somewhat passé for a time in the late 90s and early 00s, the Guilty Gear series stuck to being strictly 2D for a very long time – only recently utilising 3D graphics in-game and even then, the hand-drawn style of 2D sprites and animation was still in place, giving the game a unique look. For fighting game aficionad...
Namco’s skill at producing fighting games was clear from their success with Tekken – and their reputation was reinforced with their weapon-based fighting game series, Soul Calibur (which began life in arcades as Soul Edge, before becoming Soul Blade and then settling on the more familiar and still-in-use Soul Calibur). Interestingly, this entry was...
One of the PS2’s launch titles in North America and PAL territories, Tekken Tag Tournament may not be the most fondly remembered Tekken game overall, but it certainly made a big splash when it arrived. Though not a mainline series entry, it was the fourth Tekken game after Tekken 3, which beat out the competition as the greatest brawler on PS1by ou...
From fighting game companies taking each other on in video game form, we head to New York – where real world recording artists duke it out in almost wrestling-style bouts for supremacy. Featuring not just real life rappers and other musicians (along with a few non-musical celebrities for good measure), Def Jam: Fight for NY was the sequel to the we...
Though there was a bit of controversy surrounding Capcom’s usage of old, then-dated sprite art for some of the characters in Capcom vs SNK 2’s huge and varied roster, covering several franchises and eras from both companies (especially in comparison to SNK’s approach to redraw all of their characters for a much more contemporary look), the gameplay...
FINISH HIM! Mortal Kombat arrived in the arcades in early 90s and proved to be an almost immediate sensation, with its digitised graphics of real actors performing their moves and headline-grabbing, controversy-courting, deliberately over-the-top gore. Alongside Sega CD game Night Trap, Mortal Kombat was the catalyst for the formation of the ESRB i...
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- War of the Monsters. This is one of the lesser known classics, but don't let that stop you from trying it. This free-roaming sci-fi monster fighter is often compared to Super Smash Bros, but it has more in common with Power Stone—plus its own unique brand of fighting mayhem.
- Tekken 5. Tekken 4 took several risky steps for the series, and while they were interesting, Tekken 5 stepped back from many of them and was a better game for it.
- Soulcalibur II. While the Dreamcast didn't fare nearly as well as either Sega or its fans had hoped, it did give us Soulcalibur. This sequel improves on the formula in most ways, bringing improved graphics and gameplay tweaks that made it more forgiving for new players yet even deeper for experienced fighting game fans.
- Mortal Kombat: Deception. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance was the first MK game made exclusively for gaming consoles—no arcade release—and Mortal Kombat: Deception was its follow-up.
Jan 9, 2024 · Offering a mix of classic franchises and innovative new titles, the PS2 became a hub for fighting game enthusiasts. In this article, we explore the best PS2 fighting games, ranking them from the solid contenders to the absolute best in hand-to-hand virtual combat.
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Aug 17, 2023 · Relive the golden era of fighting games with our list of the best PS2 titles. From iconic characters to revolutionary mechanics, explore the games that defined a generation.
