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Better live action Goku? ‪@TheBleedingEdge‬

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What are some of your all time favourite villain quotes, lines, or dialogue from any media? ‪@TheBleedingEdge‬

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Happy birthday to my good friend ‪@TheBleedingEdge‬ wishing you well bro. Hope you get some cool stuff, and have a GREAT one man! 🍰🎁🎉

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Who’s more iconic?

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Favourite English Dante voice actor? (Besides Reuben Langdon)

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So Reboot Dante has British inspired aesthetics to his design and development, has an American accent, and is played by an Australian voice actor. Huh

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Ben’s second strongest alien after Alien X? (Ben 10)

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Whoops… I kinda like Devil May Cry 2 now?? Wasn’t expecting this but hear me out 😅 (LONG post warning, if you do not want to read this)

DMC2 was a rushed game that’s managed to be playable I guess, the original developer didn’t know about it, and Hideaki Itsuno worked on it last minute to fix some stuff and make it less bad, unfortunately there was only so much he could improve. I’ve always kind of had a soft spot for DMC2, just because I think it’s a game with good ideas and potential. Dante’s design is my favourite in the series, Lucia is a great character, the music is good, introduction of Rebellion, Bloody Palace, customisable Devil Trigger, and replayable levels.

Objectively it is NOT a good game. It nearly killed the series after how much of a success DMC1 was. I usually say to newbies to the series that they can skip DMC2 because it isn’t great, and you’ll still understand the story of the series just fine. Some people decide to anyways just because it’s short and easy, fair enough.

So what happened was, every now and then I replay all the games in chronological order, I try to a few times a year. Both because I love the series obviously and also to refresh my memory. I’ve only really played DMC3-5 on harder difficulties, and decided I want to give 1 and 2 a crack on hard mode and DMD. I’ve beaten DMC2 on hard mode as both Dante and Lucia for the first time and now I’m playing through DMD, but there’s some interesting stuff I noticed specifically with DMC2.

I never really played it on a harder difficulty because I figured there wouldn’t be any point and it would just be more of the same, but there’s actually more to it that I didn’t know. It’s still the easiest DMC game by a landslide, more tedious than anything. Its DMD mode is also noticeably easier than the other games. But the enemies AND bosses actually get new attacks, which I legitimately thought was cool and not something I suspected. It added a new spice to the game. Arius actually had his demon mannequins in his second fight, and other bosses had new stuff like lasers, close range, or projectile attacks.

One of the misconceptions I want to talk about is guns being overpowered, which I think is sorta misleading, now that I’ve played it on higher difficulty modes I’ve noticed it more. In any other DMC game when you have an enemy launched, you can keep them in the air by shooting at them, so that’s nothing special in DMC2. The only thing DMC2 really has is that you can launch with just guns, which you can’t in any other game. Sure it’s pretty OP because it allows you to from a distance, but that’s really it. That isn’t to say that the guns aren’t good, but I’ve found swords to still be more useful in dealing damage, and actually get through boss fights quicker. Shotgun is good but you kinda need to be in close range. The missile launcher is also strong but the animation Dante does is slow, which leaves him vulnerable.

Boss fights like Infested Chopper, Jokatgulm, Noctpteran, Trismagia, and Tateobesu are awful for sure. However, dare I say that ones such as Orangguerra, Furiataurus, Bolverk, Plutonian and The Despair Embodied were pretty FUN. I’d even say that phase 1 of the final Arius fight as Lucia, when he’s possessed, is pretty damn solid actually. Guns are simply convenient for some bosses, like with Trismagia it’s practically 95% of it. But besides exceptions like that, not only are swords still more OP and convenient, but they actually made the game more fun when you played it properly against some of those bosses.

While the game is stale and sluggish in its combat compared to the first game, Lucia and Trish are fun to play as. Lucia is quick and nimble. But even Dante can be fun. It’s not that combos are entirely impossible or non existent in the game (you can get S ranks sometimes by spamming) I’ve seen some people pull off some cool stuff. It’s that the game doesn’t push you enough because the enemies and bosses don’t have that many attacks nor are the Ai’s smart. Hard mode actually sorta improved this. When the game pushed me more and introduced new attacks, and I tried fighting close range, using swords more and dodging, I found it more enjoyable.

One last thing besides gameplay, is the lore believe it or not. DMC2’s story is by far the weakest and emptiest in the series, but the Japanese version of the game has stuff than the English version left out, which is annoying. We do know that Argosax was at war with Mundus, possibly more powerful if not for Mundus’ consumption of the Qliphoth fruit, and ruled half of the demon world. At one point he subdued many demons before being defeated by Mundus. Argosax actually possesses the forms and abilities of every demon, hence why phase 1 is a monstrous combination of the different boss fights you fought in the game. Argosax was actually worshipped as a God due to how powerful it is. Phantom appearing in DMC2 is due to a time paradox Argosax created. When Dante defeated Mundus in DMC1, it gave Argosax an opportunity to take over. Sparda aided Lucia/Matier’s clan, Vie De Marli, in sealing away Argosax with the Arcanas.

Overall, DMC2 is a game that I think has a lot of potential, and I want to see a remake with its ideas used to its fullest. I understand never wanting to return to this game. But if you are a huge, diehard fan of the DMC series, I think it’s worth giving hard mode a try at least.

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Who’s your favourite musical artist/singer/band?

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