Realtor: "Because on Labor Day a giant black spire will erupt from the earth four blocks down across from Arby's. It will be full of demons and a giant flying whale that will probably attack people without provocation. Property damage will be through the roof and the chances of serious injury or death will probably make your health insurance company drop you."
Pride - The most basic of the 7 netherworld Jailers, Pride jailors are composed mainly of Sand, and use it as a medium of transport between the human and demon world. As their name implies, they are controllers of the people who were too proud in their life, and must suffer in the after life. Their main weapon of choice is a sickle, and does really low damage.
Pawn - The Pawn is the weakest of the Damned Chessman, and only has one move, which is uncrossing its swords and attacking.
Half-blinded and sealed away for 2000 years by Dante and Vergil's father, Sparda, Beowulf is a winged beast who anxiously awaits his chance at revenge. He possesses overwhelming strength and a variety of light-based attacks, as well as using the dungeon-like environment to hurt you.
Gigapede
eryon
Doppelganger
Arkham
Shit this was a LONG review... And you wonder why it took me a month to do it?
AMAZING REVIEW!!! You have outdone yourself!
When I begin my anime review blog can you link to my site? I will cross
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(Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC) Devil May Cry: The Rise, The Fall, The Rebirth, and The Re-envisioningBy LaughingMan
Part 4 - Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (Playstation 2)
While Devil May Cry 2 was a success in terms of sales, fans were displeased by the downturn the sequel had taken. However, such displeasure was not widely apparent with game critics. Many of the industry's top critics gave Devil May Cry 3 a pretty solid 7 out of 10, making lighter comments about the obvious mistakes made, and instead pointing out more of the positive aspects of the game.
My friends, this is when you realize that the game review site or magazine you read is being BRIBED by the developers. But I can't blame them, really. I mean, if Capcom sent me to The Bunny Ranch with a wheelbarrow full of money, I would "look on the bright side" and give a game a better rating, too. Unfortunately that isn't the case with our little group. We don't get ANYTHING from developers (not even copies of games to review), and in turn we can't put a pink ribbon on a piece of shit and try to resell it to you. If it's shit, we will make it blatantly obvious to you. Hell, a game could be the best thing since Zelda: Ocarina of Time or Silent Hill 2, but we will still rip it's ass if even ONE SERIOUS flaw pisses us off. So it was with Metal Gear Solid 4 and Devil May Cry 1: Great games, but far from flawless. Keep that in mind as we venture forward. With the response of fans and critics over the sequel, the Devil May Cry series was now on fairly shaky ground. While it wasn't in peril of being completely abandoned because of it being an 'unprofitable franchise', the last iteration left a bad taste in the mouths of gamers. Not helping restore gamers' faith was the knowledge that if there was a third game, Studio 1 (who developed Devil May Cry 2) would handle the project. Regardless, demand for another adventure with Dante was ever present. This time around, the heads at Capcom focused their development of the third game to reflect more closely on Devil May Cry 1 in regards to game play, Dante's character, and the game's difficulty. Basically, WITH DMC 3 THEY DID WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE FUCKING DONE WITH DMC 2! According to a pre-release interview with the game's producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka, the difficulty of Devil May Cry 2 was toned down to get wider acceptance in the Japanese market, but this move made Devil May Cry 3 lose support in other markets. NO FUCKING SHIT. In addition, the thrust of the game's design revolved around a new battle system that allowed the player to mix and match weapons on the fly in new and "stylish" ways, as well as specialized gameplay styles focusing on weapons, guns, and maneuverability. This went along with the design of a new type of in-game camera designed to keep the character in focus to avoid disorienting the player in crowded battle scenes. Also, to appease both eastern and western demographics, the Japanese release of Devil May Cry 3 had a lower difficulty than the North American and European releases. Capcom promoted Devil May Cry 3's release with a multi-million dollar television campaign, as well as with prominent ads in video game magazines (which is a shit-load better than pairing up with Diesel clothing). The marketing campaign focused on the game's plot and its multiple fighting styles as demonstrated in the above video. So how does Devil May Cry 3 faire in comparison to its predecessors? Let's dig in.
