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Devil May Cry Collection |OT| Over a Decade of Style
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How so? I tend to stick with Trickster and go to town with A&R. For example, when the red eyes head freezes the ground, the basic A&R air slash can be repeated via jump, Air Hike, and Air Trick, saving Sky Star for last to avoid Cerberus' body lunge or paw swipe before needing to land. Doppelganger would be effective if you managed to cripple Cerberus (attack his paw until he collapses) but I never accomplish this on DMD. He's one of the bosses I'm still very cautious against.
Here are two good runs SS ranking DMD, the first with max Dante, the second without upgrading a single weapon or style. The brilliance of DMC3 is you can play one style and your favorite weapons and find success in every mission. Additionally, particular strategies destroy certain rooms or bosses. I remember when players discovered the invisible "ledge" on the right lung of Leviathan which allowed players to Air Hike - Killer Bee repeatedly. We began looking for all sorts of similar exploits and the game exploded. There are goofy strategies for every boss using every style. I was surprised I found practical use for Doppelganger. Devil May Cry 3 offers a level of improvisation I've never seen in another action game while still demonstrating carefully defined systems such as hit allowance, attack cancelling, and guaranteed methods of staggering or looping enemies. DMC3 is among my Top 5 favorite games.
Does anyone know if the PSN version is compatible with saves from the disc version?
I plan on playing DMC 3 a lot over the next year or so, so if the PSN version dropped down to $20 I would double-dip if I knew my save game would work. Obviously, I wish they would just sell the games individually but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
I plan on playing DMC 3 a lot over the next year or so, so if the PSN version dropped down to $20 I would double-dip if I knew my save game would work. Obviously, I wish they would just sell the games individually but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
polyh3dron
Banned
Just got this from Amazon for $15 and ran through a bit of 1.. This game is every bit as awesome as I remembered it to be.
Got this for Christmas and DMC3 continues to be awesome
. The opening cutscene put this stupid grin on my face as Dante just destroys his own office with demons in it and doesn't give a fuck.
Compare this to me playing the Donte Must Cry demo with it's FUCK YOUs and yeah... you know that IGN editor "YEAH" "Bore" .jpg? My exact reaction to this.
Also I'm extremely glad the disc doesn't need to install a swap file to run the games. Can play the disc whenever I want without having to worry about harddrive space with the exception of save files.
(And I guess I now have a reason to play DMC2 since it's included on disc. Never did play that one. Yes, I know it's bad.)
But not the pinnacle of the genre, that's NG:Black
Compare this to me playing the Donte Must Cry demo with it's FUCK YOUs and yeah... you know that IGN editor "YEAH" "Bore" .jpg? My exact reaction to this.
Also I'm extremely glad the disc doesn't need to install a swap file to run the games. Can play the disc whenever I want without having to worry about harddrive space with the exception of save files.
(And I guess I now have a reason to play DMC2 since it's included on disc. Never did play that one. Yes, I know it's bad.)
BeautifulMemory
Member
Finally beat DMC DMD...did it hard and dirty way. Youtube walkthroughs, tons of yellow orbs, farming for orbs to be always stocked with items, and took no chances with Nightmare 3/Mundus. I am done! What a great game. My favorite game of all time.
I was going to go back and get my platinum with the files...but I am missing quiet a few, and (I am assuming) some of them will require me to play through DMD again...yeah maybe another time
But woooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!
I was going to go back and get my platinum with the files...but I am missing quiet a few, and (I am assuming) some of them will require me to play through DMD again...yeah maybe another time
But woooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!
One thing I miss from DMC4 is switching styles on the fly. I mean, yeah, DMC3 added a few more moves to each style that DMC4 removed in the switching on the fly. But I miss being able to move between Trickster dodging projectiles into Royal Guarding a melee attack to Just Release into Gunmaster to hit two enemies with my pistols. 
Congratz! Welcome to the style high club.
Hi
Just blasted through DMC 3 SE as fast as I could this weekend to unlock Vergil. Mission complete...However I think I messed up.
How can I go back to select Dante and carry on with improving my grades on his levels? I'm pretty sure on PS2 version you could switch between characters on the menu, but I'm not having any luck.
I overwrite my Dante save when I finished the first stage with Vergil. *sigh*
Just blasted through DMC 3 SE as fast as I could this weekend to unlock Vergil. Mission complete...However I think I messed up.
How can I go back to select Dante and carry on with improving my grades on his levels? I'm pretty sure on PS2 version you could switch between characters on the menu, but I'm not having any luck.
