It's not like walking into the casino and witnessing addiction make people do absolutely ridiculous things doesn't cost much, either; why anyone would still endure and then proceed to try justifying the experience is beyond me.

Can definitely see the Devil May Cry and Bayonetta influence, though. Automatic Mode was such a revolution, especially when DMC1 hid it behind dying to basic mobs. In Mission 1. Like, three times. On Normal.