NFS Undercover On PS2 is Surprisingly Enjoyable
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Need for Speed Undercover on the PS2 is a whole different expereince compared to the PC version, is the experience here any better or a lot worse? Today we will find out!
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I think this is the first video with a title that mentions Undercover, PS2 and Enjoyable in the same phrase, surprising change of pace.
I mean maybe I'm weird for it but I did actually enjoy it haha
@@DoVe_7 i can't complain, I grew up with this game and like it a lot because of that, so i actually enjoy seeing more people play it and their reaction to the jankiness, yours was a surprising one
@@DoVe_7 Thank you so much for covering it :) even the first. TOP!
@@thyagobsz8771 Didn't play it while growing up, still loved it!
I just bought a copy of need for speed undercover for my PS2 I'm excited to play it.........
Surprisingly, when I played this as a kid, I really had a lot of frenetic fun with this game, it also sticks out in memory for being the first game I completed at 100%, no real achivement, but as a kid it felt good having completed everything in a perfect way
It's supershort
@@Alvarito205Yeah i wish it had more events. Like 4-5 times as many. i just like driving in it and it ends far too soon.
It was my favorite NFS game as a child and it makes me sad that most people don’t like it. I played it way too much
In my opinion is 1 of the best NFS on ps2
Yeah same
back as a child when I got undercover for ps2 I was super irritated that the ps3 version appeared to look and be so much better. Little did I know that the ps2 version is actually better 😂
It's like a night and day differences between those 2 versions haha
Kinda Poetic that the game that basically killed Black Box mirrors the thing that made Black Box THE NFS studio...
Had this game myself. Despite some of the BS, **cough** (400+ mph rubberbanding opponents) **cough** I had fun. I did notice some similar parts of the map that I remember from MW. And this game introduced me to a lot of my favorite songs from artists that I would listen to a lot including Justice and Pendulum. Definitely is enjoyable.
The AI doesn't normally stop on the PS2, so this may be due to the emulator.
Also, I actually realized how the AI of the police officers in the game changes a lot. If you don't have any heat level, not much is born. If you have a heat level of 3 - 6, they'll act like they're chasing you, even if you're just racing or driving around at a leisurely pace. Simply, the higher your heat level, the more aggressive they are. You won't notice until they're not after you. Because if they're not after you, but you have a high heat level, they'll start going at the speed of light and crashing to everything they see (even into each other). And yes, sometimes they do hit you, and the chase is on.
My first ever PS2 game ❤
Also, I’ve never had the ai freezing bug on native hardware, my best guess is emulator issues or some unseen bug
Exactly !, My ps2 always works excellent and has a way more smooth quality than the videos that i see
When I was 8 I genuinely thought I was playing the best racing game out there, completed it like 10 times
Man undercover ps2 development history is something cool to read about
And if ya do youll kinda see it would have kinda ended like hot persuit if the devs had more time
And the handling is quite fun
The PS2 version was so much better probably because it's basically a reskinned Most Wanted/Carbon :P
For me, NFS Undercover on PS2 and Wii by the rating of it's driving physics, is the BEST in the Franchise. You got the tuning and all from Carbon but without the horrible car class system.
From driving it's Most Wanted but with all and only the positive Improvements from Carbon.
Because of that, the Miami setting and it's quick completion time (I rock this down casually in like 8hrs max with 100%) I often find myself starting the Wii up again and doing another run on it.
I love it, it's horrible. But for me, I put it above 2010 Pursuit and Payback, maybe even Heat, within the franchise.
When Most Wanted get less piss filter
Wasn't mw dark
@@n8bayonet yeah MW had a very dark color filter.
It has no filter at all. It dies maketge background black and white in the end race screen, but ingame its just vivid without any ugly filter like Carbon and Most wanted had
Most Wanted without the filter is painfully blueish, unless its a sunset. I personally preffer ps2 undercover. It just looks pleasant and vibrant in the right amounts
Old gen Undercover takes carbon engine and MW map remixing it to give a miami vibe. For me that's more than enough to make a good game.
