THIS is exactly how you do a prequel-sequel. Devil May Cry 3 has more polished gameplay than 1, and a much more emotionally engaging story to boot. All the characters are given so much more depth and context within the universe, and there are so many great moments throughout. I was never big on the hack and slash genre, but I can thank the DMC series for making me fall in love with it. Extra points for not ever including quick time events (in all cases they are more frustrating than fun).
My biggest criticisms come from some dated mechanics, mainly backtracking and repetitive mission structures. Mission 18 or 19 can be hell depending on what difficulty you play on and it almost seems unfair to play it on harder modes (or maybe I'm just bad).
Although the goofy tone is set up in the beginning (sort of semi-dropped later on) and goes full force into serious, I have to say some of it does feel clunky in tone. Other than that it still retains and builds off it's predecessors gameplay mechanics and really manages to go all out. The gameplay, soundtrack characters is fantastic. Oh I also had an OH SHIT moment when they incorporated the name, and it was handled so well. Absolutely stellar, I'd dare say it was a super sexy style of a game.
My biggest criticisms come from some dated mechanics, mainly backtracking and repetitive mission structures. Mission 18 or 19 can be hell depending on what difficulty you play on and it almost seems unfair to play it on harder modes (or maybe I'm just bad).
Although the goofy tone is set up in the beginning (sort of semi-dropped later on) and goes full force into serious, I have to say some of it does feel clunky in tone. Other than that it still retains and builds off it's predecessors gameplay mechanics and really manages to go all out. The gameplay, soundtrack characters is fantastic. Oh I also had an OH SHIT moment when they incorporated the name, and it was handled so well. Absolutely stellar, I'd dare say it was a super sexy style of a game.