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So I've been a gamer for a good majority of my life, since getting a PS2 as a child. Since then I've made it kind of my job to get as many systems as possible and play as many good game series as I can. After having finished many of the PS2 series games from my childhood, I *finally* came across a Devil May Cry for the PS2 and decided to play it, seeing as I've heard mostly good things about it.

I'm disgraced with my preformance. First boss ended the game for me... has anyone else found that one boss or one mission in a game that makes you really doubt how good you thought you were at what you love?

I feel you. This stupid Phantom (for those that don't know, basically a giant lava demon spider) keeps butchering me. I read up all the facts, know every trick in the book by this point ot fight him, still manages to swat me out of the air and completely ruin any chance I have of hitting him.

Heh, sorry. I'll feel your pain in two more games.

Meanwhile I'm having the most passionate cuss fest at my televison in my whole life. Phantom is just berserk after a little bit. I wasn't prepared for that.

On the flip side I actually know what I'm doing and have a plan...

I'll say right now that I never beat God of War because of a section underwater where you have to get past a bunch of spiked walls that rush toward you.

I also never beat Megaman Battle Network 4, due to the final level's ridiculous maze timed puzzle. I beat every other Megaman Battle Network game I ever played easily (except maybe 3, which had a b***h of a final boss), but not that one.

I know games like that.

My favorite namesake game, (The game I names this account after, Okami) had every boss (save for the very last) show up at least twice. Orochi, the 8 headed serpent, shows up to fight you 3 times. Once when you free the area of his evil taint, second when you go back in time and defeat him the (first, second?) time, and last when you are on the Celestial Ark. You can't go on to finish off the final boss without beating him and the rest of his buddies first. After a few of the play throughs you get quite good at using Amaterasu's powers to beat the crap outta things.

Ha, very good.

Of course the immediate next thing that happens in the next level is he chases you shooting fireballs at your head.

Remember its my first time playing the game, let alone getting past the first boss. Of course after the first time I realized I was RIGHT NEXT TO A DOOR that would immediately end the chase.

Alright I'm upset. The first boss made me cry rivers of sorrowful tears, the second one I beat on the first try with hardly any damage.