8. Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry remains one of Capcom's best games to date; though some of the later sequels had more polish, it's the game that started it all, and proved that Capcom had more under the belt than simply the same old survival horror shtick. After the first game had lush visuals, immensely violent action and a thoroughly likeable protagonist, surely it could only get even more intense with the second game, right? Wrong. This is a rare sequel that somehow actually looks worse than the previous game; the texture detail is horrendous, and the anti-aliasing is particularly poor, giving everything a jagged, ugly look. But we're not merely ripping the game apart on a superficial level, because the gameplay sucks as well; the boss fights are now reduced to mere hack and slash fare, completely moving away from the more strategy-based combat of the original game's battles. Also, while the game appears to boast greater value by having us play through Lucia's campaign as well, her levels are basically lazy retreads of what Dante has already done. Oh, and Dante? Yeah, his personality has been completely stripped down; the wise-cracking is mostly gone, and really, it's just a bore. Thankfully, like Prince of Persia, the third game is a lot better. But this is an unfortunate blemish on the franchise's track record.