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[[caption-width-right:320:''[[{{Tagline}} Face Your Demons]]'']]

->''[[PropagandaMachine Their truth is a lie]]... [[EldritchLocation their city is an illusion]]... [[{{Masquerade}} do not accept the world as it is]].''
--> --'''[[RebelLeader Vergil]]'''

'''''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry''''' is a HackAndSlash ActionAdventure VideoGame developed by Ninja Theory, creator of ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' and ''[[VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest Enslaved: Odyssey to the West]]''. First announced as a ContinuityReboot to the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series, it later became a {{prequel}}. It is now apparently an AlternateContinuity set in a parallel universe... [[FlipFlopOfGod or something]].

In this alternate continuity, demons secretly run the world, controlling everything from [[PropagandaMachine the media]] to [[MorallyBankruptBanker the financial sector]] to [[IAteWhat food production]]. Living on the fringes of the [[MassHypnosis brainwashed society]] is Dante, the [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan orphaned son]] of [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid an angel and a demon]] at odds with the demons who have made his life hell for as long as he can remember. Over the course of his battles through the [[MalevolentArchitecture twisted streets]] of Limbo, Dante is contacted by a [[MysteriousWaif mysterious psychic]] named Kat on behalf of [[LaResistance The Order]], a rogue group led by Dante's [[LongLostRelative long lost brother]] Vergil. Vergil, [[SelfMadeMan a millionaire computer genius]], is hell-bent on exposing the demons to the world and freeing Limbo City from their clutches.

Gameplay combines multiple elements from previous entries, with further emphasis on platforming and aerial combos: The StanceSystem for instance now involves Dante switching between [[YinYangBomb demonic and angelic powers]] on the fly in both combat and exploration segments. However, a large arsenal of weapons is still available, including the [[CoolSword classic longsword]], a [[AnAxeToGrind demonic axe]], an [[SinisterScythe angelic scythe]], and [[PowerFist flaming gauntlets]]. Dante's signature [[LimitBreak Devil Trigger]] also returns, now allowing you to temporarily [[TimeStandsStill freeze time]] and kick even more ass. Exploration and platforming meanwhile revolve around the new Malice System, where Dante alternates between the [[RealIsBrown gloomy-looking real world]] and a [[DarkWorld demonic parallel world]] with [[ChaosArchitecture distorted architecture]] and [[BrightIsNotGood vivid colors]] where [[EverythingTryingToKillYou even the city itself is trying to kill you]].

''[=DmC=]'' was released in North America and Europe on January 15, 2013 for the {{Xbox 360}} and {{PlayStation 3}}, and on January 25th for PC.

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!!''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' provides examples of:

* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Dante is naturally dark-haired in this universe, though his hair turns white during his Devil Trigger [[spoiler:and permanently at the end]].
** Dante and Vergil's mother Eva has red hair in this [[AlternateContinuity continuity]], despite being blond in the previous games.
* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: In line with the series, the price of items goes up each time you buy one. Thankfully though, it doesn't apply to ability and weapon upgrades this time.
* AGodAmI: [[BigBad Mundus]], now a humanoid demon with a god complex.
-->'''Mundus:''' You don't ''fuck'' with a ''god''.
* AlternateContinuity[=/=]ContinuityReboot: For the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Dante's promise to save Kat.
* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: A lot of areas in [[DarkWorld Limbo]], which are full of blown-out, super bright colors and equally trippy designs. Lilith's nightclub deserves a mention though. [[SincerityMode You'd better not have epilepsy to play this level.]]
* AnotherSideAnotherStory: The {{DLC}} campaign ''[[spoiler:Vergil's Downfall]]'', which puts you in control of Dante's brother after the events of the main game.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Enemies will be less aggressive when out of sight, keeping you from getting blindsided too often. Still better keep your fingers on the dodge button, though.
