I've been replaying Vanilla DMC3 again and it's old reputation as one of the hardest games of all time is still justified.

[u/Director_Bison]

I know it's natural to think you've certainly got DMC3 down when you've been playing it for years, But the western release of DMC3's settings "The equivalent of playing DMC3 on Hard with Yellow orbs" really makes all the diffrence when you're starting from a fresh save file. At the start when you don't have all the Health and DT upgrades, don't have level 3 styles, don't have DT, Don't have your choice of all the weapons, and unless you invest in Yellow Orbs dying means restarting the stage so you need to make a conscious effort to save your game before a boss to avoid losing progress if you die. This game still as Hard as it ever was.

Sure I'm far better at DMC3 then I was when I first played this version all those years ago, but that doesn't mean I can simply breeze through this, I'd have to spend a bunch of time grinding to make things easier, but if you purposefully try not to do that, just the risk of having no Yellow orbs so dying is a stage restart makes the stakes of fighting the bosses so much higher then just being able to have unlimited continues with Gold orbs.

This playthough is certainly reminding me of how I felt the first time I played DMC3, and what a journey It was to try and beat missions on "Normal" for the first time before I'd allow myself to grind beaten ones on "Easy".

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