Devil May Cry 2 (2003)

"Real videogamers don't skip DMC2." I like DMC2,

well everything surrounding it that isn't the gameplay, I like the artistic direction, it's a really nice recreation of the french villages I grew up in, extremely bleak though, then again, there's not really any dmc game that doesn't have bleak locations.

Gameplay sucks, it's god awful, it's not broken, or outstandingly bad, there's no design questions that makes you go "what were they thinking ???" the issue is more discreet, game's just extremely boring, no feedback, maps that are way too big, enemies that are hell to fight, and weird weapon balance (weaapons are all the same and shoot to win)

I like Lucia though, she's cute, wish she was in a better game

Started this up today and played the first two missions through.

Yeesh, Dante feels like shit to control. I don't know how they took such a massive step down from the previous game on the same hardware like this. It's not that he's not responsive exactly. I think it's a weird combo of camera movement and the speed at which he moves across the screen. It feels terrible. Also what's up with there being like a single sword attack I can use? Maybe I'm missing something with the controls but it feels like I'm locked into the same 3-4 hit combo every time I attack.

I had an idea of this game's reputation going in but didn't think they'd mess up the most basic stuff like this. Gonna keep pushing and see if things get better, but uh, it doesn't look good folks.

Думаю, достаточно привести один пример, чтобы все стало понятно о качестве этой игры.

Практически любой босс в DMC2 гарантированно проходится следующим способом - отходишь в угол (босса при этом на экране не видно, но пофиг, у нас автоприцел) и стреляешь из базового пистолетика, пока он не умрет.

А, еще второй fun fact. Если в нормальном слэшере на каждый апгрейд копишь как на новый автомобиль и после покупки радуешься ему три часа, то в DMC2 апгрейды вообще не нужны, никакие. Обе кампании проходятся базовым персонажем, без единого апгрейда здоровья, оружия или чего-либо.

И все остальные аспекты этой "игры" примерно на таком же уровне.

I'm actually surprised that by dumbing down the difficulty it can ruin a game. Not the worst game ever made, but easily the worst Devil May Cry game. It sacrifices all the style, flair and finesse from the 1st game to implement a few new features that aren't even that useful. Almost every enemy, including bosses, requires the same strategy: sword combo, dodge, sword combo, dodge, etc. and dante's gun is overpowered. Not like the 1st game which actually made you THINK about how to approach each enemy. The combos also feel completely stale compared to the original game, where you basically just spam the triangle button repeatedly then hit circle to dodge. No variation whatsoever, whereas DMC1 had you press different directions for different moves or hold down triangle to charge your attacks. Even the sound effects of the sword slashes aren't nearly as cool as they were in the 1st game. Then there's the stinger attack, which was insanely badass in the original, but now looks like Dante is literally just hopping forward and gently poking his enemies.

Overall its just a very boring game even though i like the artstyle it looks somewhat celshaded, The story, gameplay, music, everything is worse than the first, it's really a disappointment.