LogFAQs > #960744435

Yeah the two gun buttons in DMC1 is pretty pointless but I don't think the actual combat is complicated at all. You're pretty much always holding R1 because it's the lock-on button so R1 (while holding back) + Triangle for launcher doesn't seem like much of an ask. Also the direction you need to input on your controller never changes so you don't really need to try and figure out what direction Dante is facing.

FWIW you only have to tap the button to launch enemies, you hold the button to launch AND bring Dante into the air with the enemy. Sure it could have been a launcher button in the first game but air combat in the first game is garbage anyway so it would be weird a dedicate an entire button to launching.

In DMC3 they replaced the 2nd gun button with the "Style" button instead. You pick a style before the level and depending on what you pick the button will either give you more melee attacks, more gun attacks, a dodge, or a block/parry (and a few more options). You level up that style to get more abilities for each.

In DMC4 they kept the style system but allowed Dante to switch between all styles during a level instead of only picking 1. The Switch port also added this feature to DMC3.

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skull