Devil May Cry 5

 PlayStation 4
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1863 Ratings

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  1. Locust_Leers
    Nov 1, 2019
    10
    So many things to say about this game, so little time. What you’ve got to keep in mind is that unless you deep dive into the mechanics of this game it’s hard to rate it fairly. But the game is polished, complete, and has the best fighting mechanics in any action game to date(pros might argue DMC 4 for that). I love this game. There’s so much replay value and the skill ceiling is prettySo many things to say about this game, so little time. What you’ve got to keep in mind is that unless you deep dive into the mechanics of this game it’s hard to rate it fairly. But the game is polished, complete, and has the best fighting mechanics in any action game to date(pros might argue DMC 4 for that). I love this game. There’s so much replay value and the skill ceiling is pretty high. There’s always more to learn and once you get really good, it straight up feels empowering.

    But this game. Love it. Cherish it. There’s something very special about it.    … Expand
  2. rdoemdeeu
    Apr 13, 2020
    1
    Jogo tão chato que não aguentei 30 minutos e larguei de lado forçado de mais acho que a serie deveria ter acabado no DMC que também foi uma outra coisa mal feita
  3. ZetaJiffils
    Dec 12, 2019
    7
    Muy buenos gráficos y cinemáticas, pero me parece un Dark Souls y eso me aburre mucho.
  4. choche007
    May 12, 2021
    0
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    Conchwurname
    [viernes, 23:55]
    ElPanteras:
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    AI QUEDASTE
  5. Carloss1997
    Mar 31, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visuals, music, gameplay are absolutly awesome. It got even a decent story, which was a suprise for me in a hack and slash game. The nero entrence in the final fight was a bit off for me, that dialogue could be better. Waiting for the 6th game.… Expand
  6. AceAscendus
    Apr 23, 2019
    10
    Amazing and very fun game with a lot of replay value! Now this is the Devil May Cry games all true fans and all true gamers wanted and deserve! The graphics and animations are excellent, the gameplay is extremely good with a lot of variety, Dante, Nero and V all have different and refreshing play styles! You really can't go wrong with this game if you are a fan of action oriented games! BUY IT!
  7. deltagilbert
    Apr 14, 2019
    3
    Nope! I tried to love this game as much as I did previous DMC games but wow, this was terrible.

    I can't believe I'm saying it but there's too many weapons and too many characters. Rather than focus on one or two awesome weapons with complex move sets, you get tons of not very good ones. I had access to a range of almost identical combos pretty early on. The button combinations were too    Nope! I tried to love this game as much as I did previous DMC games but wow, this was terrible.

    I can't believe I'm saying it but there's too many weapons and too many characters. Rather than focus on one or two awesome weapons with complex move sets, you get tons of not very good ones. I had access to a range of almost identical combos pretty early on. The button combinations were too similar and damage outputs were practically the same. This left me just spamming one or two moves as I lost interest in using new moves and getting S rank combos. The combat is easily the worst of all DMC games.

    There was no build up to improving your character like previous games since you can buy all the moves and combos early on. I missed the anticipation of being able to afford new moves and slowly increasing in power. The sense of reward was totally missing from the game.

    You switch characters often and never really get a good play session with just one character. The combat is so bad though, the frequent switches ended up not really mattering.

    The story is awful. DMC games are always a bit daft but usually coherent and fun. This was just plain boring.

    The level design sucks so bad! Especially in the later sections of the game. No cool gothic design like previous games, just boring organic looking corridors.

    The worst part beside the game play was the V character. He's literally the 'Internet nerd in a fedora' meme. I cringed every time I had to play as him or watch his cut scenes. Combat using V is incredibly dull too.

    I appreciate Capcom bringing back the Dante we all love. But the DmC reboot was way better than this. And DMC 4 utterly blows this installment out of the water.

