The Worst Game Ever Made? | Devil May Cry 2 Retrospective

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  • Devil May Cry 2 is one of the most infamous games ever created. I have an unhealthy amount of playtime in this incredibly disastrous game. So now, I am here to tell everyone why the game is, in fact...bad!
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    Intro Bumper Visuals by @ExoParadigmGamer
    Intro Bumper Music composed and arranged by @ThatSoundDesignGuy
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    Sources:
    The Devil May Cry 3-1-4-2 Artbook
    DMC2 E3 2002 Trailer: • Devil May Cry 2 - Trai...
    DMC2 Definitive Edition Mod By @iammostwanted • DMC2: Definitive Editi...
    DMC2 Definitive Edition Review by @Kraftium • Can we Fix Devil May C...
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ความคิดเห็น • 318

  • @PaladinSaris
    @PaladinSaris หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    S-ranking DMC2 is the REAL ultimate DMC challenge. You have to overcome broken combat instead of difficulty.

    • @vazazell5967
      @vazazell5967 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Please. It's the only game with dedicated dodge button, it has more functional combat than the rest of the series barrind D.M.C. There's nothing to overcome besides boredom

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      @@vazazell5967 Trickster does not exist anymore, and neither does the dodge roll i guess... or the numerous combat movement options.

    • @williamwhite1036
      @williamwhite1036 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      S-ranking Sonic Unleashed is hell

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@williamwhite1036 Eggman land with the Werehog 💀

    • @williamwhite1036
      @williamwhite1036 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kimetsunoacademia3528 both forms of Sonic have it bad in that stage

  • @Kraftium
    @Kraftium หลายเดือนก่อน +135

    Really appreciate the shoutout for my DMC2 DE Mod video J, had a literal spittake

  • @pablodelgado7919
    @pablodelgado7919 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Most people give DMC2 crap which is understandable, but without DMC2 there wouldn't be DMC3
    P.S Dante's Majin Devil Trigger design still goes hard

    • @MeMyselfKoreanGuy
      @MeMyselfKoreanGuy หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Ohh yeah, it was my send best form after SIN dt..... Dmc 2 is like a darkest part of game moreover like the sequel of RE and SH (silent Hill).

  • @DoctorSmashman
    @DoctorSmashman หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I don't get why they gave Dante a coin in DMC2, but it led to a neat moment in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne of all things. In that game, Dante offers to join your party for a price and has you call a coin flip. If he wins, he'll charge you all the money you have, and if you win, he'll only charge you a single macca. If you've played DMC2 and know that his coin is double-sided, you're guaranteed to get him basically for free. If you haven't, then you have to guess since nothing in the game itself ever hints that it's a trick coin, even after the coin flip.

    • @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
      @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Duuude, the double sided coin is a well known item/gag in Japanese media/anime. It's usually used by characters that want to look tough, manly and emotionally detached when in truth they're softies with a heart of gold and want to hide it. That's why when Lucia gets the coin and realizes Dante waa tricking her the whole time she says "that macho". Dante does indeed care but don't want to be seen weak (like when he started crying in DMC3 but blamed it on the rain, or in DMC1when he says he saved Trish just cause she reminded him of his mom -which is in part true, but not 100%-, etc.).
      Sorry for the long comment, just wanted to clarify the whole coin thing. I just can't get how many people don't get it lol

  • @habijjj
    @habijjj หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The worst part os that dmc2 has the coolest looking dante. Also the false coin line is fucking dope.

  • @Superjohndoe8060
    @Superjohndoe8060 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    When I first played mission 5 in DMC 2 and met the infested chopper, I didn't know it was supposed to be a chase sequence and that I had to run away from the chopper and fight it on top of the tower.
    What ended up happening was me spending an HOUR just firing my guns at the chopper, only for it to quickly disappear into the sky each time Its health reached zero. I unintentionally did the chopper boss fight three times and made the mission longer than it was.
    When I reached the tower and realized my mistake, that's when I learned this game was trash.

    • @Superjohndoe8060
      @Superjohndoe8060 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Also, I didn't know there was an eye on top of the infested tanks. I was just attacking around the tanks, so it made destroying these tanks a slog, which only adds more time to mission 5.
      If memory serves me right, I completed mission 5 after an hour and a half.

