<s>
is	O
a	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
BEC	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Digimon	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
July	O
2000	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
in	O
May	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Akira	O
,	O
a	O
Digimon	O
Tamer	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
climb	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digimon	B-Device
World	I-Device
2	I-Device
is	O
a	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
RPG	O
,	O
a	O
departure	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
which	O
focused	O
on	O
raising	O
Digimon	O
like	O
pets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
explores	O
vast	O
labyrinths	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Domains	O
"	O
,	O
inside	O
a	O
tank	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
Digi-Beetle	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Digi-Beetle	B-Device
has	O
a	O
limited	O
inventory	O
,	O
requiring	O
careful	O
management	O
of	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digimon	B-Device
World	I-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Digimon	B-Application
World	I-Application
in	O
May	O
1997	O
,	O
before	O
either	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digimon	B-Device
World	I-Device
2	I-Device
received	O
a	O
27	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
total	O
score	O
from	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Japanese	O
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Smith	O
of	O
IGN	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
essentially	O
a	O
dull	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
,	O
declaring	O
other	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Torneko	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Last	I-Device
Hope	I-Device
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
to	O
be	O
"	O
a	O
better	O
specimen	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
would	O
only	O
appeal	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Mysterious	O
Dungeon	O
series	O
or	O
similar	O
roguelikes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Cordeira	O
of	O
Gaming	O
Age	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
essentially	O
a	O
stripped	O
down	O
RPG	O
for	O
beginners	O
,	O
"	O
who	O
commented	O
on	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
its	O
combat	O
by	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
There	O
is	O
certainly	O
nothing	O
that	O
would	O
rival	O
a	O
true	O
RPG	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
shape	O
or	O
form	O
,	O
but	O
then	O
again	O
,	O
that	O
would	O
probably	O
just	O
frustrate	O
the	O
younger	O
gamers	O
as	O
to	O
whom	O
Digimon	B-Device
World	I-Device
2	I-Device
is	O
geared	O
towards.	O
"	O
</s>
