Poll: Your feelings on the Devil May Cry Series

[him over there]

I sorta like them, not so big on the combat (4's was lackluster) and I think slowing it down a bit might be a good thing. What I didn't like was its pretentions towards being gothic while having extremely japanesque anime style in both art and characters. The new one looks a little better, the moving geometry was fantastic and I like the campy style and brighter colours. Dante seems like a douchey teenage poser in DmC which really isn't that different from the silver haired original

 

[Bvenged]

Unless you like spamming the same 3 buttons over and over again, overemphasised cockiness, 3 hour long-and-back linear game where you go from point A - B, then B - A to complete the game; don't get it. Was far from my cup of tea.

 

[suitepee7]

Having never played a Devil May Cry game before, Is the series worth getting into? I know the collection is coming in April, is it worth checking out?

yes, for 1 and 3. 2 is kinda bad, and 4 is pretty good if you can find it cheap second hand or summat. only downside is when you switch to dantes levels, it feels a it lazy =\ 3 has epic boss fights though ^-^

 

[Vern]

I've only played the first one, and it felt pretty crap. It was mashing buttons and using souls or whatever the hell they called them to upgrade weapons. At that point, Rygar was out, which did the same thing and better, and not long after God of War came out and did the same thing but better. If you liked God of War you might like them. I can't really judge the entire series by the first game, but yeah, it was just an anime version of Rygar with an angsty white haired protagonist with handguns and an over-sized sword.

 

[Smertnik]

I'd recommend the third title, it's the best one, in my opinion. The forth one is alright but noticeably inferiour in the gameplay and character department.

 

[cgentero]

DMC3 is one of my favorite all time games*, and DMC1 is really good too. I actually prefer DMC to other hack n slash(even Bayonetta) games for the same reason as I like Street Fighter to other fighting games, its combat is freeform rather than dial a combo like GOW\NG\Bayo**. DMC2 is pretty bad but not as bad as some people say, and DMC4 is just mediocre though combat is still top notch. I have mixed feelings on the reboot, I somewhat agree that DMC needed a reboot but if there was one thing it didn't need it was Ninja Theory's crap gameplay and Half Demon Half Angel BS.

*And despite peoples claims that DMC have crap stories, DMC3 actually manages to have a really well told if cliche story. Also DMC1s gothic horror aesthetics are really well done.

**Bayonetta is kinda of mix of dial a combo and freeform though.

 

[Fleetfiend]

Awesome gameplay, shit stories and voice acting. Plus I thought Dante was kinda funny in 3 and 4. So yeah, I like the series in general including the much maligned DMC2.

This, exactly. I think the games are definitely worth checking out for the gameplay alone. The story is crap though... especially in 2.

If you would like to try a similar game, try Bayonetta. The story was quite a bit better than the DMC games that I've played, and felt like virtually the same game.

EDIT: As for my personal opinion, I really enjoyed the games, and if they had better story and voice acting I would probably be a raving fan.

 

[StormShaun]

I like the Devil May Cry series but funny thing is that I haven't played all of them, I only have played DMC4, I really liked it, but other people say there was better. Now I want to pick up the DMC collection to see how it began.

Also I see how God Of War is the original game but frankly I didn't like it that much and prefer DMC.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I love them. DMC 3 (Special Edition) is my favorite. I love that game. Challenging and so satisfying. It also has the best story IMO.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I love the gameplay but the storyline is just cheesy nonsense.

The pizza bit was good. I will probably remember that for the rest of my life xD

I probably won't play the new one because the new Dante looks like a really bad ex I had...:<

 

[TheDarkKing]

DMC series is pretty good, but by god don't get the pc port of DMC3, it is pretty much the worst port I have ever played, still, DMC 3 and 4 are both very good games, despite having a somewhat cheesy storyline (which I found lolz) and a lot of fighting in cutscenes (which I loved). Also the combat system is amazing.

EDIT: However, there are ways to fix the port, but the fact is that it was badly ported in the first place.

 

[saintchristopher]

If I live for 100 years and travel across every inch of the civilized world, I will never understand why people like Devil May Cry. From the word "go" I was put off by the lead's whole "bad-ass" or "wise-ass" or "just-an-ass" style. It boggles my mind that he's become an icon of gaming. I'd rather listen to Daxter recite "The Wasteland."

the game itself was immediately one of the least engaging experiences of my life. Aside from the fact that switching between melee and guns just didn't work, the game was ludicrously unbalanced. No, I don't mean it was HARD. I mean it was FUCKED.

only Japan could have an idea like "giant spider made of lava" and then make it not cool.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

The first one was pretty awesome.
The second one was meh.
The third one was even better than the first.
The fourth was offensively boring.

 

[shimyia]

i never had any consoles so i only played the 4th (and 3rd with an emulator but i didn't have too much control over my char cuz of the keyboard constrolls)

the 4th also suffers from horrible PC controls but, gameplay wise i liked it a lot more ,


( the story on the 3rd is way better)

 

[Zhukov]

If they were to completely replace all the visuals with something less stupid and remove the cutscenes and voiceovers, I could almost start to think about enjoying them.

 

[llew]

Having never played a Devil May Cry game before, Is the series worth getting into? I know the collection is coming in April, is it worth checking out?

its coming out february 10th but yes it is worth getting for 1 and 3, never played 2 and 4 was ok (only because dante is a beast, if you erase nero from the equation and it would have been as good as the first game)

 

[kasperbbs]

I only played the 4th one, It wasnt all that great, i liked it even less when i had to play as Dante instead of Nero, that hand was pretty useful.

 

[Jesus McChrist]

My enjoyment of the series started and ended with with the first game, uppercutting an enemy with my sword and keeping them suspended in midair by filling them with bullets until they died.

I was pumped when I first got it, all I heard from my friends was how great the game was, but I didn't much care for it. The game was very pretty (at the time), and I appreciated the fact that it seemed very combo-based and required more thought and skill than mashing attack buttons, but nothing else about the game really impressed me.

 

[Sirron Kcuch]

It has the BEST gameplay, nothing compares to DMC, maybe Bayonetta.
DMC 3 and 4 are the best of the series.
In these games the gameplay is deep and complex, and most people don't see it at first, but check out these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv-iC_FlsIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnbnqJSpj-Q&feature=related
Also, the music is a love or hate thing.
The PC ports are quite poor from what I've heard, but have special features (the turbo mode is quite good)

 

[marioandsonic]

I never played them, so I can't say.