It's a miracle Devil May Cry 5 exists after the last game in the franchise, 2013 reboot DmC: Devil May Cry, was poorly received by fans. The Devil May Cry series of action-adventure games was one of the mainstays of the PS2 era with three entries on Sony's console, followed by 2008's slick Devil May Cry 4 for the Xbox 360 and PS3. More recently, creator Capcom's energies have been spent focussing on the likes of Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter with varying degrees of success, making Devil May Cry 5's reveal at E3 2018 a pleasant surprise.
Devil May Cry 5[1] has you playing as Nero and Dante, returning demon hunters from past games as well as a new character named V. A spate of demon attacks across the world leads them to Red Grave City, where the Qlipoth — a gigantic monster spawning tree — has taken root thanks to a powerful demon known as Urizen. It's up to the trio to stop Urizen and his minions across the game's 20 chapters.
Nero, Dante, and V control differently, each with their own unique set of weapons and abilities. Nero has a sword, a double-barrelled revolver, and a host of robotic arms known as Devil Breakers. These allow him to freeze enemies in place or stun and push them away with a jolt of electricity. Dante has an assortment of swords, gauntlets, rocket launchers, pistols, shotguns, and even a motorcycle that splits into a pair of buzzsaws called the Cavaliere. He also has four distinct fighting styles: Trickster, Royalguard, Swordmaster, and Gunslinger. Trickster allows him to dodge enemy attacks, Royalguard focusses on defence, while Swordmaster maximises the moves of melee weapons, and Gunslinger allows for greater efficiency of firearms.
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