comparatively limited when you look at dmc5’s unreal anount of combat options and yeah the platforming and puzzle sections are unneeded but there’s a reason this was considered one of the best action games ever before 5 came out and blew everything else out of the water. this game got me hootin n hollerin n suckin n fuckin. 5 might be the better /game/ but as far as plot goes (aka what everyone plays dmc games for) i’m honestly not sure which of the two is better. i love the dante vs vergil dynamic too much
sidenote but i kind of prefer the switch version (with pro controller) to the ps2 original if only because the pro controller doesn’t give me carpal tunnel. that shit is the comfiest controller ever
sidenote but i kind of prefer the switch version (with pro controller) to the ps2 original if only because the pro controller doesn’t give me carpal tunnel. that shit is the comfiest controller ever
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4 blew 3 out of the water mechanically, and 5 is just a safer more completed version of 4. Also alot of the 5 bosses are just alright at best outside of the boring Gilgamesh fight, but it's not Gigapede, Doppelganger, Arkham,Fucking Hell Arkham, 3 had some good bosses but it had so many that it was pretty easy to make more stinkers really. I suppose the short story with all these games is that they are sick in ways that are unique to them, and all of them also fuck up enemy design in ways that are unique to them.
Fair enough, but I do still have to respectfully disagree on one part. It stings how you say "the dev intent with DMC5's combat was to create more avenues for player expression", when in all intents and purposes they've only backed off and went backwards from 4 there, removing inertia and intentionally taking out certain combos that they thought were "too difficult for newcomers to understand." Like, on a surface level, it's certainly easier to find your own player expression, but it's more like salt on a wound personally.
taigamask
3 years ago
also, despite what itsuno said, i personally disagree with you with regards to both 5's longevity (i could play 5 for an entire day if i wanted to) and boss fights (i think theyre overall the best theyve been in the series), but those are both extremely subjective opinions to have. they're both great games either way! i absolutely don't mean to be coming for DMC3 here at all when comparing it to 5, they're both extremely impressive - in context, 3 is arguably even more so considering it was coming off of the debacle that was DMC2. 3 also definitely wins points for being one of the most influential within its subgenre. any action game that has aged as well as DMC3 has should be revered in my book