Story
The events of Devil May Cry 3 occur before the original Devil May Cry. Devil May Cry 3 opens with a younger Dante finishing moving into his currently unnamed business, the future Devil May Cry. Here we see Dante as brash, arrogant, and an all around prick. In comparison to the emotionless, silent figure in Devil May Cry 2, it is great to see him back to his normal, overconfident self. Apparently he also has no sense of priority because he managed to invest what money he had into a jukebox, a set of drums, a couple electric guitars, and a pool table, but not a shirt. So, hopping straight out of the shower (female fan-service) he is visited by a tall, narrow figure named Arkham (an obvious reference to H. P. Lovecraft's work). Arkham is defined by his bald head and eyes of different color; one blue and the other shimmering red. Arkham re-enacts the opening sequence of Devil May Cry 1, but with a little more flair. Instead of throwing a motorcycle at Dante, he instead disappears, leaving behind an invitation from Dante's evil twin brother, Vergil, and a swarm of wraith-like demons to gang-rape Dante with their scythes. Dante defeats the demons in such a stylish manner that it would sodomize any given scene from The Matrix or Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. He dispatches his enemies just in time to see a tower spring from the city and pierce the clouds. It turns out that Dante made residence next to the ancient tower of Temen-ni-gru which appears every XXX years and acts as a catalyst between the human realm and the demon world. I wonder what Dante's real estate agent would have said to make THAT sale.
So Dante senses that his brother, Vergil, is within the black spire, and he begins his ascent. He is confronted at the base of the tower by the three-headed, ice elemental and demon dog, Cerberus. After defeating Cerberus, Dante continues to climb the spire. However, Dante crosses paths with a motorcycle-riding, bazooka-packing, schoolgirl and demon hunter simply known as 'Lady' (oh, those CRAZY Japanese developers... weird fuckers). Packing a grudge against any and all demons, Lady is determined to read Arkham and kill anything that gets in her way, including Dante. Every time Dante and Lady cross paths it follows a similar formula: Lady attacks, Dante laughs it off, Lady gets pissed, both leave. It is revealed in subsequent cutscenes that Arkham is working for Vergil and they plan to take Dante's half of the amulet their mother gave them, and use its power to reactivate the tower's ability to connect the human and demon worlds. It is also revealed that Arkham is Lady's father, that he murdered her mother, and that she is pursuing him to seek revenge.
Yet another bizarre being that Dante encounters is the creature known as 'Jester', a demonic clown that tosses Dante a few hints now and again. If you are playing the Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition version of the game, you will get a handful of chances to fight Jester. One thing that has obviously bothered me was the 'inspiration' for Jester. A killer clown, wearing purple, has a white face with a pointy nose and chin, is always smiling and laughing like a lunatic... hmmm, maybe I'm just imagining things...
So Dante reaches the peak of the tower, which is crested with seven bells symbolizing the Seven Deadly Sins (Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Pride, Envy, and Greed). Vergil tells Dante that he plans on using Dante's half of the amulet to open the portal to the demon world and, as overconfident as always, Dante jumps into the fight head-first. The two battle, but Vergil is stronger than Dante because Dante has yet to come to realize his true demonic potential. Vergil leaves Dante for dead, but Dante's inner demon finally kicks in (symptoms include a deeper voice, acne, and tent-pitching). He eventually catches up in the control room located in the tower's basement, where Vergil is having no luck reactivating the tower. The brothers battle again and seem evenly matched, until they are interrupted first by Lady and then Jester. Jester reveals that he is in fact Arkham, and has been manipulating them all to reactivate the tower. Arkham's plan is to cross over to the demon world and steal the Force Edge, the dormant form of Sparda's original sword which contains the bulk of Sparda's old power, and use it to rule over a demon-infested Earth. The tower then transforms as the spell is broken, carrying Arkham upwards to the summit, while Vergil disappears.
