I skipped out on this game originally due to the critic reviews blasting this game. It wasn't until the remastered trilogy came out on the PS3 that I decided I'd give it a go. "I'll make my own decision here," I thought... "maybe I'll like it." ...famous last words...

I should have listened to the critics and just skipped over this entirely - this game is such an enormous piece of shit, it isn't even worth wasting my time ranting about it. But everything others say about this game is true - its soulless, lifeless, Dante is an imposter (like who is this guy!?), gameplay is laughable, areas/enemy design is embarrassing, and the stylish and challenging action gameplay is gone... replaced by the most overpowered pistols ever: just have Dante stand in a corner and Ebony & Ivory your way to victory in pretty much every fight if you so want. I was dumbfounded at how bad it truly all was, when fighting the tank & helicopter "boss" fights... this game is a joke.

We are SO LUCKY, that this didn't kill off the franchise... But I'm so thankful it didn't, since the next game in the series, DMC3, swings the pendulum in the other direction, and I'd consider it to be my favorite action game of all time.