    Skip this or buy it when it's so cheap it's practically free.    … Expand
  8. Nikkihellpack
    Mar 19, 2020
    4
    BAAAAAAD!!! Linear and dull gameplay, repetitive, when you think the game is stepping up for finally something interesting, the credits roll, mysogynistic, objectifying female characters
    shallow scenario, poor storytelling, worthless characters, bosses and levels are flavorless
  9. Shenanigan
    Mar 10, 2019
    6
    Welp, I was not expecting much from the game, but i still was disappointed with it. The storyline is straight up garbage, V is boring to play as, since he is OPAF, Nero is taken straight from DMC 4, almost all the same moves,combos ETC, with new Devil Breaker mechanic(which is simply boring and unfun to use, and there is even a hand,that acts exactly like his demon hand from DMC4). DanteWelp, I was not expecting much from the game, but i still was disappointed with it. The storyline is straight up garbage, V is boring to play as, since he is OPAF, Nero is taken straight from DMC 4, almost all the same moves,combos ETC, with new Devil Breaker mechanic(which is simply boring and unfun to use, and there is even a hand,that acts exactly like his demon hand from DMC4). Dante has some new toys, but again, he is 60% recycle. Actually, it's the perfect defenition of this game. Recycle. Buuut, dmc4 was 11 years ago, so if you enjoyed that game and want to have some more demon slashing fun,and you are not a hardcore fan of DMC, this game is gonna be a tonn of fun to play. It's mediocre at best for the fans, but for new pplayers it's awesome.… Expand
  10. VampikMD
    Apr 13, 2019
    3
    I played 4th and DMC. I like it. But this project is mediocrity. A variety of locations plunges into horror. The beginning of the normal, but most of the time the game - running around the location, consisting of guts. Very diverse ... The characters are not interesting, the plot was written without thinking. Fighting is normal, but nothing new. I can not imagine why you can love thisI played 4th and DMC. I like it. But this project is mediocrity. A variety of locations plunges into horror. The beginning of the normal, but most of the time the game - running around the location, consisting of guts. Very diverse ... The characters are not interesting, the plot was written without thinking. Fighting is normal, but nothing new. I can not imagine why you can love this game. Mediocrity, based solely on the good name of the series and the faith of the fans.
    PS: I am Russian, I do not know English well. I used google translator, so please forgive me for illiteracy.    … Expand
  11. JunCLJ
    Mar 12, 2019
    5
    Story too short and simple, combat system is playing like the street fighter hack and slash. As an adult serious player, you will dislike this game. I don't think this is a masterpiece. If you want to play a rich story telling game, go for Persona 5. If you want to play a great combat system game, go for God of War. DMC5 is nothing, it's just a kids' and teenagers' product.
  12. ClaytonCarmine
    Nov 13, 2019
    10
    Thank you very much!
    Everyone who was involved in the creation of this masterpiece, namely Hideaki Itsuno and his team, as well as who created this series, namely Hideki Kamiya and Shinji Mikami with the Little Devil team !!
    I love you, Dante and Devil May Cry !!
    DMC IS Back, King Os Back!!!
  13. Lttrev
    May 25, 2019
    2
    At best this is an Ok game. It's not bad, but not entirely good. V's dialogue in particular was insanely grating. Some of the worst dialogue ive heard within a game in a long time. V is basically a human version of Shadow the Hedgehog. By that i mean that he is a total edgelord. He's SO CRINGY.
    Story jumps back and forth between past and present so its not always coherent. Combat is so    At best this is an Ok game. It's not bad, but not entirely good. V's dialogue in particular was insanely grating. Some of the worst dialogue ive heard within a game in a long time. V is basically a human version of Shadow the Hedgehog. By that i mean that he is a total edgelord. He's SO CRINGY.
    Story jumps back and forth between past and present so its not always coherent. Combat is so split up between the three fighters that it seems like you never get a good chance to learn any of them. It would have been better off getting to play this with your choice of character. A 2 to me seems like a fair grade.    … Expand
  14. madmad90
    Sep 2, 2019
    6
    Very disappointing story, gameplay is fine but forgettable. Glad I didn't have to buy it and just got it from Game Pass
  15. Guayubino
    Mar 31, 2019
    3
    Not worth it by any means, maybe a redbox rental. Graphics are ok but everything else is super lazy and poorly designed. This is a prettier but horribly designed and written Devil May Cry 4.

    Too short
    Badly designed
    Lazy
    ****
    Not serious at all.

