Devil May Cry 2 gets joked about a lot for how bad it is, but I feel like all the jokes give the wrong impression as to how the game is bad. The truth of the matter is that it isn't funny-bad, it's just boring-bad. It's an incredibly tedious and boring game with a bland barely present story and snooze-inducing gameplay.
The graphics are technically actually very nice! ...but the art direction is terrible and most of the game is just a boring sea of brown.
The gameplay introduces a lot of moves and concepts that will stick around and become integral to later games in the series! A lot of Trickster and Gunslingers abilities from DMC3 are here! ...but they're slow and clunky and most of them aren't worth using.
A word of warning: If you do decide to play this game, don't fall into the traps the memes might lead you into of doing nothing but shooting. Yes the gun-stagger means you can beat the entire game with ease by just holding down the shoot button, but this is also a very slow way to beat the game and you're making an already boring game even more boring for yourself. Try to learn the sword combos, at least try to squeeze whatever fun you can out of the game if you're going to play it.
Just a very tedious game. Honestly still probably better than a lot of it's competition of the time in the young character action genre, but really just leagues below every other game in the series. Lucia deserves a second chance in a better game.
The graphics are technically actually very nice! ...but the art direction is terrible and most of the game is just a boring sea of brown.
The gameplay introduces a lot of moves and concepts that will stick around and become integral to later games in the series! A lot of Trickster and Gunslingers abilities from DMC3 are here! ...but they're slow and clunky and most of them aren't worth using.
A word of warning: If you do decide to play this game, don't fall into the traps the memes might lead you into of doing nothing but shooting. Yes the gun-stagger means you can beat the entire game with ease by just holding down the shoot button, but this is also a very slow way to beat the game and you're making an already boring game even more boring for yourself. Try to learn the sword combos, at least try to squeeze whatever fun you can out of the game if you're going to play it.
Just a very tedious game. Honestly still probably better than a lot of it's competition of the time in the young character action genre, but really just leagues below every other game in the series. Lucia deserves a second chance in a better game.