Was it Good? - Devil May Cry

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I should have been the one... to fill YoUr dARK S0UL WITH LIIIeeeII11GGhhhttTT77T!!!1!
Devil May Cry is a horror action puzzler game released in 2001 following the adventures of Dante as he hunts down Mundus, the dark lord.
So let's go back, replay this now 20 year old game and ask the question, was it actually, any good?
Thank you to the Patreons supporters and Twitch subs who keep the channel alive and fill my dark soul with light.

[@Jagrofes]

DMC1: Dante keeps getting stabbed by his own sword. DMCV: Dante stabs himself when no one else does.

[@zhaoyun255]

And create the sword with his own DAMN NAME off of a broken Rebellion.....It came full circle.

[@ayandanxumalo9699]

It ain't a proper Devil May Cry until Dante (then later Nero) get stabbed.

[@brennanlable]

"fine... I'll do it myself"

[@Dragonk116]

It's like persona 3, instead of shooting yourself to activate your own persona power you have to stab yourself to activate your demon power.

[@calibula95]

"Fine, I'll do it myself."

[@hussainazmeel2984]

Ah yes, Dante being stabbed by his own sword in every iteration is as iconic as it is hilarious as he powers up afterwards !

[@dusanslavnic4727]

Is it really a Devil May Cry game if Dante doesn't take his own sword through the chest?

[@SevereArtisan]

And finally in DMC5, Dante is just all "Screw it, I'll just stab myself!"

[@redroachofficial7388]

In 6 he's gonna be like "damnit not again"

[@svenbernhagen6320]

Even in the anime XD

[@Shendue]

Well, THIS is why it's iconic in the first place. That scene was absolutely epic. I remember when I first played the game, back when it came out on PS2. I really thought I screwed up and that was a game over. The inscriptions suggest that no human can touch the sword and survive, therefore you are purposedly induced to think it is some sort of puzzle and you failed because you missed something. And then Dante does this utlimate badass stuff and it's hype as heck. Imagine passing from "oh, damn, I screwed up, it's back to the checkpoint" to "WTF? That's SO BADASS!". The no-sell on the sword stab is absolutely epic.

[@Omphalite]

"The gloves are fine, but you'll be using Alastor for most of the game" This man does not understand the beauty of holding an attack for 5 seconds and then obliterating something in one hit.

[@racealistic]

This man just sucks at combat. How do you not go nuts with the shotgun nunchucks.

[@ISesseriI]

Killing griffon in like 3 or 4 hits on DMD mode with Ifrit Fireball attack because of the giant gaping hole in his chest

[@Radical_SeS]

Nor does he understand the beauty of dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick dive kick

[@Kilesfactor]

As a person who is currently on mission 22, I can tell you that I love the Devil Trigger Kick13 flurry. In fact, I just bought every upgrade for Ifrit lol

[@Kilesfactor]

I just realized that I’m at the end of the game, so I just spent about 30 minutes farming red orbs so that I can get every upgrade but health and devil trigger I also noticed that on the information file for Mundus, it spelled moment as “moement” and now I wish there was a chibi version of this mission 🥰

[@germgoblin5313]

I love the idea of making a horror game but making the main character such a badass it becomes an action game

[@kinggingernator2964]

Literally bloodborne

[@askiia8713]

@@kinggingernator2964 As much as I love bloodborne (I mean it's literally everyone's favorite game ever made apparently), the hunter...doesn't really have a personality. I mean, he wasn't meant to, fromsoft's avatars are undead nobodies that's kind of the point so it's not a bad thing, but y'know, the hunter's just..there lol.

[@blingsing5383]

@@kinggingernator2964 I feel many things when I play Fromsoft games badass is not one of them

[@toasty3719]

Elden Ring made me feel pretty badass. But I suppose it wasn't until Bloodbourne and Elden Ring that I felt that in a Fromsoft game

[@annieme-tions]

Literally RE:4

[@AlynRapi]

one of my favorite things about this game is the sound design, the gun shots and sword swings are so damn powerful, hearing this game is an experience on its own

[@NohabloEng]

The mundus fight the scene before it used to make me Cry so much when i was younger 🤣

[@spacedoutl4634]

@@NohabloEngno it didn’t bro, the original commenter is a bigger fan than you

[@victordavila9812]

