It’s a simple hack and slash game at its core with one of the lowest skill ceilings I’ve ever seen.Įven more disappointing, especially coming off of some of Itagaki’s other works, is the boss battles. But the game never actually throws any interesting moments at you where you have to play better. Heck, you can combine these manoeuvres with weapons fire to pull off some pretty flashy attacks – and there’s a fluidity to battles that is to be praised too. You can jump, slide, roll and move almost however you’d like in Devil’s Third. There is some credit to be paid to how Devil’s Third manages to combine melee combat with gunplay, though more storied game players will recognise other games like Vanquish which have done similar things in the past. It’s just overall a stiff and jarring experience which is the antithesis of what makes a good action game. Carrying out certain strings will create combos where Ivan finishes off his enemy with a flashy show, but these wrestle the camera control away from the player and more often than not leave the player in an awkward situation to return to where they were. It’s just dull, lifeless and ultimately quite boring.Ĭompounding these issues is how the game handles its melee combat. This is the strangest thing about Devil’s Third – while not personally being a fan of Ninja Gaiden or Dead or Alive, Itagaki’s previous franchises – there’s no way the director of those games looked at this combat system and felt it had weight to it. Every attack is punctuated with a (admittedly dull) flourish of blood or an underwhelming sound effect. You can run and gun to your hearts content, or slash and bash whenever you get close. The combat itself is actually somewhat enjoyable for the first hour or so. Ivan appearing in the middle of the screen rather than a now traditional over-shoulder-view is a defiantly old school design choice, but just adds to the game’s dated feel. There’s some elements where you can certainly see what the developers were going for in terms of mechanics and “game-feel”, however, everything feels soulless. You move from the beginning of a level to the end, either shooting or beating up enemies how you see fit.
You’ve played games like Devil’s Third before – most likely during the middle of the PlayStation 2 generation.
The first thoughts most players will have when playing Devil’s Third is just how old it feels. It’s really just a dumb excuse to push the action forward, and I guess in that regard it’s successful. Oh, and he’s covered in Japanese tattoos. You play as Ivan, a Russian prisoner from Guantanamo Bay who has been released to combat the forces who threaten the world. The result is a story that’s heavy on forced political themes at the beginning and then messy by the end. In the world of Devil’s Third, satellites in the sky have been destroyed and this debris has destroyed both civilian and military installations in space. Not Hideo Kojima so-ridiculous-its-good fashion, but just all out ridiculous. The story of Devil’s Third is without a doubt ridiculous. Unfortunately, almost all but the violence has been removed from the final product and what’s in its place is a very lacklustre, uninteresting husk of its former self. The action was stylish and hyper violent. Those who have been following the project since its inception will remember that very over the top and yet cool gameplay trailer featuring both female and male protagonists.
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But why, you ask? There’s a few reasons, for sure, but its clear this project wasn’t all that it was originally cracked up to be. Previously announced for the older generation of consoles, before quietly being shuffled over to the Wii U as an exclusive (for now), the strange and kooky hybrid shooter from controversial auteur Tomonobu Itagaki unfortunately fails on almost all fronts.
Devil’s Third is unfortunately one of those games. Delayed games have a greater potential to turn out, well, not so good. I usually have a pretty solid rule when it comes to games – and this is in direct contrast to Mr.
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