Legend has it that 2000 years ago in the depths of hell, a demon rebelled against the devil, waging a one-man war in support of the human world.

In the present, Dante, a private investigator of the supernatural, realises that the devil is rallying to rise again against mankind. Deep within Dante's blood lies the power of ancient demons and as his power builds he transforms into a demon state where he can use his power against evil he encounters.

Commencing his battle against the demonic legions with just a sword and his twin pistols, Ebony and Ivory, Dante will soon come across more powerful weapons, such as a shotgun to aid him in his mission. However, to defeat the devil Dante must also discover special weapons possessing various elemental powers. When channelled correctly these weapons will allow Dante to call upon demonic energy and launch powerful attacks against a range of enemies.

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Alternate Titles

"鬼泣" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"DMC" -- Common abbreviation
"デビルメイクライ" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Devil May Cry	PlayStation 2	$0.97
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User Reviews

Player May Cry	MAT (53415)
Almost perfect.	DarkDove (66)
"What? Are you actually playing now?"	Silverblade (1428)
hacking away at evil bits and looking cool doing it	MrBucket (17)	unrated
A frightening Action adventure game.	David Bryan (25)
Finally, "survival horror" evolves in a significant way.	Lucas Schippers (59)	unrated

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The Press Says

Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2001	9.5 out of 10	95
Game Revolution	Oct, 2001	A-	91
GameSpot	Oct 17, 2001	9.1 out of 10	91
Thunderbolt Games	Oct 19, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Play.tm	Jan 02, 2002	90 out of 100	90
Gamezilla	Nov 01, 2001	90 out of 100	90
The Video Game Critic	Oct 26, 2005	B+	83
GamePro (US)	Nov 02, 2001	4 out of 5	80
Edge	Oct 08, 2001	8 out of 10	80
GameCola.net	Oct, 2003	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Anime

There is an anime series Devil May Cry released in 2007 based off of this PS2 game.

Dante

DMC's main character is named after Dante Alighieri, a famous Italian poet in the 13th century who wrote the famous poem Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), an epic about a journey through hell. The game also makes several references to someone called Virgil, Dante's lost brother. In real life, Virgil was a Roman poet who lived around 60b.c., and whose works had a profound effect upon Dante while writing Divina Commedia.

Development

Devil May Cry originally started out as Resident Evil 4 but the series creator (and current producer), Shinji Mikami, decided to start a new franchise when the game started going in a completely different direction than originally intended. A glitch in the game script made the enemies fly up when you would shoot them. They decided to make a new game instead of trying to fix this glitch. it became Devil May Cry and the glitch was changed into the High Time attack.