Frustrated with combat

[Ricky the Pooh]

Hello there.

First off: Played through each and every DMC (DmC included) multiple times, had a little trouble on higher difficulties but always managed to get through with an S rank in the end, enjoying myself MOST of the time (looking at you, second half of DMC4).

However, this time around I just can't get into it, and I'm afraid this might be the first DMC I won't even bother to finish.

Combat overall feels incredibly "meh" to me, and it's getting worse by the mission (ba dum tss). I just can't put my finger on what exactly is bothering me. Am I missing some aspect of it? I use pretty much every combo I can think of, juggling enemies for days, even utilizing devil breakers on Nero.

I'm mostly venting, but still: Help?

[Likwit_H]

You definitely are venting. If you've played any DMC in the past then you should know what to expect here and let me tell you DMC5 is the best iteration of DMC combat. If you think it's 'meh' maybe your taste in gaming has changed. For instance my brother really only likes battle royal games now and playing DMC5 now doesn't seem as fun as it was since before he played battle royal games non stop. Something inside of you is making dmc seem like 'meh' no one can fix it for you only you. I can definitely tell you that DMC5 is an amazing game and you most likely don't understand the combat. Watch Dante / Nero combo vids to see what I mean. If you're now SSS every other fight then you don't know how to play properly.

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Nero has always been more simple in the combat department. V is a bit less simple but still easy to use.

What you’re really here to do is play Dante, though.

Once you beat Son of Sparda mode, as Dante you can literally have every single sword and gun equipped at the same time, so the possibilities are almost endless.

[Ricky the Pooh]

Originally posted by Likwit_H:

You definitely are venting. If you've played any DMC in the past then you should know what to expect here and let me tell you DMC5 is the best iteration of DMC combat. If you think it's 'meh' maybe your taste in gaming has changed. For instance my brother really only likes battle royal games now and playing DMC5 now doesn't seem as fun as it was since before he played battle royal games non stop. Something inside of you is making dmc seem like 'meh' no one can fix it for you only you. I can definitely tell you that DMC5 is an amazing game and you most likely don't understand the combat. Watch Dante / Nero combo vids to see what I mean. If you're now SSS every other fight then you don't know how to play properly.

I realize I should have picked another title, you seem to think I'm saying "can't get through the game".

I do get the combat, getting SSS is rather easy thanks to devil breakers and Nightmare. It's just the way it "feels" that bothers me.

[M3chaMike]

One thing that I noticed that did bother me slightly is that your melee attacks don't track enemies at all when not locked on. In 3 and 4 even if you didn't lock on to an enemy your character would still attack slightly towards the nearest enemy, which helped when there was so much going on the screen that you couldn't even see where your character was facing. This is completely absent here.

Also the dodge timing is a bit weird in this one. Not bad, but I swear I pulled off perfect dodges with Dante a couple times but they just didn't register.

Anyways I still love DMC 5, but maybe these were why you felt the combat was off?

[Ricky the Pooh]

Originally posted by M3chaMike:

Also the dodge timing is a bit weird in this one. Not bad, but I swear I pulled off perfect dodges with Dante a couple times but they just didn't register.

That's definitely part of it. Dodging Urizons giant laser beam was infuriating :D