Well time to be honest about this game...
Devil May Cry is a series that started with a guy name Dante who is a demon slayer and he is half-demon, half-human and had an evil twin brother named Vergil who kills Dante in Devil May Cry 3 thus awakening Dante's Devil Trigger. But enough trivia DmC Devil May Cry is a reboot of the series and reboots never tend to do well but can Devil May Cry work?
The Story:
You play as Dante a sex deviant who lives in a trailer off the pier of a town called Limbo City. And tends to have sex a lot apparently. The story begins with a man (or a Demon King) named Mundus who wants to kill Dante due to him being a Nephilim which in this world Dante is half-demon, half-angel. After talking a-bit it cues to Dante with two girls have sex. After all that Dante is greeted by a girl name Kat and during this scene Dante is naked. After talking a bit Kat tells Dante that he is being hunted and thus Dante is attacked by some demon hunter and Dante dodges (while naked) and puts on his rob and gets his Rebellion (his sword) and proceeds in the other world Limbo. The story is short and boring as hell, I'm sorry but the only thing that interest me the most was the end fight with Vergil because this time Dante was the evil one (sort of), and Mundus was just talk, Lilith was disgusting, Kat was boring, and Dante was laughable, Vergil was the only interesting one since he had his own ideals to protect all humans but Dante wanted to free them. Dante's Hair throughout the game becomes whiter after awakening his Devil Trigger and gets even more once he finds his true self which is becoming evil. Everything in this game; the sex and the swearing mainly was unnecessary seriously nothing about all that bring the games story and the bosses are terrible especially the Succubus: disgusting. Oh and the dialogue was pathetic couldn't care what anyone said and bored me to hell.
The Gameplay (w/ game mechanics):
Now Devil May Cry is about the combat, the combos and the weapons and DmC does not fail to deliver. One of the great this about this game is the weapon variety, you want to use an axe we got one, want to use a scythe we got that too, want to use the fists (called differently in various games) we got that, guns? no problem. I love it actually but problem is the game doesn't have the combos, sure you can do tons of aerial combos by switching weapons but that doesn't justify the fact that most of those combos are mainly triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle, circle/square, triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle, circle/square etc. no matter what weapon it is. The game plays terribly platforming was not made for this game, Dante jumps are uncontrollable even worse with angel flight and this game makes you jump a lot. There is also a whip-like weapon where you pull enemies towards you or pull towards the enemies which can also be used during the platforming sessions of the game. Once going into Devil Trigger mode you make all enemies (except bosses) float and do more damage, get higher scores, recover a bit and attack faster. But Devil Trigger runs out fast so use it wisely. It can be recovered by attacking or Devil stars. Another problem was this game was WAY to easy, never died once so never got a real challenge and never will know what the game over screen is like either (lol).
The Sound (sound effects, voice acting, etc.)
Music is pretty bland, I couldn't hear most of it due to all the stuff going on with the game, but some I couldn't bare hearing and some are pretty good. The voice acting is beyond terrible, I couldn't fell any emotion into the characters and they all sounded pretty boring and laughable at times. The sound effects are ok but they all sound the same even the enemies attacking sound the same. Devil Trigger somewhat silents everything and hearing a faint Dante scream which was pretty cool. Problem is the sound will often cut off at small times but a lot made me notice and was pretty annoying.
The Graphics (w/ concept):
The graphics... holy hell they are terrible. It looks ugly, characters look ugly and not just Lilith either. The game doesn't run too well either, beyond horrible screen tearing, character modes glitch during cut-scenes and Vergil's model and Doppelganger during the final battle glitches as well (turns out he was too badass for this). I live the idea of Limbo but problem was the whole game you play is Limbo, would have been better if you go into Limbo at times during the real world but I still liked it but since you constantly go to Limbo throughout the game you get use to it and gets annoying and boring real quick.
The Controls (w/ presentation):
Controlling Dante is hell, he is not too responsive when attacking, dodging, or jumping (especially jumping), and moving wasn't a problem most of the time. Switching weapons took me awhile to get use to as well as equipping them too, but oddly enough pulling off combos were well responsive... Camera wasn't a problem most of the time but since there is not lock on button (which was weird) so finding flying enemies at times might get annoying but what's even weirder is Dante is auto locking which gets annoying when trying to attack certain enemies. The games boxart is interesting Dante in Limbo and the game doesn't come with a booklet manual since most companies are trying to save money (greedy bastards) by going digital.
To be honest I saw no potential with the game to begin with and more over didn't get my hopes up, but my god it was a terrible experience for me to play. Other players seem to enjoy this game as for me I did not which is why we call these opinions. I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone but if you want to try it out to see for yourself borrow this game instead.
Overall:
Story: 2.0
Gameplay: 8.5
Sound: 6.5
Graphics:1.5
Controls: 5.0
Overall: 4.7