>>11916147
>Anyone who thinks DMC1 is better than DMC3 is just a fucking retard, dude. DMC1 feels like an unfinished/rushed mess.
DMC3 can't even decide what it wants to be. DMC1 is built around efficiency and plays like a proper beat'em'up, where you are supposed to kill enemies as quickly as possible. DMC3 wants you style on the enemies, yet like half of them aren’t designed to support such a playstyle. And if you start prioritizing efficiency the game becomes stale very quickly, and tanks your score in addition to that. Every single boss in DMC1 is, at the very least, good, while DMC3 features some atrociously or push over designed fights like gigapede, Arkham, Lady etc. I would also take DMC1 minimalistic story that follows classic metaphysical trope, where a hero descends into darkness to face his fears, over exaggerated epic that is DMC3. And finally, DMC1 soundtrack is way better than DMC3 soundtrack is.
DMC1 is the best game in the series, because of how good it is overall, everything that followed it was a decline in some ways. The only significant drawback of DMC1 is the camera, which in some places is unbelievably shit, I have no idea how the second fight with Gryphon even got past the testing. I’m telling you this as somebody who tried playing the series for the first time somewhere around 2020.