* AscendedGlitch: LagCancel has always been a mostly official GoodBadBug in the previous games, but ''DmC'' is the first game in the series to actually show off weapon cancelling in official media. In particular, one of the loading screens shows off a neat weapon cancel with the Rebellion's [[DeathFromAbove Helm Breaker]].
* BadassInANiceSuit: Ally Vergil and enemy Mundus are both sharply dressed.
* BashBrothers[=/=]SiblingTeam: Dante and Vergil.
* BackToBackBadasses: Dante and Vergil.
* BadassFamily: Dante and Vergil, the sons of Sparda.
* BaldOfEvil: Both Mundus and Lilith, though the latter does cover herself with a wig.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Kat is loyal to Vergil to the point of near-worship because he once saved her from abuse and gave her a purpose. [[spoiler:That is, Until the revelation that he was using her and wants to rule over the humans, at which point she chooses Dante, who has by then also earned her loyalty but cares for her as an equal.]]
* BedlamHouse: Dante is seen moving through a demonic asylum in the very first trailer.
* BigBrotherIsWatching
* BigFancyHouse: The ruins of Dante and Vergil's childhood home.
* BondOneLiner: Another skill added to Dante's repertoire. It's especially notable during the boss fight against [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Poison]], where he gives one for every stage of her boss fight.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Kat describes the contents of her regular-world-to-Limbo concoction, listing off typical witch-like ingredients and ending with squirrel semen. [[NoJustNoReaction Dante eventually tells her he doesn't want to know the rest]].
* BrightIsNotGood: The real world is very muted and somber, while the demon world is full of vivid, over-exposed colors.
* ClusterFBomb: The Poison boss fight sees the f-bomb used pretty liberally. "Fuck you!" "No, fuck you!" "FFFUCK YOUUUU!"
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Usually, blue enemies or obstacles can only be attacked by angel weapons, red/orange ones can only be taken down by demon weapons.
* ColourCodedTimestop: Devil Trigger mode pulls all the color out of the enviroment around you when it slows down time.
* CompetitiveBalance: The Demon weapons Arbiter and Eryx and both slow, heavy and used ForMassiveDamage. The Angel weapons Osiris and Achila are weak but their attacks cover a wide radius and the latter is ridiculously fast. Rebellion is somewhere in the middle in terms of damage and close to Osiris in terms of speed.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu
* CrapsackWorld
* CyberSpace: Bob Barbas' lair inside Limbo.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Has quite a bit more [[SirSwearsalot swearing]] and [[BigBrotherIsWatching paranoia]] than previous games in the series. It also takes itself far more seriously despite occasional jokes.
* DarkWorld: The demon-infested Limbo, an alternate and very colorful version of Limbo City.
* DeathByOriginStory: Dante and Vergil's mother Eva was killed by Mundus when they were 7.
* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: Mundus and his allies.
* EldritchLocation: Limbo City, which is full of demons and can transform and warp apart into completely new enviroments.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Limbo City is full of demons who all want Dante dead, and [[MalevolentArchitecture even the enviroment itself will warp and transform at times to try and kill the hero]].
* EyeScream: In the level "Under watch", you have to destroy living cameras made out of giant demonic eyes.
* EvilMakesYouUgly: BigBad Mundus and his allies all have [[GoodScarsEvilScars scars]], [[BaldOfEvil thinning hairlines]] and other [[RedRightHand physical deformities]].
* TheFaceless: [[DisappearedDad Sparda's]] face is scratched out in all the photos and paintings of him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Sparda's punishment for betraying Mundus was eternal imprisonment and torture.
* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: Dante and Vergil's mother was an angel and their father was a demon.
* FlippingTheBird: Dante gives the middle finger to demon news pundit Bob Barbas during their fight.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In mission 3, Vergil details the entire history of Sparda, who turned on Mundus rather than let humanity be enslaved. [[spoiler:He also basically gives away the twist and ending of the game itself]].
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Two sworn brothers stand at the precipice of conquering the human world. One, driven by affection for a woman, turns on his brother and defends the humans from his ambitions. Feeling betrayed, the defeated retreats to the demon world, swearing revenge. Now, are we speaking of Sparda and Mundus, or Dante and Vergil?]]
