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DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall

Aside from playing as Vergil throughout the content, Vergil's Downfall features additional hidden items to collect, two new enemies and a new boss, and has a leaderboard with which to compete with others. The…

66 5 March 2013

DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall is an adventure developed by Ninja Theory, released 5 March 2013 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall is

DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall is an adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and released in 2013. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

DmC: Devil May Cry is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Ninja Theory and published by Capcom. The game's story takes place in a separate continuity from previous Devil May Cry games. The story takes place in Limbo City, a modern-day city secretly controlled by all-powerful demons who manipulate humanity by bestowing the comforts of life. It follows Dante, a young demon hunter whose twin brother Vergil recruits him to help defeat the demon king Mundus. The hack-and-slash gameplay is similar to previous Devil May Cry games; as Dante, the player uses a variety of melee weapons and firearms to defeat enemies. The game introduces modifiers, known as Angel Mode and Devil Mode, to Dante's…
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Devil May Cry series

DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall is the 23rd of 43 entries we hold in the Devil May Cry series. The next entry was Pachi-Slot Devil May Cry 4 in 2013. Its critic score of 66 is 11 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition at 90.

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How it was received

DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz or better, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3850 or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 9GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall launched on 5 March 2013, within three weeks of BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall — frequently asked questions

When did DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall come out?
DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall was released on 5 March 2013 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall?
At minimum, DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall needs Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz or better, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3850 or better graphics, 9 GB HD space of storage.
How many GB is DmC: Devil May Cry - Vergil's Downfall?
The PC version needs about 9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("9 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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