Dante races after Arkham/Jester, but is stopped by Lady, who is hell-bent on being the one to kill her father for him murdering her mother. The two fight in a library and in the end Dante wins, and promises Lady that he will kill Arkham for her. She lends Dante her bazooka, oddly named after her mother. In the demon world, Arkham has assumed Sparda's demonic powers through the sword, Force Edge, and Dante has no chance of winning against him. Vergil reappears, and, in one of the coolest boss-fights I've ever played, Vergil and Dante fight Arkham TOGETHER. Arkham is cast out of the demon world and back to the tower summit on earth, where Lady kills him. Arkham begs Lady's forgiveness, saying that he was manipulated and in his final breath he compliments Lady, saying that she looks like her mother. Back in the demon world, Dante and Vergil battle over ownership of Sparda's sword. The two battle and ultimately Dante wins. Knowing how hated Sparda is in the demon world, and the horrors that await a ‘Son of Sparda', Dante begs his brother to follow him back to earth, but Vergil refuses by cutting Dante's extended hand. With each brother having half of the amulet, and both being on different sides of the portal, Sparda's power can never be rejoined. Returning to the human world, Dante meets Lady outside the tower where she coins the phrase "devil may cry" while trying to comfort Dante over the loss of his brother. They form a friendship and the beginnings of a partnership in demon-slaying, and he names his shop "Devil May Cry". A scene after the credits reveals a weakened yet determined Vergil, still in the demon world, where he charges into battle against his father's old foe, Mundus from Devil May Cry 1.
GameplayIn contrast to the first and second games, Devil May Cry 3 changes the focus of its core gameplay. Shifting from slaying enemies, the focus is now set on how stylish your attacks are. Although Devil May Cry 3 mainly focuses on an aggressive approach to battle, the player must employ some strategy as the enemies have a wide variety of artificial intelligence tactics, and will respond to a number of events. Combat is faster and more intense, enemies are bountiful, and weapons are plentiful and interchangeable. Players can now switch between both Devil Arms and firearms with the R2 and L2 buttons, allowing for a very powerful and stylish string of combos. For instance, you can begin a combo with your sword, then switch freely to, say, your Cerberus nunchucks, back to your sword, and top it all off with pistols or a bazooka. The draw-back to this system is that you can only choose between TWO Devil Arms and TWO firearms at a time. While this does feel like a hindrance, it beats the weapon-changing systems of Ninja Gaiden and God of War, which, like the first two DMC games, still required you to enter the inventory screen to change weapons.
New to the franchise, players are free to choose how to go about each mission through 'Styles', which change the way Dante fights, thus allowing diverse ways to gain Stylish points.
My single gripe about using Styles is that they are not switchable 'On The Fly'. Instead, Styles are only interchangeable between missions and at the shrines where you purchase and upgrade items. Personally, this is a heavy buzz-kill. The idea of being able to switch between styles would have made the combo-system for DMC3 unparalleled, and after playing Devil May Cry 4 (which allows Styles to be swapped with the directional pad at will), going back to DMC3's Style system feels stiff and broken. However, I still applaud the concept because it does add a ton of replayability to the game. The Stylish meter is now represented by a gauge. As players land successful hits and dodge attacks, the gauge increases. Once filled up, it will go up a rank. If the player takes any damage, the gauge will be reset at a lower level and if the same attack is repeated over and over again, the gauge will not increase until a new one is performed. The Stylish ranks are:
Getting effective and Stylish results with different weapon, gun and style combinations can be tricky, but even if you are an amateur, the jaws of onlookers will drop.
After being completely neutered from the sequel, Devil May Cry 2, the Devil Trigger ability is closer its full DMC1 glory. Every weapon gives Dante a unique Devil Trigger look, however the powerups still remain the same: increases attack and defense, slowly restores health, and enables special attacks. While the forms aren't as radically different like in Devil May Cry 1 with the ability to fly as Alastor, the difference in appearance and the enabled special attacks at least give a sense of diversity that Devil May Cry 2 failed MISERABLY at. The Devil Trigger state lasts as long as there is energy in the Devil Trigger gauge, which is refilled by attacking or taunting enemies in the normal state, and decreases when using the Devil Trigger transformation or other abilities which draw on Devil Trigger power (such as the Quicksilver and Doppelganger).
