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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 46.1 hrs on record (22.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: 9 Jun, 2017 @ 3:45pm
Updated: 22 Nov, 2017 @ 11:40am

First off, it's really hard to write an unbiased review becuase I have played DMC3 and DMC4, and yes, I was kinda disappointed at how childish and totally oblivious this new Dante is, compared to the one before.
Character-wise, I'd the say the one thing that put me off a little bit at the beginning is how Vergil was apparently doing the right thing and Dante didn't give a ♥♥♥♥ about freeing humanity.
That's not the Dante I knew.
I was almost horrified at what the reboot brought me.
However, after finishing the game on multiple difficulties, my opinions changed a bit, hopefully you'll agree with them.

Rating : 8/10


The game has one of the weakest storylines I've ever come across, and I myself could probably have written a better one, but the combat outshines almost certainly, ALL of it's predecessors.
It's a bit easier, since some enemies can only be killed with a certain type of weapon, so you end up getting more points without having to hitch up a crazy combo, but it's absolutely insane how flawlessly enemies can be juggled together.
Almost every enemy can be parried, which makes one want to play one the higher difficulties just to feel less like a god.
And not in a bad way, because it's not that easy, really.

Major pros of the game :
+Animations : Being dragged into Limbo City is visually breathtaking, every single time
+Traversal : It's a lot smoother, and more believable to be honest
+Combat : Obviously, this is like 95% why people are recommending the game
+Soundtrack : ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, the soundtrack's awesome. Noisia and CombiChrist! I love both!
+Performance : Excellent, no stupid crashes till date, no nothing. If it runs on my potato, you can run it too.
+Devil Trigger : The Devil Trigger of the reboot is really cool. Not to mention that you deal a sh!tton of damage too.
+Level Design : Another thing I should mention, it's really well done.
+Training Mode : It's really cool feature where you can try out combos on dummy enemies.
It's much cooler than it sounds, check it out.
+New Difficulties : I won't spoil anything, check them out.
+Bloody Palace Mode : Yeah!! It's available as a free DLC, which is great!!
+Less sexualization : One thing that used to put me off a little bit was how the women in Devil May Cry were overly sexualized, as if the target audience was solely composed of couch potatoes with no lives. Kat, in this game is a much welcome change. I'm not saying this is a game for 6 year olds, but a lot of the unnecessary sexualization has been done away with, and I second that.
+Vergil's combat style is on point : That's another tiny thing I noticed, and liked. Dante and Vergil have vastly different fight styles. That's even more obvious if you get the Vergil's Downfall DLC, because you get to play as Vergil.
+Excellent Motion Capture : If you watch closely you'll get to appreciate how well done this is. It's truly reminiscent of the earlier Devil May Cry titles. I loved it.

Now, cons :
-Characters : Maybe because I've played DMC before, but this game was a disappointment because of the lack of a good story. You can almost forget the game has a story, after completing it on the first playthrough.
There's also a general lack of compelling characters, aside from Mundus, the main villian.
There's also little known about Kat, aside from the fact that she had a troubled childhood and uses squirrel s*m*n in her magic.
-Humour : Dante used to be a comical genius, in DMC4 he was a total menace, I have to say, and I used to enjoy that about him.
Now, this new Dante takes himself a bit too seriously, and he's kinda out to take revenge to be honest (at least that's what he supposed to do) so we don't get that. It's not like there's no humour, but it's adult humour, lots of well placed f*** you's and a bunch of swearing.
This makes him less sexy in my opinion, but we'll have to deal with it.
-Swearing : This is very minor to me, because I'm 20 and it really doesn't matter to me, and to be honest, the comic timings are always on point. But it's way too American-ish, in my opinion.
Gone are the days where Dante would totally roast his opponent with witty punchlines, here he just swears at them.
^Implies he's a lot less smart, anyway.
-Vergil's a pu$$y : I can't stress this enough. Throughout the game, Vergil seems to overly rely on Dante for all the fighting, inspite of carrying the Yamato everywhere. He can hack and sh!t, but he can't fight to save his life.
I didn't like that big a difference in power between Dante and Vergil.
It's like, Dante's the hothead who doesn't know what he's doing, and Vergil's the ♥♥♥♥♥ who's yelling instructions.
^This wasn't throughout the entirety of the game, though.
I'm only saying this because I wanted a much more badass Vergil, the type of guy you can love and hate at the same time.
-Not a 100% PC Game : No surprises there, like all of it's predecessors, it's played best with a controller. I had some difficulties navigating because the game kinda get's over-saturated with the information that the mouse sends.
I'm not saying it's a major flaw, it's just not CS:GO. :P

Final Verdict :

Buy it.
No need to 100% it, buy it to enjoy it.
Because, despite failing as a strong Devil May Cry game, it's definitely among the very best when it comes to hack and slash titles.
If you love hack and slash, you won't complete your collection without it.
If you've never played DMC before, you might even enjoy the story.
If you're a DMC fan, and a Ruben Langdonthe coolest guy in history! loyalist, you'll get triggered, like I was.
But that didn't stop me from enjoying the game.
At the end of the day, it's a solid hack and slash title, and Ninja Theory, for the record, are some pretty badass people in their own right.
I hope this was helpful.
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