Grand Theft Auto 2 - Square Eyed Jak 

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.

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

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 😢

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.

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

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.

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

Fun fact, the main actor in the gta2 movie has a role as a detective called Jack in Eastenders here in the UK.

Love your vids❤️

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 :⁠-⁠)

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

To be honest, GTA 2 is my favourite in the series. I am much more a fan of the whole "arcade style" way of doing the game, rather than having to endure a story line I may or may not care about at all. Sadly, I doubt we will ever get a proper top-down GTA again ever.... This sort of gameplay also offers much more freedom to the player.

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!

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 RU-vidrs 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!

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.

This thing released on DOS? I thought by the time this came out, games would strictly release for Windows on PC. Regardless, why would you use the DOS version instead of the better Windows version? Edit: Yeah, this thing didn't release on DOS. For PC, it was only on Windows...which makes sense cuz it came out in late 1999.

I’m waiting for Grandtheft auto 3 😊

Loving this GTA series mate! Nice work 🙏

Just a correction, GTA Advance was the next top-down classic styled game, not CTW

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

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

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

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

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 : )

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.

I hope you eventually cover GTA Advance and Chinatown Wars

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.

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

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

Greta video on another great game! Have you ever played retro city rampage? its an original gta type game that was made with tons and tons of pop culture references feathered into it. a whole lot of fun i would recommend giving it a try

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.

Now play and beat GTA3 with the retro camera style :P

I really wanted GTA 6 to be in London.. I got sicc of going bacc n forth to same cities Miami, NY, SA.. please GTA 7 London

Finally been waiting for this , notification squad!

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.

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!

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)

Since many of the cars look like they come from 1930, with cop cars from the late 50's, I always figured GTA2 took place in the mid 70's.

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"

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 🙏🏻❤🍻

What the hell has this man done to his fingers lol

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.

Gta 2 is kinda like cyberpunk before it was cool

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

This game was sadly one of my least favorite entries in the series. It just takes a nosedive after the first district for me. Beat it 100% and just kinda… don’t recommend it, to stay simple. I wanted to like it, but I just don’t. Probably second worst outside of London 1961. Really liked 1 and 1969 though.

I’ve been without my normal medicine for a couple days now. There’s a nationwide shortage. I’ve been calling different pharmacies and there has been no stock of it. Finally a coworker recommended a pharmacy near where she lives. I called them and they said that they had the medicine but it was namebrand only (A.k.a. the OG one that’s patented). I checked on my insurance and it said that I can have The name brand for $90. Normally I pay $30 for a generic brand for one month. I told the pharmacist on the phone that I will have my doctor send in prescription. The pharmacy is 60 miles from me. When I got there the price for a 30 day supply was $300. As I said before I was under the assumption that I would pay $90 for the namebrand. I was pissed but I wasn’t going to whore myself out to a Big Pharma executive. I drove home empty-handed. 60 fucking miles again I’ve been waiting for this video and look forward to watching it. This brighten my day. Thank you Jack!

Keep it Jak another awesome video

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

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.

Please tell me your gonna do the whole GTA series 😭

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.

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

isnt claude (the gta2 player carecter) a zibatsu?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was GTA 2 that introduced working for different factions and the consequences of doing so into the video gaming industry.

loved it played it a lot as a kid.

I love this game. I really like Funami! Excellent! Funami is best radio! blah, blah, you get idea! - Teriyaki Chan

You forgot to bring up. The taunts you can do on foot. Such as burping and farting. Yes that's a thing and. Also the cheat codes are funny. Like. Turning all preds in to Elvis. 😂. So much good w this game. You even forgot to bring up the songs lol the first one had a. Funny country song 😂😂

@3:14 Whenever did a specific year impaired the creative freedom of the devs of GTA in any meaningful way? @6:28 Everything? No. You can find weapons all over the map. Spending money for a save point? That makes no sense. Where is my save house? @6:39 Really? In GTA V single player you can spend money on weapons, gear, vehicle customisations and storage. In GTA 2 You can spend it on "save points" weapons and gear.

"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIL FRENZY!" *Commits genocide *Applause intensifies 👏👏👏👏👏

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?"

I love this game. Its the only Grand Theft Auto 2D game I own on multiple platforms because I got the GBC version in high school and got the PS1 version a couple of years later. (I jumped from the SNES to the PS2 and it was several months after I got Vice City, which I got a couple of months after I got the PS2. I'll always prefer it to the first game for one simple reason. The first game lacked a Shotgun. Who thought an open world crime game, or any open world game with lots of gun combat for that matter, set in or after the 20th century lacking a SHotgun was ok? And yes I know of some other open world games set in the 20th century or beyond focused on gun combat but lacking SHotguns but that lack is always a strong negative in my opinion of them.

LOL the difference between GTA2 and GTA3 two years later, GTA2 was 'just okay' but GTA3 was mindblowing. It's impossible to think back on GTA2 on its own merits.

I never knew a person who tried to beat GTA2 LOL Me and my friends always used cheats to get all weapons and caused havock and loved the kill frenzy's! At the time, Driver 2 was the better game that we all tried to beat! GTA2 was great 'cause it had weapons and we all wondered if a next driver game would add weapons and being 3D 'cause that would be dope! Fast forward, GTA3 did exactly that LOL

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

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

Ahh too bad you haven't finished the game - you'd be able to enjoy one of the worst endings in a video game ever. You can find it on youtube if you want. Great game but I remember I was so pissed when I finished it .... Other than that I fully agree, it was an improvement in every aspect compared to GTA1. Maybe besides the art style - I remember the reaction was mixed at the time but I think in the end it aged better. But I'd say the most important improvement is that the GTA 2 actually feels like a game by modern standards - having save feature, navigation, better handling, music, .... GTA 1 in comparison feels really like an arcade

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!

according to all sucking balls to the lungs gta related channels like onespot gaming, you decide to show gameplay from more than just first "city", which i huge *RESPECT*

I had the Playstation port, how good does the DOS original look compared to them.. 😃 I like the gang balancing things too, made the game heaps more fun. Also, I think the guy from the into movie is Claude ftom GTA 3

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

“3 weeks into the future” isn’t literal, it’s just another way of saying “the not-too-distant future”. In this case it’s most likely a reference to Max Headroom and Brazil, which both stated they were set “20 minutes into the future” to make fun of the idea of a “not-too-distant future” actually being very not too distant. So this is a satire of a satire. Very GTA.

I wonder how people actually got through the game. You can't dodge, there's no cover, little health, narrow corridors sometimes, you have to stand and aim. Bloody hell I found GTA 3; VC; and SA hard because of this but at least you could see what's ahead.

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.

Fun fact! The actor in the gta 2 opening video is now in the UK soap Eastenders!

I'd love to see you try and cover the Multiplayer content in GTA2, it's so much fun and chaotic!