Played through the HD Collection on Steam.
After the mindbogglingly bad second entry in this series they just knocked it out of the park with this one. Dantes goofy nature, this time being younger and more immature than in the previous games, is just dialed up to 11. This results in quirky dialogue with various bosses and other characters and amazing action sequences, where he just has way too much fun being an overpowered demigod doing ridiculous stuff.
The direction in those cutscenes is really good, just watch that first scene in his shop right at the start of the game.
The gameplay builds upon DMC1, which already felt good, refines it and just adds tons of stuff. I was surprised how many new weapons the game gives the player in a short amount time, and like in the first DMC, every weapon has a really unique feel to it, each with its own usecases. Accompanying the great combat system are, for the first time, great boss encounters, something DMC1 and 2 kind of struggled with. There wasn't one boss, which, i felt, was annoying to fight, just be prepared that this game isn't easy, which the game clearly communicates with its first boss. Another difficulty spike for me was the last battle with Vergil, where i gave in and used items for the first time, but i didn't think the boss was unfair, just me being too impatient.
The only negative i have is probably the visual variety in environments, which i found a bit lackluster, but this didn't bother me too much.
And the last thing worth mentioning is the great soundtrack, which is no surprise, i already liked those in the first two games, so nice to see that this remains a constant.
Thats enough gushing about this game. I only played it once, so i didnt see everything, just my impressions right now.
I'm probably gonna revisit it again, play on other difficulties and as Vergil, but right now want to move on to DMC4
After the mindbogglingly bad second entry in this series they just knocked it out of the park with this one. Dantes goofy nature, this time being younger and more immature than in the previous games, is just dialed up to 11. This results in quirky dialogue with various bosses and other characters and amazing action sequences, where he just has way too much fun being an overpowered demigod doing ridiculous stuff.
The direction in those cutscenes is really good, just watch that first scene in his shop right at the start of the game.
The gameplay builds upon DMC1, which already felt good, refines it and just adds tons of stuff. I was surprised how many new weapons the game gives the player in a short amount time, and like in the first DMC, every weapon has a really unique feel to it, each with its own usecases. Accompanying the great combat system are, for the first time, great boss encounters, something DMC1 and 2 kind of struggled with. There wasn't one boss, which, i felt, was annoying to fight, just be prepared that this game isn't easy, which the game clearly communicates with its first boss. Another difficulty spike for me was the last battle with Vergil, where i gave in and used items for the first time, but i didn't think the boss was unfair, just me being too impatient.
The only negative i have is probably the visual variety in environments, which i found a bit lackluster, but this didn't bother me too much.
And the last thing worth mentioning is the great soundtrack, which is no surprise, i already liked those in the first two games, so nice to see that this remains a constant.
Thats enough gushing about this game. I only played it once, so i didnt see everything, just my impressions right now.
I'm probably gonna revisit it again, play on other difficulties and as Vergil, but right now want to move on to DMC4