What is Devil May Cry?
{{italic title}} {{no sources|date=October 2019}} [[File:Devil-may-cry.png|230px|right]] The '''''Devil May Cry''''' series is a [[hack and slash]] [[video game]] series where the [[Player character|player]] fights [[Demon|demons]] using both [[Melee weapon|melee weapons]] and [[Gun|firearms]]. The video game series has five main games and one [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] game. For most of the series, the player plays as [[Dante (Devil May Cry)|Dante]], a demon-hunter who is half-human and half-demon. The player earns upgrades, learns new moves, and buys power-ups using Red Orbs, items the player gets by exploring the level and killing enemies. The player gets more Red Orbs from enemies by getting a higher Style Ranking. The player increases their Style Ranking by killing multiple enemies quickly without getting hurt and by using many different attacks in a short amount of time. The first ''[[Devil May Cry (video game)|Devil May Cry]]'' game was supposed to be ''[[Resident Evil 4]]''. However, the game became so different from earlier ''[[Resident Evil]]'' games that the development team decided that the game should be a new [[Intellectual property|IP]] instead of a Resident Evil game. The first ''Devil May Cry'' game sold well and got good reviews. Due to the game's popularity, it had several sequels and inspired other hack and slash games like ''[[Bayonetta]]'' and ''Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.'' Despite the first game getting good reviews, the sequel, ''[[Devil May Cry 2]]'', got poor reviews. This was due to the game being subpar because it was handed to several game studios instead of just one. The last game studio had a very short amount of time to complete ''Devil May Cry 2'', so they patched together a mediocre game. Nonetheless, since the second game sold well and there was enough money to make ''[[Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening|Devil May Cry 3]]'', which got many good reviews, although it got some criticisms for being such a difficult game. Many people refunded the game due to it having such a