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: All the demons at least want half-breeds Dante and Vergil dead.
* HarderThanHard: Son of Sparda, Dante Must Die, and the now traditional duo [[OneHitKill Heaven or Hell]] - [[OneHitPointWonder Hell & Hell]].
* HeroWithBadPublicity: The demon run "Raptor News Network" regularly smears Dante on-air and labels him a terrorist
* HeroInsurance: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Dante here is outright accused of being a terrorist because nobody can see him battle the demons in Limbo, only his leaving behind a trail of destruction. Dante himself, helpfully, couldn't care less what people call him.
* HostageForMacGuffin: In a nice twist, it's the ''heroes'' who arrange the trade, [[spoiler:demanding Kat in exchange for Lilith and Mundus' unborn child. Too bad Vergil has to go and kill their hostages before the exchange is complete]].
* HotMom: Eva. Different looks, different species, still gorgeous.
* HotterAndSexier: The opening all but shows Dante having a threesome with two of the dancers of a strip club.
* IAteWhat: The soft drink known as Virility [[spoiler:is made from the poisons secreted by a giant, deformed succubus monster.]]
* ICallItVera: Dante's guns Ebony and Ivory. He also calls them "girls."
* ImStandingRightHere: Vergil almost completely ignores Kat when talking to Dante about [[spoiler: how they, the Nephilim, should be ruling over the human race now the demons are gone because humans are weak]], only paying her any attention when Dante makes him. It's ''really'' not played for laughs.
* InkSuitActor: Due to facial motion capture technology being used, Dante looks a lot like his voice actor [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1944367360/nm2960352 Tim Phillipps]].
* InvisibleToNormals: The Demon world of Limbo can only be perceived by [[ThirdEye psychics]] and those with supernatural blood.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler: Vergil, after being defeated by Dante, goes from only briefly hesitating before running to help his vision of Kat, though he sees her as weak, to spitefully and remorselessly bragging about killing Dante to his vision of their mother]]
* KnifeNut: The Hunter's main weapon is a large knife.
* LaResistance: The Order, a resistance group fighting Mundus and his demonic forces.
* LoadingScreen: Dante performs various combos on a hapless mook, along with some gameplay tips. [[LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading This can drag on for a bit too long sometimes.]]
* {{Masquerade}}: Demons secretly control the human world.
** [[spoiler:BrokenMasquerade: Near the end of the game, humanity learns about them.]]
* MagicalNegro: Phineas, quite literally as well as trope-tacularly.
* MalevolentArchitecture: The DarkWorld of Limbo, which at times will actively try to kill you.
* MaybeEverAfter: Dante and Kat, in keeping with the first three games' pattern of introducing a new possible love interest but not definitively hooking them up. * MiniBoss[=/=]BossInMookClothing: Tyrants, Witchs, Dreamrunner and Butchers.
* MirrorWorld: Most areas you move through in the "normal" Limbo City will transform into warped areas of the same enviroments in the "demonic" Limbo.
* MookDebutCutscene: Keeping the tradition of the old series (although the scenes are shorter and more plain).
* {{Mooks}}: Stygian.
** AirborneMook: Bathos, Shielded Pathos and Harpy.
** GiantMook: Greater Stygian and Shielded Pathos.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: In the opening, Dante gets dressed in epic fashion while under attack by a 15-foot tall demon, using a series of acrobatics in the process.
* MythologyGag:
** Dante's hair turns white and his clothes red when using Devil Trigger.
** All the CosmeticAward examples are quotes of characters from the original series, most of them from Dante, but a few from other characters as well.
** In one of the first small scenes, an explosion causes a white wig to land on Dante's head, making him look like the previous design of the character (which was used in all previous installments of the franchise). After a pause, he says "Not in a million years" and just shrugs the hairpiece off.
