Devil May Cry 5

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And we thought Nero was supposed to be the hero of Devil May Cry 5. Silly us: the Devil Breaker, Nero’s new interchangeable and customisable robotic arm, is clearly the breakaway star. ‘Breakaway’ being very much the operative word here – at the press of a button, the Devil Breaker can come away from its wielder to deal a one-time burst of damage to any demons idiotic enough to stand in its path. It’s a mechanic that makes dramatic changes to the way that Devil May Cry’s combat works and leaves the most lasting impression of anything in our demo. And all without uttering a single one-liner.

Perhaps we’re being a little unfair. Nero is, after all, irresistibly likeable in this latest instalment, swaggering out of an ambulance flipped on top of him and casually calling the perpetrator a “knuckle-scrapping fart in the wind”. That would be Incandescent Colossus Goliath, whose moniker now seems to be referring less to the fire-spewing mouth in his belly, and more to his rising blood pressure as Nero continues to goad him. It’s refreshing to see the insouciant attitude of