DMC: Devil May Cry

by Capcom

• Do it with style - Utilize Dante's Angel and Demon powers to chain together ground-based and aerial combos to achieve the best style ranking.
• Who is Dante ? - Explore Dante's early years in a gripping narrative featuring familiar faces from the series alongside all new characters.
• Unbridled action - The intense and iconic sword and gun based combat returns with the addition of new weapons all designed to dispatch the demonic spawn back to hell with style and panache.
• Retaining the Devil May Cry DNA - Capcom staff, including team members from previous Devil May Cry titles, have been assigned to the project from the outset to ensure DmC is a true addition to the Devil May Cry franchise.
• Unrivalled production values - Ninja Theory will take advantage of the latest performance capture technology to deliver a level of character design, story-telling and cinematics that perfectly complements DmC's high-octane combat.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B007UM59L6
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: January 15, 2013
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,747 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #37 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Games > Action > Fighting

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

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Dante is caught between two worlds — the world of humans, and the darker, evil world of demons. The child of an angel and a demon, he knows he's neither human nor demon — he's an outcast. After a lifetime of being tormented by demons, Dante is a man with no respect for authority or society in general. Join Dante on his mission through Limbo.

Revisit Dante

Child of an angel and a demon

Learn Dante's story

Synopsis

Revisit the iconic protagonist, Dante, and other familiar faces of the Devil May Cry franchise and discover the early years that helped define his struggles. Travel with your guide, Kat, whose special psychic abilities allow her access to the demon realm, Limbo. Kat is the right-hand girl to the mysterious leader of The Order — a small group of freedom fighters trying to end the demon occupation of the human world. The Order needs one more recruit to help wipe out the demons — Dante. Enjoy the same stylish action and fluid combat you've come to expect with a game that perfectly complements the franchise's intense combat and features superb character design, storytelling and cinematics. Battle in intense and iconic sword- and gun-based combat with all-new weapons designed to send each demonic spawn you encounter back to Hell. Use Dante's Angel and Demon powers to chain together ground-based and aerial combos and achieve the best style rankings. Experience what it means to be both Angel and Demon, and show the world the wrath of an outcast.

Key Features:

• Learn Dante's story through a gripping narrative that takes you back in time to the early years.
  
• Join Dante on his mission through Limbo with Kat, medium and right hand to the leader of The Order, who risks her life to help guide Dante on his mission.
  
• Use Dante's Angel and Demon powers to transform his Rebellion sword and pull off ground-based and aerial combos.
  
• Wield all-new weapons designed to send the demonic spawn back to Hell.
  
• Enjoy true-to-the-franchise character design, storytelling and cinematics, thanks to Ninja Theory and the latest performance capture technology.

   

 

Product Description

Detailing Dante's early years and set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry will retain the stylish action, fluid combat and self-assured protagonist that have defined the iconic series but inject a more brutal and visceral edge. The Dante of DmC is a young man who has no respect for authority or society in general. Dante knows that he is not human, but also that he is not like the demons that have tormented him throughout his life. Caught between worlds, he feels like an outcast. He is now discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel. This split personality has a real impact on gameplay with Dante being able to call upon angel and demon abilities at will, transforming his Rebellion sword on the fly to dramatically affect both combat and movement. For DmC Capcom has teamed up with UK development studio, Ninja Theory, renown for delivering action titles with compelling characters and narrative coupled with high production values. The combination of Ninja Theory's expertise and Capcom's unrivalled heritage in producing combat focused action titles will ensure that this latest addition to the multi-million selling series will remain true to the Devil May Cry DNA so cherished by the fans, while bringing a new level of cinematic quality to the title.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not impressed April 27, 2013

By D. Brown

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Amazon Verified Purchase

I did not like the direction this franchise took with this game. I did not even play halfway through it before trading this one in. Not impressed at all.

24 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Old DMC fan meets new DmC. January 21, 2013

By HaraHeidi

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

The Devil May Cry franchise has long been one of my favorites. The games hold a special place in my heart and memory, they were the most cathartic way to get rid of frustration and anger in my angst-filled teen years. Now even as an adult I enjoy popping in one of the originals and battling demons for an hour or two with the wise-cracking Dante. I was in love with the story, riddled with holes as it was, and helplessly in love with Dante.

