Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha versus King Abaddon for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

now you can summon two monster.. new story.. more monsters.. etc.. more new things here and there.. but over all.. beside the new story and the ability to summon two monster at once.. along with some changes.. it's pretty much similar to the first game.. also.. there's not voice over.. just like the first one.. so.. you will be reading text most of the time in this game.

the gameplay is good.. no technical problems as fas as i know.. that's why i gave it a 7..

This game had so much potential but no matter how hard I tried to see that, it kept messing up. Each positive aspect was overshadowed by a negative of the same aspect.

The graphics were nice and dark but they are so bad that it would have been at home among Playstation 1 games. The main character's face was made out of wood and his personality was as exciting as a decaying log. The cat sidekick was okay but how exactly was he writing the notes? His mouth? That takes a huge stretch of the imagination to deem as ok. And what the heck was with the otherdone eyebrows?! They make every character look as if they were wearing eyeliner.

I enjoyed the ability to summon up demons and use their abilities in battle but the AI for them is pathetic. Unless you command them to do otherwise, they just punch the opponents. That would have been better suited to a turn-based combat system.

Using the demons to help you with investigations was a good idea but they allow the player to use them from the get go, making it feel as if there is no reward for getting better demons other than for combat situations.

I did enjoy the negotiations and having your demons help you out but there was an easy way to avoid all fights in an area: get a demon of each type on your side and negotiate with demons of the same type in every other encounter. The battle will be skipped and you get a free item.