Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 2 (デãƒ"ルメイクライ2) is a
video game by
Capcom that features
Dante as the game's main hero, with the addition of
Lucia who is playable in a second disc.
Taking place after the conclusion of the first
Devil May Cry,
Devil May Cry 2 begins with Dante being invited to Dumary Island (known as Vie De Marli to the local people) by the mysterious Lucia and her mother, Matier, who once protected the island from demons alongside Dante's father
Sparda. Matier had enlisted Dante's help to prevent the Arcana, a set of magical artifacts, from falling into the hands of Arius, the game's antagonist. Arius was the president of an international corporation and desired to have supreme power; in his own words, he wanted to "transcend all living things". To accomplish this, he sought to obtain the Arcana and perform the ritual that would grant him the powers of the evil god, Argosax the Chaos.
Devil May Cry 2, like its predecessor, features a variety of melee and ranged weapons. Each character has a different arsenal.
Dante's weapons
*Rebellion - Dante's standard sword
*Merciless - A long, thin sword. Good for attacking crowds of enemies.
*Vendetta - A thick sword with incredible power
*Ebony & Ivory - Dante's two handmade pistols with an unbelievable rate of fire.
*Shotgun - Powerful sawed-off shotgun that can knock enemies back.
*Submachine Guns - A pair of guns with an even higher rate of fire than Ebony & Ivory.
*Missile Launcher - Has a slow rate of fire but inflicts a lot of damage within a relatively wide range.
Lucia's weapons
*Cutlaseer - Lucia's default pair of short swords, with average power and reach.
*Zambak - A pair of thick swords with a shorter end.
*Klyamoor - A pair of long, thin daggers.
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Throwing Daggers - Lucia's default ranged weapons. They can be thrown faster when Lucia is in mid-air.
*Darts - Needle-like darts that can hit multiple enemies in a wide area.
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Cranky Bomb - A bomb that can be dropped on the ground or thrown at an enemy.
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Needlegun - A rapid fire gun that fires darts. It can only be used underwater.
The majority of
Devil May Cry fans are disappointed with this sequel for various reasons. It is considered by many to be the worst game in the series, due to the numerous glitches, lack of storyline, originality, long load times & being too easy. The combat system is less refined, with individual weapons being essentially weaker or stronger variants of each other as opposed to totally different weapons with totally different uses, and the boss battles are much less strategic than in the original. The addition of a second disc was seen as a cheap way to increase
replay value, since Lucia's missions are mostly the same as Dante's but in reverse order. Many find the plot utterly incoherent, and several of the gameplay sequences are somewhat odd; for example in the city stage, the player fights against several "
zombie" tanks and helicopters; later, the player fights a boss in the form of a demonically possessed building.
It has been said that part of the reason for this is that original game that became Devil May Cry 2 was not a Devil May Cry game at all, but a similar game starring Lucia and not including Dante.
The cocky Dante received a noticeable change in his personality, which did not go well with players who enjoyed his trash talking attitude in the first DMC. DMC2's Dante is more serious and seemingly less charismatic, though this can be attributed to him being older (by six months) and more mature than in the first game.
Because of DMC2's bad reception, Capcom polled gamers about what made the first DMC so great and attempted to build on that in DMC3. Many of the cumbersome controls in DMC2 were remedied with the addition of a 4th action button, the "style" button, that allowed all the additions of DMC2 combat system to be kept. DMC3 was eventually hailed as just as good as, and maybe better than, the original.Devil May Cry 2 brought down the series' reputation because of its horrific reviews and gameplay, but the second sequel has gone far in restoring Capcom's reputation.
*The English voice track is used in all releases of Devil May Cry 2, including the original Japanese release.
*It is possible that Capcom will remove this game out of the official Devil May Cry continuity by having Devil May Cry 4 continue as if the events in Devil May Cry 2 had never happened, similar to what director
Bryan Singer did by having
Superman Returns retcon the events in
Superman III and
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace.
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Dante Alighieri*
The Divine Comedy*
Devil May Cry 2 at Capcom Japan*
Devil May Cry 2 at devilmaycry.org*''}}
