I don't know why I get to the end of these games and can't bring myself to finish it, I'm literally on the final Dante mission and I just quit the level out of pure boredom and can't bring myself to pick it back up. While I have some issues with the first Devil May Cry game it's still a game that I have a lot of appreciation for. Not even the small amount of nostalgia that I have for Devil May Cry 2 could save it, this is easily one of the most boring games ever made.
There's just nothing to this game the combat is shallow as pretty much anything from regular enemies to bosses are all dealt with the same way by firing your guns at them until their health slowly drains, this is what you'll be doing for the whole time, you can swing your sword if you want but it's not any better. Story wise it's somehow weaker than the first game it's almost non-existent, The first Devil May Cry while not really being story driven at least had an atmosphere and an interconnected world that gave you context for why you were doing what you were doing, in this game you'll start the level at some random place with no explanation as to where you are or why you are here. On top of that removing the creepy Gothic atmosphere of the world and the creative demonic enemies and replace it with generic cities and villages and bland demonic creatures that look like they could have come from any game it honestly doesn't even feel like you're in the same world. It's just very hard to drag yourself along this game when there's just no reason to care about any of it and that's despite the campaign being very short.
I think there's one improvement that this game makes and that's with it's camera, it's still fixed and it does run into some of the same issues as the first game but I generally found it to be less of a problem. Adding a roll button and a button for the guns is also a nice addition but with how plain and simple the combat is you don't really notice either way. There's also the second campaign where you play as Lucia I've heard some say that its a bit better but as with a lot of people Dante's campaign just puts me off it, from what I remember from playing it when I was younger it's apart of this game and if you want more of it it's there but I can't see it being a big enough improvement to make me play more of this.
Just a bad game that I recommend skipping unless you are set on playing every Devil May Cry game but from what I know I think this game is mostly ignored by the series going forward so I don't think there's anything to miss here.
There's just nothing to this game the combat is shallow as pretty much anything from regular enemies to bosses are all dealt with the same way by firing your guns at them until their health slowly drains, this is what you'll be doing for the whole time, you can swing your sword if you want but it's not any better. Story wise it's somehow weaker than the first game it's almost non-existent, The first Devil May Cry while not really being story driven at least had an atmosphere and an interconnected world that gave you context for why you were doing what you were doing, in this game you'll start the level at some random place with no explanation as to where you are or why you are here. On top of that removing the creepy Gothic atmosphere of the world and the creative demonic enemies and replace it with generic cities and villages and bland demonic creatures that look like they could have come from any game it honestly doesn't even feel like you're in the same world. It's just very hard to drag yourself along this game when there's just no reason to care about any of it and that's despite the campaign being very short.
I think there's one improvement that this game makes and that's with it's camera, it's still fixed and it does run into some of the same issues as the first game but I generally found it to be less of a problem. Adding a roll button and a button for the guns is also a nice addition but with how plain and simple the combat is you don't really notice either way. There's also the second campaign where you play as Lucia I've heard some say that its a bit better but as with a lot of people Dante's campaign just puts me off it, from what I remember from playing it when I was younger it's apart of this game and if you want more of it it's there but I can't see it being a big enough improvement to make me play more of this.
Just a bad game that I recommend skipping unless you are set on playing every Devil May Cry game but from what I know I think this game is mostly ignored by the series going forward so I don't think there's anything to miss here.