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I finally played this game after years of it waiting for me in my Steam library.

I want to start by complimenting the gameplay. Apparently, it's actually why a lot of people didn't like this game back then, for being "too beginner friendly" or something (my source is a Matt McMuscles video). I always play games on Easy difficulty so LOL. I still feel like it has the basis combo mechanics, nice movesets and different weapons that actually give you the feeling of difference (I usually never even bothered to change weapons in the previous games, yeah 😁).
The arm mechanics (pulling, pushing etc.) from DMC4 was one of the things that made me like that game a lot, so it was nice to see that it's made a comeback in this one as well (minus the arm though).

The story was never something I looked forward to in DMC. This game was supposed to be a reboot of the series, so they took a lot of liberty with it. It's nothing new though, and I think it somehow became even more cliche making them nephilim, and reminiscent of Bayonetta.

Speaking of Bayonetta, earlier in the game, it reminded me a lot of Bayonetta with its environment, and throughout the game -- the whole "Limbo"/"real world" thing really underlined it all. It's not bad or good -- I just got reminded of it. Overall, I liked the look of the places.

I can't say the same about the character models. In general, I find it uncanny valley material when games try to go more realistic; this wasn't that, but... the way they emote was SO WEIRD most of the time.


Also, the constant action movie shaky cam WAS ANNOYING af.


One of the biggest problems I had with this game is caused by its port on Steam I guess. I couldn't play this game when I had my controller connected. I tried many "solutions" online but nothing worked unfortunately. I could have let it go, but the gameplay made me enjoy the game a lot, so I actually finished the whole game with keyboard & mouse.
This brought a lot of problems with it.

• The whole pull & push mechanics are incredibly more obstructive. With sausage-like fingers like mine, it's really a bother to get used to the controls. Though, you can change the whole map I think, so that's good.
• When you're not in a rush, it's fine to try to time your jumping and flying-in-the-air-for-a-short-time-gimmick. But most of the time, I kept falling because I couldn't press the keys CORRECTLY and IN TIME. That was very annoying.

MORE ON CRINGY DIALOGUE. I always found the dialogue in DMC cringy, but it was endearing-cringe. This time, it's annoying-cringe. AND A LOT OF IT. There were also so many scenes for shock value, and "comedy" which made me roll my eyes a lot. Swearing too -- don't forget, this is a MATURE GAME!!!

I liked some of the boss fights, especially the Bob Barbas one I think was very creative. I remembered Kat's existence while looking at the photos to post them so I think it's very telling how the side characters were.

IN SHORT. Nice to play game if you turn off your brain.

 Been some time since I properly had the time to update (and not for a game review).

Last time, I see I've mentioned preparing images to make collages. I finished all three of them: Raiden, Solid Snake and Iroquois Pliskin! ^^ My favorite is Pliskin's, I kinda messed up Raiden's - damn my shaky hands. Also, Snavid's pics were HUGE AF so I had to do his on a different notebook lmfao!


I think they look fairly pretty, right?
MGS characters are usually very pretty, especially in the older games. I don't like hyper realistic graphics myself but people seem to prefer it. Well, maybe I'll change my opinion when I'll have the chance to play V once I get a proper graphics card lol 😅

I've also managed to complete DMC3 in two days - at least the rest of it. I think I left it on mission 4 or something and went to play Splinter Cell instead. I think the only DMC review I've written is for the second one. That was because I had time to spend right after finishing it and I had some thoughts. First one was a very game. Second one was a choice. Third one was a bother.
HA. Think I'm going to get stoned for this, but I really didn't enjoy the later parts of the game. It started out really good, I'd missed seeing my mans Dante in his usual demeanor. However, the boss rush section made my skin crawl in agony. I don't even know how people can finish that game in normal difficulty, when I had trouble finding the will to finish it in easy difficulty lmfao! I applaud you people. 👏👏

The day after I finished it, I started to play Yakuza 4. Not sure about the exact date but could be on 16 or 17th of April, 2022. I have some thoughts but I am still on Akiyama's last chapter so I still will leave an open mind ^^ It's not bad, but I still miss 3.

Maybe playing these games right after each other was a bad idea because I've been feeling down lately. Not sure if it has any relation to them to be honest but idk man. I feel like I'm getting older each day without accomplishing anything but like... Playing video games like this was something I never had the chance to do as a kid so now that I have the opportunity, is it really too bad of me to want to play them?? When I think like that, I don't think it is. Why am I always nice at other people but I can never show the same hospitality to myself ever? Makes one think.........

Anyway, I think that's about it. Oruç da iyi geçiyor elhamdülillah. Tek sıkıntı, sağlık problemleri. Birkaç gündür hastaydım, sanırım nezleydim. Ya da alerji olabilir, annem öyle diyor. Neyse, gözümü açabiliyorum artık :D Burnum bir türlü durmuyordu, çok fenaydı. Diğer sağlık sıkıntısı hala devam ediyor maalesef. Bakalım gelecek günler ne gösterecek.

I'm feeling that same sadness once again as I am writing this now. Well, whatever. Best to ignore, like all my problems.

I still want to do that paper model of Metal Gear REX. I'm planning on printing them along with some Daniel pics, so I can make his collage as well. Should I make it only Spader, or Shanks as well?