Gunvolt was good in a quirky, flawed way. Gunvolt 2 dials up everything I didn't like about the first to even higher levels.

The thing that killed this for me is the dialog that happens constantly during levels and boss fights. I can neither understand the dialog, because I'm fighting a boss, nor fight the boss properly, because i'm trying to understand the dialog.

Also it's just the worst kind of anime nonsense. Unrelatable, irritating characters that fit into incredibly boring tropes. Why do I care about any of them?

The new character is okay but I didn't like playing him.

Like...it's fine but it lost its grip on me almost immediately.

Gunvolt 2 elevates the previous title by not only introducing 2 playable characters this time around but by having their playstyles be impressively different. Gunvolt retaining his gameplay style from the previous title, the new playable character, Copen, has a hastier gameplay style with flight that allows crossing similar paths overall game design remain fresh.

The quality of life they have brought into the title such as being able to take 3 hits before losing all your kudos is a fantastic change that makes getting hit a lot less frustrating and builds your confidence more as you take on the groups of enemies that's placements within the level design is a lot better than the first game.

What drew me in with this title especially is the step up in the narrative, gunvolt 1 had a straightforward story that was still enjoyable, but the sequel allows itself to bloom into a fascinating universe where I can't wait to see what the 3rd game has in store for me.

Excellent, il surpasse le premier opus en tout point, les niveaux sont plus variés, le système de défi est simplifié (plus besoin de sélectionner les défis avant la mission, ils sont tous actifs par défaut) et l'aventure est plus longue. Mais le vrai pas en avant c'est l'inclusion d'une seconde campagne nous permettant d'incarner Copen/Akira ! Et ce n'est pas un simple changement de personnage car les niveaux seront tous différents ! Sans noter que Copen a un gameplay ultra nerveux et satisfaisant avec une grande mobilité aérienne et l'inclusion d'un mode speedrun et d'objet permettant de modifier la difficulté ainsi que les propriétés de nos personnages offre une excellente rejouabilité.

Another excellent 2D action game by Inti Creates. This game is to the first Gunvolt what Mega Man X4 is to the first Mega Man X: a game that shines not by changing the game formula, but by introducing a new playable character and giving him his own story.

Copen is amazing, as playing as him is a delight. Somehow Inti Creates created another character that is very novel and unique in how it plays, yet simple to understand and satisfying to use. His play style is even faster and he has an even more versatile move, but something that makes him even better than Gunvolt is that just like Mega Man, you can acquire the ability by defeating a boss by defeating it. The only bad thing I see him is that he's too powerful for his own good, to the point that if you found the first game easy, this one will be even more so. I feel like this was made that way because Copen is harder to use, as it requires more precision and getting the S+ rank is more complicated for that very reason, so to balance it out they made him more powerful, however, that compounds my problem with this game, as playing with Copen is still easier than Gunvolt if you play normally, but harder than Gunvolt if you're chasing the S+ rank.

On the Gunvolt side of things, Gunvolt remains pretty much the same as in the last installment, and I'm glad that was the case, as playing with him is still satisfying and this time around the levels and boss battles are a bit more fun. I guess the only thing I have to highlight about this character is that he's better balanced than Copen, which makes the ""challenge"" a bit more interesting. Yeah, Copen is a better and more satisfying character to use, but somehow, I found more enjoyment playing as Gunvolt.

As for the story... this one still isn't for me. A new antagonist is introduced, which is none other than the cut-out boss from the previous installment, Zonda, though the bizarre thing here is that it's revealed that Zonda all along was a little girl... and not only that, Lumen is also transformed into a little girl and Copen's assistant AI is also transformed into a little girl... yeah, I think I'm noticing a certain obsession on Inti Creates' part.

Conclusion
And that's Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 in a nutshell, there's really no change in game structure besides Copen as a playable character, so this game has exactly the same strengths (frenetic gameplay, good game design) as well as the same weaknesses (poorly balanced ranking system, bad story) as the first game, just a bit more refined, so I don't have much to explain here other than to say that it's a good game.

Monumental improvement over the first game mostly because of the existence of copen. Not only an infinitely more interesting character but his playstyle actually feels like an evolution of the stuff in the zero and zx games. He plays a lot like model H in ZX (which was already awesome) but with even more air mobility and a focus on staying airborne by air-dashing into enemies. Kudos also doesn't reset on a single hit anymore, thank GOD, instead taking three hits and can optionally be reverted to the old style or be turned off completely. Even then the stages and (most) bosses feel WAY more accomodated for memorising patterns and layouts. Enemy placement is significantly less annoying and I found myself getting S ranks by just trying to boost my score as high as possible and beating stages quickly, instead of taking god knows how many attempts stages took me in the first game to achieve. Gunvolt plays almost identically but at the same time is simply far more enjoyable because the levels actually feel decently designed. Still don't think the narrative and writing hits as hard as the zero games but the next game being entirely centered around copen and after gunvolt 1's bad ending no less gives me immense confidence.

very fun to play! similar to the first i still think it's a bit too easy, but the level designs were a bit more interesting this time around. i also tried to play a bit more intended in the sense of getting high combos and maximizing my score, which made fights more interesting and even though i was never really at risk of dying it made getting hit still a threat to my combo which is pretty smart. the requirements for S rank are pretty easy though, I got under A once and especially with gunvolt got 80% S ranks first try. the bosses were pretty fun, with some sick designs and badass attacks. some felt pretty dumb and not telegraphed amazingly but it all looked so sick and flashy i didn't mind too much. the new character copen took some getting used to but ended up being very fun! his dash mechanic is a bit confusing but once you get the hang of it you're blasting around the stage super quick absolutely shredding enemies and it was sick. the EX moves were a bit of a letdown, i only ever really found one useful and only ever used it on bosses.