I can imagine an office party at Capcom where the guy who write the lines "fill your dark soul with lightttttt" (DMC) and the guy who write the lines "what I m fighting fooorrrrrr" (megamanx5) congratulate each other like hey man awesome writing thanks man you to. They both have the same level of awfulness and cheese in an otherwise really cool story xD

[@TheUltimateRey]

It was actually mega man X4 lol

[@roosacle]

Oh my gosh. This is exactly what I was thinking 😂

[@nameless646]

I'd go to school and ask my friends if they played "this new game" and we'd spend most of the afternoon mocking the dialogue or talking to people in the same way, just to see the looks on their faces. I will never understand how some of these 90's scripts were green lit for release.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@nameless646 most dubs from back them were given little time, little directing, and no context for the the scene.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@Burst Your Bubble its more-so the corny writing and the rushed voice acting that makes it sound worse.

[@dhamp_]

Putting in a good word for Dark Cloud. A criminally underrated game.

[@sindri1447]

Dark Cloud=Dark Chonicles 2? The fact that they changed the name for a certain region is confusing to me.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

Dark cloud 2 is one of my fav games of all time

[@dhamp_]

@@sindri1447 Other way around. Dark Chronicle is what Dark Cloud 2 is known as here in PAL regions.

[@GigglesMcMuffin]

Facts. This was one of my most beloved games as a kid. I recently just played it again as an adult and it still holds that same charm.

[@williamclay3426]

Missing the item to go to hidden dungeons in na sucked it was the feather for the painting I think but I loved dark cloud

[@matthewhoward7757]

This might have been mentioned in other comments, but in reference to the "hitting fireballs back at the skeleton dragon" not being used elsewhere, you can actually do this to the same blasts that Phantom uses on you for significant damage

[@AzurezeroArt]

i thought you had to hit it before it fired them to explode in his mouth

[@barrygeistwhite3474]

@@AzurezeroArt You can do that too! Also, you can knock back a similar orb attack during the second phase of the Mundus battle. It's risky, but if you DT it becomes a lot easier and deals a ton of damage.

[@ARStudios2000]

I swear to god that stupid section had me left stuck there for 10s of minutes like an idiot, wondering what to do before I watched a walkthrough and realized what to do. I really didn't appreciate that part.

[@JJAB91]

@@ARStudios2000 There is literally a plaque on the wall right there in the game that tells you what to do.

[@ARStudios2000]

@@JJAB91 seriously? I looked around but never saw that

[@markiss69]

Dmc is one of my favorite franchises in gaming! oh and btw, patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for Josh Strife Hayes to make a was it good -Fallout New Vegas video.

[@TheStereovenom]

I recently replayed it, of course I modded it but it still holds up in my opinion. Obsidian did a great job with the story of new Vegas.

[@Alex-bi9mk]

Definitely still holds up, dead money and lonesome road are the best dlc in any fallout game

[@markiss69]

@@Alex-bi9mk joshua graham is the best character hands down

[@Nerobyrne]

Ever notice how the best Bethesda games are the ones they didn't make? ^^

[@JJJBunney001]

@@Nerobyrne to be fair, Obsidians best games are when they aren't making their own IP haha

[@AnaAna-qm6vm]

I played this game a few years ago and I had so much fun! I loved everything about it - the music, the combat, the scenarios, the aesthetic... and using a gun and a sword

[@BunnehGaming]

I think you absolutely nailed this review of the game. Like you, I played DMC when I was pretty young; I even remember when DMC 2 was announced and ads for it were showing up in Game Informer magazines haha. I played the heck out of DMC, but always felt like the camera angles were clunky and there were significant inconsistencies in some of the gameplay, all of which you highlighted in the video. The last boss fight ESPECIALLY stood out to me as it made no sense when compared to the rest of the gameplay and boss fights. I couldn't agree more on the awful voice acting as well. But overall DMC has a special place in my heart and I think the things they did right absolutely outweigh the things they did wrong. Also if you happen to read this comment, please consider doing a "Was It Good" for the Sly Cooper series. It's an excellent series of games that I hold very dear to my heart :)

[@SizemoreMusic]

Great video! This game has several retrospective videos about it and a lot of them say things like, “Not every thing has aged well.” Well … it’s 20 years old. It created its own genre, and at the time, every game was trying to copy it. Devil May Cry wasn’t just good for its time. It is a milestone in the industry as a whole.

