Let's just say I loved all the Devil May Cry 3 bosses

I remember the day I got the Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening Special Edition game. It was really awesome because I'd been looking for a DMC for a while and when I saw this one, I knew I had to have it and I asked my mom to buy it. I tried it as soon as I got home and basically it was everything I wanted in a game.

To be honest, I'm not really that into First Person Shooters. 2 reasons: I prefer swords and I get motion sickness when playing video games and first-person games always make me feel the worst. But you see, Devil May Cry had this thing where your main weapon is a sword, but you also have guns and Dante knows how to use them, so you don't have to do much. Plus, its third person and I appreciate that. 

So back to DMC 3. It was long awaited. From the first battle in Dante's place, I was immediately hooked. For me, what stood out the most was the array of bosses in the game and I'm going to be dedicating this post to THE DEVIL MAY CRY BOSSES. My favourites and least favourites, the hard ones, the easy ones and the ugly ones. Let's do this.

1. Hell Vanguard

Hell Vanguard

The Hell Vanguard boss is the first one you encounter in the game. Even though this boss appears more than once in the game, the first one has the most significance as it has a boss health bar. It isn't very hard to defeat but it doesn't help that this treacherous grim reaper can teleport around you and has a deadly scythe that it uses to swing through the air. Big nope.

2. Cerberus

Cerberus

Cerberus was one of my favourite bosses because I LOVE DOGS. He wasn't overly hard, but he has some pretty good attacks that could really trip you up. He has 3 heads and if one head was taken off, he'd move them around so a new head could take over the fight. His ability was ice attacks mostly. He'd do this thing where he ices the floor in the area where you are and if you touch it, you'd lose health. He could make ice spikes rise up from the ground and fire ice bubbles at you. He also lunged forward and rammed you with his middle head. When you defeat him, he gives you his blessing and the weapon Cerberus.

3. Gigapede

Gigapede

The Gigapede isn't that special, honestly. Quite an easy boss. It never actually touched the ground but would kind of hover around or swim through the air if you will and go through the big holes in the room to escape Dante's attacks. It also had lightning ball attacks and could electrify you.

4. Agni and Rudra

Agni and Rudra

Agni and Rudra were another of my favourite bosses. They are twin swords with a head on each hilt. Agni is orange and wields fire abilities, while Rudra is turquoise and uses wind abilities. You fight both, at the same time, which just blew my mind. If you defeated one and not the other in time, one body would wield both swords and come at you with the deadliest moves you've ever seen. When you defeat them, you gain both swords to help you on your adventure.

5. Leviathan Heart

Leviathan

To be honest, this boss was a little boring for me. You get swallowed by a giant whale demon that swims in the sky and you have to fight your way through his inner crevices to reach his heart. While you're destroying his heart, lots of other demons jump you from all sides and you have to beat them down. Did I mention that there are small pools of stomach acid that burn you if you touch them? No? Well, now you know. I would've preferred having to fight the giant whale demon itself. That's all I have to say on the matter.

6. Nevan

Nevan

This sassy lady-demon is Nevan. She's actually pretty hard to fight, if you ask me, but really entertaining. She has electrifying abilities and uses bats to fight you. She and Dante flirt a bit in the cutscene before the fight but don't let that fool you. She's quite strong and fairly intimidating. A lot of her attacks are long range, and she has an attack which kind of turns the floor to lava, only it is electricity that replaces the lava. Once you defeat her, you gain a new weapon, an electrical guitar, Nevan.

7. Beowulf

Beowulf

This handsome fellow is Beowulf. The only reason I didn't like him: I was scared as hell of him. Imagine this giant demon just pounding around a small room after you. Okay, the room wasn't that small but with him after you, it was smaller than it seemed. And for his size, he's really fast too. You don't technically defeat this hunk but Dante blinds Beowulf during the fight and Beowulf promises to kill every last offspring of Sparda. Later in the game he tracks down Vergil (apparently Dante and Vergil smell the same) and Vergil kills Beowulf, taking his soul as Beowulf. Bruce Lee would be jealous.

8. Geryon

Geryon

Imagine playing chicken with a demonic horse on a bridge. That's what you're about to do with Geryon. When Dante meets Geryon, he challenges this horse to a game of chicken on a bridge. That's how the first part of the fight happens. And then the bridge breaks and you both fall into an arena below. I LOVE HORSES and this was the fight of my dreams. If only the horse was less demonic and more playful, and I could ride it instead. Geryon can manipulate time to a certain degree. He sets time capsules on the battlefield and if you touch them, you become slow, giving the horse a chance to attack you with his spiked wheel hearse. He can also jump through portals which 'teleport' him around the arena. Nope, nope and nope again. But I had fun. This beautiful blue fire horse doesn't give you a weapon, instead you receive a style, Quicksilver.

9. Doppelganger

Doppelganger

So, Dante fights his Doppelganger and it's really weird. The Doppelganger can't be hit in the dark, like, at all. Nothing. You must shine light on this one to actually attack him. And the light isn't always on because the Doppelganger fires darkness at it to switch it off. So, it's basically a switch fight with a five-year-old. The Doppelganger gives you another style instead of a weapon, Doppelganger.

