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Devil May Cry 5 |OT| It's been 11 years since we last met. Where does the time go? [Now on Xbox Gamepass]
- Thread starter Dahbomb
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SoS where you need at least 5,500. I finally did it with 5,586. Just barely. Fucking cursed-ass mission. Maybe I just suck and I'm in for a tougher time on Mission 11.
Yeah, Dante's locations are restricted as hell, like you mentioned. The Bloody Palace is a one-day event or lasts forever after it's release? Either way... as my first DMC game this has been a lot of great fun. Still getting used to all the controls, but I've actually found Nero and Dante surprisingly easy to get into; it's just V that I tend to struggle with. I guess it comes from the mindset of just wanting to go straight up melee, but V is too weak for that. :D
I've also just been reloading checkpoints as Dante, both to practice and to capture some gifs. What a load of great fun.
Can you imagine if this game had camera customisation like Nier? That would be a godsend. :P
I've been racking my brain trying to improve my Mission 8 results on DMD and just can't. I've spent two days doing this stupid mission, and it's just a slog because of the Proto Angelo especially.
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BP is not a one day event. It'll be in the game forever and you can replay it as many times as you like.
Ah, good you got it. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I barely got 5,500 after a good number of attempts on SoS. Mission 11 should be way easier for you. I got it on my first try and I'm not a god at this game.
Yep, he went straight to being my favorite character of the three in SoS. With his full moveset he's an absolute beast.
I got the game last week and I'm on chapter 9. So far I'm not loving it, but it's on the OK side of things. I have a lot more fun with V in terms of gameplay, it's just really different and I like having pets in games.
Nero I really don't like - but usually every mechanic where resources are purchasable makes the game instantly less fun for me, because I don't like buying consumables in games. Therefore the devilbreakers are a source of anxiety and I don't like using them. I also don't like the shotgun style ranged.
So I guess because I don't like Nero, the game will never reach the highs that it seems to reach for you guys. I'm hoping Dante will be a lot more fun (I loved previous DMC games) if he doesn't have that consumable mechanic (part of why I'm enjoying V a lot more).
Nero I really don't like - but usually every mechanic where resources are purchasable makes the game instantly less fun for me, because I don't like buying consumables in games. Therefore the devilbreakers are a source of anxiety and I don't like using them. I also don't like the shotgun style ranged.
So I guess because I don't like Nero, the game will never reach the highs that it seems to reach for you guys. I'm hoping Dante will be a lot more fun (I loved previous DMC games) if he doesn't have that consumable mechanic (part of why I'm enjoying V a lot more).
What do you mean by consumable? You mean the devil breakers? If so that sounds like a you problem, because that opens Nero's gameplay. Besides there's no need to buy it since stages give you plenty of it unless you want a specific set.
I did say I didn't like when consumable items are deeply involved in normal gameplay. I'm a big item hoarder - makes me anxious to use them until the very end. So yeah, it's a "me" problem. I do use them though, just for some reason the constant displeasure of losing them makes me not enjoy the gameplay of that character. V is good though, as I mentioned.
As another problem I feel that the environments are a little uninspiring - but this latest chapter was an improvement so hopefully they will get better and better in the second half.
Do folks recommend changing the controls at all, or just sticking with the default? E.g How do folks do Nero gun charge in the middle of combos?
For Nero I remapped his gun to R2, his breaker to square, and his breaker explosion to the D-Pad, I remapped Griffon to L2 ofor V, and I kept Dante with the default control scheme.
I keep mine default, but I hold the controller in a different way. Something like:
- Square: Left index
- L1/L2: Left pinky
- Dpad/Left analog: Left thumb
Right hand is normal.
I got used to this as far back as DMC3, mainly for Vergil's Summoned Swords, and did the same for DMC4 Nero.
Same tbh. Wasn't a fan of him in 4 (he was fine but that's it) but I'm having a blast with him. He can even max act his air taunt, it's absurd in the best way possible.