    • @josetomascamposrobledano4618
      @josetomascamposrobledano4618 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Skill issue tbh

  • @leithaziz2716
    @leithaziz2716 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    It's a shame Lucia happened to stem from this of all DMC games. She could really shine with her potential if she ever got to appear in another DMC game. It was neat though that she showed up in one of the DMC5 tie-in comics.

    • @PurgaB
      @PurgaB หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I agree i do hope if they do DMC6 we get to play as Lucia. Since she has such an interesting backstory.

    • @antiproductive4131
      @antiproductive4131 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Would be funny as hell if they brought her back at some point

    • @PurgaB
      @PurgaB หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@antiproductive4131 I would add something to the game and story.

    • @TheJadedJames
      @TheJadedJames หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah, Itsuno is determined to bury this game. He’s never going to put material in new entries that would encourage anyone to replay or remember DMC2. Lucia just isn’t going to appear again unless a new director takes over the franchise takes over that really likes her somehow

    • @habijjj
      @habijjj หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@TheJadedJames not technically true she's in one of the side books which is canon.

  • @josetomascamposrobledano4618
    @josetomascamposrobledano4618 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Not even close to “the worst game ever”.
    And in a series retrospective, this game was necessary. Basically created TRICKSTER and the team that would go on to make DMC3.
    DMC3 being the game that defined 4 and 5 on tone.
    If anything, playing 2 and knowing about S ranking, it makes me glad that those people who played 1 mission and clipped in saying “guns OP” were actually D rank players. Cause guns are basically used to open up trash enemies and keep your rank alive.

  • @user-xo5hg6ph6u
    @user-xo5hg6ph6u หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Actually dmc 2 wasn't that bad for me when i played it as a kid, mainly because it was the first Devil May cry that i played so i didn't know any better at the time and i had so much fun playing it, but after finishing it and playing the other dmc games i can never play it again😂! The first experience was great tho.

  • @kolkagaming1234
    @kolkagaming1234 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I love how the intro of you
    reading the manual is a reference to your intro of your Mega Man X7 retrospective.

    • @wajeehgamer7376
      @wajeehgamer7376 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is a reference to his mega man 1 video

    • @kolkagaming1234
      @kolkagaming1234 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wajeehgamer7376 is there?

    • @wajeehgamer7376
      @wajeehgamer7376 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kolkagaming1234 check this time 3:50 and then check the other video

  • @williamwhite1036
    @williamwhite1036 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    I noticed this was the same intro you did for Mega Man X7

    • @theenderkirby939
      @theenderkirby939 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      And they both from 2003

    • @wajeehgamer7376
      @wajeehgamer7376 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      indeed

    • @derekmaullo2865
      @derekmaullo2865 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That and he did replicate the same thumbnail from Megaman X7. Dante looking at you in the thumbnail and In the X7 thumbnail, Zero X and Axl looking at us.

    • @Zuckussbuilder
      @Zuckussbuilder หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      X7 and dmc2 are both from Capcom, both came out in 2003, both slow and boring, both hated

    • @TarosTheVoid
      @TarosTheVoid หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love that I instantly knew it was referring to that review too

  • @OmniRAF
    @OmniRAF หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Mega Man X7 Review reference right off the bat, I'm sold.

  • @Jahlil.W
    @Jahlil.W หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Why does Dante look like a vampire in the original PS2 version's box art?
    I'm referring to how he looks rather pale and his eyes are red.
    It's so strange, especially since every version of that artwork since has Dante looking normal.
    It could probably just be a weird filter.

    • @cliffturbo2146
      @cliffturbo2146 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Reminds me of an VHS box front

    • @habijjj
      @habijjj หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm so mad dante looks fucking sick to be wasted in this game.

  • @marcusbayley5126
    @marcusbayley5126 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    It’s funny this game is considered to be so bad because it was one of the first ps2 games I ever played. the graphics and enemy designs wowed me as a kid.

    • @LadyOfTheEdits
      @LadyOfTheEdits หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's wholesome

  • @skibot9974
    @skibot9974 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    0:55 house were the only notable Ls Capcom took in 2003: there was Dino Crisis 3, Mega Man Battle Network 4, and the GBA version of Mega Man & Bass

  • @BenOlsberg1995
    @BenOlsberg1995 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It's really unfortunate that DMC2 ended up as rough as it did. It has, and I go on record saying this, the coolest looking Dante in the entire franchise in my opinion. His look in DMC2 is top notch. This was another instance of me using "X3 Syndrome" when referring to a game (ironically in the context of another Capcom IP), when a game has a lot of really cool ideas on paper but the execution was so assbackwards it makes it significantly difficult to enjoy. I know DMC1 was a tough act to follow but still, this was a messy follow up.

