Have you ever played an engaging video game? Have you ever played a game with likable characters? Never mind that, have you ever played a game with good story telling? If you have well then I’m here to tell you that Devil May Cry 2 has none of that.
So Devil May Cry 2 is a sequel to the first Devil May Cry and usually when game developers and directors make a sequel to a game that people already liked they would usually add things to the sequel that makes the game better than its previous entry. Yeah they did none of that! Devil May Cry 2 is like the bastard child in the family that nobody likes and that is putting it as nicely as i could. The game flopped pretty bad a 65/100 on Metacritic for most because it had things that fans liked but other things that fans did not like.
For example: fans liked the new mobility and the mechanics of the game like the ability to use the dodge button to run on walls and the addition of the amulets made it quick and easy to change special abilities with devil trigger. That is pretty much where it mostly ends for the innovations that the game has. The actual playing of the game is to best describe it as weird and awkward. Its like riding on one of those kids rides in amusement parks.
Small bumps with no real challenge or threat.Sure you can argue that a few bosses pose a challenge during your first run and hell, you can even argue that the final boss is the hardest in the game. But I don’t see anyone saying that he isn’t hard to beat. But we will save that for later. We should first talk about the weapons and the medals that you can get in the game. There are three swords, four guns and a few medals that give you specific power ups during devil trigger. Let’s talk about the swords first. We Start out with rebellion which is the standard attack and standard distance sword, then we get Vendetta which a strong but short ranged sword and finally, we have merciless which is all about distance with low power. yeah… we can throw these out the window since the only important weapons are ebony and ivory. They do phenomenal damage which makes the rest of the weapons feel obsolete, not to mention how safe they are to use. All you have to do is run and jump while pressing shoot.
Now, I would go into depth about the entire game but I have to keep it short. So i’m just gonna talk about my opinion about the game. What do I think about this game? It’s a game alright, a bit rushed and missing a lot of things that could have made it better. I honestly think that you should get this game, despite how bad this game is it carried a lot of its features and mechanics to devil may cry 3 which is an interesting thought. Another reason that I believe this game is worth playing is that if you play long enough you’d actually start to play the game the way that you think fits best as more of a challenge rather than nuisance. My overall review is a 64/100 for game play, 22/100 for story and a simple 50/100 for repeatability due to the fact that you can play as three characters.
