The best part about DMC2 is that it makes DMC3 one of the best comeback stories of all time

Good to know that the best devil may cry game in 2003 was in fact Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne: Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series

“Lucia can swim” This was definitely a tomb raider rework

evil business guys lines when he is juicing up are the best. especially when he says "Weeirrrreeghh" causing dante to get freaked out a little

I like how Dante's personality is such a 180 from DMC1 that the game publishers made DMC3 a prequel to explain why.

Waiting through that countdown for a "No" was hilarious. Lmao😂

The dedication to actually GET THAT MAGAZINE is mindblowing... You sir, have earned a like, and this comment. May this channel grow until it eclipses the sun and we all wonder whether Josh the Smooth-talking shall devour existence itself with his retro reviews. Not a bad way to end it all, if one were to get the chance to choose.

47:13 Lucia: "I do not deserve this power..." Dante: 👁👄👁 What a strange cut to have with nothing for the focused character to offer. On brand for this game.

Dante's outfit and Despair Embodied are the best parts of DMC2.

Devil May Cry 2, ironically, got two things right. The gun combat was the base for Gunslinger and it was the start of bloody palace.

Lucia and her devil trigger are two of the best designs of DMC, and the twist of her story, the angelic powers that are hinted at and threat of the lore getting deeper getting subverted in a way i still can't fully forgive despite adoring what it does for her character arc, is absolutely delicious and i'm glad they brought it back for DMC 4. i love her throwing knife feathers, i love the arm blades in Devil Trigger, her whole moveset is the right kind of stylish to stand out even in a cast this stacked with absolute Icons. i can only hope they bring her back and give her a better showing because she deserves a better fucking game

Hey that magazine talked about Tenchu: Wraith of Heaven! That game ruled.

I cannot believe someone is bothering. I'm not gonna defend this game but as someone who thoroughly beat almost every mode in a single night as a young lad, and then proceeded to hear people who never touched the game bash it to hell for the next 2 decades, I appreciate you coming along to actually play and analyse it, I'm sure it wasn't very engaging though so sorry about that 😂

The funny thing is the whole meme of "Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series" is this Dante. They used this Dante in Lucifer's Call/Nocturne where the meme spawned from, right down to his outfit and looks to his coin flipping antics and if you have the knowledge that both sides of his coin are heads, you can easily win the coin toss to recruit him at a discount price by betting on heads.

That was the best 22 second video I’ve ever watched. Thank you, Josh.

You can play as Trish and she has all the moves Dante had in DmC 1!

The greatest sin a piece of entertainment can commit is to be boring.

I've never heard Uroboros pronounced that way in my life.

Devil May Cry 2 has the same theme as DmC Devil May Cry LOL. Except DMC2 gave us prototypes of mechanics which will be used in DMC 3 and more importantly, The Rebellion sword, as Dante's signature weapon.

that helicopter and building boss fights are certified "behold, combat !" moments

This is one of the few games that landed in "video game limbo" for me. It's absolutely unenjoyable, but so incredibly insignificant that I can't even call it bad. It's just a massive waste of time.

Part of me hopes Lucia gets a return in a future game just to redeem her existence because damn they kinda did her dirty. Hopefully someday they can touch up her gameplay and put her in a new game even if it's as a bonus character.

Josh, you were supposed to be the one to bring my childhood dreams to LIIIIIIIIGHT

Josh just casually mentioning Sands of Time. God, I hope that one day that game's gonna get a Josh video.

Arius looks like a young Heihachi from Tekken with that hair

You didn't mention that if you beat the game on DMD mode, you unlock Trish from the first game, who now wields Devil Sword Sparta as her primary weapon. She shares the same moves as Alistor, and her guns no longer causes enemies to rise into the air from continuous fire.

the first video i watched on your channel was about dmc 1 and i loved it. i've been waiting for this one (and the other dmc games of course).

Dang I didn't expect a 20 second video with an hour of mini painting but i am pleasantly suprised

I was 12 or 13 when dmc came out. I was sold on it from an issue of game informer. DMC 2 broke my heart.

fun fact, you can actually get through the timed gate with out the quick heart. Since rolling is slightly faster than walking, thus making the quick heart truly useless

It feels like it's been so long since a new video. Always a good time when I find one!

I watched your Golden Sun review just the other day because I happen to be replaying it and it's so funny hearing the difference in Puzzles between both games

Josh finally played DEE EEM CEE TOH in it's entirety before Vinyot ever finished his playthrough lol

Your rant about the DMC bosses made me feel so good for having experienced it as a kid. ❤

Ngl, this is my favourite series of yours, Josh. Happy to support that.

Devil May Cry aside, the front of that Play magazine also has Time Crisis 3,Tenchu Wrath of Heaven and Soul Calibur 2. That's a trio of absolute top games that DMC had to compete against and they still gave it 100%!?

You can simply leave the 1st helicopter fight. The game doesn't tell you, but you can. Hitting helicopter in melee deals more damage if you hit the part with the parasite eye. You can also do hard lock-on to cancel out soft lock-on and make hitting switches easier. Funny thing is that enemy AI is a little bit more awake on higher difficulties, which makes the game a little bit more fun to play.

