History VideoGame / DigimonWorld2

* AbsurdlyLowLevelCap: Zig-zagged. Every Digimon has a level cap that gets reached rather quickly. The cap can be raised by digivolving them, then DNA digivolving them with other Digimon, but even that does not do much to raise the cap, and you'll still reach it almost as quickly.

* [[AbsurdlyHighLowLevelCap: Zig-zagged. Every Digimon has a level cap that gets reached rather quickly. The cap can be raised by digivolving them, then DNA digivolving them with other Digimon, but even that does not do much to raise the cap.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: There are various points in the game where you'll have to upgrade your Digi-Beetle to a certain level to get past certain domains. For instance, you cannot get past Drive Domain until you purchase a Missile Gun, as there are unavoidable Electro-Spores that can only be destroyed with Magnetic Missiles.

** Subverted when Kim encounters a robot named GAIA, who you help fix. [[spoiler: It turns out the final boss of the game is Overlord GAIA... which the robot is a backup copy of in case Overlord GAIA went AIIsACrapshoot, but the Overlord's creators underestimated how cunning it was, and that it would break its replacement in advance.]]

* RedheadsAreRavishing: Akira. At the end of the game, both Esteena and Kim show that they really like him, the latter even demanding that he take her out on a hot date. Even Techna-Donna is eager to give Akira a big kiss for his heroism.

* LuckBasedMission: If the random dungeon generator decides to spit out unavoidable traps, you're quite possibly boned. Especially the Return bugs that instantly send your Digimon back to the city. And you can't destroy them unless you have the correct weapon and the correct ammo for the weapon, either of which ''might not even be available by that point''.
** What makes this even worse is this doesn't happen until later in the game after 30+ hours of level grinding. Earlier in the game it's possible to buy upgrades and see all traps level B and lower but after a certain point A level traps will start appear and while most are visible some aren't.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: If given enough gifts, a Digimon may join your team after being defeated. Although bribery helps. A '''lot'''.

''Digimon World 2'', like its predecessor, was an {{RPG}} for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation. However, while the [[VideoGame/DigimonWorld first game]] was a {{Mon}}-raising sim with RPGElements (and ''VideoGame/DigimonWorld3'' and the DS games would be a more typical EasternRPG), ''Digimon World 2'' tried its hand at the {{Roguelike}} formula.

* [[HeroesWantRedheads Everyone Wants Redheads]]: At the end, both Esteena and Kim show that they really like Akira, the latter even demanding you ask her out on a hot date. Techna-Donna also tells you she's going to give a big kiss for all your hard work.

** Part of this also has to do with the fact that some groups of enemy Digimon react differently. Most of them will move one square towards you for each move you make, but a few may move twice, and others still may move only once for every other move you make. Some of them may even move ''away'' from you instead of towards you.

** Early on you will get a chance to recruit a [=MetalGreymon=] with a single Toy Plane that is given to you in the start of your mission. Should you use it on another Digimon, there is another NPC that gives you a Toy Plane during the same mission period in the Digimon Center. If that Toy Plane is used as well, the domain containing [=MetalGreymon=] has a chance to spawn Toy Cars indefinitely on the floor you see it for the first time.

** Early on you will get a chance to recruit a MetalGreymon with a single Toy Plane that is given to you in the start of your mission. Should you use it on another Digimon, there is another NPC that gives you a Toy Plane during the same mission period in the Digimon Center. If that Toy Plane is used as well, the domain containing MetalGreymon has a chance to spawn Toy Cars indefinitely on the floor you see it for the first time.