THE EPIC TRILOGY UNFOLDS
LIVE THE LEGEND
IT'S ALL ABOUT VICTORY
THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE SPIRIT OF A FIGHTER
TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE WINNER
YOUR DESTINY IS OUT THERE
NOW...
FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE

3RD STRIKE
STREET FIGHTER III

buckle up, this is a long one

Devil May Cry 2 is the worst game I've played. it is absolutely abysmal, disgustingly awful, a vile experience unlike anything I've suffered through. a fucking travesty of a AAA game. I thought I was prepared but nope, it's exactly as bad as everyone said it was.
fighting feels like absolute shit, it's sluggish and unresponsive, plus the combo system is just dumb and unintuitive. the game looks drab and ugly in the absolute worst way possible, I'd say way worse than the first game. there's no story or stakes, you're just wondering around with no clue why you're doing any of the things you're doing. DMC 1's story, while minimalist, clearly established everything within the first few minutes, and you get reminded of why you're on Mallet Island with the bosses. speaking of bosses, DMC 2 might have the worst boss fights I've seen in a AAA video game, straight up garbage tier fights. the game is piss easy, with the only difficulty coming from some bosses who don't telegraph their attack properly and the stupid amount of end lag your attacks and practically useless dodge roll have. the enemies pose absolutely no threat, with some of them straight up not having any attacks, and they do a negligible amount of damage if they do hit you. I don't think I need to explain why the guns are a problem, it's the most well known thing about DMC 2. Dante and Lucia have no personality, and I'm pretty sure Dante speaks less in the entirety of the game than he did in the first cutscene of DMC1.
how is Lucia's disc? somehow worse.
well there's every problem Dante has, except her combos are even worse because she hits twice with one button press making it even more confusing when to time your stick inputs. the level design is also terrible, with two awful underwater levels that genuinely might be the worst part of this game, which makes it one of the worst section of any game I've ever sat through. the invisible water fish is the bane of my nightmares. I genuinely cannot remember anything else that happened during my playthrough, and it happened yesterday. DMC 2 is such an enigma of a game
literally the only redeeming factors, are Dante's jacket, the devil trigger designs, Majin Devil Trigger, Lucia looking cool, and the soundtrack. thankfully DMC 2 doesn't have any major glitches or I'd snapped the discs in two.