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    DMC2 is a lesson on how not bring in a new team who knows nothing about an established series to work on it and not having the OG around.

    • @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
      @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "Established series" lol fck off. It's literally the second game in a series that had just started. Nothing really established yet, not even close.

    • @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
      @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "Established series" lol f off
      It's literally the second game in a series that had just started.
      Nothing established yet, not even close.

  • @themattermattman
    @themattermattman หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    i love that the villain never even checks the coin to ensure its the very specific, one of a kind coin he needs. no he just trusts that the enemy gave him the right coin.

    • @habijjj
      @habijjj หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I will say the false coin lines kinda sick thought. They made dante look sick have a couple bad ass lines and moments but then he says nothing else.

  • @KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved
    @KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This game sure grew worse for me as the years went on. I would rather play the Reboot game than this one - which I find overhated and not as exaggerating-ly bad as its made out to be.
    Devil May Cry 2 is not the worst game ever made, but its a really bad Devil May Cry installment. If Capcom ever gives Devil May Cry 1 or 2 a remake someday like they do Resident Evil. Please redeem Devil May Cry 2 because this games ideas could sure use a full retooling...

  • @underthemayo
    @underthemayo หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    Dude, seriously? Again? Same day????
    And we both quit at mission 14 that's hilarious. Are we connected?

    • @JsReviews
      @JsReviews  หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Seriously, now we just gotta see what happens for DMC3 lol

    • @limitedelady
      @limitedelady หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Or...
      You could both collab for DMC3, and then we all win, and you don't have to guess anymore :)

    • @salem2772
      @salem2772 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I watched both back to back, good work you two. This game blows lol.

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@limitedelady oh god no please.

    • @zodiacthundaga7264
      @zodiacthundaga7264 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mayo and J collabbing that'd be kickass.

  • @Stuntray
    @Stuntray หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:11 the way you slung the demon to the cameraman made me laugh!

  • @RustTillDusk
    @RustTillDusk หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    "pls plae deemc2" they said 😔

    • @DataDrain02
      @DataDrain02 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      "Donte is good and bets in geaem!" They said.

    • @tailsprower8118
      @tailsprower8118 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Hello fellow Vinesauce enjoyers

  • @Shift_Salt
    @Shift_Salt หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dante in this game reminds me of deadpool from x-men origins
    "Hey this character who's usually just fine talking plenty? Yeah no shut him up it'll make him cooler." it did not.

  • @randominternetweirdo5479
    @randominternetweirdo5479 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Can't be as bad as:
    Superman 64
    Aquaman on Gamecube
    Batman Forever on the original Gameboy (terrible SNES game ported with fewer buttons to use)
    Lester the Unlikely
    Conan the Barbarian (NES)
    The Rocketeer (SNES)
    Cheetahmen (Mega Drive/Genesis)

  • @TheJadedJames
    @TheJadedJames หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s been 20 years and I’m still not over the fact that the reward for beating DMC2 is essentially the ability to play DMC1. Just play the better game you probably already own. It’s surreal

  • @LinkSergilBelmont
    @LinkSergilBelmont หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Can't wait to see your retrospective video of DMC3.
    If I remember correctly it was Devil May Cry 2 that got me to play Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.
    I bought a copy of DM2 and finished Disc 1/Dante's Missions in just 1 or 2 days.
    The next day I found out Disc 2/Lucia's Missions won't boot up so I returned to the game store and, fortunately, they agreed to exchange it with MGS3: Subsistence.

    • @tzwhi1667
      @tzwhi1667 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Best trade ever

  • @seanfulldark
    @seanfulldark หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This other theory comes to mind when you just explained the strangeness with the Sonic system that makes it more believable to me they didn't know how to program a character switching mechanic so they decide oh we'll just switch discs to make that work! This is seriously a good example of everybody's a rookie on your dev team possibilities

  • @rafaelploumis8682
    @rafaelploumis8682 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Sooooo... gameplay aside, I guess I'm the only one who likes DMC2 Dante huh? I believe DMC1 and anime Dante had the best balance of seriousness and sassyness. DMC3 onwards, Dante is too much of a goofball imo. Really liked his more serious demeanor in this game, didn't find him boring at all.

