This was my first Devil May Cry game which might not be an ideal pick but I think it has given me a great appreciation and weird lens to view the series generally.
When I first purchased a used copy of this game back in 2019, I bought it alongside Resident Evil 4 for the Playstation 2 (aka I am the kind of weirdo who immediately fixated on this being spawned from RE4's development). When I REALLY went through the game and dropped it around mission 20 it was 2020 and I was frustrated with the game more than anything but still respecting of it being the first action game. Like many other times I choose a game to finish I felt internally compelled to pick this up with no logistical reason besides my internal emotions after finishing the last game, maybe I was nostalgic for when I was in college with this game and listening to the DMC1/3 ost or maybe living on my own weirdly reminds me of how isolated yet ever-so-characteristically quippy Dante is in this game.
Anyways (lol)
Devil May Cry to me is still a lot of fun but it is the definition of unrefined and a key transitional game between the PS1 and PS2 be it the direct usage of fixed cameras when everything moves as dynamically as you'd expect in an action game, random mechanics thrown in to sort of add some diversity in the gameplay, or maybe the fact that I still wonder if this game was ever designed to not be split up into levels and that maybe it was going to be one continuous map before some genius(?) realized it would not be a good idea at all for an action game.
Summary: Momma's boy action game good (and kind of overhated? like idk go back in time and try and tell these guys how to make an action game lol), still pretty janky but this was 6 hours so that really ain't that bad
Real talk I am baffled that Capcom is just throwing out Resident Evil remakes that don't need to exist meanwhile this game would probably be insane with a remake, like I'm saying this as someone who hates the trend like literally why did RE4 get a remake before this LOL (I do in fact know why). The horror presentation here to where it feels like the premise was Dante being so powerful that these things don't impact him that much feels like an underutilized idea.
When I first purchased a used copy of this game back in 2019, I bought it alongside Resident Evil 4 for the Playstation 2 (aka I am the kind of weirdo who immediately fixated on this being spawned from RE4's development). When I REALLY went through the game and dropped it around mission 20 it was 2020 and I was frustrated with the game more than anything but still respecting of it being the first action game. Like many other times I choose a game to finish I felt internally compelled to pick this up with no logistical reason besides my internal emotions after finishing the last game, maybe I was nostalgic for when I was in college with this game and listening to the DMC1/3 ost or maybe living on my own weirdly reminds me of how isolated yet ever-so-characteristically quippy Dante is in this game.
Anyways (lol)
Devil May Cry to me is still a lot of fun but it is the definition of unrefined and a key transitional game between the PS1 and PS2 be it the direct usage of fixed cameras when everything moves as dynamically as you'd expect in an action game, random mechanics thrown in to sort of add some diversity in the gameplay, or maybe the fact that I still wonder if this game was ever designed to not be split up into levels and that maybe it was going to be one continuous map before some genius(?) realized it would not be a good idea at all for an action game.
Summary: Momma's boy action game good (and kind of overhated? like idk go back in time and try and tell these guys how to make an action game lol), still pretty janky but this was 6 hours so that really ain't that bad
Real talk I am baffled that Capcom is just throwing out Resident Evil remakes that don't need to exist meanwhile this game would probably be insane with a remake, like I'm saying this as someone who hates the trend like literally why did RE4 get a remake before this LOL (I do in fact know why). The horror presentation here to where it feels like the premise was Dante being so powerful that these things don't impact him that much feels like an underutilized idea.