It's the correct way to do a franchise reboot: Upgrade certain critical parts while retaining the very core and spirit fans love. Don't hate, just kick demon ass!
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.
Best to good for me: 3, reboot, 1, 5
2 and 4 are trash, didnt like any of them.
5 has very good gameplay variety but i hated the foes.. it is just insects the whole time. Reboot has the best foes for me
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
This right here is my order as I thought DMC 5 was amazing and obviously 3 comes after 4 was great and 1 for the nastilgic value it holds 2 was so terrible that my local GameStop gave full refunds to people who returned it.
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."
NVIDIA continues to add games to GeForce NOW. This week, Devil May Cry 5, Gears Tactics, and The Crew Motorfest lead the charge.
What has this game upgraded from the previous entry? Please tell me.
The improvements compared to the past are as follows.
Graphics- Anyone who has any doubts go pick up the previous ones and watch some walkthroughs of this and compare. From intricate details to overall atmosphere, technically it has taken a leap while having its own artistic integrity.
Animations: Much better, simple just compare with the ones before. Each enemy movement to combat animations etc all have been fit to match the frantic feel of the combat and the art style and setting being aimed here. Anyone who understand animation cycles know how tweaking even a tiny part of it can change the feel and can impact positively or otherwise depending on context. Here it does well.
Combat- actually still feels like a dmc game just a bit like dmc 4 but much smoother. Again watch comparison vids or play the game/not the demo. Demo is not even close to the satisfaction of the actual game. Also ppl who think making it accessible means making it worse are so wrong. They are not even in the same league of conversation when dealing with user interactivity and gamin feedback. Anyone who has any clue of studying Info Architecture and Interactive feedback will know how indepth an argument this can go. Too many assumptions from the haters. Also their assumptions are based on past brainwashed understanding of supposed gameplay mechanics.
Plot and Narrative- DMC 1-4 has been known for some of the most typical and cheesy B movie style plots and even the narrative style is exact replicas of 90's era B films. Have any doubts? Google it or if you can identify with B movie styles then you know what im talking about.
This DMC is by far the most fresh and non B movie replica. It still maintains its cheesiness unfortunately as that's DMC style for having cheesy one liners and melodramatic follow throughs, but this does feel much more fresh than the previous entries and pursues a different narrative tangent. Dante has always been a dick but we never knew why, in this dmc it all makes sense and much more.
There are more positive differences from the previous. But the main difference to me is the feel. It feels like a 2013 game and it does feel fresh and this re imagining does work well as a re imagining and may just have its own series of dmc's in the future.