This game is genius. Dante is SO Powerful at this point in his career, that nothing poses a challenge to him. Capcom made a power fantasy, putting the player in Dante's Diesel Jeans.

I love that you went for the "Was it any good?" - "No, Cheers, thanks for watching" Joke. I w a s expecting it and even tabbed to the video on my first monitor while you did it.

Devil May Cry 2 has done 9 things right: 1. Dante's outfit 2. Dante has probably the best jump/aerial movement in whole series 3. Ability to shoot at two different enemies at the same time which was in some way a start/basis for gunslinger style 4. Ability to dodge and wallrunning (which is not that useful but looks cool) with circle button 5. Ability to change weapons (only guns for some reason) 6. Aim lock (which if you want to stop aiming at enemy you have to hold L2 from what I remember which is VERY WIERD) 7. "King? Yeah, here's your crown" 8. Dante's DT looks the best in the whole series 9. Some music is really great (but other sucks so hard like f.e. JOKAGTULM or whatever the name was theme) In lots of ways DMC 2 has been a bit of a Demo for abilities used later in DMC 3.

That sponsor moment cracked me up so bad. 10/10

To think I played this game on the PS2 in Dante Must Die difficulty (where your guns no longer properly juggle enemies), I was truly a masochist. I don't remember anything from the game compared to Devil May Cry 1, it must be my self preservation instinct kicking in for my own good. Thank you Josh for your sacrifice on experiencing true suffering with us.

Holy cow the back of the play magazine ad. Battle Engine Aquila, that hits hard!

We may never know the name of the original DMC2 director but we now know the name of the magazine he wrote the reviews for.

Genuinely surprised this is even getting an episode I don’t think I’ve ever seen ANYONE defend this game or say it was any good at all.

When I was 6 and this was my first devil may cry I didn’t know any better and this was peak and my favorite game

Finally, ive been waiting for too long for some very analytic video that someone spent many hours making just to put it on the background and sleep Thanks josh

Putting up the endcard early is my absolute favorite KZfaqr gag.

33:29 "Aruba-Ross" nice

Make sure to do your service back to the internet and scan that review to the internet archive for all to laugh and remember

cant wait for the next 3 dmc reviews and me+josh being 20 years older until the review drops! Great video

You sneaky bastard throwing me down memory lane with the phone wallpapers over Club Nintendo or Play Mania, just to put a gamersups in there, I saluite you for that: o7

"Was it good" and a new Noah Caldwell-Gervais video in the same day!? My birthday isn't until next week but I'll take this early gift

Remember: Real gamers never skip DMC2

57:00 in dante must die mode, every boss uses its attacks on you all at the same time. Its basically impossible to not get hit unless you stand in a very specific spot where youre out of range of most attacks and just fire the missile lsuncher. Yes i played through the game on dante must die. Its actually somewhat fun on that mode

Josh calls Phantom a spider despite him being a scorpion, so I must rate this video a "Josh doesn't know his arthropods" out of ten.

8:16 A few little details about this. The guns in DMC2 are actually *not* more powerful than in DMC1 damage wise. They can stunlock some enemies, yeah, but DMC1's guns are actually more potent in terms of damage, you gain more Devil Trigger from them, and when you are good at mashing in a rhythm, you can fire faster than in DMC2, combined with techniques such as shotgun/grenade cancelling raising their DPS so much further than it should. When it comes to DMC2's combat, Melee attacks actually deal more damage on average than guns, especially with the elemental amulets when on Devil Trigger, and there *are* cool combos in there, but are weighted down by bad feedback and animations, yet guns are so safe to use (on normal mode at least), while giving actual feedback and having satisfying animations, that they *feel* like they are even more overpowered than they actually are (that said, they still are too potent for their own good, juggling most enemies from a distance is too stupid). If anything, this game is a fascinating study on how bad feedback and animations (the entire melee combat system) can discourage the player from using tools that, all things considered, are more potent than the tools that have decent feedback and animations and show results immediately (guns in this game). For context, DMC1 never suffered from this, it was really good at giving appropiate feedback depending of the potency of attacks, both melee and range.

now I can't wait for him to cover DMC 3... like the first game was awesome. The second game was absolute shite but that 3rd game... it EASILY the best in the series .

The instant introduction caught me so off guard in contrast with everything else I've come to expect from your videos. This is about to be a GOOD ONE

I hope he does all of the other games as well. This series is great. Thanks Josh

The first Devil May Cry, was almost a metroidvania, with an mission based style. Which combines a small world, but still expanding what we can explore, they did the same in 3, you revisit some scenes giving the feeling of a contained world and scenery. It was lovely, I missed it really in Devil May Cry 4 and 5.

Cracking F1 race, England win and now Josh is uploading. What a time to be alive!!!

Excellent video. As someone that couldn't make it past the first few hours, I've always wanted a deep dive into what made Devil May Cry 2 really bad from beginning to end, but could still present the information in an interesting and entertaining form. This was absolutely perfect.

