<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Cavia	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Ubisoft	O
in	O
all	O
other	O
territories	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Drakengard	B-Application
series	O
,	O
set	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Drakengard	B-Application
:	O
the	O
story	O
revolves	O
around	O
Nowe	O
,	O
a	O
boy	O
raised	O
by	O
the	O
dragon	O
Legna	O
,	O
fighting	O
against	O
a	O
tyrannical	O
faction	O
of	O
knights	O
,	O
encountering	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
and	O
becoming	O
entangled	O
in	O
the	O
fate	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
combines	O
on-foot	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
with	O
aerial	O
combat	O
stages	O
and	O
role-playing	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Nier	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
third	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Drakengard	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
May	O
2014	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Drakengard	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
split	O
into	O
chapters	O
and	O
subdivided	O
into	O
ground-based	O
and	O
airborne	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
ground-based	O
hack-and-slash	B-Application
gameplay	O
and	O
aerial	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
unnamed	O
land	O
nearly	O
two	O
decades	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Drakengard	B-Application
:	O
originally	O
said	O
to	O
take	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
ending	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
retconned	O
so	O
it	O
took	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
isolated	O
timeline	O
following	O
events	O
similar	O
to	O
Drakengard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoko	O
was	O
not	O
involved	O
in	O
creating	O
the	O
narrative	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
Drakengard	B-Application
,	O
being	O
mostly	O
tied	O
up	O
with	O
another	O
project	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
observe	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
and	O
Drakengard	B-Application
2s	I-Application
director	O
Akira	O
Yasui	O
suffered	O
from	O
creative	O
differences	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
result	O
that	O
Yoko	O
termed	O
their	O
relationship	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
love-hate	O
"	O
story	O
in	O
a	O
2013	O
interview	O
concerning	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
decisions	O
Yasui	O
made	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
far	O
more	O
colorful	O
than	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
wanting	O
to	O
do	O
something	O
that	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
opposite	O
"	O
of	O
Drakengard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Highlighted	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
were	O
the	O
father-son	O
relationship	O
between	O
Nowe	O
and	O
Legna	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
Manah	O
had	O
matured	O
since	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Drakengard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
were	O
designed	O
by	O
Fujisaka	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
Legna	O
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Black	O
Dragon	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Taro	O
Hasegawa	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
monster	O
designer	O
for	O
both	O
Drakengard	B-Application
and	O
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nowe	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
protagonists	O
of	O
the	O
Drakengard	B-Application
series	O
,	O
was	O
designed	O
around	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
stereotypical	O
hero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manah	O
's	O
redesign	O
in	O
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
reflected	O
both	O
her	O
evolved	O
personality	O
and	O
her	O
more	O
traditional	O
depiction	O
as	O
a	O
fantasy	O
heroine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
Legna	O
's	O
different	O
roles	O
in	O
Drakengard	B-Application
and	O
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
his	O
design	O
and	O
movements	O
were	O
altered	O
for	O
his	O
second	O
incarnation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
2s	I-Application
soundtrack	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Ryoki	O
Matsumoto	O
and	O
Aoi	O
Yoshiki	O
,	O
with	O
supervision	O
by	O
Nobuyoshi	O
Sano	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
music	O
of	O
Drakengard	B-Application
and	O
acted	O
as	O
Sound	O
Director	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
sold	O
well	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
hit	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
,	O
selling	O
100,000	O
units	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
,	O
and	O
reaching	O
sales	O
of	O
170,000	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
second	O
best-selling	O
game	O
of	O
June	O
behind	O
Sega	O
's	O
GBA	B-Device
port	O
of	O
Mushiking	B-Application
:	I-Application
King	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beetles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
2	I-Application
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
30/40	O
from	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Famitsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1UP	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
"[don't]	O
hold	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
visual	O
quality	O
of	O
Cavia	O
's	O
other	O
titles	O
like	O
Ghost	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shell	I-Application
:	I-Application
Stand	I-Application
Alone	I-Application
Complex	I-Application
 [ or ] 	O
Naruto	O
:	O
Uzumaki	O
Ninden	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
given	O
an	O
honorable	O
mention	O
among	O
Kotaku	O
Tim	O
Rogers	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yoko	O
and	O
Shiba	O
teamed	O
up	O
again	O
to	O
create	O
another	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
eventually	O
developed	O
into	O
Nier	B-Application
,	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
's	O
fifth	O
ending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Niers	B-Application
release	O
,	O
Cavia	O
was	O
absorbed	O
into	O
AQ	O
Interactive	O
,	O
then	O
Yoko	O
left	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
freelance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
attempt	O
by	O
Shiba	O
to	O
begin	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
third	O
Drakengard	B-Application
game	O
at	O
AQ	O
Interactive	O
were	O
unsuccessful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drakengard	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
eventually	O
unveiled	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
Shiba	O
,	O
Yoko	O
and	O
Fujisaka	O
returning	O
to	O
their	O
former	O
roles	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
being	O
set	O
before	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Shiba	O
and	O
Yoko	O
have	O
voiced	O
their	O
willingness	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
series	O
on	O
next-generation	B-Application
consoles	I-Application
if	O
there	O
were	O
sufficient	O
sales	O
and	O
funds	O
,	O
while	O
Yoko	O
also	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
making	O
a	O
second	O
spin-off	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
specify	O
whether	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Nier	B-Application
or	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
