Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Developer(s): Capcom
Publisher(s): Capcom
Genre: Action, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: IGN: 9.6, Metacritic: 84/100
Game description: Devil May Cry 3 reintroduces the mysterious hero, Dante, in a new game featuring a new storyline, more weapons, and intense action. Set before the original Devil May Cry, the game follows Dante's journey as he battles his evil twin brother in a final confrontation. Along the way, you'll encounter both formidable foes and unusual characters. When attacking, you can choose to use short-range, long-range, defensive, or evasive play styles. Each system has its own range of gameplay features, and you can choose to power up your favorite style for increased special attack abilities.
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed and published by Capcom, released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 and ported to Microsoft Windows in 2006. The game is a prequel to the original Devil May Cry, with a younger Dante. It retains elements from the two previous games, expanding its combat system with a number of fighting styles. The story is told primarily in cutscenes using the game's engine, with several pre-rendered full motion videos.
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | ? |
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0.9.8 | GSDX r4600 |
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BIOS: USA v02.00, HACKS: Hacks: INTC, Wait Idle Loop, mVU Flag Hack., 50-60/60FPS, fine with 2x native res. | Machina |
NTSC-J | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5480 | GSdx 5442 SSE41 |
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Runs at 200% speed. | |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5604 | GSdx 5580 SSE41 |
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Runs at 200% speed. |
Trivia
- Original names: デビル メイ クライ 3 (SLPM-65880), 데빌 메이 크라이 3 (SLKA-25265)
Known Issues
Graphic Bugs
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: When using Upscaling bad post-processing causes blurring and bad colors.
- Workaround: Go to Config -> Video (GS) -> Plugin Settings, enable HW hacks, go to Advanced Settings and Hacks, check "Merge Sprite" and set Half-pixel Offset to "Special (Texture)", set Round Sprite to Full and Set Texture Offsets to X:20 Y:20.
Alternatively, use Software mode. (F9)
Mission 18
- Status: Fixed
- Type: Major
- Description: can't enter some doors in Mission 18
- Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: When pausing the game in a red filter effect is missing
- Workaround: Use Software Mode (F9)
The gallery
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Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (SLES 53038)