Devil May Cry
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Devil May Cry is a dark fantasy action-adventure game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya, and succeeded by Hideaki Itsuno for every game after the first. It is primarily developed and published by Capcom. The series centers on the demon hunter Dante and his efforts to thwart various demon invasions of Earth. Its gameplay consists of combat scenarios in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks, avoiding damage and exhibiting stylized combat by varying their attacks to express creative, freestyled action choreography in real time; this combat, along with time and the number of items collected and used, are considered in grading the player's performance from rank D to SSS. The series alludes to Italian poet Dante's Divine Comedy. Hideki Kamiya created Devil May Cry after a failed attempt to develop a Resident Evil game with the first game originally being conceived as Resident Evil 4. Kamiya wanted to create a game with more action features, which Capcom felt the series did not need, but still showed confidence in the end product as standalone. The later games were directed by Hideaki Itsuno and writer Bingo Morihashi. In 2010, Capcom announced a new game, DmC: Devil May Cry (developed by Ninja Theory and supervised by Capcom), during the Tokyo Game Show that year. A high-definition remastering of the three PlayStation 2 titles was compiled in the Devil May Cry HD Collection and released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012, and in 2018 for the PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The remasters were released as standalone titles for Nintendo Switch between 2019 and 2020, with Devil May Cry 3 receiving exclusive new modes on the platform to modernize it. The latest game is Devil May Cry 5, released on March 8, 2019. The series has been successful; the main entries have sold 33 million copies worldwide and received Capcom's Platinum Title award. The success of the video-game series has led to comic books, novelizations, two animated series (a canonical anime and a Netflix standalone series), guides, collectibles, publications, and a variety of action figures, as well as crossovers into other franchises, most notably Marvel vs. Capcom and Punishing: Grey Raven.
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| 2001 | Devil May Cry |
| 2002 | |
| 2003 | Devil May Cry 2 |
| Devil May Cry: Deadshot | |
| 2004 | |
| 2005 | Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening |
| 2006 | Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition |
| 2007 | Devil May Cry (mobile) |
| 2008 | Devil May Cry (mobile) |
| Devil May Cry 4 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2012 | Devil May Cry HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360) |
| 2013 | DmC: Devil May Cry |
| 2014 | |
| 2015 | DmC: Devil May Cry Definitive Edition |
| Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition | |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2018 | Devil May Cry HD Collection (PS4, Xbox One, PC) |
| 2019 | Devil May Cry 5 |
| 2020 | Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition |
| 2021 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2024 | Devil May Cry: Peak of Combat |
| Game | Metacritic | OpenCritic |
| Devil May Cry | (PS2) 94 | — |
| Devil May Cry 2 | (PS2) 68 | — |
| Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening | (PS2) 87(PC) 66 | — |
| Devil May Cry 4 | (PS3) 84(X360) 84(PC) 78 | — |
| DmC: Devil May Cry | (X360) 86(PS3) 85(PC) 85 | — |
| Devil May Cry 5 | (PC) 89(PS4) 88(XONE) 87 | 88% recommend |
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- Arkham: Is your name Dante? Son of Sparda? Dante: Where did you hear that? Arkham: From your brother. He sent this invit
- Dante: It's been nearly a year since we last met. Where does the time go? No doubt you've got some fun planned for me. R
- Jester: It was quite a ride, you know! If any of you had died before getting here, our little plan would have gone to wa
- Arkham: He plucks the threads that make us dance, finger and toe! We surrender in joy to the lowest of the foul and rank
- Lady: Are you crying? Dante: It's only the rain. Lady: The rain already stopped. Dante: Devils never cry. Lady: I see. M
- Lady: Oh, speaking of a kind devil, he finally decided on a name for his shop. It took him quite a while to pick one. Wa
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- Griffon: Yours is definitely the power of Sparda ... No. Even more so. (Devil May Cry) Capcom, 2001
- Dante: This stinking hole was the last place that I thought I'd find anyone with some guts. (Devil May Cry) Capcom, 2001
- Dante: How much longer are you going to keep zapping? Come out and show yourself, Mundus! (Devil May Cry) Capcom, 2001
- Trish: Dante, use my power! Dante: Trish! Okay! (Devil May Cry) Capcom, 2001
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- (After flipping a coin and noticing the result is heads.) Dante: ... Looks like it's your lucky day. (Devil May Cry 2) C
- Arius: You are my creation. Lucia: Liar! Matier is my mother. Arius' secretary removes her mask, revealing the fact her
- Lucia: But ... actually ... I do not deserve this power ... Lucia: Bring this to Matier for me ... please ... I ... I've
- Matier: There is one more thing I need to ask of you, son of Sparda. My daughter went to face Arius all by herself ... P
- Arius: You cannot win ... someone is holding you back... Lucia: Ugh, forget about me! Kill Arius! Dante: Don't worry. I'
- Lucia: But ...! Dante: Let's leave it to fate. Heads, I go; Tails, you go. He flips the coin and it lands as heads again
- Arius: You are not human! You are just a monster ... a monster that I created! Lucia: Dante told me ... Devils never cry
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