I feel bad for this but I cannot rate it any higher right now since this is just the experience I had with the game, as with DMC 3 I never played the franchise back when it released and I'm only getting into it now, so nostalgia and context regarding it's realease are not really that much of a factor.
The atmosphere is good and the music is great, most bosses are decently designed and the combat is okey, but it is the camera placing that absolutely drives me nuts in some action sequences, theres some encounters where you litterally cannot see where you are being attacked from and are meant to dodge some attacks that you have no way of expecting, most of the difficulty comes from the cameras sabotaging your ability to grasp what's going on and this is also true for the few platforming sections of the game, where movement is straight up frustrating because of this, some jumps even seem kind of "scripted" and are hard to get right, it all adds up to the clunkyness of the game, camera angles also serve to confuse you while navigating the map.
Level design is pretty good, even the exploration which in this kind of game I'm not usually a fan of is pretty good, the enemies have cool designs and as I said before if it wasn't for the cameras most bosses would be fine.
I like this version of Dante even if it's not my favorite, he is kind of edgy/intense but not too much, and he is serious when he needs to. After experience both the Dante from this game and the one in DMC 3 I believe I can begin to piece together how the modern Dante has evolved from here.
I like that the game treats the subject of humanity (It is a subject I enjoy after all) , like DMC 3 did, even if it's somewhat brief ( it's a 6 hour long game after all)
All in all most of my criticism comes down to how frustrating certain parts of the game feel because of the camera placement, this game separated Devil May Cry from Resident Evil and deserves credit for it, it features good level design, glimpses of the combat that is to come in future titles, great art, a decent story, great atmosphere and great music.
The atmosphere is good and the music is great, most bosses are decently designed and the combat is okey, but it is the camera placing that absolutely drives me nuts in some action sequences, theres some encounters where you litterally cannot see where you are being attacked from and are meant to dodge some attacks that you have no way of expecting, most of the difficulty comes from the cameras sabotaging your ability to grasp what's going on and this is also true for the few platforming sections of the game, where movement is straight up frustrating because of this, some jumps even seem kind of "scripted" and are hard to get right, it all adds up to the clunkyness of the game, camera angles also serve to confuse you while navigating the map.
Level design is pretty good, even the exploration which in this kind of game I'm not usually a fan of is pretty good, the enemies have cool designs and as I said before if it wasn't for the cameras most bosses would be fine.
I like this version of Dante even if it's not my favorite, he is kind of edgy/intense but not too much, and he is serious when he needs to. After experience both the Dante from this game and the one in DMC 3 I believe I can begin to piece together how the modern Dante has evolved from here.
I like that the game treats the subject of humanity (It is a subject I enjoy after all) , like DMC 3 did, even if it's somewhat brief ( it's a 6 hour long game after all)
All in all most of my criticism comes down to how frustrating certain parts of the game feel because of the camera placement, this game separated Devil May Cry from Resident Evil and deserves credit for it, it features good level design, glimpses of the combat that is to come in future titles, great art, a decent story, great atmosphere and great music.