Devil May Cry 5 is definitely one of my favorite games of all time, while I definitely rage a lot I find it to be a very fun game, having invested 77 hours at the time of writing this, I can certainly say I am a fan. Not just the game itself but the series as a whole.
I find the combat seamless, fun, albeit punishing if I mess up, each character is balanced and fun in their own way (excluding Vergil but we'll get to that.) The bosses are great, enemies except furies aren't a total slog to fight against.
I love the perfect balance of difficulty and fun that Son of Sparda has, its not a complete cakewalk like in Devil Hunter or Human, but its not mind numbingly stupid like Dante must die.
Devil May Cry, or just Hack n' Slash in general, is not the same without the soundtrack. Casey and Kota were amazing at making a memorable soundtrack like the series' previous iterations.
And no I will not gush about exclusively the main 4 battle themes, I think they are amazing and I love them but I love the boss themes too. Cavaliere Angelo, Cerebrus, that one song during the Nero vs Vergil fight, they are my favorite of the non Dante/V/Vergil/Nero songs in the soundtrack. bury the light is still my favorite song
Vergil vergil vergil. God where do I even start with this guy. I think that, in my opinion, he is the single best playable character in the game. Is he the most fun? Yes. Is he the strongest? Debateable. Now while I have slightly mastered Dante, I had much more fun learning Vergil in my opinion. He is undoubtedly my main.
I think Vergil had one of the best transitions from boss to playable character, he's just as fast and strong and cool as he did in his boss levels. His theme is amazing, his moves are fun and his EX taunt is one of the best ones in the game, and yet I still haven't mastered the perfect judgement cut. 😔
Honestly, there really isn't a whole lot I didn't like about this game, obviously there's stuff like Dante Must Die but I find that more of a skill issue than a real complaint. What I do dislike however, is Nidhogg and Furies. I think Nidhogg is one of the most obnoxious bosses in any video game I've played when it comes to fighting him as anyone but V. And I often found myself tearing my hair out trying to fight him in DMD as either V or Vergil.
I hate furies, I hate them with my being, they are the worst enemy in the game by far.
I love this game, its a solid 9-9.5/10, its a perfect balance of difficulty and fun and it got me hooked on the series and soon I will play more of the series. Shout out to my friend Tyrone too.