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@@zhengistasbolatov8480 ruclips.net/video/r38Zz00SlLY/видео.htmlsi=SGbfHWJ9Z6d2yOdD Hopefully the link works! If it doesn’t then it’s called - Beats of Rage by GameChops

@@o_uwu_o Thank you so much!

@@goldglovegrappler1382 thank you glad you enjoyed! Riiiight? This is for axel BASE movelist alone. Just think of the amount of other strategies you can make when using different moves too. Ooooh yea the combo counter was fun to interact w. I’ve nvr really experimented w the scores of games before but since the trophy asked me to get s ranks I finally learned it. The way we play around it made me approach the game entiiiiirely different which was awesome! Ooooh man the amount of times I thought to just wait n make sure I get my combo points bc those extra lives in arcade are NEEDED haha I can see that for sure. Definitely felt like it made me seem like I had to play near perfect at times. Maybe if we got a percentage of the possible points if we got hit or something. So it won’t be AS harsh of a punishment sorta thing. Oh yea the first time playing the game survival mode was my favorite thing to play at the time. So I’m glad we all get our favorite things to dig into no matter mood

@@WoTaWrEkK it's a work of art honestly. Just does everything pretty dem great n gives us a game that will Easily stand the test of time. Excited to see what these teams do next bc they did an amazing job here

@@TechniqueSan Oh dem that's awesome to hear! Glad you like what we have here N ooooh man God Hand is on the list. I've been doing community polls n its been an option there. It ALMOST won too but I think it'll get its own video sooner rather than later. So I'm really looking fwrd to that

@@ship05u it means so much you n every1 here enjoy this so much! Alot of work but dem is it worth it when we can look at it deeper the best we can. N man the less ideal circumstances is also being less exp'd at doing these in general haha bc those earlier videos definitely show their rough edges. They all played their part to get us where we are so I like em for what they are but I Do want to remake some of em oneday. Oooh yup updates to the game is also a huge thing. Those give the game a more realized vision. For sure double edged sword to cover games day 1 bc of that. Get to be one of the 1st to look at the game but it gets quickly dated bc these games Definitely evolve for the better over the yrs. Ooooh ok since that's a legacy input then most definitely it should be kept that way. I played the originals looong time ago so I forgot but you bring up a very good point there. Waitwaitwait Blitz have no s? WHUUU now that's news to me. I swear I read that in the tutorial but I could've misread but dem it must have some goooood range then to shut down big bens of all things haha Maaaaan I've been wanting to play FF LNS Ult for awhile. It just has EVERY beat em up roster in there plus lots of fighting game picks too. Definitely looking fwrd to playing that myself someday Everything you said about SOR4 is spot on. What a dem good game from top to bttm. You right huh the enemies in beat em ups are just waaaay better at being varied

@@o_uwu_o I can definitely tell there's a lot of effort involved for the whole thing. From having good personal skill level or ability to tackle the multiple difficulty levels leading to multiple playthroughs so much more of a time investment at the least and having a growing evolving understanding (goes for me as well ofc) of these abstract concepts that people often have difficulty putting it down in simpler terms. And that's the supposedly easy part of it I'd assume as writing the script, gathering footage for specifics and editing the overall vid would take up more from ya as well. So while we don't see eye to eye in some cases which is completely fine as there's a mutual respect back n' forth w/ both of our interests mostly align at spreading information and 'educating' others on the matter so they'd either know better to asses these things on their own by having the tools and knowledge to do so or would at least get interested in it and try em out themselves which would hopefully lead em to have a good fun time w/ these games as they are wonderfully made w/ lots of nuance, subtlety and depth going for em. Day 1 or early impressions of these kinda games are difficult to handle for those reasons as well but I'd say that they still have their place as well since we'd like to shoutout and give support to these games and the publishers who are willing to fund the passionate devs who work years of their lives over em just so that we can have a bit of fun. I agree that most attempts at a 'Definitive' review or analysis in those early days are gonna be very flawed and gets dated faster as you've said. I do remember Axel's blitz having a 'Low Profile' property to it which allows him to go under some incoming attacks like jabs and whatnot. Fairly sure Blitz doesn't have I frames to em as I have got hit out of it from enemies but then again the game has had multiple balance updates to it so I might be mixing up my older experiences w/ the game... or worse mixing it up w/ some other game LMAO (damn getting old huh). SoR4 devs are very particular in allowing which offensive and defensive moves to have I frames. it's for that reason I still am sure that Blitz don't have em else that could skew the risk-reward green health management part of the balance very easily. Looking forward to your take on FF LNS U (even the normal mode of that game can be pretty cheap and unfair for beginners that I think the creators have said it's real normal is Easy while the normal is the 'Arcade' normal experience) and whatever you wanna go for next really :) Just remember to take breaks here n' there and have a healthy balance going cause burnout's a mega bitch and a real pain in the ass.