* NakedFirstImpression: Kat first meets Dante when she knocks on his trailer door and he opens it without bothering to put anything on. He then proceeds to hold a brief conversation with her, still naked. It's also, apart from the preceding montage of him having a threesome, how he is introduced to the audience.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny[=/=]SceneryCensor: Dante is naked for much of the very first scene. As his trailer gets attacked, he puts on his clothes while flying through the air.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The "Raptor News Network" and Bob Barbas, parodies of FoxNewsChannel and Bill O'Reilly.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Dante and Vergil have been reimagined as half-demon and half-angel Nephilim.
* NotSoFastBucko: Much like the old continuity, some bosses don't stay dead once you've defeated them. [[spoiler: In Poison's case, however, her second fight is more of a platforming sequence with some nice atmosphere and one-liners.]]
* OppositesAttract: The Angelic Eva and Demonic Sparda were married, before Mundus had them both killed.
* OrphanageOfFear: Dante was raised in various demon run orphanages and institutions.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: The most glaring example being Poison: succubus are usually portrayed as very attractive, winged demonesses, while Poison herself is a vulgar, disgusting and multi-armed caterpillar monster.
* PietaPlagiarism: The flashback of Eva's death has a shot where Dante cradles his mother's corpse. Also count as an inversion seeing as a Pièta usually involves the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus (ie. mother cradling son).
* PolarOppositeTwins: Dante and Vergil.
* PowerDyesYourHair: [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] turns Dante's hair from black to white.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[MemeticMutation In the trailers]].
* PregnantHostage: In an unusual twist, it's the ''heroes'' who take Lilith hostage specifically because she's pregnant with Mundus's EnfantTerrible [[spoiler:so they can trade her for Kat]]. They don't bother being nice about it either, since both she and the FetusTerrible are clearly monsters, but Dante's mildly uncomfortable with it [[spoiler:whereas Vergil kills them both in the middle of the hostage exchange to provoke Mundus]].
* PropagandaMachine: The demon run "Raptor News Network" that slanders Dante and the Order.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[LaResistance The Order]] isn't insane at all, demons actually ''do'' run the world.
* RealIsBrown: The real world is drab and full of muted colors. By contrast, the demon world is [[BrightIsNotGood disturbingly colorful]].
* RealTimeWeaponChange: ''[=DMC1=]'' allowed switch between two weapons, ''[=DMC3=]'' between four weapons, ''[=DMC4=]'' between seven. ''[=DmC=]'' between ''eight''. To elaborate, on one hand you use the triggers to switch stances, on the other hand you use the D-Pad to change the Angel weapon (left), the Demon weapon (right) and the fire-arm (up), Rebellion being the default melee weapon when you're not holding a trigger.
* RebelLeader: Vergil, the leader of [[LaResistance the Order]].
* RecurringBoss: Drekavac.
* RedOniBlueOni: Dante and Vergil
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified
* SceneryPorn: Features among other locations {{Ominous Floating Castle}}s in the sky, {{Amazing Technicolor Battlefield}}s and [[SceneryGorn demonic cityscapes that rip and tear apart]].
* SharpDressedMan: Vergil. Also Mundus.
* ShoutOut:
** Billboards and signs will transform into messages saying things like [[SubliminalSeduction "Consume, submit, obey"]] when the world shifts into Limbo, in a nod to the cult sci-fi film ''Film/TheyLive''.
** The Order and its leader the Masked Man borrow heavily in terms of both appearance and methodology from V and his allies of the AlanMoore comic book series ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
** The visual effects in the Bob Barbas BossBattle were specifically based on scenes from the cult {{Cyberspace}} films ''Film/{{Tron}}'' and ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan''.
** The soft drink Virility and the giant slug-like succubus monster that produces it in an underground factory are inspired by Slurm and the Slurm Queen from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
** Dante's Devil Trigger temporarily transforms him with white hair and a blood red coat. [[DevilMayCry Sound familiar?]]