[@Ilyak1986]

It may be true that "it hasn't aged well", but...some games even older *have* aged well. Chrono Trigger, and F-Zero X (bugs and balance notwithstanding) are two such examples. Probably more. Super Mario World, perhaps? Street Fighter 2 turbo still has its echoes in SF6. Smash melee is still the best smash. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 lasted for over a decade (two?) before MVC3 came along. And Seiken Densetsu 3 got a remaster as Trials of Mana.

[@Leaf__22]

HoM 3

[@Casketkrusher_]

@@Ilyak1986 The games you mentoined that aged well are actually not 3D games, 2D games will always age better, 3D is a different beast.

[@r.u.s.e3586]

@@Casketkrusher_ Super Mario 64?

[@ARStudios2000]

​@@Ilyak1986don't forget Half Life 1!

[@bugg6597]

I remember devil may cry 1 and 2 arcade cabinets. I’m not kidding, they were a blast and it really seemed like the future of gaming. If only they never stopped releasing games as arcade machines and putting them everywhere

[@NovaeXelon]

Fun fact: The game offers you an easy mode after the first level IF you used your given Vital Star to restore your life :)

[@Spirit_of_Yubel]

It also offers Easy Automatic if you use a few Yellow Orbs within the first 3 missions, too. If you're a completionist, it's needed to manually unlock Easy Automatic for new games, too.

[@Casketkrusher_]

Well its only Easy Automatic, theres no standard easy mode it makes you perform combos by just spamming the attack button. Making you rapid fire with just holding the fire button, enemies are replaced with lesser enemies like the sewer has now only the weakest of marionettes.

[@marianix1591]

Yup! It’s how I beat it! 😅 I love DMC but I am woeful at playing them! 😂

[@Anomaly188]

@@marianix1591 Git gud scrub.

[@wallacesousuke1433]

@@Anomaly188 🤡

[@WaywardRobot]

The key to beat Mundus in the second form is to destroy the sigil orbs he spawns before he can use them to attack you. It's also a good way to build up the DT gauge.

[@sniperwaffle937]

Another way to shoot the shotgun faster, with less inputs, is to simply do rapid side strafes while spamming the fire button. I love that animation cancels have always just been a staple in the series and evolved to not only make combat feel more responsive, but make each game more stylish

[@1ove1ess]

watching your Josh Strife Plays videos almost feels like reminiscing with friends about the games we enjoyed, with all that was awsome, and having a laugh at times thinking about the more questionable parts.

[@AndresLionheart]

No mention of the enemy files? Enemies in this game all have certain weaknesses, and exploiting said weaknesses can destroy them instantly. Like breaking the scissor's enemy scissors with the shotgun, or standing on top of Shadows' spear attack to instantly expose their cores. This is something very different from the rest of the games in the series. 8:55 that save state though.

[@onnol917]

The scissors enemy gets 1 shot from breaking its face with the shotgun

[@onnol917]

The scissors enemy gets 1 shot from breaking its face with the shotgun

[@AndresLionheart]

@@onnol917 oh, was it that you clash sword with the scissors until they break and then you shotgun their face for an instakill? Maybe I got them confused with the ones in DMC V.

[@onnol917]

@@AndresLionheart yeah exactly that, knock the scissors off balance and follow up with a point black shotgun blast

[@BaruGaming]

@@onnol917 Could be Handguns as well, not necessarily shotgun, Dante puts the gun to it's head with special stance

[@ekaen5868]

Josh, gotta love your work, the way you explain things with elegence as if your viewers where 5 years olds but in a good way, no the insulting one.

[@Krimzonsx]

21:40 fun fact, you can actually kill phantom in this section (quite easily if you have a full DT gauge) to get a hefty sum of extra red orbs. I remember it being 500ish?

[@ryanhollist3950]

That opening with the shot framing Dante's sword and Trish's... lower body is probably one of the most Freudian framings I've ever seen.

[@hodjr0]

Ahh Devil May Cry 1.. I love that game! Especially the underwater bit.

[@DaveMustaine333]

My favorite moment first playing this, and was the moment I knew how badass Dante is. In the beginning Dante gets jumped in his "homebase" and as I'm fighting, Dante grabbed an opponent and rode him down the banister of the stairs like a grind on a skateboard.

