Developer : Capcom
Release date : 2005
Synopsis :
Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening, released in Japan as Devil May Cry 3 (Japanese: デビル メイ クライ 3 Hepburn: Debiru Mei Kurai Surī), is an action-adventure hack and slash video game directed by Hideaki Itsuno, developed and published by Capcom, released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and ported to Microsoft Windows in 2006. The game is a reboot and prequel to the original Devil May Cry, with a younger Dante. It introduces new combat mechanics with an emphasis on combos and fast paced action. The story is told primarily in cutscenes using the game’s engine, with several pre-rendered full motion videos. Set several years before the events of the first Devil May Cry in an enchanted tower, Temen-ni-gru, the story centers on the dysfunctional relationship between Dante and his brother Vergil. Devil May Cry 3 was praised by critics yet received some criticisms for it’s high level of difficulty in the North American version. This was rectified by the release of the easier and rebalanced Special Edition of DMC3. The game was re‐released in 2006 as Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening, Special Edition (デビル メイ クライ 3 Special Edition) with a recalibrated difficulty curve, the addition of a more friendly checkpoint system “GOLD mode” and Vergil as a playable character. Combined sales of both versions were over 2.3 million, and a 2005 manga prequel to the game was published in Japan and later the United States. Devil May Cry 3 – a prequel to the first game – opens in Dante’s yet-unnamed shop in an American metropolis. A mysterious man, Arkham, arrives with an invitation from Dante’s brother Vergil in the guise of a demonic attack. After Dante defeats his adversaries, a huge tower erupts from the ground nearby, eclipsing the sprawling city surrounding it. Sensing that Vergil is on the structure, Dante interprets this as a challenge. He begins fighting demons during his journey; once defeated, they become his weapons. Dante is attacked by a woman on a motorcycle who turns out to be Mary, Arkham’s daughter, who wants revenge on her father for causing her mother’s death. Arkham works for Vergil; they plan to take Dante’s half of their mother’s amulet and use its power on the tower to connect the human and demonic worlds. After a number of battles and an encounter with a being named Jester, Dante reaches the tower’s summit and battles Vergil. Vergil defeats Dante, steals his amulet and leaves; Dante’s dormant demonic powers emerge, and he sets out in pursuit. He catches Vergil in a control room in the tower’s basement, where Vergil cannot reactivate the tower. The brothers fight again, until they are interrupted by Mary and Jester. Jester reveals himself as Arkham, who has manipulated them all to reactivate the tower to reach the demonic world. There he plans to steal the Force Edge, the dormant form of Sparda’s sword with his power, using it to rule a demon-infested Earth. The tower transforms as the spell is broken; Arkham is carried to the summit, and Vergil disappears in the confusion. Dante battles his way back up the tower, fighting Mary for the right to pursue Arkham. He is victorious, and Mary lends him her most-powerful weapon. Reaching the summit, Dante crosses to the demonic world and catches Arkham (who has assumed Sparda’s demonic form). Overwhelmed by power, Arkham transforms into a blob-like creature who battles Dante. During the fight Vergil reappears, and the brothers work together to expel Arkham from the demonic world; weakened, Arkham lands on the tower (where Mary kills him). In the demonic world, Dante and Vergil fight for ownership of the Force Edge and the amulet halves. After his defeat Vergil remains as the portal closes, vanishing into the darkness with his half of the amulet. Dante meets Mary outside the tower; they form a friendship and the beginnings of a partnership as demon-slayers and he names his shop “Devil May Cry”. A scene after the credits shows Vergil in the demonic world, weak but determined, as he charges into battle against his father’s old foe Mundus.
Source : Wikipedia