i think the story/characters are a bit too anime for my tastes. there's a lot of mid stage dialogue but this game has only japanese voice acting, no dub to be seen. which isn't a huge issue, but in a game as fast paced as this it's hard to read what's being said mid stage unless there's some small downtime and it led to me missing a ton of conversations. although, maybe that's for the best since the dialogue wasn't really doing it for me lol. i found myself half wishing there was a dub so i could hear the conversations and learn more about the characters and also half being grateful i wasn't hearing some of what was being said cause some of it was annoying/degen as hell LOL. guess we'll see what happens with 3 since that one has a dub, maybe i'll yearn for the good ol days of not understanding what weird shit they're saying to each other.

i'll probably play the copen spin offs and 3 at some point, this is a series i have a lot of fun playing but the story is a bit too out there and just doesn't click with my specific tastes. i don't think it's awful by any means but i'm not a big anime guy and it's got a lot of those tropes and whatnot so it just didn't super click with me.

Todo lo que dejaba desear de la primera entrega en esta no solo las pulieron, sino que agregaron más cosas que hacen mejor el combate.

Quitando las pantallas de carga artificialmente largas y que es imposible de leer los diálogos a mitad de los combates y que no pude matar al jefe final de la ruta de Gunvolt ya que se la pasaba crasheado, Gunvolt 2 es un paso adelante en la saga y el tener ahora dos rutas, una con GV y otra con mi Husbando Copen cada uno con un estilo de combate único hace que no se sienta tan repetitivo como el primero.

It tries to be Mega Man X so hard but it fails to comprehend what made those games special apart from visual fidelity alone. It sure looks like you're playing MMZX/Zero, but you can tell something is extremely off about it. And after only a few levels, you'll find out what that is: The game essentially runs on auto pilot.

Playing the game well and playing the game poorly basically amounts to whether or not you can manage not to get hit for the few enemies that can attack you with their tiny pea shooters before they explode. What's that? You died? Well here's this freebie revival that also destroys what little balance there is by removing your overcharge. I don't wanna hear anything about self imposed challenges because I suck at video games and I got an S rank at most stages by holding down fire and occasionally holding the designated screen nuke button, why should I tie my arms around my back to feel any semblance of what their spiritual predecessors did by virtue of having tight level design? Everything from the disappearing platforms to the boss rushes feels only like it's paying homage on a surface level with shallow understanding of what works for action platforms. The moment you make a run and gun game where I can avoid damage by not pressing a button, you have inherently failed to keep the gameplay engaging.

What's even there to say about the story? Mega Man fans are so desperate for a spiritual sucessor that they'll put up with a villain that does 1337speak and one that has a giant cock spike. Not to imply that Mega Man was super original and didn't take heavy anime references, but this is as tropey and uninspired as anime inspired stories get. Some might say it's not a fair comparison to make despite inti creates clearly inviting itself for these comparisons, but when they apparently have already ironed out their identity as mega man for babies, it's hard not to be harsh with how disappointed I am with these games.

Game is noticeably better than the first, and playing as Copen is a lot of fun. I wasn’t planning on getting the Luminous Avenger iX games, but I think I might do that now. Getting the true endings requiring you to play the final stage again is stupid, but like with the first the idea is that you've already been primed for replaying stages while score grinding. And again like the first, I wasn't doing that. How this sequel differs though is in that its level design and enemy variety makes the less score-driven approach a lot more fun. It can be played more like the Mega Man X/Zero I keep unfairly expecting from this series. And while I know like maybe 5 Japanese words, I can tell just by listening that the localization went crazy off-script. I don’t mean to say that translations should always be as strict as possible, but it was obvious that the minor details of a lot of the dialogue were getting wildly altered. From beginning to end it comes off as much more meme-y, almost degenerate at times. What you get from this change though is a story with lots of really strong, excited personalities. So while wild, I found myself a lot more interested in the characters and even the world than I was expecting to. But there's no denying it, this game is made distinctly more horny than the first.

A jogabilidade, dificuldade e os gráficos se mantém que nem o primeiro jogo, porém com uma história melhor e agora com dublagem e a melhor adição que foi um novo personagem jogável Copen que tem uma mecânica de gameplay bem daora e diferenciado.

A história foram bem mais trabalhada aqui, porém continua não fugindo dos plot genérico e agora com uma tradução decente e uma dublagem tornaram os personagens mais 'vivos'. Contudo, msm com essa melhora trouxeram uma decisão gameplay muito ruim pra quem quer acompanhar a história colocaram a maioria dos diálogos no meio da gameplay que as vezes até tampava a tela (atrapalhando as vezes a visão de um projétil inimigo), por conseguinte você perdia a maoria dos diálogos pq o estilo do game (em ser frenético) não combina com esse modo de narrativa.

Em suma, minha opinão sobre a franquia se mantém que nem a última analise do 1º jogo de modo q tem pontencial para ser um competidor do megaman, mas q tem mt a melhorar principalmente na história e personagens. Em contrapartida a mêcanicas de gameplay dos dois personagens que achei bem criativos e originais. E outra coisa eu tive que cantar no boss final para poder vencê-lo kkkk