ive seen this game constantly be considered the "worst in the series" and was highly advised to skip it from others, but honestly i didn't like DMC 1 all that much either and that game is loved by most. so i thought to myself, how bad could it be? and boy did i not realize what i was getting myself into.

the narrative is somehow more barebones than the first game, like by the end of it i couldn't even tell you what happened. there's maybe 3-4 cutscenes worth of dialogue but they're so vapid and lifeless, they might as well have not been in the game at all. the gameplay is practically the same as the first game with nothing new or interesting added to it.

the boss and enemy a.i. are non-existent. you can walk past all the enemies and they won't do a damn thing to you. the bosses fight are piss easy its not even funny. in fact I can't even say they're easy. they don't do anything to you at all! just hide in a corner and shoot at them with your guns. or better yet, activate devil trigger and spam the attack button until its over. the worst part about it is they even reuse a boss from the first game. just shameless.

the only """"good"""" thing i can say about this game is that the levels are now linear which is what i usually like but honestly is that even a compliment. i hear that the original creator had nothing to do with this games making and it shows

Pretty cool atmosphere and aesthetics but i didn't enjoy playing this one. The combat was alright to me, nothing ground breaking. The lack of a block button caught me off guard since i'm used to games of this style having that and I don't think it's an age thing either because plenty games from that era like Ninja Gaiden, and games before that, had blocking in it. The story felt pretty barebones as well, all I got out of it was Dante is the son of a strong demon named Sparda, and Trish is a clone of his mother? something like that idk. Also the item store/leveling system prices are WAY too steep. I pretty much beat the game without buying much upgrades besides lives and health since the moves way too overpriced. I think if Capcom were to give this game the Resident Evil treatment and remade them completely, I think it would fare better.

The shortest game in the trilogy and gameplay wise it's the most refined Shadow Warrior. However while playing this I couldn't help but feel like I was playing a diet DOOM Eternal. With the addition of glory kills and being able to gain ammo and health from killing enemies, these are mechanics ripped straight from DOOM Eternal. There's also a lot of platforming sections but at least this game added a grappling hook and wall running so it doesn't feel blatant rip off of DOOM's. Not to say that any of the things I mentioned above hurts the game for me because ultimately I had a lot of fun playing this one but it was just something I noticed within mins of playing.