Devil May Cry 3 is, as the number suggests, the third game in a popular series. After a first sequel wasn't well received, Capcom tried again with this one. Let's take a closer look at this video game.
The first game in the series was a hit. People didn't care for the sequel. So when Capcom made Devil May Cry 3 they returned to many of the elements that made the first video game such a success. It was harder, and had a completely revamped fighting engine along with huge 3D worlds. It sold about 1,300,000 copies around the world. That's a big success in the video game industry. It was considered one of 2005's best games. No other game could match its battle engine. There were versions for the PC and PS2.
The main character Dante is attacked by demons sent by his brother Vergil. After Dante is victorious a big tower rises up from the Earth. Dante knows his brother is in that tower. He then enters the tower fighting various demons and monsters whose life energy transforms into weapons after he defeats them. These weapons are useful on subsequent levels.
But in the course of fighting through the tower and battling his brother, Dante learns that a man named Arkham is manipulating them in order to reactivate the tower, steal a powerful sword from the demon world, and use it to rule over the earth. Dante and Vergil eventually defeat the Arkham, then fight over the powerful sword, called the Force Edge. Dante wins the sword, and his brother chooses to stay behind in the demon world.
The plot is thin, but it drives the action from level to level and boss to boss. The levels increase in difficulty. In the original game, made for Japan, hard was the highest level. Capcom made the decision to convert this into the normal mode in the North American release. That meant that the hard mode in North America was even more difficult, considered by many to be too hard. People who liked the game still disliked this nearly impossible play level.
This shows the difficulty of making video games. The first sequel had been criticized for being too easy. Capcom adjusted by increasing the difficulty of Devil May Cry 3 only to have that one criticized for being too difficult. It seems that if a game publisher gave out free gold, people would complain it's too shiny.
Devil May Cry 3 is old news now, but it was a big deal in its day.
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