[@CreamerOfTheDairySquad]

Im really digging your retrospectives of older ps1/2 games man!! This is the third "was it good" that ive watched and now ive subbed

[@Sigh95]

Aww, Devil May Cry! I love that game! Especially the underwater section! (EDIT) Hey, wait a second…

[@GattoriSancho]

This game was a Must Have at the time I Loved it. Playing it in a dark cold room was fucking great.

[@QuickGameBuilds]

You are so articulate and have such a good flow to your speaking. I really enjoy your videos.

[@FarelForever]

I personally slightly prefer the first game over the third one, but that's mostly due to the stylistic choices and how much I love that castle. Fun video, and even if it wasn't intentional, I laughed at how often you were gleaming with joy, only for something like the camera issues being mentioned and turning your mood soar :p

[@benedictrogers1478]

The skeleton dragon isn't the only thing that can have it's fireballs reflected, the same can be done to Phantom in his boss fights. Even back in the first game Devil May Cry had surprising consistency when it came to such things.

[@SevereArtisan]

I'd be interested to know Josh's in-depth opinion/s of DMC5 and whether or not he's played it yet.

[@Sikraj]

The Stinger+Grenade Gun combo was my jam.

[@budaiyanjing]

This game actually kick-started the modern action 3D games.

[@keskes1338]

I have played every single DMC to completion, upon initial release, multiple times, and I can honestly say I do not remember the underwater section. At all.

[@barbequesauce7167]

I don't remember the Nobodies, but maybe that's because I suppressed the memory. I recalled most of the camera issues -- Nelo 2 forcing you to fight standing still and dodge fireballs by sound, the anxiety-inducing way you had to turn your back on Nightmare to get the dials lit, learning to run into a new camera angle for a fraction of a second so it didn't cut back the moment you changed direction... But those gibbering Resi things? Nope, nope, nope. They hit like a truck as well.

[@faherty87]

I never really played it as a kid, my brother and my nephew loved it. I have recently gotten the old ps2 that was left in my rented house up and running with some classic games I loved but there's already a copy of Devil May Cry here. I must try it out. I'll come back to this video when I played it

[@deathblite9806]

At 31:24 I got an ad for door dash. Had a thought: the bird gets its power from door dash

[@D-Nova]

This, to me, is still the best DMC game. It's like this perfect mix of high-quality action and awesome ambience, which is something the newer titles are just lacking. It is also the reason why I prefer Bayonetta over modern DMC. Bayonetta has the complex and smooth action of modern DMC, but it also has a very well crafted world, with lots of background information. It's a different kind of ambience than the one from DMC1, but escpecially with Bayonetta 1, every trip through Paradiso made me stop for a second and rotate the camera to observe my surroundings. There is none of that in modern DMC. I also prefer the combat in DMC1 over DMC3 and DMC4 actually. In later games, combat gets more complex, sure, but I like how in DMC1 knowing your enemies was far more important than having quick reflexes. Every enemy has a certain weakness, through which he can be killed either in a single blow, or at least much, much quicker. The puppets are vulnerable to air juggling, the Blades die instantly when you hit their back with a Helm Breaker. Sins are weak to the shotgun. Shadow can be killed instantly by shooting him with your handguns while standing on his spear. Nobodies can be stunlocked with Alastor. Death Scissor and Death Scythe are highly vulnerable to the Helm Breaker as well and Frosts don't like Ifrit's roundhouse kick.

[@samrose1496]

Love the fact they want from DMC stright to DMC3 any chance for a video on 3 ? Gonna call you dad every video i feel like a kid playing these games for the first time love them all keep that shit up

[@Crowmanhunter]

