Arriving five years later as Ninja Theory takes the mantle and releases Devil May Cry, DmC for short, which is touted as a reboot of the franchise. When announced fans outraged about the redesigned Dante, it didn't feature an inkling of his former self's appearance. Fans have been bashing it and still are today. But much like The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, DmC manages to not only put fans' cries and outrages in their place, but also manages to surpass expectations. DmC is absolutely phenomenal and here's the review to tell you why.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
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God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
Huzaifah from eXputer: "Devil May Cry 5, the latest iteration in the iconic DMC franchise by Capcom, still holds its own as a fantastic hack-and-slash in 2024."
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Glad to not see an article saying how its so horrible & an injustice to the original. I actually liked the new one its a fun game!
Agreed. It's an excellent game
It's a very good game. They did a very good job with it.
So am I not allowed to not be interested in this one? I mean I played the demo and did not enjoy it at all. Does that not "validate" my point on it enough for the commenters above? Whatever. If there's someone out there enjoying this game (and I'm sure there are many) power to you. But be courteous and respectful enough to leave fans who didn't enjoy the demo, for whatever reason, out of it.
@maddfoxx
I appreciate the sentiment, and I agree with you. that's a very petty reason to write off the game. I personally thought the gameplay felt too different and watered down and I hate what they've done with the story and characters. That's the part I hate most. Reboot or not, there is no reason to tell such a bitter and mean spirited story IMHO.
Got it on PC. Not really a hardcore fan; just want something to play. Release date in 2 days :)