It's very unpolished and some bugs make it almost unplayable at times and rubberbanding is atrocious, but it's still better than next gen Undercover. What worked in the previous games still works here. Also I really enjoy police chases, it's almost impossible to get busted. Losing them is another story, though
I always used the bridge to escape
There are a few things hidden,there is a playable 370Z only in multiplayer,there is busting racers with Police cars,the last 3 cars LP640,CCX and Zonda F have limited customization(shame they didn't had time to finished them properly).
Also it has proper EA TRAX so you can choose what songs you like to listen,unlike the PC/PS3/XBOX360 versions.
So you are telling me I couldn't customize my CCX because of lack of time during development ?? I always wondered why it was so limited, and after like 15 years I finally know 🤣🤣
@@pollo1340 Its because those are bonus cars from NFS Carbon and never were meant to be customized. Murcielago could use normal murcielagos bodykits and spoilers tho. What i see as a missed opportunity was adding ps2 ProStreet cars liek e46 m3, Evo X or R35 gtr.
Me when I couldn't tune the Murcielago LP640 🤣@@pollo1340
Ah
The good old need for speed undercoVERY DANGEROUS!!!
Pretty much if you enjoyed most wanted but preferred the customization system of carbon and don’t mind a lot of bugs(not as many as the PS3 and PC oddly). Undercover for PS2 is the game for you.
As much as I enjoy the game when I was kid, but honestly really hate how short the career is and how unfair the rubberbanding AI is.
The other racer AI freezing in place is most likely an issue with the emulator because i have and play on the original ps2 and they dont freeze. Other issues like random framerate drops happen rarely and the outrun event glitch where they go in the wrong direction also happens on the original ps2.
The ps2 version is the one I played when I was young, and coming back to it now, I don't think it was that bad
Despite its obvious shortcomings, such as severely outdated graphics for a game released at the end of the PS2's life as well as performance and some funky AI rubberbanding, it's easily the best version of the game in terms of gameplay. It even has the best handling model of the bunch, somewhere between Carbon, Prostreet, and current-gen Undercover, but without any of the latter's nonsense, such as the otherwordly grip while cornering using NOS.
The largely reused but adapted Rockport map is also hilarious, I couldn't believe my eyes when I was flying on the streets of Camden and Rosewood, they simplified the geometry and adapted the architecture to better fit Undercover's style, but it's all clearly recognizable. Even so, of all the available versions out there and talking purely about the vanilla experience, the PS2 version is absolutely the best, so for a fan or newcomer, either stick to this version, or play the PC version with the Rework mod, it doesn't get better than this.
I played it on the ps2 first when I was a kid, I really enjoyed it back then, after that I got the pc version, and I was very disappointed, it's not just the unnecessary graphics effects, it's the handling there's something about it that I didn't really like.
I don't remember experiencing bugs, maybe the ps2 emulator is the cause.
Playing this on the PS2 that doesn't happen as much it's buggy when it gets hot but on original equipment it's pretty stable
There's a lot of issues you described that are probably emulator related.
I had the game day one, a surprise gift of my mom after seing the add on TV the same day (yeah I know, very cool).
I was already a fan of NFS, and getting the PS2 one was so good.
For the popping, even though I don't remember it as a kid, I know that it can be disc/drive related. I had to re-buy one copy because my disc was so scratched, the environment couldn't even load when I was driving at 400km/h on the highway.
Buying a new copy solved that.
Broken A.I : I confirm, they are stupid and buggy, but it's not that big of a deal, it doesn't happen very much (not in my 8-10 years of playing).
The cops are hard af : true, but if you're good enough, you can send them to crash, and by playing buldozer like (aka driving through them), you can easily get away.
Visually : for me, aside from some popping, the game is one of the most beautiful ones, but playing it on emulator and LCD doesn't help. Playing it on original hardware + CRT make it look gorgeous.
I was so disappointed when I bought the PS3 version, because I thought it was the same game in HD...
Oh lord..
Anyway, very nice video !
7:03 Oh no, it's Big Rigs all over again 😭😭😭 Lmfaooooo I never thought I'd ever see that same type of glitch in a Triple A title, ESPECIALLY in NFS no less. Good catch
Honestly, i didn't grow up with the PS2 version, but with the Wii one. Genuenly love that game, and i love doing long chases with the police. Wii/PS2 Undercover i feel is kinda underrated
The rubberband must be ported from UG and UG2, then being amplified to the whole different level.
I remember finishing career mode on less than 2:30 hs as a kid... man...
I liked this game, even with it's MAJOR BUGS.
I'm still a high stakes ps1 enjoyee still...
The PS2 version is both nostalgic as it was the first NFS I ever completed (so I am a bit biased here) but yes before even watching the video the PS2 version is truly a hidden gem and I honestly think its one of the best racing games I have ever played
Yo thank you for covering this game I remember playing it when I was 8 years old with my younger brother we would play cops and robbers mode and do a little bit of racing as well those were fun times yes the game does have its flaws here and there but I still enjoyed it as child and now as a 22 year old adult. Thank you 🙃👍
Edit: I also played the PS3 version of the game and I got to say it was alright as well despite some stuff missing from the PS2 Version.
The game , whether the PS2/Wii or the PS3/X360/PC versions ,is one of my favourite NFS games I have seen and played in my life.I don't care what people say about most of these games. I love to play them!!!!!
I remember spending so much time on this game as a kid before I got my PS3. Idk why I enjoyed it so much. It was fun.
I actually 100%ed Wii version last year, and except for the insane rubberbanding I actually enjoyed it. My 6yo me loved this game in its own way, and my 21yo still enjoys it :)
Btw, did you know Test Drive Unlimited 1 has also got a different version in PS2/PSP than the one in PC/X360? And it's actually great! Quite different to the OG one. It definitely would be great to show it on a video. Cheers, man.
Actually didn't know that about TDU1 tbh, I might have to check it out , thanks for the suggestion 👍
7:06 YEAH ROME, HOW YOU LIKE DEM APPLES?!
-Brian O'Connor
Well, at least it's not like PSP version, which was... a thing
That version is best left forgotten
That version is just a reskin of Carbon OTC but with a rather new map, just like how this PS2 Port of UC is basically a Carbon reskin
@@nikohpgaming2569 if I recall correctly, which is over 10 years ago, PSP version of undercover didn't even have free roam, which Carbon OTC had
After the flop of prostreet psp being made in-house and released in 2008
EA put piranha games on developing Undercover
Some discord group i was in, they were going to take the ps2 version of undercovers assets & port it to carbon on pc (They managed to get the skybox to work / fonts & stuff like that, frontend platform changed) but that was like years ago i dont know if the mod is still around & Turns out the police a.i is severely broken , something that carbon had, it was put on 0.0 on undercover ps2 somehow
Lol i finished this game 3 times as a kid ,and i was pissed of because i could get the superchargers to pop in the hood .... than years later i found some configurations in the game 😅
You should check out the Wii version of NFS Hot Pursuit its different and actually really fun
This reminds me of Sonic Unwiished Sonic Unleashed
Theres a funny glitch in the copycat Most Wanted bridged jump where if you hit the wall at the end and keep spamming the reset buttom you can go out of bounds, theres nothing on the other side but still a funny glitch
Damn, I don't remember the graphics looking that bad back when I tried playing Undercover on my cousin's PS2 some years ago
This game was one of my favourite to play when i was a kid, but something akways felt kinda off about it, i didnt know what it was, and i was too young so i didnt know english at the time, i remember recognizing a lot of the map and stuff from most wanted to i started wondering if it was a prequel or a sequel or something? this game made my imagination go wild, specially after the cutscenes, ive created so many stories in my head trying to connect it to most wanted, like there being an earthquake or something to justify the long highways and stuff, i really genuinely had fun with this game as a kid and its nice to see someome saying wnything positive about it
Wii version has no slowdowns when emulated.(it also has unique splitscreen to up to 4 players, while PS2 has only 2 player splitscreen. Main release doesnt gave it at all)
Back when I was a kid I never aware that they have PC / PS3 version, the PS2 version is the definite version for me. Fast forward I got my first laptop and download lots of games including NFS U PC version. Little did I know that I have more fun playing the PS2 version, it's so bad that it's entertaining and fun.
PS2/Wii version of nfs undercover should have add r35 or some other cars from prostreet ps2 cars😢
i got this game when it came out. i mustve been like 9-10. i never knew that this was different to the next gen versions. I really enjoyed it on my ps2, didnt feel like a shitty knock off or anything. I do remember coming back to that game when i got into uni and seeing it was a completely different experience hahah. I defs prefer this version
This was my childhood game, in fact, the very first game i played when i got ps2 for the first time. The game is so glitchy and broken, but it's fun. However, there's only one broken aspect in this game that literally makes me fear for life. When you're on a high heat level, and the police cars have turned into a Porsche 911, i don't even think God can save you from those devilish spawn of hell.