I overwrite my Dante save when I finished the first stage with Vergil. *sigh*
Dante and Vergil are separate save files. If you saved over your Dante file, it's gone. It was the same even in the PS2 version.
Troubled Bat
Member
So, I never exactly played the series. I've owned DMC4 and loved it overall. I also have DMC HD Collection, but haven't really touched on it. Anything I should know before starting everything from the beginning of it all?
Mr. Enigma
Member
Don't have any expectations for DMC2.
Troubled Bat
Member
I've heard so much about it, and the hate it gets. But never really looked into why. Is it really that bad?
Mr. Enigma
Member
It's not a bad game, it's just...quite clearly a rushed product to cash-in on the success of DMC1. Nobody from the original team worked on this game and it really showed.
The big gripe is that it's way too easy. Seriously, it's literally just spam the guns to win. Also, Dante is completely void of ANY personality in this game.
Troubled Bat
Member
Oooh, I see. I can definitely understand why it get its reputation. I surely won't expect much from it then. Thanks for the info!
Ah. Well I like to go through a game no matter the situation, just to experience it. Hopefully I can have some sort of fun from it. As you said, I shouldn't expect too much. So, thanks for the heads up. ^^
DMC1 - Ignore Air Hike; buy Rolling Blaze. Learn to Slash Cancel and DT Cancel.
DMC3 - Ignore purchasing Blue Orbs to increase your health. Learn to survive with low health. Having a Blue Orb available for purchase at the end of a level can act as a method of refilling your health when you just do not have the patience to restart a level and try again. The first run through the game is the most difficult because you know nothing and possess no weapons or actions. Have fun and do not stress during your Normal run. The game can be Ranked with any combination of style and weapons; pick what is comfortable for you. Different style/weapon layouts offer unique strategies, however; if success if alluding you, change things and try again. Most bosses and enemies have weaknesses. Eventually, their weakness will be challenging you.
The Left + /\ attack is good for crowd control.
These guides are old, but I only came across them tonight and the incorporation of youtube clips makes them much easier to follow than just text.
http://www.bordersdown.net/content/532-Devil-May-Cry-3-Advanced-Technique-Guide-Swordmaster
http://www.bordersdown.net/content/531-Devil-May-Cry-3-Advanced-Technique-Guide-Royal-Guard
I must note purchasing Volume Up and upgrading all attacks beyond Level 1 is imperative.
-Nevan is royalty when staggering enemies.
-Reverb Shock domesticates a number of enemies:
---Abyss get juggled for free; RS interrupts their vertical rising slash-into-projectile as they jump out of the pool on the ground
---Forward advances easily against Enigmas as Nevan's surrounding bats neutralize their arrows and earn massive Style points
---Dante can RS past Soul Eater mist. As they materialize, Nevan's bats will target them. Travelling through infested areas with Reverb Shock followed by Air Play is good.
-Bats count as projectiles, so Air Play is effective against Bloodgoyles
-DMC3 Dante when Devil Triggered heals faster with Nevan equipped
-Nevan + Swordmaster can kill Leviathan Heart Core in 29 seconds.
I'll have to play around with it, I guess. I don't have enough red orbs at the moment to level up everything since I'm going through with no items and barely any red orbs due to upgrading guns and arms. Probably a bad thing and I should replay some missions but I want to get all the weapons again. D:
R
Retro_
Unconfirmed Member
Pretty much done with the semester so I decided to pick resume my playthrough for trophies through these games.
Just got Fetish to jump on me after like 3 mins of trying. Shit sometimes takes hours for people
Made my day lol
Wonder what I was thinking through this playthrough though. Beat Nelo Angelo 2 and surprised that I had pretty much no Ifrit moves unlocked at this point.
Just got Fetish to jump on me after like 3 mins of trying. Shit sometimes takes hours for people
Made my day lol
Wonder what I was thinking through this playthrough though. Beat Nelo Angelo 2 and surprised that I had pretty much no Ifrit moves unlocked at this point.
Jawmuncher
Member
EDIT:Nevermind
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
The difficulty on DMC1 is insane, people bitch about 3 but I had a blast playing that game. The only bosses that ever gave me trouble were Agni & Rudra and Beowulf.
In DMC1 I've only played 5 missions and I'm already dreading the boss battles. The fucking spider took 3 of my yellow orbs! I'm gonna give this game another chance tomorrow, but if it's still as frustrating then it's going straight to EB as a trade.
In DMC1 I've only played 5 missions and I'm already dreading the boss battles. The fucking spider took 3 of my yellow orbs! I'm gonna give this game another chance tomorrow, but if it's still as frustrating then it's going straight to EB as a trade.
You can't even save at the idols for fuck's sake!
