Quite honestly, I never actually used to like Angry Joe all that much, something just irked me about his reviews. But over the past year as I've been looking to try and improve my writing and find different angles to view aspects of games from I've come to have far more appreciation for the stuff he does.

Hats off on what I felt to be a fair review, here.

His reviews are the most entertaining.

Its so much more than a review

But this one is a little too subjective and lacks a multifaceted reasoning.

Not saying I have a preference for anything in particular but what if someone liked emo or gothic or whatever then is it bad? In any case Dante is not emo. That one trailer may have looked emo. Joe got it wrong. Also his point of reference seems to be purely the previous DMC's which it is not and is not even trying to be.

Joe come on your reviews are dam fun, this is too actually :D but srsly get your act together if you want ppl to take it seriously as a review.

LMAO I died with the Blood on the dance floor in the beginning lmao! horrible music, horrible people

It's basically a 7 out of ten for the hardcore DMC fans, but probably an 8.5 for casual hack and slash fans. The characterization of the new Dante(as Joe mentioned) is 100% subjective. And as I imagined, he thought the story and voice acting exceeded previous DMC games.

Also, the more accessible combat is a hit or miss depending on who you are. I know I'll enjoy the more forgiving combat because I found the originals frustrating at points.

I actually quit playing DMC1 for several months because I couldn't beat the last boss after more than an hour of attempts. Did eventually manage to beat it though lol.

The new Dante's personality is definately splitting opinions. Personally, I actually really liked him. Not at first, but as the game progressed the voice actor sold the character for me.

I honestly ended up liking him more than the old Dante, which surprised me quite a bit!

I actually enjoyed this version of Dante. Admittedly before the first 5 missions or so he was a bit annoying. But about a quarter through I started to enjoy him as a character. I thought given his circumstances and what he had experienced he behaved how you'd expect a person to act.

You sound like you’re just a ton of fun to be around.

One of the best, stylish, and fun action slasher on the system. You definitely should get to it, as soon as you can.

The DMC5 team went on to make Dragons Dogma 2, the DMC director (3,4,5) left capcom to make an action game at another studio and the rumor is that a DMC remake is next...so i wouldn't hold my breath on DMC6.