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An Instant Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After playing the demo that came bundled with Resident Evil Code Veronica X, there was no way I wasn't going to import this baby. Although it could technically be considered a spin-off from the Resident Evil series, I think DMC is best described as "Loaded updated for the 128 bit generation." Truly, this game is very similar to Loaded; explore the dungeon, blow away countless enemies, find the key item, blow away countless enemies, find the exit, defeat the boss and survive by the skin of your teeth, repeat. It's essentially a very polished, stylish "twitch game." Those who demand a cereberal gaming experience should seek elsewhere.

The puzzle aspect is virtually non-exisitant. This game requires reflexes and fighting skills, not wits. That may sound shallow, but the constant action keeps you satisfied, and the boss battles demand a considerable amount of skill. Finesse and style are encouraged when fighting. Defeating enemies earns you red orbs, which are needed to "cash in" for new moves and power-ups. (Sound familiar, Onimusha fans?) How you kill an enemy determines how many red orbs you will earn. Blowing an enemy away with one shot from your grenade launcher will yield only one pitiful orb, but using your sword to juggle an enemy in mid-air for several seconds until he explodes before ever touching the ground will get you 5-10 orbs. This prevents things from becoming too mindless. You will surely find yourself re-entering rooms to spawn more enemies, because fighting in DMC is such a pleasure. There are a LOT of skills and moves to learn, and most of them require between 1500 and 5000 orbs. I couldn't unlock them all in my first play-through.

Like the puzzle element, the story is kept to a minimum. I think you can count the actual expository cinemas that occur throughout the game on one hand, and still have a couple of fingers left over to pick your nose with. To do otherwise would interrupt the constant flow of adrenaline, which is the entire point. The story itself is no big deal, and the cheese in a couple of lines of dialogue could feed a small country. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Graphically, I can think of no game on the PS2 that can surpass DMC. It's up there with MGS2, FFX, and Ico.

Like most of the Resident Evil games, DMC took me about 10 hours to finish my first time, but I understand it can completed in two hours by someone who knows exactly what they're doing.

Overall, I would strongly recommend Devil May Cry to anyone who even slighty enjoys action/adventure games, because this is surely one the best action/adventure games ever made.

An EXCELLENT Game - Fast Paced, Eerie, Challenging and Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

A great mixture of minor RPG elements, survival/horror atmosphere and combat make this game a truly unique and outstanding hybrid game. Throw in topnotch graphics, sound and sound effects which contributes perfectly to the gameplay and gothic setting of the game, perfect voice acting, 12 short secret missions, lots to explore, awesome weapon combos, replay value, and you have a truly excellent videogame. It's Castlevania, Resident Evil and Onimusha combined with faster paced action. Be warned though...it's challenging and maybe at times too frustrating for the inexperienced gamer. This game delivers in the graphics, sound and fun compartments, and deserves a 5+. It's worth every cent. One of the VERY best for the PS2 and an instant classic.

Oozing with Style!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This has to be by far one of the coolest, most stylish, and best action games on any system, period. I have been playing games for almost 20 years and this game is definitely in my top five. I have played tons of games with great lead characters, but (pardon my French) Dante is the [coolest]!! There are times in the game that when you are fighting enemies you'll feel totally invinceable. I don't think I've ever felt that way with any other character in any game. Also, you have an array of cool moves and attacks and you can switch via your "Devil Trigger" into devil mode and add a few more moves to you arsenal. All the moves are pretty simple to execute and you don't feel overwhelmed with the different control movements. The graphics are astounding and the atmosphere of the game is spooky and surreal. There are tons of enemies to fight and some of the bosses are downright nasty. You will have to be alert and on your toes to defeat many of the bosses. Believe me your friends or mother will have to pull you out of the corner whimpering on more than one occassion. On different reviews I keep hearing people say that the game is too short and that they finished it in a day or two and I hope that this will not sway people away from playing this game. Like I said earlier I've been playing games for almost 20 years and consider myself a hardcore gamer, and I can't see anyone finishing this game in less than a week. And for those of you who did I have some words of advice for you: 1) Take the game off of easy mode and then write a review and 2) Get a Life, because you are spending way too much time in front of the TV playing games. Do some yard work, go for a walk, water the grass.... at least do something else for a few hours a day. Sorry, didn't mean to get on my soap box but I just had to speak my peace. At any rate, this game is a definite must-have to any gamers collection. It definitely has its flaws, like the fixed camera angles and the tacky underwater scenes, but at this point I'm just knit-picking a nearly perfect game. Everything I say to my friends about this game ends up having the word cool attached to it, so to describe this game in a word it would be "COOL".

