Actually dark, you CAN bank any progress in DMC1 by just manually saving from the pause menu at any time. An extremely helpful tip for DMD mode(I finished with upwards 40 yellow orbs in reserve thanks to this tactic). SO for those times you reach a boss after a solid run through the stage, it's always handy to do a quicksave, that way getting schooled by the boss x times in a row doesn't mean your red orb count or inventory suffers for the next reload. Not that it matters now...
I'll agree that some of the missions in DMC1 did really blow when it comes to building 'thematic' stages. Then again as I recall the actual concept of segregated stages was only incorporated merely months before final release, even the original demo in Japan had you just running around the entire environments arbitrarily RE-style.
I'll agree that some of the missions in DMC1 did really blow when it comes to building 'thematic' stages. Then again as I recall the actual concept of segregated stages was only incorporated merely months before final release, even the original demo in Japan had you just running around the entire environments arbitrarily RE-style.