hey Rich,
I gotta disagree with ya. DMC is one of the best game graphically on the PS2 and the fast hard hitting gameplay rocks!! It\'s the first 3D action game that captures the feels of fast hard hitting 2D action games of yore.
Yes, there isn\'t too many puzzle in this game but it\'s not suppose to! It\'s not like RE(which I hate very much) which requires you to do lots of small boring task. DMC IMO, is equivalent to the MATRIX of video gaming! Super cool, super fast, super graphics, super action...
As for someone mentioning about borders, it\'s only the cut-scene that has black borders to give it a movie-like feel. The game is in full screen(unless you\'re talking about PAL version which I\'ve no idea).
The graphic quality is simply astounding..the real-time rendered background looks as good(if not better) than those pre-rendered backgrounds in Omnimusha and the character control scheme is way much better.
Omnimusha is also a good game, but face the same control problems of RE. Consider this: RE( many puzzles, little action), Omnimusha(few puzzles, more action), DMC(minimum puzzle crap, lights, camera, ACTION!!!!!).
I highly recommend DMC to anyone who looks for a hard hitting action game with no nonsense frills adrenaline pump.