Upon hearing that the current DMC universe was being abandoned you could not find anyone else more upset about it than I was. I was angry and felt betrayed by Capcom, who were cutting short a story I had spent years in. The new Dante character design was bad, his attitude was at best childish. Stubborn as I am, months turned into a year and I began to realize that change was indeed needed. Ninja Theory seemed to be at least listening to what the fans were saying and with the release of the first player footage my mind began to slowly turn from general hatred of the game to feeling that maybe it would not be so bad.

So, last Friday I decided to just march into Gamestop and pick it up despite my reluctance. After being somewhat shocked that I, a human of the female variety, was buying DmC for myself (he even asked), the Gamestop manager told me that it would be worth it. I got it home, loaded it up, and never looked back.

It has only been one weekend and I have managed to complete it, but this should only be a testament to how amazingly fun this game is. I love the combat, the game levels are works of art in and of themselves, and the story appears to be coherent enough to follow. I could not have asked for a better re-boot. If it had to be done, which it did, Capcom was right to do it this way.

The manager at Gamestop was right when he told me it is no different than the old one. It is updated for modern times but still holds true to the vision that the original had. Though I have to admit that I went into the game expecting something completely different, I was happily surprised to see how much of it was still the same. It is a complete re-do, the slate is wiped clean, and I think that lends to it a certain amount of success. They could have taken it to a whole new direction and done terribly, but sticking with what they know how to do really helped maintain the integrity of the franchise.

Characterization is really great this time around. The dev team really used the most of this generation's console power to use body language and facial expression in order to tell just as much story in a characters appearance as in their dialogue. If a character is barely keeping insanity under the surface, you can tell. If a character is hurt, sad, happy, pensive or just plain bored it can be read in the facial expressions. This makes the new Dante and Vergil duo have depth to them that the originals never really could have achieved. Sure, we love them in DMC3, but Capcom painted themselves into a corner, giving neither of them a real personality. It is safe to say they fixed that issue this time around.

Now that I have said all of that, there are a couple of things that did not do as well:

First off, while the story arc appears to be less hole-filled than the original, there are still points in the plot that had me thinking that either something was missing or they did not explain thoroughly enough. It did not detract from game-play, I knew what was happening and why Dante was doing something, the motivation for the story never really slowed down. It does leave a lot of questions unanswered but the last scene is essentially a guarantee for a sequel. All-in all as far as storytelling goes, it is not the best, but point to a DMC that has good storytelling in the first place. I feel that it is excusable because the designers were tasked with taking a series with a story and a fan base, and making it completely new while at the same time having to make a game that newcomers would enjoy. Perhaps if they were not so overburdened in that area the plot would have gone over better.

Second, the camera. Good lord the camera.
It was not so incredibly bad that I noticed it all the time. But particular enemies, specifically ones that can teleport around the battlefield, made it frustrating. There is no lock-on feature, the game automatically does that for you based on whatever Dante is facing. But, the camera will always pan around to where an enemy is located. So you can imagine that if your one enemy is disappearing and reappearing all over the place the camera gets a bit frustrating. This and a couple of times I just wanted to run away from enemies and would manually pan the camera around only to have it revert back to looking toward the enemies. This caused me to fall off a cliff into the abyss a couple of times. Luckily if that happens you just come right back with some of your health bar missing. Again, this really didn't hurt game play too much. Only after I noticed it the first time did I really start paying attention to it.

Neither of these things really upset me enough to give it a 4 star. This is a 5 star game.

Altogether this game was immense fun and I can see myself playing it just as much as I have the others. There is plenty of room in the maps to get yourself a bit lost while looking for souls to free or keys to secret mission doors. There are, in usual Devil May Cry fashion, multiple difficulty settings and rewards for beating them. Many demon slayings and a couple of interesting plot-twists later I have found a new favorite game.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars love it May 16, 2013

By denver

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Amazon Verified Purchase

this game is great because I'm a fan. But the combo's are really hard to find but one you do its lot more fun.