The combat is still deeper than most of the games that have come since and the boss battles are just as epic as you remember them being. The original Devil May Cry is still an excellent game. The real issue here is whether these games are still worth your time and money and I can safely assure you that they most certainly are, for the most part anyway. This is a testament to how great it looked in the first place of course, and a clear indication that this fad for HD upgrades works best with games from near the end of the previous generation than its beginning. Not surprisingly, the best looking game of the bunch is DMC 3 which has genuinely stood the test of time visually.

The only noticeable difference is that lines are much smoother. The thing to remember is that these games havent been given the Ocarina of Time treatment, so all the details are the same, just in a larger resolution. Aside from this however, the visuals are crisp and the frame rate seems to keep up well enough. They are also often displayed in a 4:3 ratio which adds insult to crap upscaling. This wouldnt matter if they werent dotted throughout the games but sadly they are. So titles, credits, FMV scenes and menu screens all look pants. Lets start with the big question how good do the games look? Well firstly, anything pre-rendered in the games is still in SD (with some upscaling) and looks muddy. So back to my question, Does the Devil May Cry 1, 2 and 3 stand up to todays standard of gaming? Well sometimes it does and sometimes it woefully does not. Other games highlight the flaws you accepted at the time but have long since become game breakers in a modern title. Some games have used such tried and tested methods that once you get past the graphical back-step you are once again thrown into flawless gameplay and design. This is how the games industry has been since day one and it makes stepping back in time very patchy. What once felt so fresh and so new will most likely have been copied and improved upon many times over by now.

Nostalgia is a dangerous thing and can seriously effect your memory. But does it stand up to scrutiny 11 years on? This is of course the question that is raised with all of these HD re-releases. Stemming very much from the Resident Evil formula, Devil May Cry pushed the boundaries of expectation. One of the first titles to come out on the PS2, Devil May Cry re-defined hack and slash combat by giving us a rich and detailed combat system. It has been over 11 years since Devil May Cry smashed us across the face with a gigantic sword.

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