Overall, gameplay was smooth on both games, with very little load times in between matches and modes. Tekken 5, meanwhile, sped up its gameplay and improved its Tekken Force beat ‘em up mode.
These two exceptional fighting games by Bandai Namco steered their respective franchises into bold new directions, with SoulCalibur III embracing its fantasy influences by adding in a character creator and a full-on RPG campaign. So, in honour of the PS2’s 21st anniversary, here are the 10 games that we cannot believe were able to run on the console, games that truly created new benchmarks in graphical fidelity and mechanical design. These technical limitations did not stop developers from making full use of PS2’s hardware and some of the most memorable games in history, many of which still live on in some shape or form.
