Not only it's the absolute worst Devil May Cry game ever made. It also is among my least favorite Capcom games I ever played!!! Don't worry I played both campaigns. A huge factor why this game sucked so much. Capcom chosen to do a stupid move right off the bat no literately. They had a different team from the team behind the original Devil May Cry game make this.
You can tell the DMC2 team didn't understand what exactly was Devil May Cry? In most things Devil May Cry, Dante is an arrogant, cocky devil hunter. Easily one of the most famous Capcom protagonists in history for that matter. Somewhat this team made him incredibly boring!!! Dante was now incredibly serious despite this stupid coin trick he does.
This was originally an two disc game. But it didn't make sense going that route though. A great example of a popular Capcom game that needed two disc was Resident Evil 2 classic. Majority of the content was on both discs. Neither could've held all four scenarios on one disc. Dante's portion on one of the discs with Lucia representing the other disc.
As far as I'm aware Lucia still haven't appeared since this game. Dante uses guns along with his sword like in most things Devil May Cry series. Lucia constantly throws daggers with her own devil transformation. It's a little weird both can fly when originally late into the original Devil May Cry. Transformed Dante could only fly during a particular phase against Mundus.
Lucia's campaign is a little shorter than Dante's. Some bosses are shared to a degree. I gotta be honest none of them stands out!!! In most DMC games your melee attacks deals more damage than your fire arms/projectiles. Not here, your melee damage is not ideal. It's notably lower melee damage than possibly those in most DMC games I'm not kidding.
In comparison to your guns as well as projectiles. You actually could cheat the game by constantly firing em. You are dealing ridiculous damage from those. This makes it pointless to directly beat up the bosses. The overall boss designs are very mixed at best. Some of them you can easily expose their disadvantages to win.
Usually they like to make you defeat some of the previous bosses again. DMC2 easily the worst variation of the concept to date. In Dante's final boss just the first phase alone was amazingly bad!!! You gotta face this ugly ambition of the bosses. Don't worry it actually gets worst in a way you won't expect. Griffon from the original Devil May Cry game appears in this.
Despite not appearing anywhere else in the game. I also gotta mention Phantom whose this giant demonic scorpion spider. Originally, Phantom can speak while he doesn't at all in DMC2. Multiple boss health bars connected with higher difficulties being cheaper. Two or three bosses could attempt attacking you at one.
Simply depending where you're facing. If you're standing right behind a particular spot you'll have three of them. Otherwise standing in between em you just worry about two of them at once. The final form loves to change genders yes you heard correctly. Until I gotten into Hell's Paradise funny enough. I barely seen this concept done elsewhere.
On the flip side, Lucia faces her creator whose possessed partly by the same demon Dante facing. Yeah I know that's both weird as well as confusing right? Somehow parts of this demon possessing a corrupt businessman coughs Heihachi Mishima rip off. At the same time, Dante facing off against the actual demon.
Arius also has two forms Lucia has to defeat. Even a few military vehicles becomes possessed are some of the bosses. The way DMC2 goes about it's story you won't be caring for long. None of the actual story was written well or makes sense. Ideally, it's about a few characters trying to prevent a powerful demon coming back.
This has the most inconsistent level designs in an Devil May Cry game. Yes that would include DmC reboot game as well. Some puzzles especially hitting switches are very low on time to pull off. You do get to see areas across two playable characters to fully see the game. Personally unlock Trish whose an awesome skin cosmetic in the game.
Trish can be played in both their campaigns. Which I highly recommend playing as her in Lucia's campaign. Some of the boss fights will test your patience like Trismagia. Three demonic heads that can come together as well as separate. They each represent a particular element making this. Strangely like facing the Robot Masters in Mega Man classic series or the Mavericks in Mega Man X series.
This boss constantly switching between lightning, ice & fire respectively. There's a boss fight from Devil May Cry 3 I prefer way more than this. Agni & Rudra being talking elemental swords. Which you can equip as Dante in that Devil May Cry game. As for the overall outfits selection it's alright. An handful of them were licensed by a real clothing line.
