This review contains spoilers

Devil May Cry 3 remains to this day one of the best action games not just because of it's gameplay (which revolutionized the genre with it's fighting game inspired combo system and sheer breadth of tools), not just because of it's memorable bosses (Vergil's echo , despite not being the first Rival in a video game, can be felt in almost every action game since), not just because of it's writing (which marries themes of identity and familial relations with a plot that is truly Epic, in the very literal and literary sense of the word), but because it so effortlessly nails all three.

A game that starts with a shirtless man eating pizza ends with a climatic duel between near-demigods that brings to mind Cú Chulainn's duels in Táin Bó Cúailnge (not the least because of it's setting, a fjord that serves as a literal threshold between this world and the next), and Devil May Cry 3 earns every moment along the way.

Reviewed on Mar 21, 2024


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