Experience Nero's Vindication In Devil May Cry 5

We get our hands all over one of the best action games to arrive in years.

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Looking back at it now, it’s no surprise that Devil May Cry 4 didn’t deliver in the way some of us expected it to. This is a series that wants you to lay waste to the demonic legions of the underworld and look good while you’re doing it. You can’t have a game so laser-focused on slaying in style with a protagonist that’s so effectively un-chic. It just can’t be done; our suspension of disbelief will only stretch so far. Capcom knows this. It might not publicly admit it, but it knows.

It may have taken a little over a decade for the company to deploy a suitable response to the criticism levied at it oh so long ago but – and, please, allow us the time to assure you of this – it sure has offered up one hell of a response. Legendary game director Hideaki Itsuno is back in the saddle alongside as many members of the Devil May Cry 3 & 4 dev teams as he could rustle up and the resulting experience is pretty damn stunning.

We know this because we recently had the opportunity to get our hands-on half an hour of