To be fair, the moves also don't get more expensive the more you buy. Having recently played DMC4:SE, which had the progression made easier to accomodate the new characters, it's still way easier to upgrade your character in DMC5. Going through a whole mission and not buying any upgrades never happened in this game.
I like DMC5's character progression A LOT more than DMC4's.
The revive is bullshit, though, agreed.
It's great.
It negates pusback on hit, so if you do it after a streak the enemy won't fly away and you can easily continue your combo. I set it to square for easier access, moved Blue Rose to R2.
I'm using those keybinds too. Sounds like I shouldn't treat it like Exceed and just use it after certain moves instead of trying to do it every move.
This mod is also really cool:
Exactly, they're fantastic for moves with long animations. If you're using Helter Skelter, you can go ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA, it's great.
You can also do some cute shit like using one right after a Calibur to keep the enemy where they are while you switch sides with your momentum.
That sounds awesome. Man, they really did great work with Nero in this game. I liked his unique mechanics in 4, but I still felt like he was a little barebones compared to Dante. This game he really feels just as fully featured but in a completely different way. It's a little overwhelming lol.
Gerbera parries feel so good.
Yeah, it really feels like Nero is a complete character now. I love playing as him so much.
It can't be stated enough how much of an improvement Nero had both in gameplay and personality, he's my favorite character in 5 overall, and I kind of hated him in 4.
It's not that he didn't have depth before, all I need to do is watch a single Nero combo video to see how many things he can do that I couldn't even imagine, but it's not like I became a godlike player in 5, he just has so many more intuitive and useful options that you get in that same vibe as when you play Dante, where you see yourself naturally improving the more you play, instead of hitting a wall and having to look up youtube tutorials to extract more from the character, like 4's Nero.
When you swap characters in a level, none of their dialogue plays - although the subtitles are cued up, no audio files are triggered. It's odd, seeing as you'd imagine that to be tied to the stage itself, not the character...
I wonder if it's a remnant of something they put in place to officially allow playing as different characters in the same stage after clearing the game once?
It's interesting how it's the exact same model, but his animations make him look so much more frail.
I wonder if it's a remnant of something they put in place to officially allow playing as different characters in the same stage after clearing the game once?
This mod is also really cool:
It's interesting how it's the exact same model, but his animations make him look so much more frail.
I'll try that out, thanks!
Hah, don't think I can pull that off.
Thinking of whether to get this or not but one thing i hated about DMC4 was the back tracking and repeating the same environments and repeat of boss fights.
Does anything like that happen in here?
Does anything like that happen in here?
No backtracking, but environmental art is pretty samey.
There are boss repeats but it's more like DMC3 than DMC4 in that regard.
All of my Nero loadouts now are just a mix of Gerbera and Punch Line lol
Even then, 3 had a full boss rush before the last missions, while 5 just has cut-down rematches for a small number.
I am just starting (Mission 2) and I have Max Act skill unlocked. It looks like I am doing it correctly (LT after an attack) but one of my gauges maxes out rather than all of them. Worth noting that only one of them is not blacked out. This one gets filled completely when I think I execute the move correctly. Do I need to unlock these blacked out gauges or am I actually doing it wrong, lol.
You do need to unlock them, you kind of went the reverse route when it comes to upgrading his Exceed. :P
I wasn't having too much trouble mopping up S ranks on DH and now suddenly mission 15 is stonewalling me.
Is there a list somewhere of all the "hidden/not explained" moves/mecanics in the game? (Like that cool af shotgun backflip on gunslinger for example)
Wait wtf I just saw the revive dealing damage thing... I guess I understand why these DMD bosses have such insane health pools. smh
Haha nice. I'll keep this in mind for next time I play.
And for some reason the nuke revive only takes away the 1.2 bonus, and has no penalty like the gold orb so you can still S rank.
That's honestly a huge bummer.
Do the bosses have notably more health in DmD then they did in previous games?