** During his journey through a demon prison, Dante helps [[JasonandtheArgonauts a blind old man who is being tormented harpies.]]
** One of the first things Dante says when he learns Ophion Demon Pull is "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Get over here.]]"
* SequelHook: Several are set up at the end. [[spoiler: Now Limbo is merged with the human world and demons and humans co-exist which may cause problems down the line, Vergil leaves after the battle to places unknown (likely will be answered in Vergil's Downfall.) And Dante has now sworn to protect humans and has developed his powers further as Indicated by his hair slowly becoming white in the end scene like his Devil Trigger.]]
* SiblingRivalry: "I'm stronger", "I'm smarter", "I'm better looking", "I've got a bigger dick".
* SimplifiedSpellcasting: To cast a spell to affect Limbo, you can spend hours mixing ingredients and setting it up just so...or you can prepare the ingredients in an aerosol can and spray it through a stencil.
* SmokingIsCool: The impression the first trailer gives off, though WordOfGod says [[http://pt-br.twitch.tv/capcomunity/b/320560252 Dante's kicked the habit]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The exact title of the game is ''[=DmC Devil May Cry=]'', with a lower case m and no colon.
* SpoilerTitle: [[spoiler:''Vergil's Downfall''.]]
* StanceSystem: Angel and Devil modes, which change Dante's weapons and moves on the fly.
* SubliminalSeduction: Billboards and signs will transform into messages saying things like [[Film/TheyLive "Consume, submit, obey"]] when the world shifts into [[DarkWorld Limbo]].
* SuperMode:
** Devil Trigger for Dante. As per series tradition, on higher difficulties the enemies and bosses can do it too.
** EliteMooks get their own version on lower difficulties, called Enrage. They [[TurnsRed turn gold]], are ImmuneToFlinching and can unleash deadly unblockable attacks.
* TakeThat
** NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The "Raptor News Network" and Bob Barbas, parodies of FoxNewsChannel and Bill O'Reilly.
** TakeThatAudience: The game features a few jabs at the original series' [[TaintedByThePreview disgruntled fanbase]], [[spoiler:though they turn into HypocriticalHumor in the end]].
--->'''Dante:''' (Looking at a white wig on his head) Not in a million years.
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan
* TimeStandsStill: [[LimitBreak Devil Trigger mode]], which freezes time while active. [[ContractualBossImmunity It doesn't work on bosses though.]]
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil:
** The first Vergil character trailer gives away that the [[RebelLeader leader]] of [[LaResistance the Order]] is Dante's [[LongLostRelative long lost brother]].
** The trailer for the DLC expansion [[spoiler:''Vergil's Downfall'']] gives away that character being trapped in Limbo at the end of the main story.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The plot of the [[spoiler:Vergil]] DLC episode.
* VillainWorld: The world is ruled by demons who uphold TheMasquerade.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The Hunter, who has a wide range of attacks and multiple phases. You face him after taking on nothing but two weakest enemies in the game.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Dante chews Vergil out for [[spoiler: shooting Lilith and her fetus in the middle of exchanging her for Kat, while Kat's still in the crossfire]] and again when he [[spoiler: announces his plan for them to rule over the weak, subservient human race, right in front of Kat.]]
** Mundus also calls Dante out for the above incident, never mind that he killed Sparta's wife and has been trying to kill his children ever since. Dante, despite having plenty of ground to claim innocence or point out Mundus's hypocrisy, instead taunts him about it.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"The path is clear for us to rule."]]
* [[WouldHitAGirl Would Shoot A Girl]]:
** [[spoiler: The SWAT team that storms The Order's base shoot Kat in the shoulder as soon as they enter the server room, even though she has her arms raised in surrender and no way to defend herself.]]
** [[spoiler:Vergil has no issue gunning down a defenseless Lilith and her demon child]].
* YinYangBomb: Dante and Vergil themselves, who have the powers of both Demons and Angels.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: Mundus is defeated and TheMasquerade is broken... then Vergil starts talking about ruling humanity ''himself''.]]

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