@@theblobconsumes4859 dude it really is a TOUGH act to fllw. There's just so much work put into this game that just puts it on Anoooother lvl haha setting a pretty high bar for every1 else but we'll waiting for that day when another matches it. Now that'll be Something!

@@Sondi Thank you glad you enjoyed! It’s definitely on the list of games I wanna replay. That n the TMNT 07 gba game bc I thiiiiink it’s made by the same devs or some of the same crew at least maybe. That’s what I heard anyways but yea yea definitely will make a vid on em!

@@reinagonzales9248 Thank you!

@@rockman642 Exactly! I couldn't have said it better myself. it's just always a nice thing to see that growth

@@DragoonCenten it was worth every second too! Just an outstanding game top to bttm that is without a doubt a Must play.

@@destinyserrano2409 of course of course! I try my best to reply to as many as I can when I have the time. First impressions can be reeeally tough to forget when playing games but when we come back to it after a good amount of time - who knows, just might be what we needed. I’m really glad it’s helping in that way bc man w these games any amount of in-depth info goes along way

This game put the genre back on the map, gone are the days of brainless button mashing. We have DotEmu to thank.

@@darkvante2416 dude I'm glad you're here to tag along the ride. This genre is Full of awesome games w their own flavor n we're constantly getting new ones too that try their own thing! N thank you too glad you enjoyed the video

Throw Fight'N Rage up there with it. A few favorites worth checking out are Double Dragon Neon, Scott Pilgrim, River City Girls 2, God Hand, Yakuza 3, Yakuza Kiwami, Fist of The North Star Lost Paradise, and TMNT Shredder's Revenge.

@@lightspaceman5064 it’s - Really - Dem - Good Feel like we ALL can like it in some way bc it just offers soooooo much

@@DragoonCenten Dude yup fight n rage is another favorite of mine. When I mentioned the holy trinity it’s SOR4, Fight n Rage, n Sengoku 3. Those are my all time favorites! Double dragon neon I really need to get to one of these days but yo that’s a good list right there. I’ll be sure to get to em someday that’s for sure

@@toodreammy yea it's alright. After few yrs I see it more as a nice intro to the genre for newer players but otherwise it's pretty fine. Maybe the sequel improved on things tho

@@howlingwolffang2221 heck yea I'm just as surprised on those wild turns the story had! So for that alone I like it for being Out there.

@@howlingwolffang2221 will do! I'll add it to the list. Feel like it'll be a fun time to play that next to something like rygar on ps2

@@cashstillrules well if it does - there's alot more stuff on the way! Glad you enjoyed

@@DynoSkrimisher Yooo I nvr thought about that. You have a million dollar idea right there! It would be so cool to see that style done in 3d huh? Would definitely be a 1 of a kind that's for sure

@@pogoacct8611 oooh yup When I saw that reveal for all those new games I was hyped! Reason why I'm doing a lil theme of SEGA right now. Even tho this wasn't too strong of title I'm still interested in the series. So I'm looking fwrd to what's next

@o_uwu_o me too!! I hope they knock the new game out if the park Sega has so many unused IP

@@pogoacct8611 heck yea! I’m glad you’re hyped for it too bc seems some are worried which I can’t blame em. It’s a unknown how good it’ll come out but I’m hopeful

@@pogoacct8611 that sucks to hear - things just come up I suppose. But hey I'll try my best to fill that niche the best I can. So im glad you're enjoying what we have here

@@Slappy985 Thank you! Yeah this game is something special so any way I can help w the onboarding process to enjoy it is something I'd like to see Oooooh yup yup. I had to look it up to remind myself n this song is definitely up there for me too

