It seems the critics don't agree, but here's one point of view that says Devil May Cry 4 is the best series installment yet. It goes well beyond the advanced technicals, tighter controls, and enhanced depth and style. It's about accessibility and having FUN.
With the release of the Devil May Cry series on Netflix, we take a moment to look back on this almost 20-year-old series and let you know the best of the best.
IMO
6. DMC2 6/10
5. DMC4 7.5/10 (Hated Nero, repeat bosses, Dante was the saving grace but only about half the game)
4. DmC 7.5/10 (solid overall, some great ideas, meh story, dialog sucked, and the director almost killed DMC)
3. DMC1 8.5/10 (all around solid)
2. DMC5 9/10 (carried by Dante & Nero gameplay, I didn’t like V’s, Nero’s better but still not a fan)
1. DCM3 10/10 (chef’s kiss)
Well, it worked.
This nothingburger of a opinion article got a lot of views and comments.
WHAT!? who in their right mind would put 2 near the top (not at the bottom) unironically?
I think all of them are worth playing in their own right honestly, except 2 unless you REALLY want to experience the whole series.
I honestly don't know what the author was smoking, personally I'd rank DMC3 as no.1, maybe DMC5 as second, DMC1 as third, DMC4 as fourth, and DMC as fifth and DMC2 last. such a bizarre list, mybe the author just has strange taste.
"Devil May Cry 2 isn’t trash. It’s just misunderstood by a fanbase that doesn’t like change."
This and putting DMC 2 number 2 is all I need to ignore this ranking. DMC2 is absolute trash and it's clear this person doesn't understand exactly why.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
Best to good for me: 3, reboot, 1, 5
2 and 4 are trash, didnt like any of them.
5 has very good gameplay variety but i hated the foes.. it is just insects the whole time. Reboot has the best foes for me
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
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God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
This right here is my order as I thought DMC 5 was amazing and obviously 3 comes after 4 was great and 1 for the nastilgic value it holds 2 was so terrible that my local GameStop gave full refunds to people who returned it.
Two Devil May Cry games have been delisted on Steam. As shared on X, formerly Twitter, by Wario64, Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition and Devil May Cry 4 are no longer available to purchase.
Bless the adorably all digital future! When it comes to PC games its not as big of an issue because there should always be another way to access single player games, but still, I hate to see anything get delisted.
Well, DMC4 special edition has a lot of issues to run from Steam.
I have to get a modded executable to even be able to run the game on Windows 10.
Not sure if it is because the game runs in DirectX10 or what, but it sucks they have not even tried to fix it.
DMC4 Special Edition is not delisted, it was just the standard version, it has nothing to do with issues of performance or anything alike. Its just that Capcom probably do not want to sell the standard version, neither the standalone DMC3 version.
So....it's the best DMC game ever because it was easy enough this time around for the reviewer to "feel like a badass"?
And whats this talk of casual gamers and Devil May Cry in the same sentence? Since when has this game ever been geared towards anything else BUT the hardcore?
If they want a casual, easy DMC game they should go back and pick up DMC2. You can literally beat the game just by using your guns.
I haven't beaten 4 yet. I've just starting Mission 13 on Devil hunter. I am loving the game so far and am really looking forward to going through SoS and DMD modes but so far I'm not sure if the game beats the original but I played that through all difficulties and put many many hours into it. It was also at the time... Original.
I think I prefer it to 3 but in my own personal opinion at the moment the original was the greatest.
The game is pretty easy and at a lot of points overly cheesy. At times I felt i was either watching a one liner for Haratio Kane (CSI:Miami) or a really bad 80s movie. But the game was fun. I dont think it was better than DMC however.
Ofc it's a lot better due to it's age being that games have come a long way since then, but as for as being as groundbreaking as the original it doesn't come close. The story is the same old same old, and a lot feels like a rehash but the fun factor is still there in spades if not more than ever. There is supposedly 6 different difficulties of which I'm on the third now so it's relatively easy right now, but I'm sure the later modes get really intense. My only real gripe with the game is they really should have revamped the camera system by now especially since it's on a new more powerful machine. People should make it known that on dmc5 we expect a new freakin camera system! Camera issues aside it's one hell of a game, which I wasn't expecting at this point in the series. Now the waiting game for the real show..RE5!
While I wont say that DMC4 is the "Best DMC EVAR!" I will say that Nero got my thumbs up for approval around Mission 11.
The buster combo you use against Sanctus (you know the one where you pummel him and then do that wicked awesome uppercut and the screen freezes and Sanctus' face is all "SAY WHAAA?~" yeah, that one) well Nero says a few things against Sanctus that was just completely awesome
"Pray for help from your Savior....you'll need it!"
"I'm not the demon here....you are!"
and my personal favorite
"I'm not interested in your bull****!!!"
All followed up with the most awesome super-facebreaker punch EVER.