Don't buy.. not even to complete your collection
First of lets say I'm a fan of the Devil May Cry series but this game really shouldn't carry the name.
Dante's disk took me on the first play through less than 4 hours which i just flew through and not in one sitting as the repetitive gameplay becomes mind numbly boring.
There is no real story to follow you got through area running and killing demons that’s it.. But DMC has never been known for its story
Gameplay: Its up to the player how to tackle each level if you really wanted to you could just run from A to B fighting the bare minimum of enemies as the levels are allot wider than DMC1 and there isn't really the need to fight them. Only a few areas have locked doors than can be opened only when all enemies in the area are defeated. The gameplay is this hack, slash, shoot, maybe dodge depends how fast you are on the trigger and run to the next level... that’s pretty much it
The enemies feel dumbed down nowhere near as hard or vicious as those in DMC1 most will stand still as you run towards them slashing at there fellow demons.
Bosses add some challenge but even then its the same old just slash shoot and jump there’s no strategy needed or skill just have to be reasonably good at button bashing.
Graphics: Keeping in mind the game did come out over 3 years ago the graphics are very bland textures look blurry and the enemy character models for some could be copied and pasted but with different colors.
The frame rate is always steady though no matter how many characters are on screen and the areas are quite large.
Sound: Devil May Cry is quite well known for its soundtracks which in this game is one of the few things it has in common with the others. It mixes metal goth and an eerily castlevania style music together with great results as absurd as it may seem.
Where the sound falls short however is the voice acting.. It’s just terrible the dialog is poorly written and delivered worse Lucia's accent is enough to wish that games didn’t hire voice actors and Dante himself has lost all charm and has become a bland shell of his former self.
Value: Now you could probably find this game going extremely cheap on the used market or even brand new but you really shouldn’t bother its not fun and has no replay value you'll put together a max of maybe 8 hours playing through both discs but you'll wish you hadn’t as there roughly the same with some slight changed between Dante and Lucias missions.
Overall Devil May Cry 2 isn't fit to hold the Devil May Cry name and truly is a disgrace to the series, try your best to avoid it.
Try not to buy it your money could be put towards a more deserving game