I Got (Almost) All The S Ranks in DMC2 | WORSE Than You Think 

Oh and uh...Sly 4. Forgot to mention that.

I have a friend who S ranked DMC2 and guess what, the style system in it is more broken than you realize. apparently, the style average ranking doesn't care if you skip enemies, so on some missions you can get a single S rank in combat and run to the end and get an S in style for the ENTIRE MISSION

The best thing about DMC2 is Dante design

This may sound really odd, but I'm glad games like this one and X7 are in compilations on modern platforms. It can be easy to say "Oh, let the bad games rot in the past" or some such, but I believe bad games are as important to preserve as good ones, especially if they're ones like DMC 2 that, in the long run, had positive ripple effects on their series

17:59 I like how it says S A D in the Mission 18

i remember forcing myself to finish it... never played it again i can't imagine how hard (mentally) it was to get all the S rank in THIS game.... Well done J you are really brave

Always called Dmc 2's Stinger the Stumbler by how awkward Dante thrusted with it, looked like he was attempting a proper Stinger but tripped slightly only going half the distance it usually would.

It's utterly mind boggling how, even before maxing them out, Ebony and Ivory STOMP everything in this game. No need to do anything else, just stand back and shoot.

This summed up my experiences with DMC2 pretty accurately as well. Codex Entry did a video called, "The Importance of Playing on Hard", which stresses that when you play on the highest difficulty, both what the game does right and what it gets wrong become more obvious. That's definitely the case with Devil May Cry 2. On Normal and Hard, it's bland, but not offensive; however, kick it up to DMD and its problems become glaring and undeniable. For me, the turning point was during my DMD run with Lucia. I couldn't beat Trismagia without using items, so I tried looking up videos to see how other people had done it and (not lying here) I COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE ONE. All the reference videos either used Super Mode or items. I know it's possible, since I've gotten very close myseelf, but what does that say about the quality of the game?

DMC2 will break even the biggest apologist.

"I have a soft spot for DMC2 ..." Mee too. It's a very nostalgic game for me. Playing this with my best friends, back in the good ol' day, after watching Vision of Escaflowne and Cowboy Bebop on MTV/Viva. Ah, those were the days. But the game itself is garbage, there is no denying that. When I replayed it on my Switch, a few month ago, I only wanted it to finally end. The first playthrough was decent enough fun, but everything after that first playthrough is just a nightmare. Worst thing imho: That stupid fish boss on DMD with Trish!

You either finish the game as a hero, or try to S rank all of it and become insane.

15:01 the end of J's DMC2 character arc.

Yea I feel your pain, it's nearly IMPOSSIBLE to maintain a combo just because the enemies keep bouncing away from you. And the camera certainly doesn't make thing easier.

Sad that you're dodging Lúcia, beating both campains on hard unlocks Trish and she hás DMC1 moveset and makes the game "actualy fun"

I endorse DMC2 remake.

Well done, there are some points that I can agree with such as getting required orbs from arius fights. Although, there are couple of points I need to pick up from this as there are far better strats than the ones you are sharing. It's not worse than you think given the strategies and resources used here: - Much like DMC 1, S ranking in DMC2 requires a lot of planning and research about the game. - About stylish average. At S rank, for each 5000 additional style points, your point will be incremented by one to 6, 7, 8 etc. Therefore the claim that more singular S ranks >> one veeeery long S rank combo is false. - Merciless may have range but you lose total amount of damage. Therefore, its much better to stick with rebellion or vendetta for even more damage. I see a lot of missile rocket - Stinger does not do way more than other moves. High time does about the same damage as Stinger, round trip does even more, million stab and so on. There are techniques in this game that lets you use DT form moves without consuming them all. s and much more. - 2 missiles fire from chopper should easily be recognisable from the sound alone rather than "I couldn't see them and procced to shoot " You can also destroy them with your guns which lets you gain free DT. - The bats from M6 were not impossible if you destroy the boss's hand they will no longer be spawned. Additionally, bat gives you free DT. You get free roundtrips. - Bolverk is free once you get to loop him with your round trip I could go on more, but I only picked up the ones that matters

I played DMC 2 without knowing it's reputation either and I had fun playing. But at the end of the game I said to myself 'Man... this game was too easy.'

When I first played DMC 2, I really wanted to unlock Trish; complete both Danté and Lucia's stories to unlock Hard, complete Danté's story on Hard to unlock her. And when I finally did, I was proud I unlocked her myself, and for me, the game is all the more fun because of it.

I wish Capcom would remake Devil May Cry 2.

At least your not the guy who says "ThE rEbOoT iS wOrSe."

