Back in 2001, Capcom released the first in a new series of action games that kickstarted not only a new franchise for them, but an entirely new sub-genre of action games – the flashy, stylish and often brutally difficult Japanese action games we get on a regular basis today.
The creator, Hideki Kamiya, stated that they were originally working on a new Resident Evil game, but didn’t really feel like doing another one and experimented with different styles of gameplay. The result was Devil May Cry, a fast-paced action game with a heavy focus on stylish fighting. It was also very difficult compared to other action games of the era, but was popular enough to spawn two sequels on the PS2 and another on the PS3 and Xbox 360, with a fifth sequel – sorry, prequel – for our current consoles due out sometime soon.














