A Viewpoint

    As many of you may already know, Hideaki Itsuno, the longtime helm and director of the Devil May Cry series has left Capcom several months ago and his departure has created a huge question mark on the future of the iconic hack-n-slash franchise. Itsuno had been with Capcom for over 30 years with several groundbreaking and genre-redifining titles in his belt such as Devil May Cry 3 (which is widely ranked as one of the greatest action games of all time) and Devil May Cry 5 which is still the pinnacle of it's genre after more than 5 years of release, sporting perhaps the most sublime combat system in the history of Videogames. So yes it goes without saying that Hideaki Itsuno is a legend by himself as well.  Of course this raises some serious concerns regarding the future of Devil May Cry cause if Capcom really wanted another game in the series it doesn't make any sense to let Itsuno depart from the franchise as he was an integral part of the franchise for the longest t...

  Videogames are the only medium that has evolved the most in a relatively short span of time. And along the way, they have undergone some massive changes in their core, from what they were about in their early days as opposed to what they embody in this day and age. Whereas games of the yesteryear were generally more demanding on the players, they were also a whole lot more rewarding and satisfying in terms of gameplay and the overall fun factor. This lies in stark contrast to today's big-budget AAA's that have gone about a drastically different route which focuses more on delivering a memorable cinematic experience using the latest technological advancements than pretty much anything else.    The main difference between these two distinct eras of Gaming, lies entirely in how they play out. The Videogames of the Golden Age (as I'd like to call) were primarily centered around their gameplay and naturally had a learning curve around it that the player was expected to have ...

      This article starts out by stating the obvious, and what you already know by now. It’s a universally known fact that Devil May Cry 5 is an all-round amazing action game and one of the greatest showcases of the hack-n-slash genre. It’s right up there with the very best in the series and is a colossal improvement over it’s predecessor DMC 4 is every single way. It’s also far more modular and layered in ways that make it both accessible for newcomers and challenging for players who are well familiar with the signature playstyle of the series, which is a great feat by itself. Overall, DMC 5 is as great as a sequel can possibly be, and simply a must-play for anyone who loves the genre. But that’s not what this article is about, rather it will focus on a far more subjective aspect of the game, and something that I had felt way back when the early gameplay demos and trailers had hit the Internet. Although it wasn’t until several years that I actually got around playi...

      Great games are made of great gameplay, and what we call the overall gameplay experience is essentially a wide range of individual mechanics’ that the player gets to perform over and over throughout the course of a game. But there are some gameplay mechanics’ that stand out as far more enjoyable and satisfying than others, so much so that they become the sole reason for replaying the game over and over again. And at the nucleus of all truly great videogames are these unique and memorable gameplay mechanics’ that feel exciting and rewarding every single time you do them and never really get old. And this article is about celebrating those timeless gameplay mechanics’ that have also made the games they’ve appeared in some of the greatest in videogame history. They’ve been ranked according to their ingenuity and re-playability, so let’s dive in.      7. Maximum Armor (the Crysis series) : This is more of a personal favorite but I've always found t...