Just went through S-Ranking Mission 1. Thank god the trophy doesn't require all S-Ranks, I would've gave up after losing my mind.

reminds me of trying to get pure platinum on bayonetta. Bayonetta is such a cathartic game if you DONT care about scores at all, but if you do try, you will see the dark corners of that game very quickly. Too many combos and weapons are discouraged because of how your points will get reduced more and more unless you spam the large punch and kick attacks frequently. the difference is that bayonetta was designed to be save scummed by restarting at check points by exiting to the title screen, when they really could have just owned up to the BS and had a retry button.

J's Reviews "fucking atrocious camera" count: 2

Getting one S rank for the platinum trophy was painful as is but getting all S ranks is something else. DMC2 is probably the hardest DMC game to fully S rank.

Imagine devil may cry 2 remade and Rewritten from the ground up where we explain that dante is depressed because virgil died in the first Dmc

Congrats :D this is how I felt with sonic 06 when I was younger.... thought it was some underrated gem then played it again and noticed how bad it is

DMC2 is one of the first video games I ever played. I still remember finishing it and finding out you needed a second disk to play as the girl but we didn’t have the second disk.

I don’t know what to write but I’ll say that Orangguerra is a funny ass boss name.

You make this game look more fun than it is. I admire your skill though!

11:54 The real DMC2 experience

Vergil wouldn't feel motivated about that...

7:45 Ok, I think I laughed a little harder than I should have at that joke.

DMC2 needs a remake, or a remaster with a overhaul rebalancing. Where DMC2 plays more like the 3rd game, and able to switch between styles, weapons on the fly. and then rebalance the weapons and monsters. And maybe edit the story abit, like bosses with introductions, Bolverk needed one.

Title says everything.

I platinumed this on my PS3 at the start of the year. Felt well chuffed. Granted I used a cheat to help me beat Bloody Palace but all the same I did it. I still think the game is fine. Not great, but a servicable action adventure game

I give you credit for making me wonder if I was too hard on DMC 2. If only for a minute or so before you started actually playing lol

Yeah, for DMC 2 I just stick to hard mode. Right there at 3:40 is why I come back to DMC 2. There’s something there that feels good playing around and experimenting with the DMC2 tool kit in its own way. What ruined DMD mode for me was how they have the enemies go into devil trigger. They gain super armor. Maybe this is how the other games are too, but the base difficulties and the harder modes in the other games are usually all the challenge I need. So I went into DMD for 2 seeking that standard level of challenge. But what goes wrong is after the set 15 seconds of battle, or whatever it is that the enemies have before they auto devil trigger, suddenly you’re playing a Devil May Cry with no collision detection. You’re doing damage but the lack of flinching enemies ruins my ability do my 3:40 thing. Ultimately I just A-S ranked the whole game and left it that. I didn’t worry about being an S rank elitist too much precisely because I saw everything in this video coming from a mile away And I just want a chill time out of my DMCs.

Despite being a diehard DMC/Platinum/Character Action lifer who goes out of his way to get the max ranks on the max difficulties in any title, I never bothered with doing anything beyond playing dmc2 with all 3 characters on DMD. Thank you so much for doing it so I don't ever have to. Looks like pulling teeth. I'm sorry for your loss.

Impressive playing. Cool to see footage of this game as its the only one I never completed. Ive only tried it briefly but will have to go through it for the kill one day. It always looked generic so I didnt take it seriously. Just completed DMC 4 special edition. It was cool to be able to play as other characters in that version.

You've got the most stylish dmc 2 combos I've seen tbh that was epic.

Why did you do this to yourself J?

I love how he's guiding us and telling us the steps as if we'll ever put ourselves through this lmao

JFC. Massive props for even doing this challenge. Just one playthrough of this game is bad enough.

I'm glad to finally see someone not consider Bolverk as a decent boss, because he objectively isn't. Bolverk is a terrible boss. Even if you fight him with better camera and no Freki and Geri (you get to do that in Bloody Palace), he is still objectively bad. Also, it's good you skipped Lucia. It's actually impossible to S rank Mission 7 unless you do the Secret Mission. If you've already done that Secret Mission, you cannot get an S rank. And on LMD, you need to fight Tateobesu, which is not only the objectively absolute worst boss in the franchise, but arguable one of the absolute worst in video game history. And Lucia does not throw the Throwing Daggers fast enough to maintain your Style rank and has even more recovery frames after each attack than Dante because her attacks are so slow (despite them looking really fast and stylish), and her dodges have less range and less invincibility frames, which make many situations completely impossible to avoid damage in. S ranking with Lucia is systematically impossible unless you find a workaround with Trish instead.

That's rough, buddy.

