Devil May Cry HD Collection Stylish demon hunting, three times over

You are Dante, half-demon devil hunter with red coat energy and no respect for gravity. In the first game you storm a gothic island castle to stop Mundus, king of the underworld. In the second, set decades later, you team with Lucia and Trish shows up too. In the third, a prequel, you meet Vergil, your twin brother, and Lady joins the mess.

Think of it as a trilogy box set: start at the beginning, skip to the best bits, or play in story order if you like timelines with swords in them.

The deal is simple: kill demons, look good doing it. You chain sword slashes with Ebony and Ivory pistol fire, dodge at the last second, and launch enemies just to keep hitting them in the air. DMC2 adds a wall run and Rain Storm, so you run up a wall and rain shots down.

DMC3 Special Edition lets you pick a combat style — Trickster for dodges, Swordmaster for extra sword moves, Gunslinger for gun tricks, Royalguard for perfect blocks — then level it up for new moves and abilities. Pick your flavor of overkill.

Expect big gothic rooms, fast enemies, and bosses that fill the screen and your schedule. The collection runs in blistering 60fps, so combos stay smooth when the room gets crowded.

DMC2 introduces Bloody Palace, a bonus survival mode built for one more run. It is just you, waves of demons, and the question of how long your stylish streak lasts. Good for testing a new style, or settling who is better with a controller in the room.

These are early-2000s action games: gothic castles, demons, blood and guts, dramatic cutscenes, and dialogue that winks at you. Dante quips through apocalypses. The soundtrack pushes everything faster.

Visually it is cleaned-up classics, not remakes. Stylized characters, atmospheric ruins, and fast-paced fights carry it. DMC3 is the highlight, with the deepest combat and the strongest story. DMC1 still has the mood and the tightest scares. DMC2 is shorter and easier, best treated as a bonus disc.