History YMMV / DmCDevilmayCry

** The [[UpdatedRerelease Definitive Edition]] significantly improved the game and it's really the optimal way to play this entry. Problem is, [[NoPortForYou it was never released on PC]], which means that UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Microsoft Store users can only buy the original release. Considering how a lot of fans wanted the balance changes and extra content on top, PC players being left out to dry has rubbed them the wrong way hard, compared to the console players who can have it for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne. This concern has resurfaced after enough passage of time and the success of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' felt like a PC port of ''DE'' will most likely not happen.

** For the vanilla version, the guys at QLOC did a good job when working on the PC port of ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' (the other consoles were made by Ninja Theory). The game truly shines in the graphic department when played on a PC and it can run at [=1080p/60 FPS=]. It's also great that the game is actually playable and doable using a keyboard and mouse, without control issues of any kind (very much not what you would expect of a spectacle fighting game), so it's comfortable to play for PC gamers in contrast to the PC ports of the first four ''Devil May Cry'' games which are [[PortingDisaster criticized for their control schemes]] not having proper mouse support. [[note]]In those titles, all in-game camera and combat controls are mapped on the keyboard, and the user interface and tutorials display [=PS2=] or Xbox buttons instead with the assumption that you're going to play with a controller[[/note]]
** QLOC also did the ''Defintive Edition'' on 8th generation console. Carrying the 1080p/60fps with it. In addition, re-balanced gameplay, Turbo mode, Must Style Mode (enemies only take damage and die when at S-SSS), and a new difficulty called Gods Must Die Mode. This version is mostly polished, but still contains some odd glitches and bugs. The game can sometimes crash at random too. This is rare, but it seems to happen more so on [=PS4=] than [=XBox=] One.

** At the end of Mission 9 after Phineas tells Dante that he still has to discover his full potential, Dante tells him that he just wants to kill Mundus and his forces. Phineas responds by asking who's going to take his place after he dies, in what's intended to be both Foreshadowing and an ArmorPiercingQuestion. Then the game decides to cap it off by doing a little zoom-in on Dante with a dumb look on his face, [[https://youtu.be/I0hOwbRQQFA?si=2vHBLdHINS0Be9XV&t=519 leading to much hilarity.]]

** Dante and Succubus' back-and-forth trashtalk, which devolves into playground-style exchanges.
** Vergil's screams of pain during gameplay can be hilarious, such as when he gets hit by a Ravager's chainsaw attack.
** Vergil's [[spoiler:attempt at a WhamLine near the end of the game comes off as being painfully obvious and unnecessary. Many found that Dante's response completely undercuts it as well.]]

* EvilIsSexy: Vergil looks a lot like his MrFanservice brother, and that attractiveness bleeds over even when he [[spoiler:turns villainous, or if he's [[TheScrappy generally considered pathetic]] because of his actions.]]

** ''[=DmC=]'' was initially announced as a {{Reboot}}. It didn't sit well with the classic continuity's fans, especially to those who were anticipating for a sequel to ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'', or feared that the original characters will never return. This opinion subsided over time as Capcom eventually [[FlipFlopOfGod changed their statement]] and called ''[=DmC=]'' as an AlternateContinuity, while a [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 true sequel]] to ''[=DMC4=]'' was released later on.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: ''[=DmC=]'' features, among other things, soft drinks made out of giant monster puke, fighting ''inside'' TV broadcasts, and a living city that warps itself to try and kill you.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Kat seems to get thrown into the [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Keiko]] and [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Yuki]] club by the haters, utterly ignoring the fact that she endured similar torments like Dante but without his supernatural resilience, [[spoiler:successfully holds out under Mundus's torture to protect Dante and Vergil, then goes on to give them a detailed interior plan of the building she was held in after her rescue as well as specifics of how to get around security.]]

* RonTheDeathEater: Dante gets this [[HeroWithBadPublicity In-Universe]] and out. Some critics, particularly those who dislike the reboot, took some of [[UnreliableNarrator Bob Barbas']] [[MaliciousSlander talking points]] about Dante being a "disgusting, degrading, and generally nauseating" person with "a history of physical violence and a known sexual deviant" [[MisaimedFandom at face value]]. This gets especially ridiculous when discussing the infamous scene wherein Dante taunts Mundus over the death of Mundus's baby. Dante's detractors argue that this makes him come across as a sociopath, conveniently ignoring Mundus's murder of Dante's mother, his condemning Dante's father to eternal torture and his repeated attempts to kill Dante throughout the game. Compared to Mundus's own trespasses against him, Dante's mocking the death of Mundus's baby[[note]]Which was Vergil's idea not Dante's and even then it was only to allow Vergil to sneak into Mundus's office and close the Hell Gate.[[/note]] is far more understandable if not justified than the cruelty Mundus displays.