    • @milkweedreflections
      @milkweedreflections หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely agree

    • @Jahlil.W
      @Jahlil.W หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rather ironic, given your profile picture is literally DMC5 Dante.

    • @jurtheorc8117
      @jurtheorc8117 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Death from Darksiders 2 has a good balance of seriousness and sass to him as well.
      'Most people call me "Pup" or "Lad", but I prefer me own name... Karn.'
      ' "Pup" it is, then.'
      And Briar & Lute from Soulstice elevate one another, but mainly shine on the sass & humor front when in conversation with their sarcastic overseer Layton.
      'I would hate to see the Judge welcome you into his halls so soon.'
      'Not while we still have sins to commit.'
      And though not a character action game, Pseudo from Clash: Artifacts of Chaos is a good one too. People have likened him a bit to Hellboy here and there. or Clint Eastwood.
      He looks somewhat old and gnarled, but he's quite entertaining. Such as when a group of theater players ambushes him and a frontman keeps flubbing his lines: "Uh, fellas? Let's just fight? This is boring, and I get cranky when I'm bored."
      Followed by the bird on his shoulder simply saying "It's true."

  • @TheSwordfish009
    @TheSwordfish009 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This was my first Devil May Cry game and I played it when I was 12 and I absolutely loved it.
    I was blown away by it since i never played an over-the-top game like this in my life.

  • @Gardetrace
    @Gardetrace หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Under The Mayo also dropped a video about DMC2 today.

    • @underthemayo
      @underthemayo หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      oddly enough I think we put out our dmc1 videos on the same day too. What's going on?

    • @Gardetrace
      @Gardetrace หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@underthemayo Are you're both the same person or do you operate under a hive mind? 🤔
      Although, your DMC1 review came 4 days after his.

  • @Unquestionable
    @Unquestionable หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I had a friend who was super big into the series since the demo for 1 first dropped. Played through the first one on every difficulty and I had many tales of watching them get frustrated but eventually coming through. Come release day for DmC2 and we've been hyped for awhile, went back to his place and fired it up. I headed home after the first 3 or 4 missions thinking maybe it was just slowly gearing up. Go to hang out a few days later and mysterious silence about the game, bring it up and get "yeah you want to borrow it? I beat it already." Point out I'm trash at the first game but was told that won't be an issue. Take it home and yeah very much experienced all the disappointment first hand, finished it over the course of a day or two and it just felt wrong the entire time.

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I know literally nothing about the Devil May Cry series, but it was a neat video lol

  • @thehomiethin4790
    @thehomiethin4790 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This game needs a remake so bad

  • @tzwhi1667
    @tzwhi1667 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The same day as under the mayo

    • @Gardetrace
      @Gardetrace หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep.

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      J is easily the more credible reviewer in my opinion at least. Mayo misrepresents the games he reviews a lot to prove some arbitrary pessimist issue that never exists.

    • @leithaziz2716
      @leithaziz2716 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I have a feeling Mayo will just use DMC1 and 2 as his 1st impression to say the series is overrated by the end of the marathon. Not to judge, but he's known to missunderstand the fundamental value of mechanics in action games and why they exist. His notorious Doom Eternal review (an FPS game, but also fast-paced and action-heavy) shows that off.
      Edit: I know mayo's watched this video, but that's unfortunately the vibe I get from your content.

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@leithaziz2716 his entire video about style meters was an agonizing hogwash of hypocritical nothing-burger points, and by the end of it I just quit watching his channel. I mean it is something else to have different opinions, but to misrepresent something in from of such a large audience just to make a non existent point is kinda shitty.

    • @antiproductive4131
      @antiproductive4131 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@kimetsunoacademia3528Mayo compared DMC2 to Ultrakill in his new video 💀

  • @PhillipOnTakos
    @PhillipOnTakos หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'll never forget playing 30 minutes of the game just to experience why this game was so bad when I bought the HD collection. I decided to keep playing and to my utter shock I finished the game in 2 hours and 45 minutes.
    Would have been faster but Dante decided to walk for no reason during a segment where I needed to get to a door before it closed. Also the forced lock on I didn't know I could disable preventing me from hitting some switches.

