DmC: Devil May Cry

Good graphics and gameplay, but the characters and story is a shell of its former self. Basically, they sonic boom the characters enough said.

I want to dot the i's and cross the t's from the very beginning. Devil May Cry 3 is a true masterpiece not only in the series itself, but in my opinion the best slasher game in general. And having started writing a review of the reboot first of all, this is solely due to the fact that you, like me, perceive this game absolutely separately from the original parts. Having done this, you will realize how good this game is, and how much it was simply unlucky because of the terrible advertising of Capcom, which seemed to want to renounce the original games of the series, which caused a huge gap between fans.

Ninja Theory are real heroes who went through real hell to ultimately give us an exemplary slasher with a more elaborate level design, and smooth gameplay with new mechanics in terms of attracting opponents, or attracting to opponents, using a convenient way to change weapons to heavy-powerful (demonic) and light-hardy (angelic).

The plot, if you abstract from the original concept of the old games, is interesting in its own way, where the world is a corporate dump in the power of demons hiding on the other side of reality, called Limbo. There are also angels, but they seem to have decided to forget about everyone, because they are not mentioned here at all, unless you tell us that Dante is now half-demon half-angel (Nephilim), and not half-demon half-human, as it was originally. This is the moment I especially did not like in the plot due to the fact that the concept of angels is not developed in the game at all, and is empty noise to the ears. Perhaps all this was postponed for the sequel, but we will definitely not get it, to my regret. Dante himself goes through absolutely the same path of development as Dante in the third part, without losing his essence, but losing his appeal. In the end, you come to terms with the current Dante, and understand that he still has room to grow.

The bottom line is this: the developers' task was not carried out in a creative enough way because of the fans, who were not correctly conveyed the thoughts regarding this reboot in the provocative advertising campaign of Capcom, but in terms of gameplay, narrative and, most importantly, productivity, the game turned out to be very good enough to look at the story from a different point of view without losing that same depth, but on the contrary, expanding new boundaries of what is permitted.

It's a good game so far, except for the new Dante and his personality, the characters, and the story was not interesting.

What I didn't like was the poor controls and the frame rate. When you purchase the stinger move, it's supposed to be R1+ triangle just like the previous games. But nope, for this game it's left analong stick up, up and triangle. What were they thinking? Again, the controls are so bad, and the frame rate is the worst.

I recommend playing the Definitive Edition on PS4/Xbox One. It has 60fps, rebalanced and retuned gameplay, 1080p, new game modes, better controls, and it's WAY better than the PS3 version. And that's because PS3 is an overrated console. Play the Definitive Edition instead of the original, pretend it doesn't exist.

A good entry point for thise pondering whether to risk a chance on the series. Not without its backlash the game does have some upsides with the story being fairly interesting even if it's just a rehash of the earlier instalments. A more westernised release there's an added level of ease but is generally quite fun to play, worth a risk

It's OK, I guess. I enjoyed it for what it was but didn't find it to be overly enjoyable or even memorable. I guess I'd still recommend it to fans of the series and genre alike.