One thing that pisses me off is that the Devil Trigger mode is not available to Dante until one third of the way through the game. Not until Vergil impales Dante on the roof and leaves him for dead does Dante finally get to harness his inner demon and make use of the Devil Trigger. I can't call bullshit since it fits with the storyline of the game, but it sure would have saved me SEVERAL HOURS OF MY LIFE I SPENT AGAINST THE EARLIER BOSSES!
Now onto the 'Elephant in the Room': DifficultyIn my Devil May Cry 1 review I made mention that the controls of Devil May Cry 3 were masochistic:
But you know what? That is NOTHING in comparison to the difficulty of Devil May Cry 3. THIS GAME IS PAIN! PURE UNRELENTING PAIN THAT LAUGHS BACK AT YOU AS YOU SCREAM AT IT, BUT PISSES YOU BEYOND THE POINT OF SIMPLY QUITTING. NO, BEATING THIS GAME BECOMES A PERSONAL CRUSADE AND UPON COMPLETION MAKES YOU LEAP OUT OF YOUR COUCH AND, WITH THE VEINS IN YOUR HEAD ABOUT TO BURST, STAND HOLDING YOUR MIDDLE FINGER OUT INFRONT OF THE TELEVISION FOR THE WHOLE 3-MINUTES THAT THE CREDITS ROLL.AND THEN, AS ITS FINAL INSULT, IT SHOWS YOU THE TIME YOU SPENT TORTURING YOURSELF AS THOUGH SAYING "THESE ARE HOURS IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WILL NEVER GET BACK, AND YOU SPENT IT TORTURING YOURSELF AND TESTING THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR SANITY. CON-FUCKING-GRATULATIONS YOU STUPID ASSHOLE AND THANKS FOR YOUR MONEY!"
I don't know what the hell makes THIS game so much fucking harder than just about any other game I have ever played. I made mention that there is a 'cause and effect artificial intelligence' in this game, so enemies are more efficient at blocking, dodging and counter-attacking, BUT THIS IS INSANE! The only game that is harder than Devil May Cry 3 is FUCKING CHESSMASTER. And it's not the enemies that are really the hardest things to overcome, it's the BOSSES that will rape you raw. Their attacks are brutal, their weakpoints vary, and there are times when the boss can't even be attacked! Prime example is Cerberus where you not only have to destroy all three heads, but every-so-often the heads develop a thick-coating of ice that you have to chip away at first! So that's the method: Hack away their defense, get in a few shots that shave a hair off of the boss's life gauge, the boss retaliates, and the boss's defense is back in full. Rinse, wash, and repeat. FUCKING SHIT! Some bosses like the demon millipede make themselves available for attack every so often, so a quick battle is hardly ever provided. Even crazier is that the bosses seem to GET STRONGER when they get low on health. The tactics when fighting bosses like Agni & Rudra change pretty dramatically when either get low on health, so if you spent all of your Yellow Orbs and countless continues mastering an enemy's pattern, you're still fucked.
I primarily blame the continue system for the game's insane difficulty: In the original version of the game, you needed to purchase Yellow Orbs to continue from a nearby checkpoint when you died (similar to Devil May Cry 1). The biggest fucking problem is that the little yellow bastards were expensive as hell, so if you ran out early on in the game, you were fucked. If you ran out of Yellow Orbs, that meant that every time you died, instant game over and you are you are FORCED to replay entire levels only to get beaten over and over again by tough boss monsters waiting for you at the end. Paired with the changing boss tactics, this method was complete bullshit. Hell, early on when yellow orbs were so damned expensive, you VOLUNTARILY chose to restart the level every time you died because you KNEW that there would be an even HARDER level that would require you to finally cash in your extra lives on. The Special Edition's optional new continue system is far more lenient, since it lets you continue from a nearby checkpoint as often as you wish, and if you have a gold orb in your inventory, you can bring yourself back to life right where you died. My only saving grace with Devil May Cry was that I was finally able to finish the damned game by purchasing the Special Edition. Isn't that a bitch? I spent $50 and hours of my life getting more pissed off on this game than I have ever been in my entire life, only to spend ANOTHER $30 and several more hours of torture, just for the sake of getting a sense of completion?! WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH ME?