  • @XENORedgrave
    @XENORedgrave 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    24:12 "SAD" that perfectly explains this game

  • @bingbong5076
    @bingbong5076 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can't believe the slow speed, the area emptiness, the slower enemy and the tedious attack are shared with Megaman X7 like it can't be a coincidence

    • @shadowleon659
      @shadowleon659 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If some thug kidnapped me and held me at gunpoint and said which game would I play between DMC2 or Mega Man X7 to save my own damn life.
      It would be DMC2.

  • @calvinmatthews1527
    @calvinmatthews1527 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow, J you convinced me yet again that another game I would otherwise think was meh is awful. For real, that takes talent man. It is one hell of a miracle DMC even became a franchise after this. We can only attribute that to the success of the first game, not really the second.

  • @krispee5842
    @krispee5842 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    as a person who enjoyed DMC 2, I can confirm it is a bad DMC game

  • @KyrosTheWolf
    @KyrosTheWolf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Honestly when I got to the infested tanks and infested chopper, I almost stopped playing. I thought "There's no way these enemies were made for this game", I assumed they were just leftover assets Capcom had on hand and they just thought 'yeah put it in DMC'

  • @nekokicker
    @nekokicker หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man, dmc2 was my first DMC. Was so blown away why people hated it… got the first DMC as fast as a could cause of how much I loved Dmc2. One level in and was like “oh that’s why people hate 2”

  • @BouncingZeus
    @BouncingZeus หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am not a huge fan of this game. I only played it once, but I do not think it deserves all the hate it got. I played it when new. I got the greatest hits version of one and loved it. Saw two on the shelf soon after was just happy to be playing as Dante again.

  • @thegamerator10
    @thegamerator10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I really hope Lucia comes back in DMC6. I'd love to see her and Nero become demon-hunting partners. Maybe a DLC that focuses on Vie de Marli?

  • @josephbuchanan2319
    @josephbuchanan2319 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think Itsuno and his team should remake DMC2, it’s the only real stain on his reputation despite it not being his fault.

  • @Evets_03
    @Evets_03 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Every dmc game has a purpose and were necessary sort of like a canon event

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yep without DMC 2 i doubt Itsuno would have ever had the motivation to make DMC 3, just because he did not want to go down in history as the guy who made DMC 2

  • @DatBastardOni
    @DatBastardOni หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Fun Fact: SMT Nocturne's famous maniax release on the PS2 has the Dante from this game in it, and if you remembered the coin was the same on each side you can get him as a party member for 1 Macca, whereas if you guess wrong you'll have to pay 1 million to get him. Not only that, he actually behaves like the Dante we all know and love.

  • @dude-zr8gi
    @dude-zr8gi หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I kind of hope they bring back Lu'Cia some day to try and redeem something from this game. 4 did the story of a human trying to gain the power of demons as well and showed that story can work in DMC. Just, leave the underwater combat behind.

  • @striderreborn1467
    @striderreborn1467 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The most hilarious experience I had was buying a DMC2 strategy guide at a local Wal-Mart (mostly for the poster) and being "carded" for it at the register. (I'm not kidding)

  • @ultimatehope549
    @ultimatehope549 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DMC2 is still, to this day, the only DMC game I have platinumed, for the sole reason that I would never have a reason to play it ever again.

  • @lionelplayerone
    @lionelplayerone หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If you think DMC2 is a bad Capcom game, then you haven't played Chaos Legion mad by the same team.

  • @doomdimensiondweller5627
    @doomdimensiondweller5627 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The art design for DMC2 is actually kind of cool

  • @kalebsithnerd119
    @kalebsithnerd119 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The only thing I like about this game is the fact that the red orbs looks like Behelits

  • @Allister.1
    @Allister.1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Devil may 2 could’ve been the death of the franchise but then we got devil may cry 3 and it was saved we could not have been the same without the franchise and I happy for them to save the franchise with devil may cry 3

  • @windows98alpha35
    @windows98alpha35 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    DMC fans: ThE ReEbOoT iS tHe WoRsT DmC GaMe eVeR!
    Yeah. Clearly you never heard of DMC 2.

  • @raechuu4887
    @raechuu4887 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this upload couldnt have come at a better time!
    i just finished this game yesterday and the first thing i said was "i dont think i will EVER pick this game up again." its not the worst game ever i guess, but if it wasnt a dmc title i would have never given it the courtesy of completing the whole game. it was just a drag to get through.

