DMCV worth getting?

[palpatine]

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[Sansei Muramasa]

Yes it is.
Great game and the story is pretty good, but the gameplay is epic. I would rate this game 8.5/10.
Good gameplay and enemies and music and visuals and character selections, my only problem is that the story is ok.
But that's debatable.
I definitely recommend this game as it is one of the best games in 2019.

[Fel]

If you like action games it is a great game, and having 3 very different characters (but all very good once you get used to them) is definitely a big plus as you won't be spamming one combo for the whole game.
Getting good at the game takes some practice but even for people that don't want the hardcore experience you can enjoy the characters and combos in a lower difficulty and have just as much fun (without the frustration of not being good enough, and there is even an option to make combos easier to do).

And if you are one of those that want to be among the best, doing all of the crazy comboing and perfect clears on highest difficulty, the controls are responsive and the enemies challenging enough to make it worth your time as well.

The main reason to not get the game would be if you don't like mostly linear levels and "arena" fights, because most of the game is that, you won't have to be on the lookout for enemies hiden in a crack that would backstab you or anything like that.
There is also mostly no multiplayer (there are a few levels where you will meet other players but they are very few and far between, and you won't be able to do real co-op or pvp here).
Also, don't expect a serious story, you are kind of saving the world but they will still be making fun of bosses (especially Dante, it's his trademark at this point along with getting impractical but cool weapons from bosses).

If you are not sure, you can always go for the definitive edition of DMC 4, it features 2 of the 3 characters with similar play styles and it is very cheap right now (10€ on discount).
DMC 5 obviously has new things in it to make it worth playing but the base gameplay and controls are very similar so it's a good and cheap way to have an answer.

[MonkeyBone]

It's a great game but with Capcom confirming that support has ended already I couldn't reccomend buying it full price. Wait for a sale.

[Mirri]

Similar question myself. I still own a PS2 (still functional as far as I know) with the original and DMC3 that I haven't started yet. No interest at all in the DmC remake with new Dante.

Since I have a horrendous habit of getting games and not playing them, and have been eyeballing DMC so I don't have to dig out my PS2 that's currently in another city, should I just leave the past to the past and pick this up instead? I never actually finished game 1 (I let it sit too long and my skills shrank) but I liked the game, and the trailer from here looks more or less similar, with the heavy battle soundtrack and appropriately ridiculous weapon stunts.

[Orang]

Wait for the special edition.

[Mirri]

Of this? Looks like it just came out a little over a month ago, or do the money grabs roll in that fast?

[MonkeyBone]

The earliest you'll see a Special Edition is after PS5 comes out as Capcom will want to do an easy cash-in. It's a shame that DMC5 is gimped because of this greed but Capcom will Capcom.

[Sidyctism]

Originally posted by Mirri:

Of this? Looks like it just came out a little over a month ago, or do the money grabs roll in that fast?

capcom officially said that there would be no special edition of dmc5. wether they can be trusted im not sure, but i also think a lot of people secretly hope for a special edition because they think it will definitely contain another playable character/ some bonus content

[MonkeyBone]

Originally posted by Jonniman007:

Originally posted by Mirri:

Of this? Looks like it just came out a little over a month ago, or do the money grabs roll in that fast?

capcom officially said that there would be no special edition of dmc5. wether they can be trusted im not sure, but i also think a lot of people secretly hope for a special edition because they think it will definitely contain another playable character/ some bonus content

Capcom also said there would only be one version of SFV.

[Asuterisuku]

Originally posted by MonkeyBone:

Originally posted by Jonniman007:

capcom officially said that there would be no special edition of dmc5. wether they can be trusted im not sure, but i also think a lot of people secretly hope for a special edition because they think it will definitely contain another playable character/ some bonus content

Capcom also said there would only be one version of SFV.

They didn't necessarily lie about that; every copy of the game was updated to Arcade Edition, unlike what happened with SFIV which had people buying the game again four times.