Devil May Cry -Lots of Headway-

So last I wrote about my sojourn into Devil May Cry I was standing victorious over a gigantic lava tarantula/scorpion named Phantom. As much as I had accomplished though, I was really only 4 missions into the game! Now though, I have made HUGE progress. I am now up to mission 12! In that time I sent that same monster tarantula/scorpion through a castle's sunroof and watched it die with its legs crinkled above it in typical dead spider-fashion. I fought a demonic black knight too. TWICE. The first time it was kind of a draw, but the second time I totally schooled him! My main challenge lately has taken the form of vicious little reptilian devils that are incredibly agile and quick to attack. Their speed wouldn't even be that big of a deal, but they hit decently hard too.
In fact, pretty much everything hits hard in this game. The best way to survive is to just not get hit or pray that there is a health orb somewhere nearby that you can limp off to after a fight.
As a character, Dante is pretty cocky and cool. However, despite the fact that he is quite the bad-ass, this has no bearing on whether or not the player is capable of survival. The farther I get into this game, the more brutally it illustrates the act that one's skill as a gamer is what counts here, not how tricked out your character is.

Phil > Giant Lava Scorpion/Tarantula

Yup, I beat the bastard! Devil May Cry, I have beaten your first boss! I sent it running away down a molten hole of its own making.
...Although that leads me to believe that I may in fact have to fight it again, seeing as how it kind of got away...
But no matter! I still win! Devil hunter triumphs over devil once again!
One thing that this game is teaching me though is that recent games have really influenced how I approach new things as a gamer. This one is really forcing me to relearn the virtues of patience and persistence.
So, in the end, even if I end up murdering my roommate out of frustration with this game, I will hopefully have picked up some amount of tolerance in regards to unforgiving games.

Devil May Cry -First Boss-

All right, so I started playing Devil May Cry. Why? Well, my dad always used to play this game, and it is one of the 'golden oldies' as far as playstation 2 games go, so it only seemed right that I give the game its dues.
So, I stick the CD into the console, let the game start up and do its thing, and soon enough I've started a new game as the cool and cocksure devil hunter Dante, who apparently can make devils cry. I won't go to far into actual game play at the moment, but suffice to say that that while a not especially awkward game, one can tell that this is the period during which camera angles were at times disgruntling.
The first two missions go by with relative ease. Cutting through demons, shooting at whatever moves, witnessing the occasional "extreme gore" filled scene, but nothing really life-threatening to Dante. What I am getting from the game at this point is that Dante is a total bad-ass that can't be touched.
Along comes mission 3...
Dante just got past some 'trial' in order to retrieve some kind of artifact and right as he grabs the artifact, CRASH! Enter the giant molten lava scorpion/tarantula that decides to burst through the ceiling. After some banter (yes, the giant lava scorpion/tarantula can talk, albeit unintelligibly, yet somehow the designers expected us to understand it) I'm thinking how cool it'll be to take this bastard down. Two minutes later I've suffered a horrifying molten death. All right, that's fine. First boss on a game I've never played before. It's cool, I'll just try again. Three tries later and the best I can do is chip away a little more of the beast's vitality before I meet another fiery demise.
I ended up turning off the system out of rage. I'll likely try again in a few minutes, but I would just like to say for the record that the first boss ('Phantom?' come on guys, you name the giant lava scorpion/tarantula 'Phantom?') is ridiculous as far as first bosses go.