The Current Standard For Action Shooters

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

-Chad Steingraber-
-Paradigm/Infogrames-
-Level Designer/Game Designer/3D Artist on The Terminator: Dawn of Fate-

This game is awesome....just all around cool. This is the current standard by which all 3rd person action/shooters should be judged. The graphics are beautiful, the characters are flawless...and the combat mode is inspiring! The game is just pure fun...and I love the boss enemies. The spider guy was incredible! This game definately belongs in anyones library who owns a PS2. Perfect game.

This is a must buy!!

Very Simple Idea... Very challenging....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a Capcom game about guns, swords, walking around and generally kicking some [toshie]. Easy to play, fun to play... here's a general idea...

Genre: 3D action game, one person. You walk around and kill things.
Puzzles: Easy; The level puzzles are simple: find key, use key. The bosses pose some challenge in finding tactics that work against them. Other than that... the puzzles pose no challenge what so ever.
Violence: High... that's all this game is about: killing things. None of these things are human, the closest human resemblance are puppets, marionettes. Others include insects, shadow dogs, lizard warriors, wraiths. There is blood, but not excessive.
Highs: Variety of armament, point bought skills, varying levels of difficulty, fun.
Lows: Simple, really simple. Story basically [is no good], the spoken dialect is embarrassing to listen to, some real problems with regard to realism.

Alright, so it's Capcom, makers of Resident Evil and Mega Man... so what do we have? A slight combination. Remember Onimusha? Well these are the same guys. Resident Evil meet Mega Man... introducing Devil May Cry. It's got the look of Resident Evil in a 3D world but the action style of Mega Man. Very very similar to Onimusha. Alright... if you have played any of the previously mentioned games you'll also note the horrible story line and dialogue. Well that's to be expected from Capcom... great fun, really difficult, horrible lines. The premise is simple, Dante, the main character, is trying to rid the world of the Dark Lord, Mundus. He comes across new powers and weapons to help him eliminate his many enemies and 5 bosses, including Mundus.

Alright I must first say that this game is very easy to play through, just once. You'll start to play and then if you have trouble it'll give you the option of going to the Easy mode, which also features automatic gun firing. There are four difficulty settings: Easy, Normal, Hard and Dante Must Die. This is the greatest part of the game, the difficulty settings. Normal is pretty easy, bosses are hit hard, you are hit less and items cost less. In Dante Must Die mode you must gather all your gaming ability together to survive, let alone conquer. You do have the option of carrying all your gear and skills from one difficulty to the next, so don't worry. Starting off in Dante Must Die mode would be impossible if you didn't have all your stuff. The bosses are also pretty darn hard. You'll have fun fighting Angelo, a sword wielding warrior like yourself, and you'll absolutely hate the battles with Nightmare, who lives up to his name completely.

The game play is simple enough, moves around like Zelda Ocarina of Time, but you can't control your camera, it just moves for you. Aiming is done perfectly with the press of a button. You have melee weapons and combos that you can pull off with your melee weapon, and your guns too. Another great part of this game is the fighting style. You can juggle enemies with your sword and guns, bomb them from a distance, turn and break another enemy next to you apart, and then slip into Devil Mode and cause the ground to explode. Devil Mode is like magic which allows you to access great skills and abilities, for the price of you Devil Letters (Magic Points).

Your skills are bought between missions or from an Ox with an hourglass statue. The cash are Red Orbs. Yellow orbs are basically lives, blue orbs add to your life, and often come in 1/4 fragments, and purple orbs add another letter to your Devil Bar (MP). You can use red orbs for buying for your two magic melee weapons or other orbs. Your weapons are swords (3 types), a pair of gauntlets, dual pistols, shotgun, grenade launcher, needlegun (underwater only) and a magic gun, Nightmare Beta. No ammo count or reloading, in fact if you can shoot fast enough you can keep Dante suspended in air while firing off your dual pistols.

There are many secret missions that reward your with Blue Orbs (life) and two hidden characters, after beating Hard and Dante Must Die difficulties. There is also a ranking system, D, C, B, A, S... sound familiar? They rank your missions based on Time, Health, Red Orb count and Items used. They also rank your ability to keep the pain flowing via combos.

Who should get this? Well fans of Onimusha would like it, Resident Evil fans may find the puzzles boring and the action very repetitive. It is not a great game in the sense of Final Fantasy 7, nor is it as fun as Grand Theft Auto... in fact you'll play it, beat it and then put in away. But I get it out every now and then just to kick some [toshie], and play around with Super Dante. The reason it has 4 stars is because it's a game that will keep you playing until it's over. Then you can play through the extra modes and find the hidden stuff, go for all S ranks on missions, put it away. It's short compared to other games, took me 3 hours (shortest time).

Happy Hunting.

