Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition is a re-release of Devil May Cry 3 with gameplay changes and additional content. Among them, there is the possibility to play as Vergil on a separate save…

90 24 January 2006

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Shooter Action Fantasy Horror

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition is an adventure developed by Capcom Production Studio 1, released 24 January 2006 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition is

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition is an adventure game developed by Capcom Production Studio 1 and released in 2006. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 2. The game is a prequel to the original Devil May Cry, featuring a younger Dante. Set a decade before the events of the first Devil May Cry in an enchanted tower called the Temen-ni-gru, the story follows Dante as he attempts to stop his twin brother, Vergil, from opening a portal to the Demon World. The game introduces combat mechanics with an emphasis on combos and fast-paced action. The story is told primarily in cutscenes using the game's engine, with several pre-rendered full motion videos.

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Devil May Cry series

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition is the seventh of 43 entries we hold in the Devil May Cry series. It arrived 11 months after Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. The next entry was Devil May Cry 4 in 2008. Its critic score of 90 is 13 points above the series average of 77. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

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How it was received

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 133 votes.

What it launched against

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition launched on 24 January 2006, within three weeks of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, 25 To Life, Forbidden Siren 2 and Rule of Rose. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Special Edition, 25 To Life, Forbidden Siren 2, Rule of Rose.

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