If one thing was going to define my experience of previous Devil May Cry games, it would be mastery. It isn’t like I played Devil May Cry 5 for a protracted period, I finished the game in under a month. By the end of the game, I barely knew the combos for half of Dante’s weapons, knew only a few of Nero’s arms and kept forgetting key parts of V’s arsenal.
This means that you never feel the master over a character in the same way any of the other games have. Playing a handful of missions as Nero only to switch to a few with V and then swap again to Dante means that once you’ve hit your flow and gotten to grips with how a character works, they are deftly taken away from you in favour of another. My main gripe with having three characters who play so differently is that rather than tripling the Devil May Cry experience, it gets spread instead. V only gets involved to deal the finishing blow. There is a bird with ranged attacks, a jaguar for close combat and a golem for big punches and even bigger lasers. V is a departure from the traditional third-person action in that he has familiars who fight on his behalf. As his narrative progresses, you unlock more and more crazy weapons for him to ply his trade of bashing demons. Dante is the same old Dante with dual-wielding pistols and Rebellion style sword. Nero plays similar to his DM4 days with the revvable sword that unlocks more powerful moves depending on which level it’s on and a customisable right hand that has a myriad of different powers. Surely it triples the amount of Devil May Cry available in the game? Three very different play styles to learn and three cool characters to experience. My issue is with everything around that.įirstly, having three playable characters sounds like a brilliant idea. The fights are brilliant and I can’t fault the addicting gameplay loop of pushing for higher Style ratings while trying out your latest toy.
Even if you take a hit or two, you’re back into the fray tearing up demons with every button input.
Once you get into S rank range and the adrenaline is pumping, you feel like nothing can stop you. Combo’s flow naturally and getting the most out of every weapon and attack to build your Style Metre is brilliant. Every skirmish in Devil May Cry 5 is frenetic, fluid and feels amazing. Let’s start with the most important part of any Devil May Cry game, the fighting. I enjoyed parts of Devil May Cry 5 but, for me, the bad outweighed the good. And with all of that stuck firmly in your head, I’m here to tell you that I didn’t like Devil May Cry 5.Īlright, that might not be strictly true. What I’m saying is, I understand the tone, gameplay loop and overall point the franchise is trying to make. I even completed Dante Must Die mode in my younger days. I’ve seen the highs, lows and perceived lows of the franchise. One of them sits firmly in my favourite games of all time, another looms towards worst games and a third I will happily sing praises for backlash be damned. I know I shouldn’t but I feel I need to preface this article by stating that I have played every Devil May Cry game.
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