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I did and I love it! One of my all-time favorite games.
How did I cope with the difficulty curve? Horribly. I played with yellow orbs (meaning no checkpoints unless you use items, re-start the whole level if you lose on a boss) on the SE (meaning my "Normal" was the original "Easy"), and I got my ass whooped. It took a lot of patience getting through that game on my first run.

It's much easier now that I know what to upgrade/how to play, but isn't that always how it goes?
DMC3 is harder (played legit without farming, etc.) than any NG game on their respective normal starting difficulty modes, imo. Many disagree with me, so maybe I'm just a better NG player than DMC player. But man, that game is hard.

Top effort there mate. I still got the special edition game on PS2 & can remember getting belted by Nevan, the red-headed vamp women that sends bats after you. & that annoying little demon jester during the cut scenes was a right pain too. I did beat it in the end eventually though. Ah man what a truly great game.

Nevan was a bitch until I resorted to devil Trigger, haha. But yeah, great game. DMC3 Dante is also one of the all-time best video game protagonists in my eyes.

Fully agree & i reckon that opening cutscene where he demon-surfs, smashes the jukebox for audio effect & munches a slice of pizza is more proof then you need. What a guy! Lady also deserves mention too, it's a shame they didn't flesh her out more in other DMC's

I know, right!?! I loved Lady in DMC3! Total borefest in 4.

Dante's tower descent as he shoots the blood gargoyles (with Devils Never Cry playing in the BG) is also amazing, as is the fight atop the Temen-ni-gru. Man, great cutscenes.
"This party's gettin' crazy! Let's rock!"

Hell yes!!!! Devils Never Cry theme was superb!!! & i particularly love the part where Dante catches Lady as she falls, then she shoots him in the face. She was pretty much background filler in DMC4 along with Trish. Such a waste imo

You are totally on my wavelength.

I blame Grenom