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DmC – Devil May Cry – The Definitive Edition

Posted on by Viljami

Devil May Cry – The Definitive Edition was released already released in 2013 for the console generation that featured Xbox One and PlayStation 4. This game ahs actually been in my game library for all this time until today. I did play it for maybe four hours earlier in my life as a gamer. I played it on my PS4. You can probably figure that I got stuck to this boss fight in “Mission 10 – Bad News”. It was actually a bit silly way to end playing the game but this was actually what happened to me at the first try to trying to beat this game.

If you are stuck on that part of the game I can give you some tips. You have to try to avoid getting hit by the boss’s attacks and try to hit to the ground where there are spots marked. After you hit the floor on the right spot the boss transforms and you get to hit it and you should keep hitting it as long as possible. This way you can eventually progress past the boss and defeat it finally.

I have put in some work playing this game of the Devil May Cry series. There is a more newer game in the series. This game is Devil May Cry 5. The fourth Devil May Cry game is also in my opinion a good game. You can also play the first three games in the series that are available as a bundled collection. While I do have experience in playing games in this series I haven’t finished a single game completely. Some years ago I tried my hand in the first game of the series of Devil May Cry games. I didn’t finish the game but managed to get some experience on the series and how the gameplay works basically. The first game isn’t a bad way to start getting into Devil May Cry games.

Capcom has made very good job in developing this title. There are similarities to other Capcom’s games. You can place Resident Evil 2 next to this game so you can see the detaisl clearly. Devil May Cry was a t first introduced in the era of PlayStation 2. While graphical performance has increased as an overall in the gaming industry the gameplay seems to work pretty much the same way as earlier in the Devil May Cry Series.

Fighting in this game is based on using different melee weapons along with some guns that you can fire from a distance. Guns are not so powerful and while the provide some range, you can shoot flying demons, they don’t make so much damage. You have some attacks that work against enemies that have a shield. Sometimes you have to grab their shields away from them. Actually I am not going to name the enemies in the game so precisely. You can probably find these details from the game itself or from some fans website. I am not going to go so deeply into the plot in this blog post also.

Why did I want to get back to this game? My curiosity against Devil May Cry has increased again. As I saw that this game was available for a decent price (I think it was 20 euros as used copy) I decided, since I had not finished it, yet, to start getting into it again. Also I had played the first game and also spent a lot of time playing the fourth game. So, it was actually very logical decision. I ended up getting the Xbox One version. I think playing with PS4 has experience a somewhat inflation in my setup of gaming consoles. I find it more entertaining to play games with my Xbox Series X. It has been a rare happening for me to fire up and/or launch my PS4. I think this has something to do also with how I have connected all my gaming consoles in my setup. But maybe we don’t get too far with these thoughts now and here. You might think that PS4 is not so nice consoles since it uses such an old technology, like older hard disk, and so on.

I have played Dmc – Devil May Cry – The Definitive Edition for five and a half hours now. I am somewhere a bit over the first half of the game. It is a very good action game that does offer also some character development. You actually gather different kinds of credits that you can use to improve your character. The graphical details are very nice. I am going to try and finish this game and maybe garb another game in this series. I might give Devil May Cry 5 a chance. If you are wondering what happened to me and Silent Hill f I have to say that I did try to play it and actually played it for a while. I am delaying starting to really get into that game to some later time. It seemed like a good game. I had moderate difficulties running it and it seems my new PC isn’t so powerful or so it seems. I am able to play Silent Hill f only with 30 fps. So, lets talk about that more at some other point in the life of this blog.

Where to Start With PS4?

Posted on by Viljami

I have recently got to play some very nice games for PS4. The idea behind this blog post is to introduce some games that are good starting points if you are just starting out with PS4. I have three recommendations if you are trying to figure what game to start with when it comes to PS4.

PS4 was originally released back in 2013. That makes it already eleven years old as a gaming system. It had some competitors (mainly Xbox One). It offered improved performance, graphics, a new controller and updates to overall playability. The device offers Full HD through HDMI. So, it isn’t capable to 4K.