Awesome video! I really appreciate that as much as this video is a review that examines Devil May Cry with a modern lense, it is also a retrospective that respects Devil May Cry and recognises what made some of its designs choices and iconic moments amazing for its time, rather than just lambasting the quality and writing for being outdated by today's standards. I've always felt in a review both can be done and neither needs to necessarily conflict with each other, so much respect for achieving this balance! Just some neat little tidbits of information I wanted to add on to. Mentioned at 35:50 the "projectile parry" system is present in other aspects of the game, but it mostly exists as a neat way to combat other enemies for style points and isn't used to solve further puzzles like it was here. Phantom the giant fire spider shoots fireballs that can be hit with your sword to reflect back at him. And the same can be done to energy ball blasts shot by Nelo Angelo. There might be more, but those were the ones that I remembered off the top of my head. And about the weird shift in mechanics for the final boss fight, it's interesting how consistently inconsistent Capcom was about the final boss fights of their action genre during this time. They do this weird shift in mechanics again in Devil May Cry 3, where you suddenly fight alongside Vergil and the game throws a random double team feature at you that is never seen again. And then Onimusha 2 is a samurai game, but for the final boss you basically become megaman and shoot lasers in an indiana jones style chase fight. Sadly, I haven't played more of Capcom's titles from that era, so I can't say if they do this in any other titles they have.

[@slyonerz]

Well call me Trish and fill my dark soul with light , great video 👍

[@jaorlowski]

I wonder if it is closer to the "divine comedy" or some Freudian shenanigans. Also i liked the remark on the "high note". XD

[@ian6239]

I love the ambiguity in this title: will the devil cry? we don't know. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. We can't rightly know with the present data.

[@vaughan1109]

Solid review man very thorough! I just finished this game on hard mode and I’m almost done with dmd mode. Other than the problems with the camera and platforming it’s been such a great experience.

[@darianstarfrog]

God I LOVED this game! I never had my own copy, but could S tier every stage, yet, I was never aware you could cheat with the shotgun reload! 😂 Great review! 💖

[@keiyangoshin3650]

Daaaannteeeee!!! 🥰❤️❤️😍 Without a doubt one of the coolest video game characters of all time! 😁 I’m embarrassed to admit however, that I never actually played this game myself. 😅 Jumped straight to number 3! **ahem** So anyway... can’t wait lol 😂 Thanks Josh. Stay safe. ❤️ Might edit after video.

[@9usuck0]

I forgot that underwater scene so hard, I almost considered you were lying too me. Lol

[@lindendrache8998]

I think I am the only one that remembers the underwater section as pretty cool? ^^ I loved the nail gun - it was pretty strong and c'mon it is a nail gun... nail guns are cool. I also liked the creepy vibe of this section - you could really feel the horror game roots of DMC there.

[@Avolition617]

I would like it if the controls weren't so shitty.

[@ThisisnotTwitter]

God this first game was shitting stunning! It was truly a unique gem. The cinematic camera angles could be annoying at times but the way it all came together overall was so good I just embraced it and did not care. Just a shame the sequels went off the rails and lost what made the chemistry of the first one so good. Even with it's hilariously cheesey ending.

[@elementalfreak4680]

There is a alternative way to defeat phantom on that one part. When he jumps you can position yourself on the glass part in the center and have him land on there a few times and he just falls through the ceiling onto that statue

[@reeset]

Man, my memory of how this game looked was VERY different :D

[@hectorlopez9453]

I will never forget not knowing shit bout this game except seeing the cover looked so cool. It has stood with me ever since I love the devil may cry series!!

[@Sir_Phobos]

Fun fact. You can roll cancel the grenade launcher recoil to both prevent being vulnerable from recoils and increase rate of fire.

[@ZiLL-z]

Dmc 1 is my favorite one out of the series. Idk… coming from fighting games and smash bros. I guess i got good at predicting opponents moves. Kinda like looking at how a hand raise and the frames it takes to connect. This is another reason why Dark Souls became one of my favorite franchises ever. DS, Dmc1 and RE1Remake gave me that Zelda 64 vibe that a grew up with. The worlds and enemies that i grew to love to face were in full presentation in the DS series, DMC series and RE1Remake for me. So i guess the camera angles never really bothered me 😅. After playing all DMC games released from release window i went into the fan base. Makes the games feel like they have more to offer. The speed run scene, shit posting scene and guides are always looked up after i finish a game. The only exception i let leak through is asking a friend to tell me without spoils.

[@Denji23]

for the time back then when you were playing games like silent hill and resident evil it was so refreshing to have infinite ammo in DMC

[@wilyboy1234]

Why is Dante so poetic about the sky? Maybe he misses using AIR Raid.

[@warlordapollyon2754]

The reason mundus needed Dante at the island was because he had the other half of the amulet. The amulet was what unlocked the portal to where Mundus was, a prison locked by sparda.