This is such an interesting video from my perspective. In my neighborhood/little group of middle school kids, Devil May Cry 2 was literally the only one in the series that anyone I knew owned, and it was regarded by everyone as totally badass. I had no idea it had a bad reputation more generally. I was under the impression DMC2 was considered one of the best games on PS2

I appreciate coverage of games like this. This is precisely a game I’ll never play but I find your takes interesting.

The only part I actually remember liking about this, as somebody who played both characters, was the ending where Dante flips the coin to decide who goes into Hell and it turns out to be a double headed coin so he was always going. It was a bit cheesy but still a fairly Dante thing to do. The rest was utter crap and I don't know how I played it all.

Best start of a JSH video yet! XD

Happy that he continues the series. Hoping for part 3 and 4

If any of you were wondering why the guns are so ludicrously overpowered in this one, check out Matt Mcmuscles video: "Wha happun? Devil may cry 2" A short cliffnotes version: Focus groups complained about the guns feeling too weak in the first game. So they actually gave the game the opposite problem instead of telling those loonies they were playing a spectacle fighter.

To be fair, "press forward and sometimes square to progress" does sound like a dream game for a games journalist.

Your setup/room is everything I dream to have one day :D

Hi Josh, happy to see you upload again. I would very much like to see you do Koudelka. A unique game to this day, blending survival horror with turn based rpg.

"whenever you're having fun, take a shot" Every alcoholic: "this is the best game ever"

We all know he will be fair and say good things. It has good things but is still bad xD A killer is still a killer even if he grooms his garden and is nice to animals

You are honestly my favourite game reviewer right now. Can't wait for the next!

Thank you very much for sharing this experience :D

I know it's not a good game, but I always had a soft soft for it. It's the only DMC game that I actually liked walking around in. The archtecture and liminality gave it a tone completely opposite to the rest of the series. Plus, you get to fight a demon skyscraper. I can't hate it.

It was alright.

The two headed coin IS a legit clever gimmick for Dante's character.

When I bought it on PS2 in my youth I really enjoyed it. It probably doesn't hold up today but I never really cared

I'm willing to go against the grain and like something that's hated. Like how I find bits of gold in Drakengard 2 and think it has some of the best gameplay of the series(including NieR) despite having the worst story presentation, but dear God DMC2 is bad. Like really fucking painful.

For anyone interested, Thorhighheels did a video about his personal appreciation for DMC2 aesthetics. Maybe the DMC2 apologist want to check him out. Shout out to Thorhighheels

20sec. fastest vid yet. cant wait for more. seriously, I been waiting for this suffering since you did DMC1.

Love that you bought that magazine issue

No.

Josh ... you are today on my main Screen ... FULL SCREEN.... and the start of the video was the best . i would not even be mad if this would be the whole video

I cant wait for the dmc 3 video. My favourite game of all time where I probably spend most of my childhood in.

JOSHE PLAE DEE EM CEE TOO IS GUD GAEM

DMC2 IS BEST

Horizon Zero Dawn... I sunk 20 awesome hours into it during my down time related to Destiny 2 a couple years ago. When a new season or expansion came out for D2, I left HZD and have thought about it ever since. When I eventually just jumped back into it from my last save, it was awful because all of the learned mechanics were forgotten and the story itself was all forgotten at this point too 😭 my motivation for finishing is to finally be able to play the second game, but I may just have to fully restart this game or watch lore up to the point that I am and just retrain myself on the gameplay mechanics. I wanted your solutions to work for me on this sooooo bad. Even though they didn't, the video was still really awesome! Great watch 😊

"Why climb the building just to jump off of it after the fight?" -No, that's completely normal for Dante - DMC3 is about climbing a tower, then jumping off of it.. And getting eaten by a whale in mid-fall

Even as someone who has never even seen footage of this game before, I was blown away with how otherly boring and generic the game looked. Nothing appealing about the set design and then a nonsensical story with many pointless events due to the lack of telling you anything. And the railroading that is really bad for the powerset, as if the powers were an afterthought. The invisible walls felt especially bad in this video. The crappy gameplay is just the big thing on top of all of that. I can see why fans don't like this game.

This game is what I assume all hack n' slash games are. It's how I see modern Final Fantasy. Just keep pressing the attack button.

0:20 an hour and 11 minutes of completely blank video as JSH trolls his own community. This is what I subscribe for .

I grew up with this game on PS2 and this is THE first time I've learned about the Sin Devil mode with Devil Trigger.

I recently learned that the only devil may cry game that one of my friends has played, was DMC2, and you know, it's not always easy learning that your friend has a disability, but I do hope that they're able to move on and live a fulfilling life despite that.

There is a Trish mode you can unlock, even with a cheat. She has Dante´s DMC 1 moveset, making her the best-playing character.

Hey! Josh finally covered DMC 2!! I can't wait for the 3rd DMC installment for "Was it Any Good?'.

I remember picking up games magazines as a kid, reading about games, the latest from conventions, the demo disks and so on. Back before internet was fast and cheap enough that was really the only way to get an overview of what was out there beyond word of mouth.

Being blown away by DMC5 it's amazing to see how far the series had come from 2.