Why You're All Fucking Wrong About The New Devil May Cry Game

Let me open by laying down what is pretty much an undeniable disclaimer about this whole argument - not liking the protagonist that you spend an entire game with is entirely a valid reason to not play a game. It might not make the game good or bad, depending on the genre, but if you find the character you play as an obnoxious, or irritating, or annoying person, then no-one should expect you to sit there and like it. When playing Sonic Generations, all I could think about was how much I hate Sonic as a character, for... a lot of it. Now, I forgave the bastard because I liked playing the game, but he was treading a thin line and... y'know, if someone was less able to overlook how much of a douchebag Sonic is, I'd be completely content in letting that be their reason not to play Sonic Generations. I'd be a little disappointed, cos it's a damn fine platformer, but come on. It's like forcing yourself to watch the Star Wars prequels for the action scenes alone. Kinda justified in not watching it cos the characters suck arse, eh?

With that out of the way, I can move on to business of the day. 

YOU'RE ALL FUCKING WRONG ABOUT THE NEW DEVIL MAY CRY GAME

Review: "Vanquish"

Bottle Rockets

review for Vanquish, 1 player third-person shooter/action, available now

Vanquish is a game that shouldn't exist. It's a third-person shooter, at the very core a Gears of War clone-type-thing, set around the typical tropes of taking cover to blindfire, holding a button to sprint, and having limited access to the amount of weapons and grenades you can hold at once. But on the other hand, it's developed by Shinji Mikami, reknowned Japanese video-game developer, and creator of games like Devil May Cry and Bayonetta. I mean, sure, this sort of "mash-up," if you will, makes sense, in a perverse sort of way, and it works - really, really well, too. But it's the sort of game that you can imagine being bought up as a joke - "yo guys, what if Shinji Mikami made Gears of War?" Y'see? That's just a joke concept. The game isn't a joke, in fact it's fantastic, but the root idea of the game is... intriguing, to say the least.