    I enjoyed DMC way more.
  16. SirGalahad
    Nov 10, 2019
    0
    Bad voice acting
    Gameplay is boring repetitive and unoriginal Bad story and cringy characters
  17. RuslanDZE
    Mar 13, 2019
    5
    Game is alright... I guess. My favorite DMC is third part. Its one of my favorite games for PS2. And I am not a hater of DMC reboot. I think If you are die hard of Old School DMC you would be satisfied.
    However, in my opinion game has stuck at 2004 and in terms of the story it is way worse than DMC3. Combat is fun and it has lots of variations but Bayonetta did it better. Again I think    Game is alright... I guess. My favorite DMC is third part. Its one of my favorite games for PS2. And I am not a hater of DMC reboot. I think If you are die hard of Old School DMC you would be satisfied.
    However, in my opinion game has stuck at 2004 and in terms of the story it is way worse than DMC3. Combat is fun and it has lots of variations but Bayonetta did it better. Again I think game did not get better much after DMC3 and its just a little better version.

    Story is very predictable and many people would say it does not matter but for me it does. I wanna be emotionally invested to the characters to have any care and have a better immersion to the game. This part fails dramatically even for DMC series. I did not care about anything. Some characters are very cringeworthy and not funny as Capcom writes might have thought.

    Cutscenes are very well made but there is not much action happens. Its always stops at the most interesting moment. You do not have any satisfaction from it like it was with Dante Vs Virgil fight at DMC3 and how epic it was.

    And the most embarrassing part is level design and art of these levels. They are very generic like its ps2 game. It is not what you would expect from AAA game in 2019. This game has a photo mode for some reason, why it needs it when there is nothing to capture other than same looking corridors. Bosses are very unforgivable. They reuse bosses. Only final boss made me excited for a little bit.

    Overall, I am disappointment. DMC (2013) was universally hated but I think it had better levels, better story. Yes, main characters are far more likeable here but game overall is just fine    … Expand
  18. dmcvsux
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    I never played the game but I figured I'd give it the review it deserves since the graphics are so ugly
    This is a completely valid review I can leave despite me never playing the game because Metacritic doesn't have any way to verify if I have or not.
  19. Darkjes27
    Mar 14, 2019
    4
    Hypeado hasta que salió y empecé a jugar, parece que esté jugando a un hack and slash de hace 10 años. Vale que la gente lo quiera por su nostalgia, sus gráficos son espectaculares, pero la jugabilidad es bastante mediocre, a parte la historia es mala no, lo siguiente, prácticamente nula. Hay muchos hack and slash bastantes mejores que este. Sobrevalorado al 100%, un saludo :)
  20. Feriatus
    Mar 12, 2019
    3
    It's a Retro style game, and it's not for me.
    The only thing I like about this game is the beautiful character and monster models. Everything else is very outdated.
    It comes with a triple SSS stupid story, an outdated progression system, tedious gameplay that forces you to look for some sort of red currency and other arcade tokens in the superlinear rectangle corridor world. Developer    It's a Retro style game, and it's not for me.
    The only thing I like about this game is the beautiful character and monster models. Everything else is very outdated.

