Devil May Cry 2 Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

Dan Birlew (Author), BradyGames (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames) | Publication Date: January 27, 2003

BradyGames' Devil May Cry 2 Official Strategy Guide provides secret room locations, and strategies for unlocking hidden characters, costumes, and all play modes. In addition, the detailed area maps illustrate items and weapons in each area. Mighty boss strategies will help players defeat every fiend. Complete walkthroughs for both main characters are also provided, along with tips to achieve the highest ranking for each mission.

This Signature Series guide features a special cover treatment, bonus content, and a cool poster depicting the game's heroes.

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BradyGames' Devil May Cry 2 Official Strategy Guide provides secret room locations, and strategies for unlocking hidden characters, costumes, and all play modes. In addition, the detailed area maps illustrate items and weapons in each area. Mighty boss strategies will help players defeat every fiend. Complete walkthroughs for both main characters are also provided, along with tips to achieve the highest ranking for each mission.

This Signature Series guide features a special cover treatment, bonus content, and a cool poster depicting the game's heroes.

About the Author

Capcom Entertainment, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capcom, Co., Ltd. of Japan. A leading force in the multi-billion dollar interactive entertainment industry, Capcom's legacy spans 22 years of entertaining video gamers. Capcom develops, markets, and distributes home video games for the PlayStation(r) game console, PlayStation(r) 2 computer entertainment system, Nintendo(r) GameCube game console and the Xbox(tm) video game system, Game Boy Advanced and Game Boy Color systems, personal computers, and coin-operated games. Worldwide recognizable product lines include Street Fighter, Mega Man, Breath of Fire, and the Resident Evil series. World headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the company also has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London and Sunnyvale, California. The company is publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, code number 9697.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Brady Games; Pap/Pstr edition (January 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744002273
• ISBN-13: 978-0744002270
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dan Birlew is an author and video game expert who has been writing official, published video game strategy guides since 1999. His original career goals included acting and directing. Video games always excited Dan since he was seven years old, but at the age of twenty-six he began honing his playing skills with the goal of becoming an expert gamer. He enjoyed publishing online documents regarding games, known as "FAQs". Dan inadvertently created an online persona for himself when he wrote and self-published on the Internet a plot analysis of the highly popular survival horror video game, Silent Hill. "The game's story was somewhat vague, and demanded that someone try to explain it," says Birlew.

Upon receiving an overwhelming number of positive responses from other Silent Hill fans, and after some gentle nudging from his wife, Birlew decided to set aside his acting and directing activities to establish a career as a video game strategy guide author. He sent writing samples to several publishing companies. Based on the merits of his very first submission, he was hired by a major publisher within 24 hours. Birlew says, "It was as though I had won the lottery."

Birlew has authored over sixty published video game strategy guides and seeks other methods of publication, such as review columns, articles, and other non-fiction video game-related books. Birlew says of his passion for games, "I love exploring video games, the industry, the culture, the fans -- and there is so much of it about which I can analyze and write." He also bears a strong desire to publish fiction, and is currently working on a novel concerning the paranormal.

Dan Birlew is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife of seventeen years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Besides video games, Birlew also enjoys Japanese films and dining with his family and friends in the restaurants and clubs of Las Vegas.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Start to finish!, December 19, 2010

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This review is from: Devil May Cry 2 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

So DMC may not have all the secrets of an MMO or RPG, but it still can't hurt to know what's waiting around the next corner. If your like me and you stuck from time to time on games not knowing what to do or where to go next, this should help. The price was right and it feels good to get back into this golden title from a few years ago.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very Unsatisfied Customer, May 17, 2011

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This review is from: Devil May Cry 2 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

I got this item to help me with a game, I placed the order OVER 3 weeks ago, I was quoted that it would come in Anywhere from April 28-May 13th. Very broad range there yes, but I put that aside and waited anxiously. Yet here it is May 17th, it still has not come. No tracking number was provided, no shipment information was provided, AND I have tried to contact the seller NUMEROUS times, they still have yet to even get back to me.

If I have one suggestion, DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS SELLER!

I am personally VERY dissatisfied not only with the time it has taken, but the customer service, OR lack there of.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Time, January 11, 2007

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Patricia E. Witney "Sparky's Wife" (Perdido, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil May Cry 2 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

The ONLY reason I'm giving this 4 stars is because my husband can't find time to finish the rest of the game. Otherwise than that, it's perfect for finding every hidden thing, and it has very detailed maps.