@@drifterz9186 heey sorry for the late reply but let's see what we can figure out. Okok so from my muscle memory I hold a direction n guard which has us rushing guard right? N from there I hold all those inputs down to keep the momentum n just a hvy atk to parry. So maybe need to hold the left thumbstick down still? Hmmm I think I still have the game installed so I'll test it right now for yuh

@@drifterz9186 oooh okok so doing the parry out of the rushing guard will IMMEDIATELY cut your rushing guard short. Buuuut thing is we can delay when we parry. Can do it soon as we do rushing guard or wait til the veeeeery end of it. So that's how we get the distance to move in n theeen parry. So it's still quite a strict thing to land but the rushing guard will get us where we need to be so we can connect it. Hopefully that helps but if anymore questions I'll try my best to fllw up!

@@o_uwu_o Ah shit man, you actually answered. Thanks a lot for the input, seriously. I'll try what you said with parrying at the last possible frame of the rush guard and see if it works for me.

@@o_uwu_o Alright, i tried what you said, but still no luck. It always just cancels the rush guard into a normal counter instead of the rush guard counter (the counter animation while sliding). I can't figure out what i'm doing wrong. How come it works for you?

@@drifterz9186 oooh yupyup the way you described it is exactly how it works for me too! I’ll slide w rushing but once I use my counter - it’ll stop me in place to cancel rushing so I can do reg counter. Maybe when it connects does it look like it slides maybe but yupyup I also get stopped in place when I use counter. The ooone thing I’ll say is that there’s an upg to inc the window on counters. So once you pick that up it make a MASSIVE difference

@@TheDrunkLawyer it's a very divisive game to put it lightly haha but if ppl are willing to look at it for what it provides. Then oooooh yea - this game is amazing

@@vent3089 I had to look that up n oooh yea I can see the resemblance! Can be the unofficial tie in game bc whyyy not huh

@@o_uwu_o yup

@@destinyserrano2409 oooh interesting. That passion you have for 2 is Exactly how I feel for 1. It's the 1st one I played so it got to me first haha! That game is just fundamental it is to everything so it's definitely a strong game to me. But thing about 2 being the best is what I heard alot before playing these myself. So I'm excited to see what I'm missing. About Unsouled. That game has been recommended quiiiiite alot by you guys. Seems like this is something I need to check out n SOON Katana kami looks fine enough. I'll definitely keep it in mind

@@darkvante2416 That means alot to me thank you! I'm just glad these sorts of videos help others appreciate more action games. To me that's a win for everyone. YOO that's awesome! Well hope you have a fun time when you get around to it

@@abiram3394 yeea seemed like this game was just put in a bad spot during development. But this is what we got n it didn't deliver sadly. Fingers crossed for the new game tho - I'll definitely be there to see what they have for us then

@@Abdullah-hz9iq maaan that's been on my list to play for a good bit too. I tried it a lil n thought it was super fun. I miiight have to find a chance to play it sooner rather than later

@@harlannguyen4048 yup exactly, we were taught that soooon as we start the game. But oddly enough they change the rules over time. Imagine if in Viewtiful Joe an enemy's low atk actually hit you high even tho the animation says otherwise. The hit boxes we have to avoid here don’t match the actual action of our enemies. Cool idea to avoid vertical n horizontal atks here but those inconsistencies break their rules lil too much for me is all. But at least that hellboy game did it better tho

@@marcgodley3064 Yoooo that’s awesome to hear thank you! N ooh yea I’ve always heard bad about it too n they were Definitely right. Fingers crossed for that upcoming GA game tho

From a random person on the internet, i find it heartening that there are folks so enamored and intrigued by lesser-talked about games to the point they want to look in more detail on what makes things tick. Wish you well and good luck in further research and recordings.

The grind is really not as bad as people make it out to be. I can max everything in around an hour using the stage 7 side B method. And by the time I get there I already have tons of stuff leveled due to counter hits and good gameplay. The enemies do not take long to kill. They have weaknesses and counter hits destroy them. Maybe at the very start there is one large type that takes longer than most but even then it's not even that bad.

I don't think enemy design on it's own is the issue in DMC2 (yes bosses are an another story but the overall lesser demons I mean) but rather the playable characters are just far too strong that they just steamroll through whatever comes in the way and yes even in DMD. DMC games always had a weird time in terms of balance esp. the more highly well regarded ones. Sure the enemy AI could and should've been more aggressive, polished up and what not but at least DMC2 suffered through dev hell situation. There is not a single excuse for DMC3/3SE which I consider to have the worst enemy design in the series to the point where it even holds back the potential of how great DMC3's young Dante can be.

