History VideoGame / DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening

''Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'' is a StylishAction HackAndSlash video game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, developed and published by Creator/{{Capcom}} in 2005. The game is the second {{Numbered Sequel|s}} in the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series after 2003's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2''.

** Hell Vanguards have the same creepy laughter as the Sin Scissor demons from ''[=DMC1=]''. This is easily noticeable in a certain room that you have to backtrack and one of them spawns in; the demon will appear while this familiar sound effect plays.

* TechnicianPerformerTeamUp: Dante and Vergil team up with one another against [[ConflictKiller Arkham]], who is denying the brothers their ultimate match, with Dante being the performer and Vergil the technician. The [[TagTeamTwins twin Sparda brothers working together]] manage to give Dante and Vergil the edge in overcoming Arkham, even effortlessly trading sword styles and eventually pulling off a combined "Jackpot" attack with Dante's guns.

** Beowulf, a human folk hero from Denmark/Germanic myth, is reimagined as a giant vaguely lion-looking light demon with four wings, a scorpion tail, claws and talons, akin to Pazuzu or even some physical depictions of Beowulf's greatest nemesis Grendel.

** The Leviathan's Heart fight can become easier or harder depending on which adjacent "lung" should the player focus on (you cannot attack both at once). If you haven't attacked the left lung for a while, it will absorb the Red Drops dropped by slain Hell Envies. Inversely, the right lung will drain your Devil Trigger gauge if it's left unchecked.

* CameraScrew:
** The FixedCamera angles can be confusing depending on where they are placed, but usually, the camera faces the door where you just came from, so you have to walk several steps further when you enter a room before knowing what you're about to deal with.
** There are some sections where the camera is so far away your character becomes a little figure almost indistinguishable from the similarly-colored objects in the environment, or is hidden by a foreground object. Fortunately, moving your character around reveals their position or shifts the camera to a nearer perspective.
** The AdvancingWallOfDoom sections with the Gigapedes have their camera facing the thing that's chasing you from behind, which makes it a bit hard to anticipate the path ahead.
** Some fights against gigantic bosses are made more challenging because of the camera angles, especially when you're locked-on. For example, the camera might not properly show Cerberus when he charges forward.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Inverted in the final fight, where Vergil picks up the Force Edge, Sparda's other [[{{BFS}} broadsword]], to use against Dante who mostly fights using a broadsword, particularly the Rebellion which he inherited from Sparda. In the actual boss battle, Vergil starts fighting almost exactly like Dante, going from a GlassCannon to a full-fledged PerfectPlayAI, but the cutscenes make it evident that Dante was far superior with broadswords.

* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Dante and Vergil's first battle concludes with Vergil stabbing Dante with his own sword Rebellion. However, not only does Dante survive as usual, it unlocks his [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]].

* ThirdTimesTheCharm: Dante has this with his twin brother Vergil. Dante [[HeadsIWinTailsYouLose loses the first fight]]. The BigBad reveal interrupts the second fight. After they take care of the BigBad, they have one more fight to the finish, with Dante defeating Vergil.

** {{Envy}}: Because they stand out with Leviathan's fluids as jailers not of sand, Hell Envies prey on the envious of how their hell is "unique" than the others, being in the stinking and infernal bowels of a hell beast.
** {{Wrath}}: Carrying a bomb, they blow up the wrathful to show the consequences and chain reactions of violence and anger.