So... You did the S Rank hunt on... What difficulty? Normal or "Easy" mode? Hard or "Normal" mode? Or... Dante Must Die or "Buffed up Hard? Whatever difficulties it was (oh wait, you did in all 3 difficulties), you are really a S hunt slayer on the infamous DMC2 all the way. I'm still playing DMC2 from time to time for the hell of it... But not for this. You are just Massochist, I *salute* you... Despite by the end of the day... You can't contain yourself.

DmC2 is good. First play Dmc5, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play DmC3, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play DmC4, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play DmC1, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play the DmC revoot, 100% it, do everything you can do. Finally, with all other options exhausted... play bayonetta, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play bayonetta 2, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play Dante's Inferno, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play MGR, 100% it, do everything you can do.then play God Hand, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play Castlevania Lord of Shadows, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play Ninja Garden, 100% it, do everything you can do. Then play Astral Chain, 100% it, do everything you can do. Now, at last, if you REALLY need a beat em up. REALLY NEED IT. Go back and replay through DmC, it's probably been a while. Then finally, after all that, DMC2 might be worth a play through.

You picked THIS hill to die on? Its not even a fun game. This must be what pure masochism looks like.

I'm glad you finally realized what we were all saying, but It sucks that you had to go through something so painful just to finally cast out your rose tinted glasses. I will always defend certain aspects of DMC2, and even like the character Lucia, but the game on the whole is NOT good.

I just played the game once, and once only, the game was meh, there was the other mode but I had no intent on playing it at all..

Hurts my soul because I did basically all the trophies for this before they were even a thing back in the PS2 days….sigh

We should at least be grateful that this game sold well enough for DMC3 to be greenlit, and for Itsuno’s strong refusal to let DMC2 be his sole contribution to the series be the thing that let him ask Capcom to give him DMC3 from the start.

17:24 Wait, why do you have to do that? I thought just beating Dante Must Die mode allows you to use it. Am I missing something here?

You scaring me now, ordynary men wouldn't get further that infected choper, but we my friend aren't ordynary men. I finnished blood palace and call it a herculan labor, but you ascended it.

“This will be the last time I make a video on DMC2.” Would go on to Re review the game

Man I could almost never get a SHOWTIME because enemies kept dying before it could happen. So I'm puzzled to see it can actually be done. Man this game sucks...

The best thing about dmc2 is the Diesel Jacket I own. My god, what a gorgeous jacket ❤️

11:31 "take advantage of holding down R2 to turn off autolock" do you know how much suffering this could have saved me had I known this information yesterday. FUCK.

Dude... you have any idea how long I've been grinding for a perfect DMC2 score card? Cool vid

yall don't know true pain until you've played bloody palace in this game

just because of L'arlessane you gained a new subscriber wonderful musical choice

“A real fan plays DMC 2” is equivalent to saying, “Don’t skip the leg day”.

Dmc 2 def is the worst out of all but i really liked the demon boss designs(besides octopus hydra boss and helicopter), played this when i was 11, but the FINAL boss, the giant and skeleton warrior were really fun to fight, your videos are great, keep it up.

I deadass hate myself, but I'll never hate myself enough to endure that much pain.

ok imma use this as a guide cause i want to s rank all devil may crys including DmC and Devil may cry 2

You know what? With how Capcom has seemingly been able to reinvent games while staying true to form I'd like to see them try a DMC 2 remake keeping the story the same but shake up the game play a bit

The freestyle 3min in actually made DMC2 look decent.

This game has such horrible visual design locations it made want to close my eyes more than 5 times

J May Cry 2 XD

15:03 holy shit catherine music i love that game so much

The only good thing about this game is some of the designs, Dante in particular looks great, too bad he has pretty much no personality in this game though, although to be fair that's probably because he's just bored out of his goddamn skull because of how boring the game is, and I guess some of the OST is alright too.

Lol finally, someone else who spent just as much time on this game as I have. Though the only reason for that is this was the only DMC game I had as a kid for a long time until I was able to play 1 and 3 again, and I even had a brady games strategy guide to it that my dad bought back when the game first was released. I still kinda go back to it and play with Trish for nostalgia sake since she plays exactly like DMC1 Dante, even with a significantly longer stinger than DMC2 Dante.

I really just watched an in depth video on how to S rank a game I will probably never touch again.

it feels like saying any game is bad because if you go to the most hardcore version of it it is hard if not unfair or unfun because you have to do the same stuff to finish it... it is like scoring a fire emblem game only by playing lunatic+ runs and forgeting about the normal gameplay, extreme difficulty is a thing that most people won't play because it is not enjoyable, i do enjoyed my lunatic run in awakening but i wont touch lunatic+

As someone who has played DMCA 3 or 4 for only 10-minutes or so 8 or so years ago. I'm not entirely sure why this was recommended to me. But hey, was a good video.