My excitement turn to a disappointment to this game just like the McLaren Honda in 2015.
for those that want to play this version of undercover play on the wii instead it looks a little better, it runs a little better and on their lets say "deluxe consoles" its easier to set up
also the rubberband is toned down a LOT in the wii version
When you do outrun or highway battle just wait till the time less 1 minutes then ai will start not goes like godspeed to chase you back,
I didn’t play that much, but I don’t remember such bugs with AI on native hardware. They drive pretty fast and are challenging.
Ngl this was the undercover I played and I enjoyed it to the fullest, especially the songs, Especially Piedras vs tanques by ojos de brujo, but the thing I found strange was the place, they used, I never knew that was mw after watching the videos because back then I played undercover before mw which is quite sad but anyways they had a lot of similarities based on the video I watched, I could recall some places I raced through back in 2012 while playing the game, but the one that caught my attention was the hospital jump, I remember vividly
But nonetheless I enjoyed undercover on PS2 so much
How do I download this on my pc without using pcsx2?
ayo i just wanna say, when i said it was much much worse, i mean, it's, _fuckin'_ , *JANK*
that will be all -(until inevitably edit this comment)- .
*[edit: here we go already]*
4:40 - no, it's been many years since I last played it, but I remember that happening, totally "normal" Undercover PS2 experience right there, I could start it up and check but that sounds like effort to me lol.
*[edit two]*
yup, jank, not terrible though... did you try the 300mph Viper I mentioned? lol
Nah I didnt try anythin with a viper this time around
@@DoVe_7 aaawww
It’s cool to see someone enjoy this, but holy crap I hate this version of undercover. Even as a kid I felt like this was honest garbage
Yea it's bad but it's bad to the point you can just have a nice laugh out of it while modern games are just plain bad with zero laughter from how bad they are
When glitches are features... Man, I almost want to play this game just to experience Undercover.EXE
NFS Porsche music is highly nostalgic
I got prove my NFS undercover has 1st 100% in my life
The graphics definitely didnt age well for a PS2 game from 2008.
Also thanks for mentioning the silly speed glitch. 😜
I bought it for the 360. It is absolutely terrible. I’m buying a PS2 just so I can play undercover on the PS2 360 version horrendous.
I actually went & played the entirety of this version (& even mastered the entire Retroachievements set) because you found it enjoyable. Even tho it was frustrating at times (especially with the ridiculous rubberbanding the AI has on Outrun & Highway battle events) & rough around the edges, I still gotta thank you for recommending this!
omg that Porsche Unleashed theme hit me with nostalgia! also i had this on the Wii, and i had a lot of fun with it growing up cause of how similar it was to most wanted and carbon.
I remember buying this game day1 when it released for the PS2 back when I was a kid, it made me to never again buy a game on release. What a waste of 40€
I played this game on ps2 back then cause i couldnt afford a ps3 i was a teenager in a poor family after all and i thought its great but everyone said its trash. Then like 10 years later i bought the ps3 version and i couldnt enjoy it at all.
ahhh nostalgia. my first nfs game
I wished someone could fixing this Game for the PS2 using some Assets from Underground 2, Most Wanted (2005) & Carbon
i grew up on the ps3 and xbox version and im just now trying the ps2 one and im in disbelief!
NFSUC PS 2 is really enjoyable. The only problem for me is the driving physic seems ridiculous.