EnemiesContinuing to improve on Devil May Cry 2 (which isn't that hard to do...), Devil May Cry 3's bestiary is pretty expansive, though most of the enemies you fight are cut from the same cloth. Aside from the rarer enemies you encounter in Devil May Cry 3 (the Blood Gargoyles, the half spider-women, Soul Eaters, and goat demons) the majority of the enemies you encounter have many variations of practically the same theme: Hell Jailers of the Seven Sins
In total there are seven (Se7en) breeds of these ghoulish grim reaper-like demons. Themed after the Seven Deadly Sins (Wrath, Lust, Sloth, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, and Greed) variations of the Jailers stalk the dark tower. For the most part, these enemies all attack you blindly with a scythe but each seems to have a secondary power themed towards the Seven Deadly Sins:
Damned Chessman You guessed it, they are giant stone chess pieces.
Game Tip: Your best course of action is to kill the Bishops so they can't heal themselves or other pieces. Then kill the Rooks so the King can't teleport. Finally, go after the King with everything you have.
Bosses and WeaponsTaking a step backwards, Devil May Cry 3 re-introduces gamers to the big, bosterous enemies last seen in Devil May Cry 1. Not only are the bosses enormous and interesting to look at, but they are (nearly) all given cutscenes in which they summize their personalities and their traits, all while preaching doom and gloom to the trespassers of the dark tower. FINALLY!! After Devil May Cry 2's lackluster boss fights, it is nice to see that Capcom's Studio 1 finally got the clue and made the bosses pronounced, menacing, and overall badasses! Before I dig into the bosses, I want to reveal a new staple to the bosses that will continue into Devil May Cry 4 and possibly further into the series: For every boss that you defeat, Dante gains its soul and it becomes a new weapon; this becomes a theme throughout the entire game, ala Mega Man.
When you defeat an enemy, you claim its life-force, which manifests itself as a brand new weapon! Yet another kick-back to Devil May Cry 1, you can once again UPGRADE your weapons with new special powers by cashing in Red Orbs. FURTHERMORE, when equipped with the Swordmaster Style, each weapon is automatically upgraded with its own, personalized special attack! AFTER THE COMPLETE FUCK-UP THAT WAS THE DEVIL MAY CRY 2 WEAPONS SYSTEM, THIS IS THE VIDEO GAME EQUIVILANT OF MAKE-UP SEX! It's like Capcom said: "Yeah, we blew it the second time around, so we're gonna REALLY make up for it now!" Then they drop to their knees for you.
The following are the remaining bosses in Devil May Cry 3 that do NOT give Dante new Devil Arms:
GraphicsThe graphics in Devil May Cry 3 look like Hell. They literally look like HELL. After venturing through the horrors of the dark tower with Dante, I’m honestly considering a new religion. You venture through some of the most surreal, haunting, and dark environments ever seen on a screen. While the level design sticks with the narrow corridors, the rusty dungeons and creepy coliseums that remind me (fondly) of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, each area has its own feel or personality. What I mean by that is that despite the overdose of Gothic architecture, black stone, and candlelight, every room and corridor has some kind of unique look or feature that sets it apart from the rest of the game; whether it is statues, intricate engravings, or whatever. Despite some backtracking you do throughout the game, I never got a sense that “Oh God, I’m lost. Which identically dark hallway and identically dark room do I go in?” However, the environments feel dark and claustrophobic. I think that is the only real thing that the original Devil May Cry had a better apprehension of: space. It’s like the story about that blonde bitch and the three bears: DMC 2 was open, but combat was almost entirely avoidable; DMC 3 is very tight and combat is almost claustrophobicly frantic; DMC 1 was a good mixture of having tight corridors, but also shaking it up with some expansive areas to let the player breathe and take in some of the scenery. The frame rate and animation is also fairly fluid. I’d say it’s probably running at a constant 50fps through the entire game with no noticeable slowdown. Character models are OUTSTANDING for a Playstation 2 game. I am positive that the polygon count in the character models are pushing the PS2 to its max. Graphically, the most impressive boss of the whole game is, hands down, the ice Cerberus. The size of the beast is like 10x that of your own, it has frozen chains hanging off of its collar, and the entire demon dog is covered in a layer of semi-transparent ice that you have to hack away in shards. Another great-looking boss is Geryon the Time Steed, whose blue flames and realistic horse-like movement really captures the mystique of the game.
