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So he has a personal motivation to bring Urizen down. Nero has changed in a significant way since the fourth instalment too and if you haven’t picked up on it from the trailers before launch, he has lost his powerful devil-bringer arm to a dying, Yamato-wielding demon who cuts it off for his own nefarious purposes. Whoever can consume the ripe fruit will become the King of the Underworld. Meanwhile, as the Qliphoth grows, its fruits attract demons. Nero and newcomer V arrive just in time to see Dante fall and are forced to flee to come back stronger another day. It turns out that Urizen has planted a demonic tree named Qliphoth in Red Grave City that is wiping out the human population to quench its lust for blood. And to make matters worse, Urizen breaks Rebellion, the iconic sword given to him by his father. The ease by which Urizen decimates Dante, Trish and Lady in the opening moments of the game by shrugging off their most powerful attacks with barely a wince sets up the conflict in the most oppressive way possible. It raises the stakes even higher by giving Dante an adversary absurdly more powerful than him. The story in the fifth instalment is the best in the series, in my opinion.
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It feels weird to start a Devil May Cry review with the story first since the games historically haven’t focused on a strong narrative, I personally feel Devil May Cry 3 was the highlight of the series when it came to the story while the fourth instalment presented a serviceable one.