It’s a giant bug, and like Tateobesu and Oranguerra, there is nothing particularly memorable about Noctpteran’s boss fight beside how annoying it can be.
There’s nothing memorable about the fight or the enemy’s design itself, making this piece of chum little more than padding. What’s worse, it can only be fought underwater during Lucia’s campaign, making it an unnecessary chore. Somehow this fight is even easier, as players can simply run up and hack away at the tank as the war machine flails wildly, unable to target Dante with its cannon up-close. Such is the case with the Infested Chopper, which is a ranged boss fight against a flying bullet sponge.įar from the exciting action DMC fans are accustomed to, the Infestant also surfaces in another battle with the Infested Tank. With an over-reliance on firearms, sometimes entire bosses can be taken out from a distance. While Devil May Cry 2 features an impressive number of bosses, few are memorable thanks to the game’s incredibly easy difficulty. For Oranguerra, there isn’t anything remarkable about him aside from being a big demon-monkey. On paper, this approach seems cribbed from Phantom and Griffon in the first game, but each of them had some kind of redeeming quality that set them apart. You might notice many Devil May Cry 2 bosses share a familiar theme take an animal and make it bigger. Recycled animations and attacks, coupled with DMC2‘s lack of difficulty, make the fight way too easy, and Dante never even gets to quip at him.
So when one of the most recognizable enemies in the series returns for a sequel, why wouldn’t fans be excited to see him?īecause Phantom’s inclusion in Devil May Cry 2 amounts to little more than a footnote. Over the course of Devil May Cry, Dante and Phantom face off again, forming a bitter rivalry as Phantom continually tries and fails to defeat him. It remains a perfect introduction to the game’s hard-knock gameplay and serves up some of Dante’s first one-liners. The original Phantom boss fight in Devil May Cry ranks up there with some of gaming’s greatest ever. Rank: That feeling you get when you keep getting a “D” rank, but also keep getting hit and losing it. If he were just another chump, he might be higher on the list, but as a finale in a Devil May Cry game, Argosax just Argosucks. Lacking any of the personality to speak of, his two forms consist of reusing assets from previous boss fights and being covered in a single moving texture that appears to be based on melting tropical-flavored popsicle. Nowhere is this more evident than with Argosax.īuilt up to be the primary antagonist of the game through what can loosely be called Devil May Cry 2’s narrative, Argosax looks like a disappointing secret character from a Japan-only Dreamcast fighting game. Coming hot off of the first Devil May Cry‘s wonderful rogues gallery, Devil May Cry 2‘s uninspired, cliche offerings can’t help but disappoint. So if you’re still brushing up on the series before Devil May Cry 5 comes out, you’ve been warned.ĭevil May Cry 2 is infamous for many reasons, and one of the biggest is the lackluster boss designs. Warning: Spoilers for the entire Devil May Cry series follow. So without further ado, let’s work our way to the top of the style meter, starting from the very bottom of the Devil May Cry barrel. Except that most of Devil May Cry 2‘s bosses are bad, but who is going to fight us on that? The boss’ overall aesthetic, role in the story, encounter design, and any weapons it gives the player all contribute to the overall score. Remember that this ranking is just for fun and that there is no objective truth behind our opinions. Characters that appear in multiple games get respective entry talking about their appearance as well.įinally, there are many primary factors we’ve scientifically calculated during our ranking process. The same goes for bosses that are fought by different characters, meaning most of Devil May Cry 4‘s gallery simply receive one entry each.
This means that bosses like Arkham, Vergil, and Argosax get all of their appearances lumped into one for the convenience of ranking. Since the Devil May Cry series has so many boss fights, and many are repeated, each boss is only allowed one appearance per game. Of course, there are a few rules to our ranking. Devil May Cry 5 is almost here, and what better way to celebrate a series known for its stylish action and memorable boss fights than to rank every boss fight in the series, according to style? There isn’t a better way, we checked.