Why is DMC 2 Considerd Trash?

[SkamX]

I NEVER played a DMC titel in my life before so i dont know nothing about those titels. I plan on buying the collection and probably 4 too but well see for now. Anyway where ever i see or hear something from DMC its ALWAYS that dmc 2 was a mistake trash etc whats going on with that?

if i buy the collection i will play it anyway and dont skip it but yeah.

[A Fat Chimp]

It changed the combat system, they changed Dante's personality, and the enemy / level designs took a new direction.

Its very subjective, but i think those 3 things make up most of the complaints. I like the game, more so than DMC3. All depends on who you ask.

[Forgot7en]

DMC2 is very misunderstood and it's also plagued by a plethora of bad game design choices. It's essentially one of the worst sequels ever made, the drop in quality from the first game to this one is massive. A lot of it can be attributed to a handful of factors, one of which being the fact that the game was being developed as something else before DMC1 was finished, then after release, Hideaki Itsuno was assigned as the new director for this "something else" to turn it into DMC2 (as far as I know the name of the original director was not mentioned by the developers or otherwise but it was not Hideki Kamiya).

Some of that team didn't work in DMC1 but this isn't why Dante's personality was changed, that was the producer (Tsuyoshi Tanaka's) decision and the team agreed with him. So the team decided to do whatever they wanted with DMC2, deciding to ignore or change whatever made DMC1 popular because they wanted to.

[SkamX]

thank you guys everytime i asked someone i never got a awser to that. well when i buy the collection next month i will play it regardless but still sounds like a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ decision from the team to change the game what they like to

[hammerstar]

Because it's slow, the enemies are boring with the only designs being less imaginitive in the series were from the awful reboot, and several bosses are outright broken, allowing you to just wear them down using nothing but your guns.

And just to top it off, it's the easiest game of the series by far. I'm far from an expert player of the series, but DMC2 is the game even I can beat on Dante Must Die difficulty. Hard is as high as I've managed to go in the other games.

I'll say this, you can unlock Trish, Dante's partner, as a playable character in DMC2. She actually uses Dante's moveset from DMC1, and it is utterly mindblowing how much more fun it can be with the far better moveset.

[worstcaster]

The biggest issue for me was the drastic change in Dante's personality. He is always energetic and offer the top. In 2 he speaks very little and when he does it's always a few monotone words. He seems almost sullen.

As stated earlier the enemies were also uninspired. As the levels increased they just palette swapped the earlier enemies.

[SkamX]

well just bought the collection with DMC4 special edition so i guess i can see it for myself lol

[hammerstar]

Originally posted by SkamX:

well just bought the collection with DMC4 special edition so i guess i can see it for myself lol

Well, when it comes to it, you've got three good games with that.

[Coq_Pwner]

I actually really enjoyed DMC 2, it's what got me into the series. To be fair I hadn't played DMC first though, so maybe that's why it didn't seem so bad to me, now that I've completed the first game, I'm curious to see how the sequel holds after not playing it for well over a decade...

[worstcaster]

Originally posted by SkamX:

well just bought the collection with DMC4 special edition so i guess i can see it for myself lol

To be fair all of us who played through the series are comparing it to the rest of the excellent games in the series.

[Bad Tenant]

Basically it dumbed down the combat to the point where guns were actually useful and there was infinite juggles like in DmC which is also a mistake

[Ponyeater]

DMC2 is still a good game on it's own. You have to put the complaints into perspective, the game is horrible for what DMC itself normally offers.

That said, it still has tight atmosphere and cool level design. I always liked it for that and Lucia's campaign.

[Forgot7en]

Originally posted by Mayson the loyal Servant:

DMC2 is still a good game on it's own.

It's mediocre at best. You still have to put up with a lot of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with the controls/mechanics/level design/enemies & bosses/etc. in order to enjoy it. Yes, I agree it's not a terrible game, but it does get excruciating at times. Some of the bosses are atrocious and beating the game without taking damage and getting legit S ranks on all missions is practically impossible without using items. The game is a mess. It is NOT a good game on its own at all.
May I remind you of this terrible ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boss fight?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eeAKpfG0f0
And this is in Normal mode. NORMAL. On DMD, all the body parts attack you at the same time by default. It's possible to do without taking damage, but it's impossible to get an S rank without using items on The Despair Embodied fight afterwards.
What about this boss battle?
https://youtu.be/R1xnMYfGRvk?t=2068
Or this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this one?
https://youtu.be/y7Kz3JmeN-k?t=3590

[SkamX]

So i Completed DMC1 and it was pretty awsome. i was pretty bad at the game with 8 deaths and average ranks of B and C BUT it was a lot of fun. didnt even know that there was secret doors till the summary... yeah im bad . anyway maybe its the wrong post but do you guys know any other games similiar to dmc 1? i really like old games with the camera style . games beside RE Silent Hill and Dino crisis.

[Grad]

It's not as bad as people claim it is. Granted, the complaints aren't wrong, but don't skip it imo. It's still a decent game, it's just no where near as good as the others.

[Forgot7en]

Originally posted by Creamy Goodness:

It's not as bad as people claim it is.

LOL