  • @generalcjg
    @generalcjg หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact, a year ago my best friend was making an essay for his class about the History of how Hack and Slash Video Games started and evolved over time, he finished DMC1 awhile ago and hadn't touched much of DMC2 since he was saving it for a livestream with a friend of his that wanted to see him play DMC2, so he told me of his entire journey, and I told him DMC2 sucked and I literally quit the game on the third Mission and went directly to DMC3, and told him to skip DMC2 and go to 3, he was surprised to hear that but didn't expect it to be that bad and that maybe it's just DMC1 but slightly worse.
    Fast forward days later and he comes to my house to try out the DMC Collection, he started with DMC2 and felt the game was... off in some way, I explained to him why (mainly the combat being slow and not that satisfying feeling), and he thought it was similar to how DMC1 did it, so it wasn't that bad (he was going off on a semi distant memory of DMC1's gameplay). Then after beating DMC2's first boss he went to DMC1, and BOY did he immediately notice DMC1's combat felt so much better than DMC2's, he was now starting to get how much of a difference it was and how DMC2 just wasn't good; and then he tried out DMC3 in the end, and that one blew his mind off (in a good way, lol) to the point that he now said "Yeah no, DMC2 sucks, there's no way around it. I am no longer livestreaming DMC2 with my friend, I am going for DMC3 right away."

    • @jurtheorc8117
      @jurtheorc8117 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If your friend has an extended interest in the hack 'n slash or character action or whatever-the-name-is genre, maybe the following titles may be of interest to him, if not to play then to research for fun:
      - Knight's Contract (very obscure one)
      - Dante's Inferno
      - Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (these two are very much in line with Greek GOW's gameplay)
      - The Darksiders series (Bleedin' love 'em)
      - Heavenly Sword
      And more recently:
      - Astral Chain
      - Soulstice by Reply Game Studios (quite a good one!)
      - Genokids (upcoming game)
      - Enenra (upcoming game).
      Yasuke: A Lost Descendant may fit in here as well.
      (and for semi-joke's sake, Sonic Unleashed for the Werehog gameplay --though mind the differences between consoles-- and The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon).
      I'm leaving out the most known ones aside from DMC, such as God of War, Bayonetta and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, exactly because they are the most known.
      That all aside, i hope the essay went well for him.

    • @leithaziz2716
      @leithaziz2716 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Might not wnat to forget Nier Automata. It might be akward to show to a class on 1st impression, but it does have the best narrative in the action genre. Very emotional game.

  • @ManLikeBon
    @ManLikeBon หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man huge respect (I think?), very rare for someone to have gone through all this. I platinum'd DMC2 so I feel your pain, quite comfortable in never playing it again. It wasn't even hard, just boring af and way too long for its own good. Getting the S ranks (especially for the final Dante mission and Lucia's underwater missions) were excruciating, never again. But great vid man! Always good to watch, even for stinkers like this LOL looking forward to the rest!

  • @thechin5523
    @thechin5523 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just realized I have never heard anyone pronounce Jokatgulm in my entire life

  • @mattmas6628
    @mattmas6628 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Are you and Under the Mayo planning these dmc2 releases?

    • @antiproductive4131
      @antiproductive4131 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably, I saw J commenting on his video on DMC1

    • @underthemayo
      @underthemayo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@antiproductive4131 swear to god, they were both coincidences. We've never spoken outside of comments sections. Honestly it's really weird.

  • @zodiacthundaga7264
    @zodiacthundaga7264 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Duuude you and Mayo need to collab for DMC3.

  • @jonasjojofalco9896
    @jonasjojofalco9896 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My second favorite dmc2 gamer/TH-camr

  • @Stefan-xl6xk
    @Stefan-xl6xk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Should I get the Dmc HD edition? I only played dmc 5 so far which I loved and I want to get into the rest of the series!

    • @kimetsunoacademia3528
      @kimetsunoacademia3528 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      DO IT, it's cheap as hell and DMC 3 alone is worth it. DMC 1 is more of an acquired taste if you give it the time to immerse you.

  • @Mick2K
    @Mick2K หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    King? Yeah! Here's your crown.
    Still the coolest thing ever. Second coolest thing is the last moment of the last boss fight when the boss looks around confused and suddenly Dante holds his guns to his head, strikes a cool pose and shoots.
    Sadly these awesome moments got wasted in a bad and boring game.

