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I love playing the Vienna as it is often unexpected by the opponent, and it can lead to all sorts of wild early attacks. What might seem to be natural looking moves for the opponent may end up being serious errors. This is well exemplified by this game, where the opponent fell to checkmate by move 8! It’s a tricky and fun system to play, and perhaps, you could consider adding it to your repertoire.

Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/27827994827

PGN:

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "vitualis"]
[Black "carlitos717"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1268"]
[BlackElo "1157"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "18:42:09 PDT"]
[Termination "vitualis won by checkmate"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qf6 4. Qf3 a6 5. Nd5 Qd6 6. Nxc7+ Qxc7 7. Qxf7+ Kd8 8. Qxf8# 1-0