A Great DMC Essay

Last night I discovered an amazing Devil May Cry essay written by AlexxShadenk, titled “I think a big part of why I like DMC 5 better than 4/4SE is because of how the characters are better balanced in the latest game”. The essay starts with the quote seen in the title and then Alexx proceeds to analyze most moves of the DMC series, and how they changed and evolved, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. His analysis is very in-depth, and only DMC players will understand what he is talking about. It is pages of passion, knowledge and experience combined and mixed to deliver an amazing essay. He goes into great detail about the Round Trip move and even ends up mentioning me and my old Nelo Angelo video, saying that I “recorded the most incredible god damn Nelo Angelo boss fights out there”, which was a very pleasant surprise. I laughed at his joke, too, as I wasn’t expecting that at all. I liked also how he analyzed DMC’s lock-on system and how its more specific inputs contribute to making the combat better than the one in other 3D brawlers, which typically use dial-up combos. He managed to put into words something that I had intuitively felt before but was unable to verbalize or even properly conceptualize. Highly recommended reading for any Devil May Cry fan, then.