Trish, did—did you... er... did you, like, get some...work done? Or something? You—you look good. You look...healthy.

Capcom horny era. Or Capcom extremely horny era.

Damn, bro. Dante is old.

Nero sucks. Until you realize you can pull enemies towards you, and then he rules. Honestly? In this game, he might be more fun to play than Dante. Just a little bit.

And his "From that day forth" speech gives me chills.

And I love the separate aesthetic that this game gets with a different—more Final Fantasy-like—protagonist that makes anime noises (I don't like anime; I like Nero).

Here's the thing: the Nero part of this story, and the way it's told, is very cool and inventive, but people just weren't ready for that in 2008. It's when you turn into Dante, and you have to go through the same parts you went through as Nero, that the game really just starts crawling a bit. Just a bit. I'm gonna be honest: up until the Dante part, this might be my favorite DMC game.

Next up, a Lady and Trish game, right? I mean, you said you didn't really want to make more traditional Devil May Cry games. So, let's not. A Nero solo game? Non-hack and slash Lady segments? Trish? ...Lucia? Right? Right??

Reviewed on Mar 23, 2024


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