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Devil May Cry 5 (PS4) Review

Coasting through Hell

  • Kenneth Shepard Kenneth Shepard
  • March 6, 2019
  • 6 Minute Read
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Score: 6 / 10

Devil May Cry 5 seems to have learned nothing from all the other games that have been rapidly expanding and revitalizing the action genre. In a post Bayonetta world, Devil May Cry 5 had a lot to prove to assert itself as a relevant mainstay against its contemporaries, but what’s here feels like a snapshot of when the series was unrivalled in skillful, stylish combat, entertaining set pieces, and a main character that upheld an icon status even when his series was in stasis.

Some of Devil May Cry 5’s biggest problems start because its refusal to use said main character. Dante, (the original, not the younger, black-haired version in Ninja Theory’s 2013 reboot) having not been the primary playable character since 2005’s Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening, takes a back seat once again to Nero, the younger, spunkier of the two demon hunters who debuted in Devil May Cry 4. Unlike previous games, by the time DMC5 starts the cataclysmic event that is spawning demons and devils into the real world has already begun, and Nero, whose role in a lot of the story is tangential at best, felt like an outsider of a larger story I had to spend much of the game without any real context or motivation. Devil May Cry hasn’t always had the most consistent stories, but its always been good about grounding character motivations in the midst of the chaos. DMC5’s story, on the other hand, is split between three perspectives, and the nonlinear execution of its story makes it feel fractured, and harder to follow and invest in, even as a person who has grown to care about these characters across five games.

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Final Thoughts:

Devil May Cry 5’s risk-averse approach grounds it as other games in the genre are reaching for the sky.
Kenneth Shepard

Kenneth Shepard

Player of games, writer of words, drinker of Coke. Cries about video games in public places and on Twitter.
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Devil May Cry 5 (PS4) Review

Devil May Cry 5

Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Played On: PlayStation 4
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: March 8, 2019
Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC

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