Dmc 5 is probably one of my favorite dmc game, if it wasn't for some negative things it would have been a masterpiece... The level are too linear compared to previous dmc game and they are somehow repetitive visually and the platform session are really ridiculous and the camera sometimes don't help whit this section... the last 2 mission are a bit to cartoonish, i would have expected something more realistic in style and tone.... and the story completely forget about the villain intantion in the last part, and V character is completely omitted in the end, i know he reunited with vergil but it would have been nice to play with vergil in one mission, maybe as flashback when he his waiting dante on top of qliphot and see his motivation and similarity with V and urizen, they only touch on vergil motivation but they are never fully explained... Also in this game you play whit 3 character but in the end it look like you played only whit two of them since the third character is completely omitted in the third part of the Game, in the end every character get an upgrade to utilize in the next playtrought, nero got devil trigger and buster and dante got sin devil trigger and dante sworld, and v got nothing since he became vergil it would have been nice to receive vergil playable as an upgrade to V mission, also in the credit you play whit Nero and dante but not as the third character, and I think this let us forget about V in the end... And the ending it s too much happy, yeaaah jackpot bro, let s have fun vergiiillll, I mean did they completely forget about the million of people that have died and all the city destroyed? It looses a bit here, in the end look like it's a child skirmish between dante and vergil I would have expected an ending more like dmc reboot, more darker in tone... However dispite all this, the gameplay is perfect biside a bit of confusionary with V gameplay, the best the series ever had, the cinematic are great too, and I played this game probably 10 time already and never skip a cutscenes once, the re engine is really beautiful and did a great job here... The game it's not particularly difficult maybe one of the easyest in the series second only to dmc reboot and dmc 2, i only find it difficult when doing s rank in dante must die even if I managed to get it in my first playtrought in the majority of the mission probably 15 out of 20, I still had to try hell and hell and get s rank there... Nonetheless I give a 9,5 out of 10 to this game...
Here is me dmc list of favorite
1: devil may cry 1 10
2: devil may cry reboot + vergil downfall 10
3: devil may cry 3 special edition 10
4: devil may cry 5 9,5
5: devil may cry 4 special edition 8,5
6: devil may cry 2 7
Also I rank
Devil may cry 3 the standard edition a 9
Devil may cry 4 standard edition an 8
Devil may cry reboot definitive edition 10 even if the ending was lowered in tone whit that scene of Dante touching Kat ass and vergil boss battle was lowered in difficulty, but I prise the 60 fps running now and 1080p resolution but I prefer the standard versione because of that cutscenes in the end