    It comes with a triple SSS stupid story, an outdated progression system, tedious gameplay that forces you to look for some sort of red currency and other arcade tokens in the superlinear rectangle corridor world. Developer ignored all the progress we had with gameplay in the last 20 years in videogames.    … Expand
  21. WhiteRaito
    Mar 21, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its pretty great but uh its not that 10/10 great. wanting to give things higher but i dont really into combo memorizing so yeah 7/10 XD. playing as dante is hellafun… Expand
  22. Crazy_Cracker
    Mar 15, 2019
    1
    Complete Trash. no story. no engaging moments. just here n there forced stylish scenes.
    nico is so much irritating.
  23. coates32
    Apr 14, 2019
    0
    As a long time fan of Devil May Cry series, I was ecstatic when Devil May Cry 5 was announced as it meant a return to form for the franchise. However, since Gamespot revealed that Crapcom was adding microtransactions (yes I know they can be easily ignored), I was utterly disgusted by the fact that a largely single-player $60 game (especially a spectacle fighter/character action game likeAs a long time fan of Devil May Cry series, I was ecstatic when Devil May Cry 5 was announced as it meant a return to form for the franchise. However, since Gamespot revealed that Crapcom was adding microtransactions (yes I know they can be easily ignored), I was utterly disgusted by the fact that a largely single-player $60 game (especially a spectacle fighter/character action game like this one) was going to have microtransactions. If you must buy this game, get it used as Crapcom doesn’t deserve your money, since they think you don’t deserve their respect.… Expand
  24. shutda_fckuphoe
    Mar 10, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I couldn't wait to play DMC5 when i heard about it's release in March 2019. I was over excited being a very big dmc fan. I pre ordered the game ahead of time & patently waited for it's release....... Just to be disappointed omg first the story line was completely trash! All the same moves and acts from dmc4. The missions was completely short literally. I completed the game in under 5 hours of playing, I was expecting way more than just a couple hours of playing. It wasn't at all anything i expected. Each stage at best is about 3 minutes of fighting, literally even on Demon Hunter Mode. I wish i could get my money back this is sad, I'm a very disappointed fan right now. I waited for this to come out just to get another tale of "two brothers' fighting for no reason & Nero finding out Vergil's his dad. Laaaammmmeeeeeeeee...............… Expand
  25. JEFFRICARDO
    Mar 30, 2019
    6
    O jogo peca muito nas fases. São 20 fases e a pessoa praticamente acha todas iguais, como se tivesse jogado a mesma fase o tempo todo só que com personagens diferentes. o sistema de batalha está mais lento que o anterior e tem muitos estilos de lutas, porém a maioria inúteis que não dá vontade de evoluir. A história é bem simples e faz com o que o jogo não ande para trás nem para frente noO jogo peca muito nas fases. São 20 fases e a pessoa praticamente acha todas iguais, como se tivesse jogado a mesma fase o tempo todo só que com personagens diferentes. o sistema de batalha está mais lento que o anterior e tem muitos estilos de lutas, porém a maioria inúteis que não dá vontade de evoluir. A história é bem simples e faz com o que o jogo não ande para trás nem para frente no quesito continuidade. É o estilo de jogo, comprou, zerou, vendeu e logo!… Expand
  26. Fumancheese
    Jun 11, 2020
    0
    Game breaking bugs galore, if you play offline. I really wish developer's would quit launching broken games
  27. Bulbotrax
    Mar 16, 2019
    0
    a very bad game, zero idea, poor level design, very lazy capcom... and the secret mission shows all the limits of this mess, (especially secret mission 5 with this god dam camera looking everywhere except where we need) do not buy this crappy game
  28. Modio
    Mar 9, 2019
    4
    Only graphic is good in this game. in all rest it two steps back. Control and camera broken, that arms is stupid mechanic DMC4 and remake was much better.
  29. NeedleNose1
    Apr 27, 2021
    10
    The greatest action game ever made. Fun characters, beautiful graphics, incredible soundtrack, and -most importantly- perfect gameplay.
  30. BUReauKRATOS
    Mar 9, 2019
    10
    this game is too easy, but its not a reason for game to be a lot worse, it is awasome game and awesome DMC game
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#7 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#22 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#26 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Apr 10, 2019
    90
    Another success for Capcom. Devil May Cry has received a fresh injection of demon blood, and is as SSStylish as ever. A treat to look at, and a treat to play. [Issue#161, p.86]
  2. PlayGround.ru
    Apr 8, 2019
    100
    When one rival put on weight, grew a bushy beard and decided to raise his son in the Northern bewilderness, the other chose a pair of stylish high-heels a couple sizes too small and the third now only appears to smash some oversized ta-tas, Devil May Cry 5 is proving that it is too early to put hack'n slash games out of commission. It's a gorgeous, glorious game of great current interest. A crown jewel from Capcom's most skilled goldsmiths.
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  3. IGN Japan
    Mar 31, 2019
    97
    Although the online functions could have been better, the unique and satisfying combat styles of Nero, Dante and V greatly contribute in evolving Devil May Cry 5 to the next level. While gaining a more photorealistic look thanks to Capcom’s RE engine, the stylish action we have come to love from the series is better than ever.
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