[@stinkfinga4918]

No, that's one of the many retcons from 3. The amulets simply create the Sparda sword. Mundus was already coming back and just wanted to finish off Spardas bloodline asap.

[@warlordapollyon2754]

@@stinkfinga4918 rip

[@stinkfinga4918]

@@warlordapollyon2754 get dunked

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

Only in the terms of the time frame it was released in, DMC 3 was the definitive game in the series, but had some fun with the original.

[@CrimWorld9]

In the name of the moon, I will punish you! Fighting evil by Moonlight. Winning love by Daylight. Never running from a real fight! He is the one named Dante He is the one Dan-te!

[@mathias2001154]

the shotgun bug was the best, just constantly switch directions and spam fire the shotgun, and the animation for reloading the shotgun is canceled, effectively giving you an auto shotgun.

[@selfaware7617]

If I’m playing a video from this channel, then that means it’s bed time, and I want his voice to sing me to sleep

[@darthkahn45]

Instead of wearing out your fingers with the shotgun just move from side to side, same effect. Another popular trick is 'grenade rolling' you can fire grenades twice as fast by side rolling after each shot.

[@TheSlasherJunkie]

Few memories are as fond as spending 7th grade snow days with my brother and I taking turns seeing who could make it through boss fights with a higher score. It's the most arcade game to hit consoles and the fact that it spawned four sequels and a reboot shouldn't come as a surprise.

[@feyernightblade2050]

Great video, hoping for videos on DMC 3 and Bayonetta 💜

[@moshpitmachine]

Oh god you can see what he's talking about with the character movement and camera. Movement has that modern smoothness. Camera has the old static movement. It like John woo action in and old school Clint Eastwood western.

[@SalamanderLights]

Shotgun firerate trick: Instead of letting go of R1 then quickly pressing it again, you can tap the left analog stick after each shot canceling the reload animation with a step.

[@Phillylove100]

I really hope you do a video on devil mar cry 3 it is widely considered the peak of the series and it the game design is fantastic.

[@BleachWizz]

18:30 - Sword: *jumps into dante's hearth* Dante: Welp I guess it liked me

[@jamesmccarthy8484]

Honestly, I never knew about the shotgun cheese, and I just got through replaying it a couple months ago too lol. Might have to do another playthrough again

[@sicilianmammalian]

I love the resident evil style music of the first one

[@coreym8145]

would have been cool if you talked more about how this was original a resident evil game. its why so much of it felt like a game on progress with ideas not fully realised until later.

[@onatgz]

"before each mission you can..." yeah are you gonna do a video on thief?

[@uzairdurrani755]

I admit. I did not remember the underwater part of the game. I was actually surprised when you mentioned it because even then I couldn't remember it. I guess my subconscious suppressed it thoroughly.

[@nothingg00]

I just realized why I don't have any memories of DMC1 my game would instantly freeze when he would hold trish and completely blue balled the entire experience.

[@jonathankalyniuk7017]

Great video man.

[@ShadowOfStrikes]

As I see this, please play "Gungrave" on this Series, I loved that Game so much on the PS2. BTW. ZOE and ZOE:2nd Runner would be a good call too xD

[@henrychurch6062]

Hr. Hayes, you said the dragon skeleton that spits fire you have to hit back was a 1 shot mechanic you never do anything with again... but it shows you that you CAN hit fire back, and on a replay you will find that phantom has the exact same mechanic in both his boss fights and his hallway fights where you can kill him for red orbs. It's showing the player a secret for his replay, OR if you discovered it during the phantom fights it's calling back to that and rewarding the player for that discovery as he will already know how to solve the puzzle.

[@cho4d]

you missed out not using the laser gun. it actually gains devil trigger when it bounces through an enemy. it's crazy strong you get max dt almost instantly in crowds

[@soldatheero]

Playing it just made you feel cool as fuck. and I liked how it was more calm gothic castle vibe not an arcady feel at all like the newer ones

[@Killjoy45]

- Eventually Trish appears, reminds us to believe in ourselves. So we do, we pull the trigger EXTRA hard and imbue the bullets with the power of FRIENDSHIP, fire a supershot at Mundus....and he dies! It's like one of my Japanese animes!

[@Pethodieus]

I can’t wait for you to tackle the next two!