    • @kermit4036
      @kermit4036 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      But the lack of the iconic "Jackpot" should be a crime

    • @KyrosTheWolf
      @KyrosTheWolf หลายเดือนก่อน

      To think this was the same Dante who said "Don't talk, just die" before the trismagia boss fight. Seriously, it's as if a 12 year old wrote that line. Probably the same 12 year old who described Dante as the 'walking epitome of cool' in the DMC2 manual

    • @Mick2K
      @Mick2K หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kermit4036 I was supposed to be the winner of this fight....!
      Winner? Yeah! Here's your jackpot.
      Damn that totally works

    • @kermit4036
      @kermit4036 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Mick2K That works good. But if you pay attention during the Argosax fight just before Dante shoots him there's a close-up of his mouth as if he's about to say something just before shooting but he just... doesn't? Like that should be the Jackpot right there

  • @user-ng1jz5vb3h
    @user-ng1jz5vb3h หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    are you still going to make that video where you talk about mega man x7's improvement mod?

  • @michaelmacdonald8656
    @michaelmacdonald8656 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Everyone knows Dante got to the oil rig via the motorcycle. That things legit. Ps Uroboros on the heli makes me think of re5

  • @JoshuaJacobs83
    @JoshuaJacobs83 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love these short, sub hour long ultimate retrospectives. Who needs an eight hour long in depth breakdown and analysis?

  • @codex8678
    @codex8678 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Besides the fish one cracked me up really bad for no reason

  • @WARLORD626
    @WARLORD626 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best MC in DMC 2 and in general Lucia She's dark skin has the diesel drip dual weilds assasin style has sick choreography,under the radar combo's and infinite's Shes a dark skin Red head that has an Angelic DT she got that before Nero,can do spinning bird kicks.Why is she not on a Next gen console yet ????????????

  • @iammostwanted
    @iammostwanted หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    35:00 there i am gary there i am

  • @brandonwaller94
    @brandonwaller94 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DMC2 was actually one of my very first PS2 games ever since the day I got my first one clear back somewhere in early middle school or so. (Brain's a bit fuzzy on exact dates at this point in time.) Was excited because it was the first of the DMC games I could get a hold of at the time while also wanting to play the first one really bad myself but not having a means to get a hold of it for a while yet still, and while nowadays I can see what's up with the details of the game's history & whatnot, I'm almost a bit thankful I got to play that one first before the others since it just meant everything was gonna be going up from there as I got to play more of em later on down the line in my life.
    Tbh, if Capcom has the brass for doing it again, might as well give 2 a full remaster/remake treatment and have it become what the original hopes for 2 couldn't be & then taking it even further beyond somehow.

  • @b387pp4
    @b387pp4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    To be fair, Vendetta looks pretty cool making it the best sword

  • @TJAS_TJAS
    @TJAS_TJAS หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whilst this game blows, At least it soundtrack Bangs.

  • @disturbedrebirth
    @disturbedrebirth หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DMC2 was so bad! Not even playable Trish could save it.

  • @bobbynick5358
    @bobbynick5358 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think DMC2 needs a remake or the OG game needs a improve overhaul rebalance special edition,
    Improve the combat and gameplay, Add in boss intros or flavor text and cutscene introductions to the other bosses or mini ones.

  • @outofpaintball9663
    @outofpaintball9663 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    compared to drake of the 99 dragons, dmc 2 looks masterpiece.

  • @cui8789
    @cui8789 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Were fans really upset Trish wasn't playable in DMC 1? The only time I hear this is when 2 is discussed.

  • @BastardWolf28
    @BastardWolf28 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Things always go south when someone working on these titles doesn't understand Dante's appeal and decides to change his personality. And history will repeat itself years later with the DmC reboot.

  • @DemonDethchase
    @DemonDethchase หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    12:57 I wonder if thats where Sonic Team got the idea for making the Sonic Boom move in Frontiers OP as all hell.
    I know I said upon first seeing combat in Frontiers showing off the possibilities of air juggle, come a DMC styled combat system! But taking from DMC2 was not what I had in mind. Talk about a total Monkey's Paw moment 😆😅

  • @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind
    @FindingsOfAnArmouredMind 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    *Complains at Lucia's dagger attack being slow.
    Vergil is slower with his, yet no one complains*
    Huh...

  • @ABigBowlOfChips
    @ABigBowlOfChips หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:49 Plankton's reference lmao

  • @crimsonslayer6641
    @crimsonslayer6641 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have a video idea recommendation for the future: Can you do a retrospective on the silent Hill games?