I never played undercover or pro street. I'm very interested in it 🙂
pro street is awesome but undercover can be a pain in the ass
so... i went into this video because i thought the two versions (Wii and PS2) were the same, but the Wii version, despite having the broken 911 cover car, has a way better AI. Yes, they are a little stupid, but through my run of the game on original hardware, they were not as dumb as in this game, teleported less and didn't rubberband in plain sight, the takedown missions however, were broken, as the AI takes almost no damage, even against a Challenger (wich i bought specifically for ramming them) doing constant T-bones into them. And no, i didn't know about 5:25
(call me lucky if this was a rare case)
An exploit to easily avoid rubberbandy cop chases: go to the bridge that would be locked in Most Wanted (the one from the final cutscene), they always come to a stop before the jump and there's a cooldown spot in the part where they stop following. But make sure your tires are safe, because except for the later 4WD cars, they will not have enough speed with blown tires
Well, so this is why the game had shitty graphic, shitty UI and shitty AI, no wonder why I confused as kid, but it was really fun especially EA never let soundtrack be shit, not like now 😢
I do think that AI logic breaks at higher framerates. Which you'll likely get in an emulator. Since the game wasn't designed that way.
the memories of childhood :) this one is my first nfs ever and yes i played it on PS2 - there surely are some enjoyable moments that i still vividly remember. Like one of'em was making Dodge Viper to go over 300mph. I know all the stuff about this game and no surprise. I still love it tho :)
I played almost every nfs but underground 1-2 were amazing most wanted and carbon took it to the next level especially they both had the BMW m3 gtr even nfs pro street was awesome and nfs undercover for ps2 was amazing cars were amazing better then ps3 but I never understood why the BMW m3 gtr was in the ps3 version not ps2 I never understood that
Played a lot of undercover back in the day. Pretty fun. Btw what where you guys longest Police chase? Mine was 40min
This game is so funny with its errors, nice one mate
This video really makes me wanna buy a janky PS2 port that’s full of bugs for the novelty of it
im gonna be ignorant, but i quit playing this version cuz the "save carmen" mission would always fail cuz the bots were overpowered af for some reason. but this never happened to me on xbox or pc sooo idk, shitty port?
this game was my childhood and I tried to play it on pc and just then I realised the PS2 game is completely different version 😮
Considering that NFS Undercover had a lot more going on than UG2 in terms of an open world game, I can absolutely forgive it looking worse, especially since it was a budget last gen port done by a random ass team
Actually i pfefered the ps3 version over the ps2 version.
I think they full stop cus emulator. I never see those problem in ps2. But God imo. I remember so pissed cus the enemy always rubberbanding.
I prefer ps2 version than ps3 because you can controll the car and when you hit a car you don't go from 300km to 70 km
This game is glitchy as hell sure, but its more or less just Most Wanted but on crack I love it
I remember playing this and watching the cops swerve all over the road and THEY HIT ME then then started chasing me 🤯
At that time in my village, when information isn't easily accessible like now, I thought this game is a fake/copy of nfsmw.😂
I had almost none of those problems u claimed, i played it on fat ps2
If you did not play Nfs Most Wanted 2012 it would be a nice one. I believe you can make a lot of stuff in this game, all kinds of jumps and stunts. It may be interesting to see 😂
better than the pc version the handling and driving mechanics on pc sucks 100%
i played through this like six trimes on the ps2, and i hate to say it, but it's not the emulator, the ai just sucks, i always like i coudl beat the whole game with a stock 240sx The one thing the ps2 version has over the other is that it has cop chase mode. which wasn't even a part of the then current gen version. but for the mostpart undercover on all consoles just felt like the declince of the nfs series. i never played another after that until heat, and only then because it was free on steam. and honestly heat wasn't bad.
NFS Undercover On PS2 is bullshit
I remember gettint this game for christmas when i was 8 or 9. Was first very disappointed with the graphics, but it was alot of fun. But finished the whole game in 2 days, so was a very short one
I enjoyed the ps2 version WAY more than the pc version.
Got a copy of it for PS2 greatest hits version at Five Below in 2013
As a child i been playing europian edition on my europian ps2
And this issues been present but not to such degree
Also nowdays i playing on best american one i could found and issues almoust gone
so i assuming this deppands from versionAlso speedbraker giving weight is thing across the nfses
what about Need For Speed edge, it's a chinese version or korean version of Need For Speed rivals?
One thing I vividly remember is if you get caught by the cops they take your car I lost so many cars as a kid playing this game 😂
When this madness is better that the version that should be "better" then know that there's something horribly wrong with this game 😂 it's an absolute disaster
the broken ai is only part of the ps2 version i think i only played the wii version in my childhood and replayed it a few years ago and i didnt have any rubberband problems (well at least not this extreme rubberband)
Undercover ps2 version is my second favourite nfs after most wanted.
i thought i was the only who love the ps2 version.