re: Devil May Cry 5 Thread

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I think my biggest problem is that not only are the levels aesthetically similar but they also play similarly. Every level is walking through a tunnel, reaching a large open space, fighting monsters, walking through another tunnel, fighting more monsters in another large open space, fight boss.

The older games just didn't feel like this to me.

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It's clear they purposefully streamlined the game. DMC games were always primarily about the combat but they had other cool gameplay elements sprinkled in. Those have been all stripped away. There are no puzzles in this game at all. There are no switches to activate to do something in the level. The levels are almost all very linear, there's no exploration. There's no platforming either, an element that was frustrating as hell in the old games, but ironically now could be done much better).

I actually liked all those other elements and thought they gave the past game more flavor and depth and variety in between combat sections.

So yeah, I'd give the game a B. If you're a fan of these type of action based PvE fighting games, it will deliver. They just could have easily gotten an A had they used more elements from DMC1/3.