  • @cesurtheguy3807
    @cesurtheguy3807 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Firstly, I love your new video release motto. I think it leads series to breath and keep you motivated. Secondly, this is probably the best review of DMC2 I have seen. Since you also have experience with the high level tech. One thing I personally love about DMC2 is the enemy designs and the concept art. Especially the wolf ice boss (I gave up at mission 5)

  • @bbk2116
    @bbk2116 หลายเดือนก่อน

    8:55 I got every achievement in dmc2 and never knew this was a thing lol.

  • @Khalith
    @Khalith หลายเดือนก่อน

    Trish is also completely OP. You can unlock her by winning on hard mode and then blaze through the highest difficulty even more easily than the game on normal mode.

  • @Shift_Salt
    @Shift_Salt หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This game needs a remake :v

  • @Akillez
    @Akillez หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is goddamn coincidence you and Underthemayo is not only reviewing the same two games but upload the vid on the same day, aye J be honest, you doing this on purpose with the upload timing? 😆

  • @fancytoxicsoda
    @fancytoxicsoda หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excited for your dmc3 video

  • @franciscor390
    @franciscor390 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are the types of games that lend themselves perfectly for a remake. Dmc2 is a bad game but it's designs, style and esthetics are beyond sharp, it deserves new shot.

  • @kamenriderfan322
    @kamenriderfan322 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ima put my take on it, if you don’t try it’s boring if you do try *it’s a pain in the ass to fucking sit through*

    • @Braylon1997
      @Braylon1997 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I finished dmc 2 in 2 days and it was a bore to sit through

    • @kamenriderfan322
      @kamenriderfan322 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Braylon1997 my expirence with it isn’t that it’s easy…..it’s fucking hard when I put effort to play it as a regular DMC game….i defended it when it first got it on my Switch and to add to that it was so fucking ass I just dropped it around the first phase of Argosax

    • @theenderkirby939
      @theenderkirby939 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@kamenriderfan322 and to think I almost got it alongside DMC1 and 3 on my switch and spoiler warning DMC3 switch is incredible

  • @ChristianMartinez-gb2wj
    @ChristianMartinez-gb2wj หลายเดือนก่อน

    A month ago I downloaded the DMC HD Collection and finally got to play those games for the very first time, after watching countless videos and speed runs on DMC. Every game vastly exceeded my expectations. DMC1: Banger, DMC 2: Trash, DMC 3: Goated

  • @LTSWMN
    @LTSWMN หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They really got my man looking like Shane Dawson

  • @charmyzard
    @charmyzard หลายเดือนก่อน

    Finally, we get to this point.
    Can't express the amount of time I feel I've been waiting for these re-restrospectives since watching the Jak and Uncharted ones.

  • @jamiecranton
    @jamiecranton หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My roommate is going to playing the series for the first time ever and they won’t listen to me when I tell them to skip the 2nd game

    • @lonewolfgames7779
      @lonewolfgames7779 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They need to see it for themselves Everyone needs to play DMC 2 at least once. That way as a gamer you'll know how low the bar can go. " Hey this new game sucks.... yeah well at least it's not DMC2."

    • @NoahWoodard-dn3kv
      @NoahWoodard-dn3kv หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a friend who only likes the second game 💀

    • @Leee275
      @Leee275 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@NoahWoodard-dn3kv I'll take a while guess and say he only likes this one simply because it's easy.

    • @NoahWoodard-dn3kv
      @NoahWoodard-dn3kv หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @Leee275 yeah, says it's the only one it's good at (also the only one he's played)

  • @AHWilliams614
    @AHWilliams614 หลายเดือนก่อน

    binging your videos is getting me through the work day today

  • @Allister.1
    @Allister.1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    31:01 king yeah here’s your crown

  • @goranisacson2502
    @goranisacson2502 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did not know about the mod, but I'm now interesting in checking it out, if only to see what someone can do with the game to change it onto something more polished, refined, maybe even... BETTER? Than it currently is. So thanks for the tip!

  • @dianamolina6335
    @dianamolina6335 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    21:51 It’s Dantebesu!

  • @michaelandreipalon359
    @michaelandreipalon359 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still don't love it, but I have to admit, the game has grown a lot to deserve redemption, especially in its timeline placement.
    Anyways, the DMC reboot is nowadays the most hated.

  • @TioMegamanX
    @TioMegamanX หลายเดือนก่อน

    29:45 Someone call Baiser.

  • @ccmonty994
    @ccmonty994 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yo it’s that game from vinesauce!