Devil May Cry Collection - Xbox 360

I bought this not long ago and had never played it before. What else have I been missing by being pig headed and refusing to buy a gaming system? What great graphics and the story line is fun to boot. I have just played the first game and I am hooked. I like the action and the solving of puzzles to make it through from mission to mission. What a treat for this old man this is. I can not wait to play more. For under $20.00 USD I got hours of fun. The missions are fun to complete and the difficulty level was not so bad that it took away from the fun but yet not so easy as to be boring. This game is also visually appealing it looked very nice on my flat screen

The Devil May Cry series has been one of my favorite game series since it first came out. I've kept my Playstation 2 all these years just so I could play these games. When I heard that an HD DMC collection was coming out, I preordered it as soon as I could.DMC 1 and 3 are just as amazing as they have always been, and look great in HD. DMC 2 is just as "meh" as it always has been. I can now retire my DMC PS2 discs.I have not stopped playing this collection since it came out. After all these years, this series is fun and amazing. Play it!

Every once in a while, a title comes along that re-defines the future of gaming. It's a turning point in game development, and spawns hundreds of budget clones that try to cash in while it's hot. In 2001, DMC was one of those games. It single-handedly invented the action game genre as we know it. DMC3 invented true Stylish Action- with weapon switching, evasive maneuvers, and over-the-top powers.The ports are really solid. I had some concerns after reading about the problems with other HD collectiosn recently, like the Silent Hill HD Collection. Visuals are crisp and clean, and the games look excellent considering their age. DMC1's textures hold up surprisingly well (shows how far good art direction can go) aside from the pixelated skybox or so. DMC3 looks absolutely gorgeous. They added some anti-aliasing, and the motion capture looks impressive even by today's standards. The only gripe that some people might have is that various menus and cutscenes (the ones that are full motion video) are still in 4:3 ratio. This isn't a dealbreaker for me, and recreating these videos would have been pretty impractical.Some people are saying that they stretched the aspect ratio of the games to fit the widescreen. THIS IS ERRONEOUS. They actually widened the viewing area to 16:9, which makes some of the camera angle griefs much better.Of course, the entire series runs at 60fps for buttery smooth combat. No hiccups or framerate issues. No technical glitches or bugs. The gameplay is pretty much flawless.As for extras, the Vault comes with a collection of never before released pre-production concept art. One of the other reviewers on Amazon said that this is all stuff you can get on the internet, but it's simply not true. There are several pieces of art from back when DMC1 was a Resident Evil title. These never made their way to the general public. There's also a nice selection of music from each of the three titles. This is, unfortunately, incomplete, but it's still a nice touch. Throw your favorite track on while you peruse the gallery.DMC2 is a throwaway title. It always has been. Don't let that discourage you because DMC1 and DMC3 together are worth well more than the $40 asking price. Even so, it looks as good as it ever has.If you have ANY interest at all in action games, maybe you want to see what all the hubbub is about, or if you want to revisit these incredible titles with gorgeous visuals, you owe it to yourself to pick up this collection.

The biggest draw back of these games is all the different combination you have to remember to get the character through the games. I think when they put out Devil May Cry 4 they realized that and made major changes. The first three games are painful to try and get through. I do not like to have to try and memorize strange and difficult combos. For example one of the moves requires a pause, if you don't get that timing right you get nothing. I prefer button only combos.Also another draw back for me was the directional movement of the chatterer being very limited in game one, but again, they improved upon this and it gets better and better as you increase through he games.My recommendation would be to buy game 4 and skip these first three, but that's just opinion by my playing preferences.

I've never played Devil May Cry prior to buying this collection, but if you're a fan of the series, or new like me, it's worth having. It's nice and cheap, and packed with three great games for the value!Devil May Cry holds itself even in the current day and age as a great and challenging hack'n'slash, and is still a very satisfying play. DMC2 is fun, even if a bit disappointing after the first, and DMC3 recaptures the beauty of the first one a little more.Overall, great fun, highly recommended for the price, value, and fun. Check it out when you need something new to play!