@@rockman642 Yup exactly! No matter what type of action game it is - the 1 criteria that can be used on any of em is enemy design. It’s why I always make it a major to look at how they push the player to find some new strategy to approach em. So it’s no surprise why the games w the more layered n aggressive enemies are my favorite

@@ship05u I know this is a hot take but the enemy line up in 3 is pretty solid (besides the fallen). The reason why I think so is bc they do a good job to solve the problem you mentioned about dmc2 n that’s how Dante’s overpowered abilites arent kept in check by very demanding enemies. In 3 they get that done through hyper armor n that’s a smart idea. It will let enemies break through your hits punishing players for mindless mashing n not paying attention - which is sorely missed from dmc2 enemy design. I’ve been playing SOR4 a lot n I’ve noticed a lot of similarities to its encounters. We got the ifrsme jump n all which is hype but it’s more than that. Once you pay attention to the enemies n bosses - it hits you that they ALL have hyper armor. N it’s the same answer we needed to make players stop flailing w no thought n actually know who to prioritize, how to properly crowd control, n know what defensive option is possible to use in the current enemy grouping. You don’t want players always doing jump ins w no counters from enemies - so here’s Donovan. Then the big enemies like goro, sugar, n big bens all rushing you down w armor on. N of course bosses have armor pretty much at all times n are only vulnerable to hit stun after you punish specific atks which is Exactly how Vergil works in 3. So I think hyper armor is a very good way to make players think about what they toss out n actually learn enemy patterns. Bc once the player doesn’t have to respect their options - it becomes a mind numbing mash fest like dmc2.