10. Damned Chessmen

Damned Chessmen

Some would probably argue that the Damned Chessmen are not a real boss, but I would say otherwise. Seeing as you're in a room with no way out until you defeat the chessmen, you're in a boss fight. Picture being on a giant chessboard facing a whole side of chess pieces. Pawns, Bishops, Knights, Castles, a King and Queen. Like a real chess game, Pawns will turn into other pieces when reaching the other side of the board. The chess pieces are found in other parts of the game but are definitely less viscous than the ones in this game. Also just like a real chess game, defeat the King, and you win. (All other pieces are defeated if you beat the King.)

A tribute to Lady, Arkham and Vergil

Lady, Arkham (in Jester form) and Vergil

Although you do face Lady, Arkham (in his Jester form and his crazy demon form) and Vergil as bosses, since they are characters in the actual game and part of the story, its different. Lady is crazy and literally just wants to kill Dante. You face her in an old library and she's slippery as an eel. Arkham is her father and wants crazy levels of power. He often appears to Dante as a crazy, whack in the head, Jester but believe me, he dang well knows what he is doing. And Vergil, ah Vergil, Dante's twin brother. He doesn't need any words. His final fight is a cherry on the game's cake. He is definitely the only character in the game that actually gives Dante a run for his money. Class act Vergil, old bud!

I hope you guys enjoyed my post. Devil May Cry is one of my favourite video game franchises and DMC 3 is my favourite of the ones I've played. I got most of the pictures and links from the Devil May Cry Fandom Wiki. You can go here, to read and see more.

My story of the original Need for Speed Most Wanted

Its been a few months since my last blog post and I'm hoping this one will be just as good as the others. I guess I'm a bit rusty but hopefully when you read this, it'll hit the spot just right.

As the title says, this is my Need for Speed Most Wanted story.

A good few years back, in 2008, a friend sold my mom Need for Speed Most Wanted (2005). I was at school at the time and she brought it down to show me when she came to collect me after school. I was a bit skeptical about playing a racing game. The last racing game I played was Gran Turismo and hell, I couldn't even get my driver's license. That really annoyed me.

I got home and fired up the game. I don't remember much but I wasn't really good at handling a car. I remember that familiar first race with Razor. I was super angry when my BMW went and died on me during the race. Razor took my car and I'll just say that on that day he made a real dangerous enemy. On top of that, Cross keying my car... I didn't like that very much either.

My schoolmates raved about how awesome Need for Speed was and how good they were at it and I was determined to take the time to actually learn how to control the car.

As time went on, I got used to making turns, winning races and making my way up the Blacklist. I learned that you have to ever so lightly touch the analog stick to make the car move smoothly and how to use the handbrake to drift around corners. I remember the first profile I made and how happy I was to make it to the top 3 and was about to face Ronnie. The next time I switched on my ps2, my profile wouldn't load and I was so confused. 10 year old me made a new profile and restarted the game. I made it to Razor and again the dang profile wouldn't load. So, I looked my issue up on the internet and found out I was making the mistake of switching off the console while the game was saving.

I started a new profile called "Swagger" and again faced the Blacklist. My Fiat Punto whipped everyone right out of their shoes. I was really, really good at racing. I faced Razor and of course, defeated him. Facing Razor 5 times really showcased my racing skills. One final intense pursuit and the game was finished with me. But I wasn't finished with the game.

I made my way to the first spot on every rank in the Rap Sheet. Beat every Challenge Series challenge and finished all the milestones and races in the game. Till my profile was 100% completed. I can drive every car in the game EXCEPT the Ford Mustang. The weight of the car just gets away from me. I know that's my weakness.

Over the years, I've had friends and classmates come over and face me. Nobody really believed that a girl could be good at racing, that a Fiat Punto could ever finish the game or beat any of the 'better' cars. I proved every single one of them wrong.

My mom even made a profile and she's pretty damn good herself. She prefers cars like the Mustang and Cobalt SS while I like my Punto and Gallardo. I'm light and fast. One time, my mom was in a pursuit and a spike strip took out both back wheels of her Chevrolet Cobalt SS. She wasn't sure if she could finish the pursuit so I took over and drove that car, busted tires, slowness, bad turning and all 300 cops to the stadium and finished the pursuit.

Another time, I was in a pursuit with my Gallardo and two SUVs approached me from the front but one hit me on the front side and I flew into the air, turned over, hit the cliff and fell back down on my wheels and guess what... I kept driving. I bet the cops thought they'd caught me that day!

There is even a secret place to park your car during pursuits while the cops try and swarm you. I used this place to stay in a pursuit for 30 minutes. Hell, I watched Cross come over and get immobilized right next to me. It was INTENSE. And funny. "Punk, that's for keying my car!"

From time to time, I still fire up Need for Speed Most Wanted and play a couple races or start a pursuit, it just never gets old for me. I love the game and it shows in how I drive when I have a controller in my hand.