Sir Ilpalazzo
Member
The levels aren't very long; it's not really a big deal.
Went back to DMC4 and liked it quite a bit more than my first time through (the backtracking was embarrassing). Nero is such a fun character to use, between the Devil Bringer and Red Queen reving.
Went through hard and am now on DMD and I just don't feel like going any further after being done with the first Santus fight. Its not that its been hard or anything to get to this point (fairly easy actually, dat Charge Shot 3) but pretty much all there is to look forward to from this point on is:
- backtrack all the way back to the beginning of the game
- fight the exact same enemies again
- fight the bosses again for a second and third time
Yuck.
Went through hard and am now on DMD and I just don't feel like going any further after being done with the first Santus fight. Its not that its been hard or anything to get to this point (fairly easy actually, dat Charge Shot 3) but pretty much all there is to look forward to from this point on is:
- backtrack all the way back to the beginning of the game
- fight the exact same enemies again
- fight the bosses again for a second and third time
Yuck.
OMG YOU JUST SUCK BRAH</people when I said nearly the same damn thing about the difficulty curve and how it's "badly aged" DMC1> But yeah, DMC1's "Normal" is pretty insane at times. DMC3's can be frustrating but it's no where on the level of 1's.
nailbombxx
Member
My stress level is through the roof whenever I fight the shadow wolves in DMC1.
Well, the plus is that you get to play as Dante on DMD mode. But yeah, those are some otherwise definite negatives. I don't mind fighiting the same enemies, or even the same bosses, but they needed to mix-up the environments and have some additional bosses.
The boss count itself is pretty low in the game, which gives further credence to the theory of the game being rushed to shelves.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I don't think anyone's ever accused DMC4 of being rushed. It didn't come out until three years after DMC3. It wasn't rushed; just very, very lazy.
I've heard it was rushed many many times. They wanted to release the game as soon as possible on the new generation of consoles, and ended up modifying or cutting a lot of what was there to make the deadline.
badcrumble
Member
Dante's gameplay/moveset is still great, but yeah, the enemies are still very clearly built around Nero, which means that playing as Dante turns them into the same old sandbags in many ways.
I'm going to advise against the digital download PS3 version of this collection.
For the most part, it's fine, but there have been far too many times where DMC3 freezes(background music still plays, sometimes screen goes black) while opening a menu. Been doing boss runs on mission 18 and holy shit I want to scream when it happens. I can still use the XMB, don't know if it's my PS3 or not. It is a very old phatty but I don't get the impression that the PS3 is at fault. Does not happen often but when it does you will want to burn an orphanage.
For the most part, it's fine, but there have been far too many times where DMC3 freezes(background music still plays, sometimes screen goes black) while opening a menu. Been doing boss runs on mission 18 and holy shit I want to scream when it happens. I can still use the XMB, don't know if it's my PS3 or not. It is a very old phatty but I don't get the impression that the PS3 is at fault. Does not happen often but when it does you will want to burn an orphanage.
Wow, that really sucks. I've only played the 360 physical version. No issues at all. Good to know, though, so thanks for the heads up.
Just finished DMC3 a couple of days ago and it's as good as I remembered. Doesn't feel dated at all for me and I believe it's still the best hack and slash game (yes I've played Bayonetta).
I played the PS3 version (non-digital) and finished all three games, never had any issues. Another note, I finished DMC2 twice and played through it with both characters, am I crazy or what?
I played the PS3 version (non-digital) and finished all three games, never had any issues. Another note, I finished DMC2 twice and played through it with both characters, am I crazy or what?
Yes, you're crazy. Though I beat DMC2 twice for the achievements, too.
At least playing as Trish was kinda sorta okay.
Also, I just personally confirmed that the Kalina Ann grapple doesn't work properly in the HD Collection. It hits for damage, but doesn't pull the enemy. Weird.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Yes, you're crazy. Though I beat DMC2 twice for the achievements, too.
At least playing as Trish was kinda sorta okay.
Also, I just personally confirmed that the Kalina Ann grapple doesn't work properly in the HD Collection. It hits for damage, but doesn't pull the enemy. Weird.
You mean Lucia.
AcceptableGhost
Member
You can play as Trish if you use a cheat code / unlock her. She is way more playable than the other characters. DMC2 is still super fucking bad though, it is the most shameful Platinum trophy I will ever have.
Nope. I meant Trish. She was the character that handled the best in DMC2, and she was locked away.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I had no idea you could play as Trish in DMC2...
AcceptableGhost
Member
Wolf Akela
Member
More like sick exhibition videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFITtSMZ29k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRvYSbmygY4