Devil May Cry Is Still Better Than Most Modern Games

Devil May Cry is the pinnacle of action games. (Except for DMC2) I don't think we would have the action/hack'n'slash genre as a whole without Devil May Crys existence!
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Intro: (0:00)
OH YEAH DEVIL MAY CRY!: (0:30)
Devil May Cry: (3:47)
Devil May Cry 2: (9:29)
Devil May Cry 3 (PEAK): (13:36)
Outro: (23:20)
#devilmaycry #dmc

[@Proxidist]

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[@somerandomguyontheinternet8914]

What I love about Vergil in dmc3 is that much like Dante, he actually grew stronger and get new weapons each time you fight him. It really test how much you've learn the game and really felt like you're fighting your equal

[@harlowviv2968]

The 2 weapons compared to Dantes duffle bag of whacky stuff lol

[@somerandomguyontheinternet8914]

@@harlowviv2968 After all, Vergil is more about efficiency and perfection

[@striderreborn1467]

I know right? Their fights often felt like some epic Highlander shit but with other random weapons thrown in outside of swords. lol

[@Hedron1027]

I do get that Vergil is supposed to be about efficiency rather than wackiness like Dante but I would like if he got at least one more weapon. Dante gets new ones every game meanwhile Vergil’s always had the same three (no I do not count Mirage Edge as a new weapon because it is literally just Force Edge but blue). I think it would’ve been cool if Vergil kept the Nelo Angelo sword.

[@harlowviv2968]

Nelo Angelo sword as a 4th weapon would've made him complete in dmc5. Ties everything together in chronological order and I'm pretty sure fighting with it would've been tight. It's up there with them scrapping giving Dante Vs cane after you fight Nightmare.

[@amala1333]

Bro unironically dropped the hardest DMC edit at the beginning of the vid, and thought we wouldnt notice

[@naktawi]

Im clipping it

[@ihavenobrains]

please, shut up.

[@dankmemer7431]

I love DMC 3 & 5 SE The Most.

[@dragon_gaming123]

If Dante isn't impaled then the game is not official 💀

[@Scout_from_deep_rock_galactic]

Dmc5?

[@JF-vz1ju]

@@Scout_from_deep_rock_galactic He stabs himself to unlock the DSD.

[@Scout_from_deep_rock_galactic]

@@JF-vz1ju shit u right

[@Loundsify]

When you get the first sword in the first game 😂

[@mizukiizanagi800]

dmc reboot?

[@chriswiggins1679]

Man the first DMC has the best art, level design, and atmosphere. Each game gets better combat wise(sans 2 and Dino) but looses abit more of that original spirit. I do love the other games, but man Id love if they made a game with 5s combat but looking back to the originals survival horror gothic vibe.

[@HaloWingProductions]

The only reason the game was like that was Devil May Cry was originally supposed to be the next Resident Evil game but they changed their minds about the gameplay and made RE4 and turned the original build into its own game. Thus DMC was born.

[@shinramune9002]

@@chriswiggins1679 literally Dmc 1's worst part is the level design

[@MilestheDirtyMindedGoblin2099]

@@chriswiggins1679 I wouldn’t say level design, but the art style was absolute peak. Best enemy and dt design, the actual levels looked amazing but didn’t play the best.

[@Auskaa]

"Remember the first one? It Rocked. Pity you can only see it in the museum nowadays" JT - Decline of video gaming. DMC 2 was first me and my friend played, since he didnt had memory card we had to complete it in one run, with both chars.

[@crimsonomega8310]

If we could get more games like Devil May Cry 5 that'd be amazing. Playing Vergil in 5 is near the apex of all of gaming.

[@morkgin2459]

Dude DMC 3 and 4 exists already

[@caniputmyballsinyojaw]

vergil in 5 is kinda overrated. really just a bunch of hyper-convenient moves with easy access and what feels like a 1.25x style point modifier

[@morkgin2459]

@@caniputmyballsinyojaw now that's not true either. It's the best Vergil campaign out there

[@abyssstruggler1906]

The new final fantasy has similar combat

[@kcub07]

@@abyssstruggler1906 only missing like 95% of dmc’s depth.

[@VampireA1056]

DMC3 is one of the greatest games of all time.

[@xavierjose1490]

Fun fact about the Switch edition, the freestyle mode also gives a radial menu which for me severely limits combo capabilities. But it's neat to just plow through Bloody Palace. I just wish we can make our loadout.

[@archeiachera7330]

Without DMC all same fighting combat style in every game had same as DMC will not exist

[@S1eepy0w1]

Devil May Cry is one of the pillars of my teen years I couldn’t ask for a better series

[@dante_sparda2]

I was 10 when I found about devil may cry Which was 2019 when dmc5 came out And was my first dmc game I could never forget about when i first saw dmc5 And got me into the series And then I bought all the games

[@ismailtopa3671]

The first impression of this game back them was really otherworldly. We came to play horror game with similar atmospheric tones while being at constant threat of death. In DmC we started feeling spooked but then realized that in this game, you aren't trapped with monsters. Monsters are trapped with you.

[@thanatosdraga]

future tips if you ever go back, the chariot boss, you can ride the chariot

[@SolidSnake240]

Figured that out by complete accident lol. You can get so much free damage in by jumping on the chariot

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

I have played all DMC games.DMC4, DMC Devil May Cry , DMC1, DMC5 etc. all these games were amazing. Gave a unique experience to me. Gave me confidence in life.

[@ChocolateFrenzy]

LETS ROCK BABY!!

[@Braylon1997]

*gunshot* DEVIL MAY CRY

[@MegaSlayerOfPantericaKreators]

You, my favourite youtuber, posted a video about devil may cry the day i bought dmc hd collection and 4SE

[@mizulightblue]

god, the beginning and the music of dmc3 still gives me goose bumps, even after 18 years of knowing that game. That's how good the game is and was in the past. And dmc1 is just soooo nostalgic.

[@TWGatorade]

ah yes, dmc video as ive gotten into dmc(5) how wonderful

[@miguelteixeira7472]

3k views is criminal for this quality Keep it up man

[@AlexGreat321]

I will defend 2 by saying there were some cool bits in it. Dante's outfit is cool, the Majin form is awesome (and the precursor to Sin Devil Trigger) and was the jumping off point for the Style system (dodging and being able to shoot multiple enemies) and like the reboot if it was called something else people might be more receptive to it. It's also one of two Devil May Cry games I got the Platinum for (the other being the reboot 😂)

[@SolidSnake240]

Nah, even if DMC2 was called something else it still would've gotten the same reception, its just not a good game.

[@godsplayingfield]

now to be fair to DMC2, it was technically made in like 6 months. by the time our main man got hold of it, i think only some concepts were done and the stinger move was finalized and usable. beyond that, it was a basic rush job. for that, i think it does decent. not great by any standard, but i appreciate the result for what the circumstances were. additionally, and this is subjective, it has the best look Dante ever had and also the best demon form as well as the Majin form (which led to sin trigger)

[@mrwaffles9332]

Bro just released a top notch review about my favorite game, thank you for this man, what a underrated channel. Just subscribed, waiting for the DMC 5 video :)

[@Maceyoshiman]

I never knew the older games were good too. I only ever played the reboot and dmc5

[@8megabytes0]

Play dmc 3 now

[@Proxidist]

play dmc 3!!

[@caniputmyballsinyojaw]

they're pretty good but i would have to say dmc5 is the best. all of the previous ones have glaring map and enemy issues

[@ghostwalkergames7707]

Either get the hd collection or dmc 3 on switch.

[@nerovanguard846]

DMC 3 is considered to be the best DMC. Yes, even better than 5. Personally, I agree

[@Andy_Sgouros]

I was waiting for this video ......and Im not disappointed

[@Potidaon]

Great video, but a few corrections. It was Mikami who pushed for Kamiya's RE4 to become a new IP. Kamiya had to be convinced, as he thought being very different and action-heavy while still being RE made it more interesting. But no one hated Kamiya's RE4. More the opposite. Kamiya's bosses liked it, and they felt being its own IP would benefit the game more than staying an RE game. Mikami talks about in an interview he did with Yoshiki Okamoto on Okamoto's KZbin channel. As for the budget, it wasn't small because it was a scrapped version of RE4, but because it started out development as a sequel, rather than always having been a new IP.

[@soudhannain6991]

Great video bro❤👌

[@itsjudeau5275]

6:37 Just a little correction, the combat in DMC1 doesnt work like that, the style meter doesnt really care if you keep using the same move over and over, only in DMC3 they do that

[@Proxidist]

Ah, that's my bad I didn't notice while playing

[@itsjudeau5275]

@@Proxidist thats ok man! No worries

[@assassinonprozac]

You can straight up get hit and as long as you recover in time and hit an enemy you can keep your rank, the only thing the style meter cares about in DMC1 is if you hit an enemy in time (which is why the grenade gun and Nightmare Beta are just free S-rank machines).

[@Sean-lr7lj]

FUN FACT vergil is voiced by dan southworth! He also played eric in power rangers time force, as the quantum ranger! Both characters are similar in their desire for power and whats funny too is vergils iconic line "i need more power" (,MVC boys you know what im talking about) was added to battle for the grid and has him say "i need more quantum power!" Two of the main three demon hunters we play as are PR alumni and i think thags awesome

[@445Vicious]

The fucking ad in the middle of the DMC2 part lmao

[@Vorrtexian]

We really need DMC6....

[@justsomeguy727]

Gonna have to disagree personally. Love this series but 5 ended on a beyond great note and Itsuno himself even admits he's running out of ideas on what to do with Dante's character going forward cause Dante was never originally his creation to begin with. Much better to just let it end on a high than try to drag it any further imo.

[@Vorrtexian]

@@justsomeguy727 Then what about a remake? or like a prequel of Sparda's story before dmc3.

[@Kedilaa]

also about the infested chopper in dmc2, the game lets you kill it while running away from it, but it'll just keep respawning with almost every frame change until the boss bar shows up. i killed it like 5 times before it ended

[@thesoberscot4068]

Another series to add to the list

[@russellbailey4317]

As rough around the edges as DMC 2 is, I enjoyed the customization of the DT with the amulets. I feel like it could've been expanded upon. The Majin DT form was also pretty cool. I remember playing as a kid not knowing it existed, and then activating it by accident. Sure, we have the sin DT in 5, but I feel like even 4 could've used some mechanics like that.

[@JohnMichaelReyes-ju3xl]

vergil in DMC 5 is demon ASF.

[@harlowviv2968]

Vergil is not allowed within 10 feet of a sniper rifle 😂

[@Chaos_Vergil]

17:18 I was literally about to say to myself that Royalguard is the designated Style used for speedruns AND THEN YOU SHOW A CLIP OF WAIFURUNS, ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC DMC SPEEDRUNNERS OF ALL TIME!! I COULDN'T HAVE TIMED THAT SHIT ANY BETTER!

[@theswordmaster36]

Would like to see a video(s) on DMC4, the reboot and DMC5

[@inception445]

i will say dmc2 has some banger tracks

[@igson-in4rd]

Funny enough I just played it for my first time like 2/3 months ago. It was a great time

[@Delta-Snake]

playing this on the keyboard broke my keyboard and my fingers

[@jurtheorc8117]

What's your ranking of DMC3 wepaons and bosses and why?

[@ghostwalkergames7707]

Dmc 3 just hits different

[@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici]

I bought dmc for the first time because it's $15 but good to see the game never died and still has a big fan base

[@ALegendaryBlueHedge]

DMC 3 and 5 are the best video-games ive ever experienced

[@ARStudios2000]

Now i did also try this game out, and I will agree to one thing: The exploration in this game can go fuck itself.

[@Jimboh1637]

Yeah more dmc vids would be cool

[@SIR-GETDOWN]

it been years, yet this franchise is still being talked abt

[@littlelw319]

i will say the existence of DMC2 is a good thing, unironically. because of the entire development bullshit that it went through it(and capcom) somehow manage to rope in THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGENDS Hideaki Itsuno involve in the shit show of the development and the rest was history

[@reubino_rat5195]

I should’ve been the one to fill your dark soul with light!

[@theonlyethanhiroshiki]

Wasn't Tony Redgrave also infected with the T-Virus, but instead of being turned into a zombie, he gained superhuman abilities?

[@carinnnx7734]

I miss when action games were designed to make you feel powerful. Now every action game is a soulslike and I hate them :/ Recently replayed Bayonetta 1 after playing Wo Long and the difference was night and day, Bayonetta was so much better.

[@cartoonvideos5]

Every action game wanna be Ninja Gayden

[@jurtheorc8117]

@carinnnx7734 A fairly recent (character) action game came out that's much more like Bayonetta in gameplay and seems to take cues and inspiration from other sources too, like the tone of Darksiders, some cinematic camera shots when traversing like the Greek GOW games, has about 7 different weapons total with their own movesets, some twists on Special Form mechanics and Counters, a mix of the Style Gauge and Magic Meter etc. The game goes by the name of Soulstice. And unfortunately, from a title like that people may be thinking it's a soulslike instead. Soulstice has got some rough parts to it, but nevertheless for the first really *big* game by its respective dev studio, it's worth attention! You've probably heard of Hi-Fi Rush as well, but there's some upcoming titles in this genre like Genokids and Enenra that would be worth putting on your radar and spreading the word about.

[@carinnnx7734]

@@jurtheorc8117 Wow, Soulstice is NOT a soulslike? Well, now I’m surprised, thanks I’ll def check it out. Also played Hi-Fi Rush when it shadowdropped, top 5 games of 2023 for me.

[@jurtheorc8117]

@@carinnnx7734 I suppose it is a somewhat deceptive name in a timeframe where "Soulslikes" are so prevalent. I very much hope you'll enjoy it when you may get to it! Hi-Fi Rush has definitely not gone under the radar for me either, despite not having played it. I've mainly watched some reviews and combat analyses on it (Where it concerns stylized action games with a world built around music, No Straight Roads was more up my alley. ) Even still, i'm aware that it's pretty fantastic what HFR has managed to do while coming out of nowhere, and I hope it will send a positive message and inspiration for future games of such a standard of quality. A game from early 2023 that i enjoyed very much, released i believe a bit before HFR, goes by name of Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (a prequel to Zeno Clash). Some people have said it's a soulslike, but those comparisons are very superficial. It's more like Sifu or God Hand, but in a prehistoric monster world with rarely any humans. You can find different combat stances and special attacks to make your own combat style with, and difficulty is tough but managable throughout. I think it may be for me what HFR is to you.

[@CursedShinobiClown]

@@cartoonvideos5 if that’s was true we’d at least have air combos …. When’s the last time there was air combos in a hack n slash that wasn’t dmc5 or bayo3

[@nerdodragonnerdpl4167]

Also jugling camed from onimusha glitch...to implement jump they maded dedicated departament:) I'm actually serious with is...not laughtable but still funny as f:)

[@konradinc225]

21:01 ... Ble vs Red is literally a design trope of easy way to make charachters look like opposites. Why would you assume that it's a coincidence?... I would say that it's far more likely that perple colour of Sparda was chosen after the idea of making them Red and Blue.

[@Andy_Sgouros]

I need a follow up video especially on dmc 5 ...maybe also a bayonetta video? ...although that would get demonetised

[@jurtheorc8117]

Not nearly as much as a video on Splatterhouse 2010 or Dante's Inferno would be. And perhaps some parts of Soulstice. (that one released in the latter half of 2022. Good game).

[@florinyo5182]

Might controls everything.. and without power you can't protect nothing.. so vergil's motivation is just to be the strongest to protect .. i guess

[@artistanthony1007]

People may not respect DMC1 especially for limited combat but I do and also yeah, we wouldn't.

[@1Synner]

My only problem is that you pronounced Mundus wrong. Otherwise, great video!

[@crownedshyness9656]

DMC impacted combat games as much as Batman Arkham Asylum.

[@snowdude8583]

DMC inspired combat games way more than Batman Arkham asylum

[@carlostostadas4506]

I want to re-play DMC 3 so bad, but University just does not let me play💀💀

[@Z4UG]

Wait there is bloody palace in dmc2?

[@The-Creeper69]

Absolutely love this series... and by series i mean 3,4 the reboot (don't crucify me) and 5 ,i really want to play the first one , but i don't really gell with how it playes Hey with the RE remakes doing good maybe the first 3 could get the remake treatment

[@jurtheorc8117]

There's a game in this genre from 2022 by name of Soulstice that has gameplay inspirations from the DMC Reboot and DMC 5 (and also bits of Bayonetta). Tone is closer to something like Darksiders. Got some rough spots but it's become one of my favourites in the genre.

[@ayonhussainforever9390]

Steal a soul for a second chance But you will never become a man

[@konradinc225]

20:50 Bruh. Any melee weapon requires precision. That includes spears, swords (like katana, Scimitar or Great Swords) and even warhammers and such. Look it up.

[@MegaMicah12]

DMC2 IS DA BEHST

[@samlucero4072]

Yooo i just got the hd bundle a few days ago because it was on sale and man its hard, i thought it was funny how they throw a boss at you just to throw another one at you in the next area

[@Kedilaa]

the dmc3 edit at the start made my nipples harden

[@kamotecruiser4083]

DmC2 is just trying to be innovative, but you know what they say: "Cant please everybody" I think DmC2 was just rushed, because it has so much potential. If you see the whole picture, you kinda understand what the game was supposed to be.

[@GameGuy667]

Its deeper than that. DMC 2 was so terrible that the original dev team left it incomplete, and they brought Itsuno in to finish it. Before he took over, it was supposedly WAY worse. He had 6 months to completely remake it, basically, and Itsuno was so ashamed of it he genuienly FORCED capcom to let him make devil may cry 3 cause of how bad 2 was.

[@BranNextDoor973]

do you have a DMC4 video?

[@Proxidist]

Currently have one in the works talking about DMC 4, reboot and 5

[@BranNextDoor973]

@@Proxidist love it. these games make a wonderful series. don't forget, Vergil is The Alpha And The Omega.

[@megamanmegamanmegamanmegam8725]

I love devil may cry it's a nice franchise!

[@user-th1pd9jc3h]

17:17😭

[@notdante1151]

Even most nowadays hack and slash action game still can't compare to DMC3 when it come to action, and we are up to DMC5. The only game that would beat DMC5 is going to be DMC6

[@GameGuy667]

Itsuno has stated he has no interest in dmc 6 as he had a dream not to continue it. He also doesn't think Dante can go any further, and if it does happen, he probably wont be in it.

[@notdante1151]

@@GameGuy667 I'm cool with no DMC 6 since I rather the game stop at it peak than continue just for cash grab. But they can always do a prequel about Sparda adventure.

[@GameGuy667]

@@notdante1151 I want Nero to get a chance to grow tbh. He's finally like a real devil hunter now, and they could do a lot with his grabbing and bruiser style playing

[@BladeMaster84]

Devil May Cry 3 is the G.O.A.T.

[@VampireA1056]

Hell yeah it is

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Including 2 🗿

[@andysyark4696]

Why would you out the Peak of greedy there 😂😂.

[@steffanofumo]

Has a child I was hitting all types of copium over DMC2, that sunk cost fallacy when you ask your parents desperately for a game and it turns out dogshit, I remember being disappointed first time hitting DMC 2 awful version of stinger lol

[@Gamer_Vergil]

0:58 hah nice joke there bout DMC: POC combat system 😂

[@EmperorOfApathy]

Before I say what I say what I'm about to, just know that I realize why DMC2 is so heavily hated and agree with a lot of the points; I think DMC2 gets more hate than is deserved and is actually an alright game.

[@JDoggPokepixels]

Ok great video but I am sorry 20:35 you sound like such a weeb when you talk about needing more precision to use a katana, they have different martial arts around them german longsword and iado, kendo etc. are different and the swords are different but they function virtually the same

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

You’d be surprised what Shadiversity debunks

[@patientnr.0409]

1:02 You will be judged for that comment

[@acemarvel1564]

We need games like DMC now more than ever after all the Shite that modern "Triple A" Games

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

If only we could get “gamers” (the ones who are not even REAL casuals) to stop taking the combo mad play style out of combo’ing

[@cartoonvideos5]

​@@notproductiveproductions3504 Casuals control the market, tryhards like you are a minority

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

@@cartoonvideos5 who said I was even trying?

[@cartoonvideos5]

@@notproductiveproductions3504 Thanks for proving my point

[@notproductiveproductions3504]

@@cartoonvideos5 you had that reply ready without thinking about what you’d be relying to, is that right?

[@noasa-fo2mu]

go see Poppy Playtime chapter 3 I can't wait to see u jump out of fear😂

[@megamanmegamanmegamanmegam8725]

You don’t even know shit about megaman. 😂

[@leviathan9865]

dmc3 is the best one from the whole series no questions

[@mza5949]

Nah, that would be 5

[@GrumpyCat97]

the original PS2 version are way better than broken HD collection

[@ScarecrowSkye]

you could've taken 5 minutes to learn how to pronounce names confidently

[@Designophile]

Jackpot!!

[@thiccpalpatine]

Unlike a lot of contemporary action games, DMC can deliver spectacle purely from its combat mechanics and gameplay instead of defaulting to QTE’s, executions prompts, or glorified playable cutscenes. The other thing is that such spectacle has to be earned through skill and mastery of the combat mechanics. No moment in modern day overproduced movie game slop will ever compare to discovering that you can perfectly Royal Gaurd Vergil’s Judgement Cut End with good timing in DMC 5, or discovering you can catch Creedo’s javelin with Nero’s Devil Bringer and throw it back at him in DMC 4, or even just figuring out you can hit projectiles back at some enemies with Rebellion as far back as DMC 1.