@@o_uwu_o Oh not at all man, I wouldn't consider anyone calling DMC3 enemy design as pretty solid or good as a hot take but rather on the contrary I was the one giving a hot take there even though it might feel like you're on that instead because of how recently it's been somewhat in the discourse for DMC3 but I've been saying that for a very long time along w/ catching a lot of shit from DMC fans (read: Itsuno fanboys), most of whom likely have never stepped out of 3SE Normal mode (assuming they've even finished that). This is gonna be a long one and I hope you can get some sweet cookies going. Maybe get text to speech going and put it behind as ya do other shit or something Idk lol. I haven't seen your vid on DMC3 either so I won't be going over your take on 3s approach to enemy design. If you or anyone else for that matter enjoy the way things are in DMC3 then all the power to ya but this is coming from someone who has played this game mostly on DMD doing challenge runs over the years and only for the recent past 2 maybe 2 & a half years I've abandoned DMC3 altogether. That being said if I feel like it then I might go and put up an entire recorded run for a new game DMD perfect S run in 3 or maybe a simple NG+ perfect S run most preferably w/o using the top tier shit as I just find em boring plus depending on how much I wanna deal w/ 3s endless barrage of bullshit again. It's not that DMC3's Young Dante isn't overpowered either, in fact he is more OP than DMC2 version but in a very different ways even w/o Style Switcher or having access to his entire moveset. His framedata is significantly better (probably the best in the Itsuno Trilogy and yes I am not counting DMC2 as part of his games) where Dante has a lot of cancel windows in his moves which helps him to either retreat or continue his offense much more smoothly compared to DMC2 Dante who has heavy commitment on his move's recovery frames and even the start up frames. 3s Dante's guns on their own aren't even close to being as good as DMC2s counterparts but w/ GS and little bit of gunswitch cancelling tech, he can outperform DMC2 Dante in terms of sheer firepower. There's a reason why Artemis is S tier along w/ Shotgun in GS and I would consider Spiral as one of the best guns he's ever had to the point Itsuno and his team never gave Dante a long range quick shot piercing high damage option ever again. And this is the 2nd weakest overall but weakest Style/Stance of the Major 4. 3s Royal Guard is the most broken thing in the entirety of the series thanks to the Roll Guarding/Roll Release which can trivializes the entire game on it's own alone. RG was meant to be a dance b/w risk vs reward where high risk ballsy reads were supposed to be rewarded by being almost invincible (Dante can't block Acid waters from Leviathan that's it) while being able to dish out insane amounts of damage via releases even on DMD (Not to mention how easy it is build up Rage for those big time releases). The Roll tech completely skews the risk vs reward routine and makes the whole thing a low risk extremely high reward kind of situation. Itsuno and his team knew about I frames interacting w/ Guard allowing for perfect/royal blocks or releases which is why Jump Guarding/Releases stayed as I think that's much more fair overall as not all attacks connect for that as the window for even the most shallow jump guard/release is so short that you may as well do it as it was intended in the first place instead but rather Jumping unlike Roll isn't as safe of an option having as much I frames to it. Another instance of Iframes+Block/Release that remained after 3 is the 'Wake Up' residual I frames part where if Dante gets knocked down by an enemy hit then he can switch over to RG in 4 and easily get a Block/Release out as he wakes up and I'd consider that to be fair as well since it's such a situational thing. RG in 3 also makes 3s Dante's framedata in terms of adding cancel windows to his moves even much more better so it's just insane overall. 3s SM is alright. Overall I'd consider it as the most well balanced Style/Stance for Dante given the other ones where it's either RG levels of dumb OP or GS levels of meh pass. SM gives more options for the player in terms of not just more aggressive moves but also depending on the Devil Arm, more utility as well. Makes certain trash weapons much better like Cerberus and Nevan while not exactly pushing already mad broken tier weapons like Beowulf or AnR over the edge either though I'd say AnR gains a lot more w/ SM than Beowulf which might skew the edge for that weapon instead in terms of which one's the most stupid and dumbest weapon for Dante. Rebellion is the middle of the road, all rounder exceptional weapon that's always great to have in any loadout w/ or w/o SM so I think they've done a wonderful job for Dante's new signature weapon for players to flock to Rebellion when in doubt which shows that the team is very capable of understanding how to do weapon balancing right but they do drop the ball for other devil arms esp. Cerberus.. 3s Trickster is often highly regarded and is an extremely good high tier Style as well but what holds it back is that it lacks the offensive capabilities offered by the other 3 Major Styles/Stances. Though one may argue that TS safety would instead allow players to be even more aggressive just like RG but RG essentially does TS's job but better and then some as while having a lot of I frames on TS moves is insanely strong, every Perfect/Royal Block has it and on top of it Dante can almost block anything outside of the exception I've mentioned above. If Roll Tech wasn't a thing then TS would be valued higher. I still find this Style the most fun in the game as the mobility it allows is such a fun time to mess around w/. I don't even have to mention a whole lot about DT explosion/flux/bomb. It's dumb and even the devs recognize it as such that's why thankfully we haven't seen this awful mechanic return w/ one JUST ONE good thing going for it (that is it can juggle DT'd enemies allowing advanced players to link up relaunches or get specific set ups going). Only counterbalancing measure to DTE is that it requires a few seconds to cook it up and that DT gain for such which is piss easy as DMC3 showers DT gain even for doing dumb shit like just rolling near an enemy w/o the last second evade part. Imagine asking players to not just be holding on 1 button (Lock On) for most of the times but also telling em that hey you can also hold onto that DT button for a BIG BOOM which some Styles like TS or GS even need for how dumb DMD can get, oh and w/ GS you'd also be holding another button so that's a potential 3 fingers on one hand holding shit down.. how is that like even healthy for the hands at all in terms of ergonomics and how does a competent game dev even think that is Okay to do. Speaking of dumb design choices, there's no way to get rid of a charged up DTE unless you literally have to pause the game, let go of the hold and resume in an active fight... In terms of Balance overall, DMC3 is not exactly well balanced either not in the slightest. This is w/o even getting to the blueguy who's even more OP than Dante although arguably so but this isn't the conversation around him so I'm more than happy to leave him out. /P1

