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Ratchet and Clank 2: I made it to the final boss, bought all weapons, upgraded some and altered my PS2's internal clock so I could access the Insomniac Museum. I found it somewhat unsettling and yet also inspiring. I should really let myself be inspired by behind the scenes content more often.

Anyway, it turns out there this one Platinum Bolt I need to find. I only need it so I can purchase the Weapon Mod for the R.Y.N.O II. The only places I can think of are either Planet Tobora or Planet Dobbo. Hopefully I can find the last Platinum Bolt.

(Take my reaction to that post not as "Funny", but as "Happy".)

Congrats on getting that Platinum Bolt~ :3

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Devil May Cry: I'm up to Mission 11, which has the second fight with Nero Angelo. Up until that point, I've had to fight 2 Shadows under a time limit, defeat Phantom (though fortunately I could wait this one out by allowing them to jump on the glass in the arena center, ending the fight that way), managed to skip the first Griffon fight because I already have Ifrit and went through a maze (which actually wasn't that bad).

Amusingly, the first thing I thought of were these things lmao

Sadly the ones in Devil May Cry are nowhere near as easy to take down.

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Devil May Cry: I couldn't find specific item cheats when searching through Action Replay, but I did have a cheat for Infinite Red Orbs so I'm using that. Since I can now just buy items (though still I can't buy infinite amounts of them) and I no longer have to worry about the high prices, I can just restock if I run low on items. This does take the edge off slightly but I have still have to win each level legitimately (and I wouldn't have it any other way).

After a few more tries, I defeated Nero Angelo and got as far as Mission 17. The Griffon fights were a pain, but the second one wasn't as bad once I realized that it has a simple pattern (once the screen darkens, run back and forth to avoid the lightning bolts before attacking Griffon once the screen returns to normal) and you can shoot down the energy bird attack.

Nightmare wasn't as bad as I expected. As it turns out, Holy Water does a lot of damage to them as I learned when I decided to try it out, thinking that it wouldn't work and that I'd have to use an Untouchable to finish the fight.

Ratchet and Clank: I'm now up to Planet Hoven. I also upgraded two more weapons to gold status and unlocked two skill points.

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Devil May Cry: I'm at the end now. I managed to get past Nightmare 2 by cheesing the Griffon part (by opening fire on them after getting them stuck between a pillar) and using Ifrit against Nightmare themselves. The rest is smooth sailing until Nightmare 3. That one took some attempts but I could at least go buy items so it wasn't as horrible as it could've been. Honestly that fight was pretty tough.

After that, a small breather and then the final boss. I only got past Phase 1 by using Devil Stars and then a full Devil Trigger gauge to damage Mundus until I ran out of Devil Stars and had to finish the fight myself. I did not succeed at beating Phase 2 despite my multiple attempts.

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Devil May Cry 2 (Dante): I've made a start by completing Mission 1 on Dante Must Die difficulty and also did both secret missions. Secret Mission 41 isn't too bad even if the Secretaries did keep me on my toes for most of it. Secret Mission 42 in contrast is unremarkable. Also I'm doing this (and also Lucia's disc) under the same condition as my DMC1: DMD run (legit gameplay with only the Infinite Red Orbs cheat on). As a result, I've now got a full stock of items and fully upgraded weapons.