I must say, I was very late to the Devil May Cry party, having picked up the first DMC game not too long after DmC: Devil May Cry was released. While I was a bit skeptical at first, I can easily say I do not regret that purchase! Here's my review for Devil May Cry.  Graphics: The graphics are decent for a PlayStation 2 game. I've seen other PS2 games that had better graphics and they were released only a year or two after DMC. They probably could've been brushed up a bit, but the game can still be a treat to look at. The overall graphics are okay, but the detail in the levels and enemies are amazing. 7/10   Depth: While the levels can be very expansive in Devil May Cry and there are several extra items scattered about, the game takes a measly four hours to beat, at best. Maybe it'll take you a bit longer on the harder difficulties, for obvious reasons (especially if you're familiar with the Devil May Cry series). Each mission takes 2-7 minuted each, so they ca go by pretty fast. The items in each level can be skipped over, too, as they're up to by before each mission and if you're going on a no-item playthrough... well, that speaks for itself. However, there are also the Secret Missions. There's at least one Secret Mission each level. They're generally rather challenging - a test of skill more than a test of luck. The reward you get for completing a Secret Mission is a decent one. 6/10
 
 Sound: I'll say this right now - the music in this game is phenomenal. It ranges from metal to opera and each song fits the scene it's in. The music in the gameplay is there to get you pumped up for the fighting and it does it's job very well! The songs in Devil May Cry are the songs that I play whenever I turn on another action game. The music is probably the saving grace of the sound. The voice acting can be... bearable. However, those 'bearable' moments are few and far between, as most times the VA sounds absolutely terrible. Whenever the game tries to be emotional, the payoff is pretty bad. 8/10

  Addictiveness: Needless to say, the first Devil May Cry is really, really addictive. You get stuck in a hypnotic zen of action-packed gameplay that the problems the game has seems to fade away into obscurity. It may not be as stylish as the game developers made it seem like before it came out, but it's definitely up there. Devil May Cry holds one of the best gameplay system in a hack and slash to date. I'm on my fourth playthrough and I'm nowhere near tired of this game yet! 10/10

  Story: The story is far from great, really. The basic plot of the story is that you're a half-human, half-demon hybrid named Dante, whose demon father killed the demon emperor, Mundus, to save the human race. That didn't stop Mundus from having his minions kill Dante's twin brother and mother around 20 years ago, however and our white-haired hero looks for revenge. A lady that looks like Dante's mother appears at his shop one night and warns him about the return of Mundus. That's all explained, somewhat, in the first two or three cutscenes before the story kind of gets set aside for the majority of missions, not coming up again until the last few levels of the game. The story then is verry simple, as the rest of the plot is basically him killing Mundus, saving the human race like his father before him and returning back to his shop with the chick from before, Trish. All in all, it could have been a lot better. 5/10

  Difficulty: Whoo boy... Devil May Cry isn't much on the Easy difficulty, but as soon as you hit Normal mode, prepare for the beating of a lifetime. The bosses, and even some of the normal, generic enemies, will use you as a soccer ball. The hardest game ever? No. Pretty darn hard? Yes. Once you become a pro DMC player, it's not as bad but when you're a rookie - or any less than a pro for that matter - you're out of luck. Your health starts out relatively low and a hit from a normal enemy takes off just less than a quarter of your HP in the beginning, not to mention the merciless attacks from bosses and mini-bosses. 8/10

  This game is a joy to play as long as you don't go in expecting many unlockable, a good story and decent voice acting. If you just sit down and play the game, you're bound to have a fun time. Let's rock!

Good review I enjoyed reading it I loved the Devil May Cry series I have all the games and played all but this one more then once I think this was the hardest one and I really didn't care for it I think the others are much better my favorite would have to be Devil May Cry 3.