finally beat Berial. doing the aerial bodyslam with him was FUCK AWESOME. i haven't cackled like that at a game in ages! man, though, i suck at dodging his strikes, and how do i defend against the fireblast thing when he gets up after being slammed? i just beat him by shooting his head until he stood up, grim grip, slashed his head and finished with a devil bringer. rinse repeat x 4, but i could only jump his sword maybe half the time, i could never figure out how to avoid the fireblast.
this game is a lot easier than dmc3 and i like that, because i usually totally suck at these fixed-camera action-combat games. and man the art direction is fuckin' great. sadly, i think i like it with the ps3 controller better, and the visual difference isn't that big -- the 360 version looks a little cleaner and has smoother fly-bys (yet i can't fathom why there's none of the shader effects on the frost guys, it's not like there's anything to eat up resources in those scenes! maybe they'll add them before release?), but i am just used to the dual shock pad layout when it comes to these types of games. i dunno. we'll see!