So 3s Dante is extremely capable and w/ the right loadout, he's even more broken than any other version of the character (yes even the Sin DT doesn't compare as that has it's clear limitations.. but the hat might be a different story though lmao DMCV and some might say DRI from 4s Dante also being up there). Then what about the enemy design that I find to be so bad that I call it out as such. Simply put, 3s enemies are not only the most annoying enemies I've seen in an action game but they also have stupid hitboxes going for their moves esp. on DMD. 3s enemy line up is basically either easy combo fodder or annoying dumb shit and there's little to no in between. You've only mentioned Fallen as being annoying and yes they are but also the worst example of Flying Bastard who goes through level geometry enemy type in the series. There's also dullahans who already has DULL in their very name as they feel so out of place in a fast paced game as DMC3 that they may as well be from a completely different game. Fans endlessly whine about CC enemies in DmC meanwhile enemies like Dullahans which cannot be attacked from the front at all regardless of any weapon and it bounces off everything is fine. They're the most boring enemy to fight as there's literally not much to do against them outside of get that ass approach and hope you don't get chipped by their BS spiny shield else say goodbye to the 'No Damage' part. Soul Eaters are an enemy which exists just to break one of the so called rules for DMC3 in 'Off camera pacification'. They also are an enemy which are very anti Lock On in a game that heavily revolves around Lock On as they want players to let go of lock on to look away from em then either use their attacks that hit in the back or DTE fart bomb em. The Arachnids are extremely annoying even though I do agree that enemies having armour isn't a bad thing at all but the problem w/ those bitches aren't that they got armour no it's that they are very mobile, attack fast and show up in groups w/ a potential big mama version of em in there. They also have stupid and lingering hitboxes on their attacks that makes it so that you'd be better off having double jump/Air Hike against em. As if those weren't enough already if you kill any of the little ones the WRONG way they spawn in baby spiders gang which if you get caught in and don't have any DT or are charging DTE or something then well say goodbye to that 'No Damage' again. Oh and on top of it all they got Armour which gets even more dumber when they DT esp the big mama and they can cling on walls to shoot a stunning web which also DAMAGES like WTF why. I hate them and no I do not care if they got elemental weakness to Fire as players shouldn't be shoehorned into picking specific loadouts just to deal w/ em and that is the issue I have w/ enemy design at large for DMC3 as some loadouts can absolutely trivialize certain enemies while for other loadouts well you do what you can boy. Enigmas are awful and that's all I have to say, they also are capable of breaking the offcam rule on a frequent basis. Speaking of breaking said 'rule', Bloodgoyles also love to do that. DMC3 enemies outside of the designated combo fodders are full of just one dimensional annoying ass enemies who get worse to deal w/ if they happen to DT so then the fight against those uninteresting enemies drags on EVEN LONGER. This makes the 2nd half of the campaign even more of a slog to go through because on both VH/DMD, the enemy waves gets remixed w/ less and less combo fodders showing up. I don't even wanna get to the bosses part of the equation. You thought I'd spare the combo fodder enemies? Abyss combo breaks, Pride can just block for a long ass time if ya let him so play on his rules plus they show up only to make everyone else DT faster as they're so squishy even DT'd so you're forced to ignore em in DMD to go for higher priority targets, Lust can kindly just go fuck themselves w/ their Lusticuts and dodges having I frames (THE most annoying enemy that should not exist in a game where Styling is a focus as this enemy exists solely to cuck Dante's attempts to do any cool shit if he's present), Greed can spawn more Lusts or even a gang of em for all you challenge enjoyers out there, Chess pieces are boring to fight against as they've got one maybe two attacks and fully armoured so I guess JC on their head for a half a min or 2 mins if they DT. The horse piece is the most annoying and has stupid hitboxes esp. on his jump attacks as well cause why not then on top of that one of them can even heal themself or the others along w/ a summoner piece who can just bring up chesspieces like COMEON DMC3 what the actual fuck dude. I didn't go too much into the Styleplay side of things as you know most of these enemies aren't even launchable or if they are then they are pain in the ass to juggle and do cool combos upon like the damn spiders and the stoned goyles. Literally only Sloth is that one enemy that is the least cunty of the bunch but even he is capable of just instantly Teleporting and attacking from offcam WITHOUT ANY CUE (yes I have it on tape). Audio cues in this game overall are fucked over by the Dev team's priority to force me to listen to the godawful 'Taste the Blood' for more than half of the game constantly (Divine Hate slaps hard though) on top Dante going 'EEEEYAA' 'HYAAA' 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA BREAKDOWN' 'ARE YOU READYYYY' 'WOOOO' and such like what the fuck was wrong w/ this dude just having normal but visceral grunts like in the OG DMC?? even the blueguy in the same fucking game has more grunts than voice lines.. So Audio wise it's a clusterfuck of noise to even focus properly on the audio cues at times. How about Visual cues for enemy attacks? Most of them are solid are very readable even among all the chaos so great job on that one Itsuno and team. We both know how important Cues are in both audio and visual for enemy design and DMC3 just says NAH to that spitting in the amount of work OG puts down in those regard while taking a lazy shortcut in offcam pacification mechanic instead which isn't even consistent in this very fucking game plus encourages shitty habits for the player. Some may say 'Oh it adds more strategy to the game' yeah it does but AT WHAT COST, you're encouraging players to pay less attention to the audio cues and visual cues so you can have enemies pacified if they're not on the screen?? Are they demons who want Dante's head on a platter or some fucking Diva who gets upset that the camera and the spotlight is not on them? It's not like I want the Vanilla NG2 off cam Exploding Kunai bukake treatment for DMC games but seriously this is still awful. I'm skipping a lot still but I understand this shit is long enough already and no this ain't my college thesis on this old ass game. Long story short, the biggest disappointment in terms of enemy design for this game for me is that they don't even facilitate Styleplay for Dante a whole lot despite DMC3's longtime reputation of being a 'CUHRAZYYY Stylish Action game which just shits out Combo Mads and FreeStyles on a daily basis' and as such hold him from shining (That plus the godawful loadouts and leveling system restricting Dante which thankfully have been abandoned since). Also, there's a reason why DMC3 combos or FreeStyle vids mostly go for those few combo fodder enemy types in the familiar same old missions and spots. Enemies in this game are not designed w/ JC and I'd say not even Aerial Sytleplay in mind and it shows which I should clarify as not exactly being a bad thing on it's own. Enemies in this game almost feels like they're trying to do their best to APE the OG's ideas on enemy design among others to recapture that same energy (3 loves to copy the idea behind Shadow's design of shooting enemy first then expose vulnerability) but unlike OG they miss the devil in the details so bad. So it's the worst of both worlds where DMC games after 3 have enemy designs ..well designed around JC in mind from the get go (most notably DMC4 & DmC) to allow/facilitate Styleplay more while the OG DMC still surpasses this game in terms of fair and reasonable challenging enemies. All DMC3 can do is carryover the DMC2's lazy western dev approach of inflating health values and their damage numbers for the sake of difficulty which can still work for Styleplay in a very limited capacity (Sloths) but sucks for literally everything else. Plus it's such an awful way to go about DMD when it's predecessor (The OG) has shown how smartly it can be done which thankfully DMC4 learns from along w/ DmC to a degree. Like who's out there going "you know what I actually wanted that Fallen to become 3x more tanky plus having armour on top of her angelic shielding cause that'd be really fun and challenging :)". It's the middle of the road uncommitted enemy design of DMC3 that makes DMC3 age the worst despite of just how great 3s Dante and his overall moveset is. Almost the entirety of enemy design (plus DMD) is dragging him down. DMC3 Dante deserves better than this and this is coming from someone who is not even the biggest fan of this version of Dante. DMC3 is a SSS game as in 'Sloth Style Simulator' game. Oh and lastly, I'd consider SoR4 as a much better designed game overall (yes even in it's current state) so I'd say comparing those 2 is just not very fair to DMC3 ya know ;). Just the amount of work and effort put alone in it's Mr. X's Nightmare DLC puts any DMC entry's DLC to shame despite being a much smaller studio having significantly much less resources to work w/ (only possible exception being DmC DE but that isn't exactly a DLC).

@@hanayaseth thats some serious dedication right there thats awesome! Hey if I had to listen to an OST for that long - I think you made a pretty dem good pick

@@blumiu2426 I knoooow I know I have to fix that n SOON! I have the genesis collection n luckily the first 3 games are all there. So I’ll be sure to make a weekend out of it to marathon those games. Sounds like a pretty solid time to me

@@darkvante2416 I appreciate the kind words thank you! Maaaan took awhile to get better at this bit by bit so I’m glad you’re enjoying what we have going on here

@@goldglovegrappler1382 that’s the similar summary I’ve heard too. That overall they’re pretty standard mechanically but man their setting, characters, music, n just overall Cool factor to it all is why it’s such an awesome franchise. N that right there sounds pretty dem awesome to me! I’ll have to marathon the other games one of these days that’s for sure