Character design is also top-notch. A lot of detail went into each character’s look. From the ammo pouches on Lady’s skirt, to the patterns on Virgil’s long coat, to the belts and straps on Dante’s red S&M jacket. Boss designs are also incredibly unique, and I praise the designers for their creativity. I mean, who would have thought to cross Cerberus with ice, make an angel-demon of light like Beowulf, a spectral horse and carriage that controls time, or a voluptuous red-headed slut with the powers of bats and purple lightning? Toss in a handful of anamorphic turtles that know ninjutsu and you have a cast of creatures paired with absurdly-matched, yet surprisingly fitting, abilities and powers.
SoundUsing Dolby Pro Logic II, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening is one of those few Playstation 2-era games that really immerses you in the action. The surround sound use is active and, combined with the (then) stunning sound effects, will often have you on the edge of your seat. Like the game's predecessors, the music is a techno-metal and requiem cross, so what you get is a very Gothic ambience throughout the entire game. While the fight scenes retain the melancholy 'atmosphere', the music is more upbeat and adrenaline pumping. The best way to illustrate this is to take the Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening theme, itself:
Another great track is the second battle between Dante and Vergil. This theme is nothing shy of epic. The good vs evil struggle of the twin half-demon brothers comes across vividly: Dante is the brash heavy metal segments, while Vergil is the elegant, sinister chorus. It comes off as a battle theme that you would get if you crossed soundtracks of The Matrix and Lord of the Rings. Sound stupid? Give it a listen!
While it is a great track, one thing that sticks out in my mind is how closely it resembles the fight track between Dante and NeoAngelo from Devil May Cry 1, as it rightly should. On more then one occasion the music reminded me of a crossover of Rammstein and Chemical Brothers- much better than a crossover of Rammstein and Ringo Starr. Voice acting in this game is extremely good. Unlike with the voice actors in Devil May Cry 1, the characters sound like they are enthusiastic and emotional. In addition, the CHARACTERS ACTUALLY TALK, unlike in a previous game... *cough*. Dante's voice actor seems like a natural fit to the character's looks and actions. Vergil's voice also compliments his smug, holier than thou, brooding personality (a stark contrast to Dante, like red and blue). Arkham's voice was a little too mellow-dramatic for my tastes, but it's not terrible. As for Lady's voice, I honestly spent too much time watching the pixilated dress to care what she had to say (hey, I'm a guy).
The one voice that annoyed the hell out of me, but was oddly appropriate was clearly Jester's. His high-pitched voice, and his whiny cackle was like nails on a chalkboard; but it fit the character. It made me just as annoyed with the Jester as Dante is in the game; now that's immersion!
DialogueThe dialogue fits the style of the game. Enough said. ...No? Okay, I'll paint the picture: When you have a scene where Lady shoots a bazooka at Dante, and Dante (in bullet-time) leaps on the fucking missle and goes air-surfing like he was Marty-Fucking-McFly in Back to the Future, while screaming "Whoo hoo!" before kicking the missile back at Lady, then you kind of know what to expect with some parts of the dialogue. Cheesy-peasy, and makes you wince like lemon-squeezy. I will admit that for a 'stylish' game like Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, the dialogue isn't that bad (for the most part). Some of the scenes between Dante and Vergil are pretty well written for the most part. The plot of Devil May Cry 3 isn't hard to follow from the cutscenes, but some of the scenes between Arkham and Vergil can put you to sleep.