[@domenicstr1220]

You want to see the fireball mechanic more? You can reflect Phantoms fireballs

[@SomeAustrianGuy_]

As someone who 100% all DMC games, let me tell you, sure HaH Sranks on DMC5 were hard, but goddamn DMC1's DMD mode was straight up crushing. Nightmare 3, Griffon 3 and Mundus 2 in particular where endurance tests. Still, I actually had a pretty decent time, I'd actually recommend it to the ones of you who like pain and suffering All in all, DMC1, especially for its release date, was far ahead of its time

[@walidtaguemount9740]

It was absolutely amazing I still replay it to this day

[@C4_Anon]

this was one of hte best games ever created. the level of detail and passion is just, not seen today sadly. it was a bit much at times, but man, its incredible how lazy we've become i never knew how to activate air raid. it only happened by mistake. lolz

[@firegod555]

I forgot about that underwater level and needle gun all together dude wtf I was gonna pop in my old DMC1 into the PS2 and check but then I saw the gameplay and decided nah I'll just watch

[@kaoru288]

Jesus Christ. I thought Megaman X4 was only the one that had this "weirdly translated line to scream while holding the body of someone dear to them" moment with its iconic "what am i fighting foor"

[@mrhexadus1303]

i remember the ship, but i forgot about the needle gun and underwater part.

[@maxmogavero952]

"Melee Island" I see what you did there ... 🐒🏝️

[@WolfHreda]

I'm a little disappointed you didn't make an April Fool's Day video of Was It Good? - Devil May Cry 2. Just 30 seconds of intro, you ask the question, then end with Steve Carrell's "Noooooo!" from The Office.

[@SchmidtP89]

You should try playing it without becoming overreliant on Air Raid, using it as a crutch. You'll advance your combat capabilities and enjoy the now diversified gameplay more, and your mission rating will improve as well, encouraging you to try more advanced combat tactics and feeding into an evolving gameplay loop, which continues on harder difficulties. The camera and lock-on will also mess up less as melee combat seems to be what the game was designed around.

[@MysteriousStranger50]

Mudus’s final form gets one shot by a fully charged nightmare gun shot. Cool trick.

[@davidhan635]

Really? And on dante must die! ?

[@VIP-ry6vv]

I give this game 7.6 dark souls filled with light out of 11 so blue skies.

[@cryobot6641]

Listening to this as someone who's gone through DMD, the gameplay and combat discussions are really fun I forgot how stupidly strong Air Raid is on Normal, I almost never use it anymore unless I'm fighting Sin Scythes lol I think DMC1 is my favorite in the series, then 5 and 3 Warts and all, it's by no means perfect and on a mechanical level it's fairly simple, dmc3 and 5 both add in tremendous and wonderful ways to more fully flesh out the combat But there's something about dmc1 that just pulls me to it, the atmosphere, the music, the camp, even the simplicity of the combat, easy to learn but harder to master Each additional run really tests you, DMD really puts everything you have and learned to the test I'm glad this game is getting more eyes on it c:

[@cryobot6641]

Also, as an aside, Ifrit is actually really useful imo, I think it does more damage to Blades and Griffon and it's especially useful for Nightmare, with his demon core mechanics. Around 35:50-ish you mention that you wish returning fireballs was more common, but the parry system is used all the time in the game, especially at higher-level play, you can return Phantom's fireballs, Mundas's fireballs, you're almost guaranteed to parry Nelo Angelo in his fights at some point, you can create an opening during the Nightmare fight by parrying one of its attacks

[@mushafasa]

Guilty of forgetting about the water section.

[@salsamancer]

I wish every Resident Evil game had a game breaking DMC mode where you can replay as Dante and just utterly humiliate the monsters.

[@danteshollowedgrounds]

I really love that game though Devil May Cry, the first game is my absolute favorite. thinking of Devil May Cry 2 besides all the other games just give me nightmares.

[@skyblade7438]

It’s been a year, Josh. DMC2 is calling.

[@CaptainKeyHunt]

I'd like to see you do Ninja Gaiden 2004 as a comparison to this

[@Deadeye129]

"If you did this too..." Welp. Take my like and subscribe. Granted, I genuinely don't know why I wasn't subscribed before this video.

[@michaelrichard1320]

Totally need to review Onimusha Series

[@SandroSensei]

Will you do dmc3 as well? ✨