Devil May Cry 1 and 2

Well, with the pacing of the game, the only appropriate way to design the levels in DMC1 was to make them particularly short. Can you imagine trying to do a level like the sewer level where you fight the Death Scissor for an excess of an hour? That would be unfathomably irritating. That would kill the game. Plus, the whole point to the levels in DMC1 is to beat them as quickly as possible. The faster you are, the more enemies you kill, the more advanced your attack techniques, the less damage you take and the weaker weapons you use grant you a better overall score.

And how can you say that Dante's attitude doesn't really matter? I haven't played DMC2, but I'm genuinely upset to learn that he's a watered down mute in the game, rather than the smarmy wiseass he is in the first one.

I guess I don't see his speeches affecting my gaming experience too much because I don't think he was all that overly badass in this game, talking wise that is. He's got his moments, but there aren't so many of them that I have this overwhelming sense that he is a pompous asshole. A couple times his arrogance shines through beautifully, but only in a small fraction of the game.

I've gotten the idea that speed is a factor in the game, but there are defiintely some boards that it is quite necessary to just kill demons over and over and over again when they dish out a lot of Red Orbs. For example, when you warp into the mirror towards the end of the game, before entering the Underworld, that set of 3 Nobodies (I think that's their name) that you have to fight after getting the Philospher's Stone drop about 450 Red Orbs between the 3 of them. I literally fought them about 20 plus times just to upgrade a lot of my skills and load up on Devil Stars. If that isn't done, I don't see how it is possible to get all the Alacastor and Ifrit skills?

Also, being my first time through, I honestly had a HELL OF A TIME getting use to the controls. Especially after basically only playing HALO on XBox for months on end, the PS2 controller is 100% different for one thing, and the camera angles are a completely different story... I just can't wait for the harder levels, and DMD.

Just wait untill u finish it and the new more difficult game modes unlock, the last mode makes it the most difficult game I've ever played.

There's a 3rd devil may cry game coming, and it looks like this will kick ass again. http://www.gametrailers.com/gt_vault...e3_2k4_gi.html

Most excellent, that looks kickass! I actually can't wait for the really hard levels. I'm hoping by that time, everything I use to control Dante will be like clock work.

Oh man, I finally beat Mundus on Normal difficulty and started Hard. I had no idea that you get to keep all the upgrading and weapons you've found throughout the Normal campaign! No wonder people are able to get all the spells and whatnot by the more difficult difficulties. Hard is definitely no joke, and DMD is definitely something that I will not reaching very soon, and when I do get there, may not beat..

I need to get my tactics, maneuvers, and controls down much better to tackle this and DMD. Wish me luck!

I gave Hard a chance and quit once I reached Nelo Angelo. He was always the toughest opponent for me, and I just couldn't take him down on Hard. I tried about ten fucking times and barely managed to get his health down to half.

Which Nelo Angelo encounter? Honestly, I've not had one bit of trouble with him yet. If you Trigger Devil Mode, then basically just hack away at him, it not only blocks all his attacks, but it lands a lot of shots as well. It usually only takes 2 Triggers for me take his ass out, and I barely lose any life.

Now, my biggest problem is when 2 or 3 Shadows attack my ass. For instance, right after the first Nelo Angelo, the opening on the next board starts with 2 Shadows, and those fuckers can be quite the pain. I can take out 1 with no problem, but when there are 2, they just move too fast and camera angles kill me because I can't see when they are attacking... I also hate those puppets that have the Shot Gun... 2 or 3 hits from those fuckers and you're basically dead.

I'm only on the 5th board right now on Hard, and it is definitely that, Hard. I can't until DMD mode. That is going to be fun as hell!

Every Nelo Angelo encounter gave me trouble. I don't know why. I never had as much of a problem with the Shadows or the Death Scythes as I did with that friggin' guy.