Yes, the game has been out for a while. Yes, I'm behind the times for talking about such a game. It's my blog, so I'll be writing what I will. Before I go into depth here, I'm going to point out that I do not own either a Xbox360 or a PS3. How do I know what I'm talking about? Spoilers Mr. Frodo, in it's entirety. Go ahead, watch it in full. I'll wait.
All done? Terrific.
Reviewers and whatnot seem to think that this is a good game. I for one would put this just one notch above DMC2. You would probably be best off renting it. The reason? Nero.
For those who don't know Nero is essentially the main protagonist in this game. His arm is demonic and from what I can tell has joined a devil worshiping cult for one reason, a chick. We all have our priorities, and I can respect that. What I don't like about him are several things.
His story makes no sense
According to the game he was born with a normal human arm but got the new appendage somewhere down the line. It is never explained how. Furthermore, the opening scene depicts him hiding said arm in a sling. We would have to assume that this arm change would have had to be somewhat recent for the sling excuse to hold water.
Another annoyance to his story is the comment made by the main villain in this scene. Nero "carriies the blood of Sparda"? How? Unless Sparda had a mistress on the side, Dante/Vergil were big into blood transfusions, or Sparda took the phrase "Give me a hand." in the literal sense there's nothing going on here.
Suffice to say, there's an inconsistency in the storyline. Frankly speaking if they devoted as much time to ironing out the characters as they did to the excessive "jiggle physics" of most of the female cast then this would have been a much better game. I'm not saying that sort of thing should be eliminated if you're into that, but when a developer has to "sex up" a game (compare Lady's outfit from 3 and 4) I feel like I'm being given a red herring.
He is an angsty teenager
Seriously, he is. Everything about him screams teen angst. Take his combat moveset. Look at this movie's first fight, no more than a minute into the video. See the scene where he's bashing the enemy on the ground repeatedly with his sword? All I'm seeing is an angry little kid having a temper tantrum. You even see this in a later scene where after his chick gets kidnapped (again) he starts to cry and has another tantrum by smashing the ground over and over with his fist. Hell, his voice cracks in some of the scenes. Has he even hit puberty yet?
It's when I read that last paragraph again that I come to an epiphany. I've met Nero before. You could replace him with Daniel Radcliffe in the next Harry Potter movie and most people wouldn't tell the difference. That's it. I'm going back to reading the Dune series and trying to figure out what half the chapters are talking about. At least that makes more sense.
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