Devil May Cry 5
08 Mar 2019
All releases
08 Mar 2019 - PlayStation 4
08 Mar 2019 - Xbox One
08 Mar 2019 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
Tags
Time to beat
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
Devil May Cry 5 is a brand-new entry in the legendary over-the-top action series Devil May Cry. The game features three playable characters, each with a radically different stylish combat play style as they take on the city overrun with demons. Developed with Capcom’s in-house proprietary RE engine, the series continues to achieve new heights in fidelity with graphics that utilize photorealistic character designs and stunning lighting and environmental effects.
The game takes place five years after Devil May Cry 4 and follows a trio of warriors with demonic powers, the returning Dante, Nero, and a new protagonist named V, as they attempt to stop the Demon King Urizen from destroying the human world.
| Audio | Subtitles | Interface | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Korean | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Polish | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Russian | ✓ | ✓ | |
| English | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spanish (Spain) | ✓ | ✓ | |
| German | ✓ | ✓ | |
| French | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Italian | ✓ | ✓ |
Narrative is a step up from previous entry, but it doesn't push enough to the level of DMC3, the twist and the identity of the main villain is blatantly obvious from the start, but the journey himself ans bigger focus on the family of Sparda is welcome, some lingering questions and loose ends are finally adressed.
This time around there are three main characters: Nero still has mostly the same moveset, but the complexity was greatly increased thanks to robotic arms mechanics, making Nero not get tiresome with time like before; Dante returns once again and he is pretty much the same from DMC4 with a new devil trigger, besides that the arsenal is expanded with some older series weapons returning being better than ever, few new weapons are also quite entertaining to use, overall he is still the most fun to play as with the most complexity to his moveset; V is a newcomer with a new style of gameplay in which you need to command beasts to fight for you, it is pretty unique but I can't say that I am a big fan, but for the sake of variety I do enjoy the creativity, as a character he is pretty interesting to follow, but the ending twist with V was apparent and maybe disappointing in a way.
Levels are pretty great this time around, each one ending with a boss battle, which I found to be the most consistently great I have seen in the seties, concerning both quality and quantity. Enviroment is something I have a gripe with, it's mostly modern with lacking gothic feel to it, the second half of the game changes mostly to Qliphoth themed enviroment with no variety at all, which gets highly tiresome by the end.
Soundtrack is as always full of standout bangers, Nero theme being the highlight.
Besides that Devil May Cry V is a worthy sequel and a great character action game, but personally it did not achieve the hights of Devil May Cry 3, making it second best entry in the series.