Devil May Cry 2 doesn't even have decent sound effects. Usually when you play an Devil May Cry game. You wanna listen to the sick soundtracks these games have. I can't recommend DMC2's soundtrack though. To be fair, DMC2 did introduce some cool stuff. Which became essential in newer Devil May Cry games.
Unlike the original Devil May Cry game, your save can now maintain process. While being allowed to swap difficulties. Bloody Palace mode may not been done well here. Eventually this became a popular mode within the franchise. If it wasn't obvious already DMC2 really doesn't like an DMC game at all!!! Thankfully it always was intended to be one.
Not sorry Ghoul Patrol moving on, Devil May Cry 2 somehow failed to improve over the original. Even DmC had more in depth game play. Notably better designed levels in comparison. Vergil has his own DLC campaign that's still better than these campaigns!!! The overall outfits in that was notably better. The fact DMC3 to DMC5's special edition nailed majority what DMC2 tried to do with two discs!!!
DMC2 quickly make you sick of every location you get to explore. Even the harder difficulties felt notably easier than in most Devil May Cry games. Especially when either you get loss or force to back track. DMC2 doesn't come off like a rushed game. It's more accurate to compare this to Earthworm Jim 3D.
Both these teams really didn't understand their respective franchises. Still remaining as their respective worst video games to date. What made Devil May Cry 1 so great was more notable in depth game play. The overall level designs were notably way better. Some truly rememberable boss fights especially Mundus.
Even with it's reduced screen ratio in either version of Devil May Cry HD Collection. I also gotta say the regular enemies were either annoying or amazingly boring. Honestly, you aren't missing much by not playing this entry. Especially when most of these games are way better in comparison.
Prior to Devil May Cry 4, this used to be the most recent entry. Capcom was weird not making a sequel to some of their games for a long time. Now along with DMC5, the two most recent entries are fantastic video games. DMC2 forever became sandwich by it's own franchise. DMC2 doesn't bring anything outstanding to the table.
In fact, what did it bring was much unneeded frustration. The difficulty itself is largely not balanced at all. Beginners going to likely struggle unless they played other DMC games. Most veterans played it for a few minutes then went to go play something better. You seriously won't gain anything by beating both these campaigns.
I'll be more direct I even commented on a now taken down GOG Wishlist page on DMC HD Collection. DMC2 would only get onto their service through the collection. Otherwise by itself that's never going to happen. Considering the collection has a few sections. Like viewing awesome pictures or listening to the soundtracks.
In a way, you could in theory find some enjoyment of DMC2. Simply doing those instead of playing the actual game lol. Devil May Cry 2 is a game that doesn't work at all!!! Indirectly because it's done so bad, the newer entries are constantly way better. Load times is among the best aspects when it shouldn't even be in the first place for this franchise.
DMC2 felt like they literately picked several ideas right out an hat. Thankfully you can replay levels to get enough in game currency to stock up on stuff. Which wasn't something you could do in the original Devil May Cry game. Some levels can be either quite short or a little too long at best.
Going back to getting lost within the levels. Yes there's swimming in this game it sucks. I surprisingly liked how the original Devil May Cry pulled that off. They even force you to face a boss underwater. You won't have much to go on when you get lost either. You can't knock back most boss enemies. DMC2 doesn't know what it actually is?
There's a cool trick with devil trigger for Bloody Palace mode. It does involve changing your settings to a different region. Then you got to correct enter in a cheat code. If you done it right your devil trigger in that mode never run out. Virtually guarantee you to grind all the way up to 9,999 floors. Although there's no true ending making it'll loop endless.
Devil May Cry 2 being left out the HD Collection would've made it even better!!! Honestly, I really can't recommend playing this Devil May Cry game. There's too many problems that makes trying to play it once quite an challenge. In fact, not playing it at all is easily the greatest thing you could do. Yes this is even worst than Resident Evil 6 and Dead Rising 4 combined.
Yes it Really is That Bad?
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