

The gameplay of the series focuses primarily on fast and "stylish" combat gaining a high style ranking requires long attack and evasion strings while avoiding damage. The violent finishing moves some monsters can perform are also reminiscent of its lineage. Rather than abandon the project entirely, the premise was changed and it eventually became the first Devil May Cry.Īlthough the series is substantially different from its original inspiration, its lineage is still apparent, from the recurring boss characters and tendency towards grotesque adversaries, the need to solve elaborate puzzles to proceed, to the "This Game Contains Scenes Of Violence And Gore" warning at the opening sequence and "You Are Dead" game over screens. However, in prototype status, it proved to be a radical departure from the established Resident Evil formula and the survival horror genre in general. Early research and development work included a trip to Spain to examine various castles as a basis for the game's environments.

In 1998, after the completion of Resident Evil 3, preliminary work on a PlayStation 2 installment of the Resident Evil series began under the direction of Hideki Kamiya, under the name "Team Little Devil".


Devil May Cry (usually called DMC1) - the first game of the series.ĭevil May Cry (デビル メイ クライ, Debiru Mei Kurai ?) is a series of hack and slash video games set in the modern day, developed and published by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya.
