Well for all you players looking for some close combat action.. look no further!!
Now, a few things to be kept in mind before i start:
1. I am using a normal keyboard and mouse(not necessary for playing the game) to play the game. This, is a disadvantage and i would highly recommend anyone to get a Logitech wireless gamepad for playing this particular game. It took me a lot of time to get used to the combination of key, so this is just a suggestion.
2. I am playing the game in normal difficulty, so the level of difficulty experienced by me is due to the same.
3. I am using an Nvidia graphics card and used the Nvidia settings manager to enhance some of the application settings before playing the game which involves increasing AA level and increasing the level of other graphics options and this also includes removing vsync (It helps to boost up game speed & frame rates but alternately, turbo mode can be used but it makes the gameplay suffer).
4. Lastly, I have played only upto level 10 of the game till now which is exactly half of the levels in the game.
The game has 20 very rocking levels in which it boasts of mind boggling action and close combat fighting.
Our protaganist, Dante has been "invited" by his brother, Vergil for some serious monster-mashing party, so that he(Vergil) can break the seal made by Sparda, their father that divides the human realm from the demon realm.
The game starts out with us having just one devil arm, the rebellion and the guns(ebony and ivory). As we move on we fight some really tough monsters on the way to the top of the tower where we meet for a fight with brother, Vergil. Also, some tough bosses get defeated to give Dante new Devil arms. We also pick up more guns on the way to defeating Vergil. The game has an in-game devil shop where you can exchange the red orbs you get while defeating monsters for upgrades to your weapons and buying items to increase your health as well and also the gold orb which allows Re birth. There are Blue orbs and Purple Orbs which allows Dante to increase his max health and max time for staying in Devil Trigger state too. But the shop goes on increasing the price of each item as you go on buying them, making it difficult for you to keep on buying the item(well, it just goes to show you that storekeepers in the demon world are real devils).
Well, the game as I said has some awesome combination attacks and close up melees which make the game more enjoyable. The game also features Dante having four styles:Trickster, Gunslinger, Swordmaster and Royal Guard. Each of them have their pros and accumulating experience while using them allows us to get a level up resulting in gaining new abilities of that particular style. Trickster style comes in most handy during the boss fight with Vergil. The Gunslinger style, otherwise rules when it comes to fighting with normal monsters.There is a Devil Trigger to transform Dante to the demon state for a short period of time which allows you to gain speed, more strength and renewing health too! But it only lasts for a few seconds but can be increased by buying purple orbs from the shop in exhange for red orbs.
The game, although has dreary textures and dull surroundings, the character graphics is quite good(with some enhanced settings). And the game progresses quite easily and is fairly simple but I will admit, i needed the help of the GS GameGuide (thanks to GS!) to complete certain parts of the game but the boss fight with Nevan went down more differently than how the GS Guide said coz she sure was tough esecially coz she even threw out all of her so called desperation attacks in the PC version of the game just after i was able to take 10% of her life down. However, the boss fights provide the highest amount of fun and produce the most tired and exhausted hands(when using the keyboard, at least)[lol].There is a real glitch in the save system according to me coz the game never saves your position in the game but rather saves your stats and abilities you possess. So, inspite of having an anywhere save system, you might have to play a huge part of the game again to reach the position you saved at.
The cutscenes in most cases are worth waiting for coz they are really funny and add that attitude factor into the game!
The game all in all provides a lot of fun gameplay and is a really tough cookie to crack without a gamepad. So, all you gamers who want some retro style, close combat action, then DMC3SE is all yours for the taking.
With DMC4 slated for release in February this year, hopefully the game developers at CAPCOM will have made proper adjustments for us PC gamers, so that we can play the next version with ease.