There are some reasons to buy a PS4 in 2024. If you do not have the latest and greatest television or any other type of display you can still enjoy smooth graphics performance. There is a huge library of games released for PS4. Also the price of this console is lower than newer devices. You can also easily find a new console or maybe a used one. Either way you are paying many hundreds of euros less if you pick PS4 over, for example, PS5.

You made your decision and want to get into playing some PS4? Great! “What would be some good games for this system?”, one might ask. I have an almost perfect answer to you. I am about to present to you my current favorite games for this system.

I got my PS4 back in the spring of 2014. I was still very keen on my studies at that moment so I had to save some money. The console did cost 400 euros. As I wanted a game to go with my PS4 I chose to spend additional 50 euros for a game. This game was then very new and shiny Tomb Raider. This is a new game and it has very little to do with the original adventure game series. In any way this game was my first and it is also a very good game that I personally picked for my first PS4 game.

There have been two more games released in this a bit newer Tomb Raider game series. The other games are Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016) and Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018). Games are available also for PC and Xbox One and also for most newest consoles that actually are PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. I have to bring up also Tomb Raider I-III Remastered in this conversation. These games were remakes of old Tomb Raider games and they were released earlier this year. These might be your piece of cake if you are into some old school and retro type of action games.

I have two other games that I am going to deal with in this blog post. These are way newer than Tomb Raider that was actually not a launch game but released very closely after PS4 was launched. It was launched in 2014. Spider-Man Miles Morales was released in 2020 and God of War – Ragnarök in 2022.

While the first Spider-Man was a good game I think Miles Morales made a significant improvement. I really liked this game. It wasn’t so long as a video game. It took me maybe ten hours to clear. If you really like the game there is also some content that you can play after you have finished the main story.

God of War – Ragnarök has become my favorite game in the God of War series. I am still actually onto playing it. I have spent 26 hours already in it and also waiting to finish the game very soon. It just offers you a perfect experience as a video game. I have really enjoyed playing God of War – Ragnarök.

Latest New Games That I Added to My Collection

Posted on by Viljami

So, this is a blog post about latest new games that I added to my collection of video games. I got these for cheap prices. I bought Lords of the Fallen and Dying Light 2 for Xbox Series X and Batman – Arkham Knight for PS4. I am not going to go so close to how much these games did cost. I am such a person that values a cheap price. I often find myself thinkinh about a game if its in a very good sale.

As you might see I haven’t yet opened the seal of Dying Light 2 and Batman – Arkham Knight. Sometimes unopened games can have a better selling price if you are selling them to someone after many years. However I am not planning to sell these. I am going to play these two games when I have time.

The game that I have played for about four hours is Lords of the Fallen. It is an action role-playing-game with smooth looking 3D environment. The camera is positioned as a 3rd person view. Gameplay is versatile and I think after playing already four hours I still haven’t managed to get a full grip of all of the controls and features that it offers. This is a very nice game and I hope to be able to play it some more later.

I have recently bought many retro games. It is also nice to buy new games for alternation. I am lucky as my PS4 seems to be working. I wonder if it’s going to break and I think some day it actually will. I hope it would last for many years. I’ve had a bad luck with my original Xbox and PS2 consoles and I found that they are not so durable after all these years. It has to be mentioned that these devices are over twenty years old. I wonder also if they have such a good quality after all. Maybe newer consoles last better in frequent use. At least I hope they do.

Dying Light 2 has had some reviews that have been positive. Everyone just doesn’t consider it to be a good game at all. I have played the first Dying Light game and I didn’t enjoy it so much. I stumbled on this copy of the sequel and since it was sold at half price I thought I could buy it after all.

Batman – Arkham Knight for PS4 was sold at a price of twenty euros. It is a re-release as PlayStation Hits. If a game gets re-released it propably tells you something about how it has managed to get an audience and how well it has sold. I think this one can be also a very good game to play. It is a bit older game (but not a retro game, at least yet).

All-in-all I am content in these new games that I have bought. I like to buy games that I like and am able to play. My collection keeps slowly growing. I like to keep games that I have bought in my collection even if I have already completed them. Some games I store in my gaming shelf and some games I have to put in to separate storage that I have. So I have some consoles and games positioned nicely for the collection to be visible also to some friends that come to visit our home.