Developer : Capcom
Release date : October 18, 2001
Synopsis :
Devil May Cry (Japanese: デビル メイ クライ Hepburn: Debiru Mei Kurai) is an action-adventure hack and slash third-person shooter video game series developed by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya. Originally intended to be an entry in Capcom’s Resident Evil series, in development it became such a radical departure from the series’ style that it was developed into a new property entirely. The series centers on the main character Dante’s goal of avenging his mother’s murder by exterminating demons. The gameplay consists of heavy combat scenes in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks while avoiding damage in order to exhibit stylized combat; this element along with time and the number of items collected and used are taken under consideration when grading the player’s performance. The series is very loosely based on the Italian poem Divine Comedy by the use of allusions, including the game’s protagonist Dante (named after Dante Alighieri) and other characters like Vergil (Virgil), Trish (Beatrice Portinari), Lucia (Saint Lucy), Trismagia (Satan), Furiataurus (the Minotaur), Geryon, and Cerberus. Many of the enemies are also named after the Seven Deadly Sins, such as “Hell Pride” or “Hell Lust”. The series has been a success with the first three games selling multiple million copies and being awarded the “Platinum Title” award by Capcom. The success of the video game series has led to the creation of comic books, novelizations, an animated series, guides, collectibles, publications, and a variety of action figures. A high-definition remaster of the three PlayStation 2 titles was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012 and again in 2018 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. During the 2010 edition of the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom revealed a new game, named DmC: Devil May Cry. It was developed by Ninja Theory and was a reboot of the series that explores similar themes and also satirizes certain social themes. At E3 2018, Capcom revealed a new installment in the original series, Devil May Cry 5, set for release in 2019. The series lore opens two millennia prior to the first game, with the demon Sparda, The Black Knight, defeating Mundus, ruler of the Demon World. Sparda manages to stop Mundus from conquering the human world by sealing numerous hellgates around the world. With a ritual requiring his own blood and the aid of a powerful priestess, he was able to seal the last portal, Temen-Ni-Gru. Sparda chose to remain in the Human World, where he established a religious sect known as ‘The Order of the Sword’. Long after, he would fall in love with beautiful, human woman named Eva, who would bear him twin boys, Dante and Vergil. The brothers, were each given half of a locket belonging to their father, consisting of a relic and a sword. Tragedy would befall the young boys time and again, starting with the murder of their mother at the hands of Mundus’ as part of his revenge against his nemesis, Sparda. This article will detail the plot in chronological order rather than by release of each individual game, as each installment in the Devil May Cry series takes place out of a linear sequence. The plot begins with Devil May Cry 3 released in 2005, taking place a year after Dante had a falling out with his twin brother Vergil, likely resulting from an argument over their mother. Dante had since finished setting up his new, as of yet unnamed shop, when he’s visited by a man named Arkham, who stated he was calling Dante out on Vergil’s behalf. Soon after, an immense tower erupts from the ground a short distance away from the shop, and Dante takes it as a challenge from Vergil himself. Dante encounters several powerful demons, including Cerberus and the mysterious Jester, before arriving at the tower’s summit, now revealed to be Temen-Ni-Gru. Here Dante is attacked by his brother Vergil and despite Dante’s growing abilities, loses. Vergil then takes Dante’s locket and leaves with Arkham. Bloody and dying in the rain, the dormant devil power within Dante revives him and he resumes pursuit of his brother. Vergil, as it is revealed, wants to use the pendants their mother gave them in a ritual to create a portal to the Demon World. The battle is soon joined by Lady, a woman out to avenge her mother’s death at the hands of Arkham: her father. Arkham, soon revealed to be Jester, had been manipulating the three into completing the ritual which would allow him to acquire Sparda’s mighty sword, The Force Edge, and claim it’s power as his own. With the ritual complete, Arkham leaves the three of them for dead on the floor. Dante gives chase after the madman, whose new power, begins to mutate him into a massive abomination.
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