The classic original game was followed by Devil May Cry 2, which made everything bigger and flashier, with environments that dwarfed those of the first game, but were much more boring to look at, an additional playable character in Lucia, combat that is more slickly animated and allows you to run up walls, but is dumber and far more limited. Even though the fixed camera angles can cause some frustrating moments from time to time where unseen enemies will cause you some unfair pain, it’s still an excellent action game today. The original game introduced the enticing mixture that would largely be used in all future games in the series: the cocky, platinum haired half human and half demon protagonist, Dante, the challenging difficulty, the memorable boss encounters, the combination of melee and gun based combat, the devil trigger which temporarily allows you to transform into your more powerful devil form, the emphasis on fighting stylishly, collecting orbs to upgrade Dante, and that so very lovely combo that allows you to hit an enemy into the sky with your sword and then keep them suspended by shooting them with the dual pistols Ebony and Ivory.

In game is where it really matters, though, and here the games look perfectly adequate, whilst the original games horrible PAL conversion has of course been rectified, allowing everyone to finally get the chance to play the game in the way it was intended: full screen and with a demon hunter that doesn’t look like he’s constantly wading through a sea of syrup, and the fresh addition of HD further adds to the goodness.

It’s not game breaking by any means, but two of the games featured in the collection were deserving of far more respect than what is on display here. Sadly, however, in some ways it’s more of a downgrade, with the primary problem being that the FMV sequences and menus have been left untouched, leaving them looking a bit of a blurry mess. Like Resident Evil before it, the game ushered in a new genre (albeit a sub genre) which is still fighting fit today, so it’s certainly more than deserving of a HD upgrade to celebrate the series.

Publisher: Capcom Developer: Pipeworks Software, Capcom Genre: Action Players: 1Īge Rating: 16+ Other console/handheld formats: Xbox 360ĭevil May Cry might well have began life as Resident Evil 4, but was so far removed from the series roots that Capcom instead opted to transform the game into a new IP altogether that was all about making the hybrid hero Dante look stylish whilst beating up demon scum.

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