OVERALL
Anyways, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening is THE CROWN JEWEL of the Extreme Action genre of video games. The first Devil May Cry game was easily the pioneer of the genre, but it was the third installment that took the raw lump of coal and crafted it into a perfect diamond: Beautiful, well crafted, and HARDER THAN HELL. The weapon and style mechanics are phenominal, and allowing on-the-fly weapon swapping is something that STILL isn't widely utilized in extreme action video games like God of War and Ninja Gaiden. While not as fluid as it should have been, the Style selection adds a whole new dimension to the genre, and it is yet another ground-breaking addition that other video games never even attempt. Luckily, the next game in the series, Devil May Cry 4, has refined the Style selection IN-GAME, and I can't wait to go off on it. Overall, Devil May Cry 3 REEKS of style. There are few other games that you can play in front of your friends that will create the same jaw-dropping effect. The sleek combos, the wide range of weapons, the styles that boost those weapons, the bigger-than-life bosses, the atmosphere, and the music; Devil May Cry 3 is a complete package. If it wasn't so goddamned HARD I would have given this an 11/10.
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Comments
ONOE 17 Jul 2009, 01:41
Zimes 17 Jul 2009, 07:11
Nice work. Im looking forward to part V
The-Usual-Reader 17 Jul 2009, 16:19
that was off the hook! congrats you made it in time for the weekend!
ragnarock 20 Jul 2009, 00:14
whoa long review. your review set up Dante as a jerk but you did not go too
far into how his fight against his brother changes him into a better person
who wants to help the world. too bad. still good review
Totenkopf9 21 Jul 2009, 10:05
your review was a very funny read but also very helpful with the 'gamers
tips' you gave us. The best tip is the one for killing the Arkham blob at
the end of the game. I did not know that it was possible to do 2 player
during that fight and that Vergil was invincible. Also that Dante's
doppleganger was 2 player to.
Very tricky and useful!
LemonCurry 27 Jul 2009, 00:42
You slam God of war and Ninja Gadien, but love Devil May Cry 3. Devil May
Cry 3 doesnt even have a damn BLOCK BUTTON like Gow and NG. This game is
automatically inferior without the ability to block.
zimes 27 Jul 2009, 10:40
Just wait, I will slam GoW in my review that I will do on MotK. If you
cant slam some decent games to get people pissed all you are doing is
copying the people who actually get paid to do reviews :P
LaughingMan 27 Jul 2009, 11:50
@Lemoncurry
While the lack of a block button does hurt the gameplay a little, I wouldn't dare call Devil May Cry inferior to God of War or Ninja Gaiden. Changing weapons on the fly and the introduction to different Styles gives Devil May Cry 3 a TON more variety than any of its competitors. Also (as a late addition) I have updated the review to state that the Royal Guard Style acts as a block button for all of you pansies who would rather "duck and cover" in game, rather than kick ass in an all-out offense. Just jokin' with the 'pansies' thing ;)
mrpeebles 30 Jul 2009, 13:10
man your reviews are CRAZY. love em man!
Dirtbox 23 Aug 2009, 09:47
I skimmed through your dmc game reviews and they are awesome. to be honest
the first intro page doesnt do the other reviews justice so it might be a
good idea to rewrite it alittle and asdd some of your warped humor.
The best so far is the review of the 3rd game because its the longest and most thorough but your funniest is the 1st because of the hateful rants you get into. besides the + + + image of the bad guy in the 2nd game that review wasnt as funny as i thought it would be. When is Devil May Cry 4 review comming out? Soon I hope
Kenny Farino 22 Oct 2009, 13:48
Beowulf reminds me of a certain Babylonian demon of the wind... Pazuzu?
LaughingMan 22 Oct 2009, 13:52
@Kenny
You know your Babylonian gods. Yes, Pazuzu was the model for Beowulf (according to Wikipedia), though I have no idea why they changed the name to Beowulf, who isn't a demon at all. Oh well.
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