Me getting all S ranks on devil hunter made me love the game more and look forward to S ranking son of sparda and other difficulties, this guy doing dmc 2 all S made him hate it

Someone actually did it... not even I hate myself that much to do an all S on DMC2.

This video largely reminds me of why I grew to dislike No more heroes 2 - where the games inherent flaws aren't so crippling until a challenge is presented in the game and the cracks suddenly begin to actively fight against you.

One of the combos i do is High time + E&B + High time but you must have a patience of a monk because it will bore you within minutes of doing it. I beat it twice with Dante and once with Lucia just to unlock Trish and after that i never touch this device of mental torture.

I mean DMC2 isnt bad per se... Its just boring and a bit tedious. It does have a soundtrack thats just as good as the original IMO some tracks id even say are better. It also has the best dodging in the series (i prefer the o button and you dont need to style change to dodge) The game feels more horror esque than Dmc3 but not dmc1. The bosses actually look REALLY scary which is something I dont often say for other DMC games. The amulet system is a very good mechanic. And it does potray dante as depressed pretty well. Though the story is pretty mediocre. I like this more saddened and powerful dante... but the story doesent really focus on him. The villain is the weakest in terms of raw combat power (Both Arius and Argosax) Lucia is an ok character but ultimately pointless as she never returns. The style/combo system is STRICT on the timing. The rival character is such a missed oppurtunity since Bolverk couldve been a better Nelo Angelo in theory. And guns make the game a pushover. Ultimately DMC2 is not a very good DMC game but its still an ok stand alone game. And it at the very least is playable for casual runners needing an easy peasy dmc game. Again not great but passable for the casual crowd. Not so much the completionists though. And hot take but I think DMC2 should still be canon. I think the dark depressed less taunty dante is an excellent addition to his character arc and the enviornment around him. And some argue that the dante is depressed theory was made AFTER the game was made since DMC3 explains alot thus making people draw that conclusion now. But thats not exactly true... Sure we the viewers got to know more about Vergil in DMC3 but I think the depressed dante is still possible in the context of dmc2 even without factoring in dmc3. I mean Vergil was still killed in Dmc1 as nelo angelo, and Trish betrayed dante, as well as nearly putting dante into a losing fight against Mundus... So why wouldnt Dante be depressed after all that? I cant confirm if the devs thought this way however I like to believe its possible. but i still think DMC2s more dark atmosphere is a nice expirement of variety in the dmc mood even if it doesent surpass the style we know and love. And at least the devs knew this and put it back the way we like it in future dmc games. And the anime did the depressed dante formula much better for those who wanted to see just a little more of the depression arc.

dmc2 is the only dmc i haven't played yet, but i can tell it looks way cooler than it actually is. it's like silent hill but with MGR combat.

This game broke the rule of the second game in any series being the best 😂

Respect gained my friend. *show respect

This video inspired me to also try to S rank all of dmc2, and after only about 2 weeks of trying I only have 1 mission left to S rank, mission 16, all on normal btw and I wouldn't call it a nightmare to S rank at all tbh, and I thought S ranking 14 was way easier than 12, wasn't even trying to S rank 14 when I did and 12 took forever because I'd always lose my combo on the boss

I got the platinum on DMC2 so i could set the game to rest indefinitely

Would you guys rather have a DMC2 Remake that makes all the changes necessary to the story, gameplay, enemies and environments that brings it up to par with the rest of the franchise or DMC6?

Mission 18: SAD

2 is like if minecraft had a sequel and it was only creative mode. sure you can still force yourself to have fun but the base game gets in its own way

I feel like judging a game on it's most hardcore, or worst aspects, isn't fair to a game. Just playing DMC2 casually is a very fun and atmospheric experience imo, even if there are a lot of issues with the game. I mean, I don't judge Sonic Adventure based on trying to play the A and B missions on Big the Cat. I feel like trying to beat DMC2 on S ranking all the missions is very intentionally shooting yourself in the foot in terms of enjoying it.

Oh well done, now can you do dmc3 SS rank run? :D

Pure trophy hunter anxiety fuel. Well done!

This game is not worse than Ninja Gaiden 3! Period!!!

...Oh my gosh, I realized Bloody Palace doesn't have any ranks in this games plus, in some strange coincidence this is the only game to allow you to use items in the bloody palace

Look at you shootin' the works my friends.

Can't even play a few missions of this game. It was that damn boring to me I did Platinum DMC3 and I plan to do the same with DMC1&5(idk about DMC4)

take a shot everytime he says restart

*pLaE dMc2 iS dA bEeSt*

He said it’s bad! Finally he admits it!

Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! Hyagh! That obnoxious stinger noise from the early dmc games haunts me to this day.