Devil May Cry

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Wow what an amazing game. Don't hesitate to add it to your collection. From the makers of the Resident Evil genre the graphics are mind blowing and the game play almost seamless. Unlike RE the views move much smoother and when the screen changes your movement is unimpeded unlike the other series made by the same makers; very nicely corrected. The movement is second only to the gothic setting and dark atmosphere provided and the story is very effective in selling the desired mood. I would have paid more for this game than I did, especially after I played it. Not quite as mentally challenging as the Resident Evil Series, the game path is pretty laid out but the action more than makes up for this. Have no fears and and hurry home after you purchase it you won't regret it.

UPDATE 12-10-01

Ok I finally beat the Normal Mode, this is no easy feat either- I do have a full time job and unfortunately don't spend all my time with my PS2. The suprise is this - a HARD MODE. I can't believe it; I don't even know how to start. I would love to hear from somebody that has beaten this mode. You do get all the items you acquired from the Normal mode but I don't think it will be enough to get you through this nightmare mode. Just when I thought I could put it on the shelf and say I was the man - Damn there goes at least 10 hours of my time just to get half way through. Hope you aren't too intimidated by this update. If challenge is what you are looking for then this is your title to buy. Hope you have the time to see it through. I would give you more details on the Hard Level but it ruins the suprises. No enemies are where they used to be so try not to cry cause Devils Never Cry.

Simply one of the best games out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: December 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Anyone lookin 4 a Bad-Azz Survival horror game, needs to look no further, Devil May Cry is that game, and this is why:
Pros:
Nice storyline
Exellent graphics
A lot of items
nice weapons
excellent music that gives a deep feel
Great abilities to go along with weapons
Devil trigger is awsome
Great sound effects
Great and challanging bosses
Excellent voive acting
Great Gameplay
Short but fun to play again
At 19 bucks, this would make a great gift
Cons:
Ugly Camera angles
Enemies get repetitive, and real annoying
Puzzles (First time playing) can be very frustrating
Items raise up orbs every time u buy one
Short game, beat it in 8hours
No alternate camera mode

With not many bad things in this game it's hard not to enjoy this game. If you don't have this game by now, my friend, you're missin out on one of the best games out there. This definetly needs to be in your library of PS2 games

This is what heaven must be like!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: October 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I played the japanese version of DMC and the demo that came with RECVX and I have to say this game it's absolutely stunning!!!
Yes I do speak japanese and yes I'm writing this review based on the finished copy. PS2 gamers prepare to be blown away,the graphics are the most beautiful I've seen in a long time and the control's so responsive you'll be scared.
The backgrounds look like FF9's cinemas(yes,that good) and the music is totally awesome.

Style Without Substance, Alright While It Lasted

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 18
Date: October 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought Devil May Cry 5 days ago and I beat it yesterday. My total game time was 6 and a half hours. It is a very impressive game though. Graphically its quite beautiful and the hyper techno music during fights is awesome. The main character Dante also is very, very cool. But, I don't suggest buying this game.
Rent it first. There are different difficulty levels and secret missions to extend the replay value of this game, but you have to ask yourself if you really care.
There is a lack of variety in the number of enemies. I would never consider myself skilled at playing videogames, so I was left feeling very disappointed that I beat the game so quickly. The story [is plain bad as is]the voice acting, and the cutscenes. I was expecting more from this very hyped game. If you do buy it, think of it as an arcade-style adventure. It's fun, but it lacks almost any depth. It truly confuses me why so many people are quick to criticize the upcoming Luigi's Mansion for GameCube for about the same amount of gameplay, and yet I haven't read a review for Devil May Cry that points out how simple and short the game really is.

where is the fun??

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 18
Date: February 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i seriously and in all honesty cannot comprehend why there is such a huge fanbase for this game. this has got to be one of the most bland, non-immersive games i have come close to in a long time. i made the mistake of buying this thing after i heard such great reviews for it, with all these great moves Dante has and blah blah blah, and that it was developed by the same people as Resident Evil (my favorite game series ever), so well, i got sucked in, and for the first few minutes i was interested... it seemed cool to kick some serious ass thanks to Dante's vast arsenal of moves. but after like 15 minutes, it got to the point where the game was going nowhere...

there is NO puzzle-solving (and if the developers consider this game to have puzzles, then i could just as well hide a rock under my bed and leave notes saying where the stupid thing is and call it a puzzle) and the moves are so simple, there is NOTHING you have to do except press one, or two button combos.
i mean, yeah, the moves are pretty neat to look at for the first few minutes, but all this info throughout the game about strategizing being a MUST so you can target specific enemy weaknesses is just a load of crap. Hit the action button 3 times, regardless of whom you're fighting, Dante slashes his sword in a funky way 3 times and that's it. monster dies, you move on.

you could honestly have a deep conversation with someone else in the room and not lose in the game as long as you keep pressing the button blindly. it's that stupid.

i'm sorry but i thought this was going to be something else that just a plain shoot-em'-up, sword slashing game. and it pitifully epitomizes the above characterization perfectly.

point is, i'm done with this game.

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