Devil May Cry HD Collection Playstation3 Game CAPCOM

Pros: 3 games in 1. Classic PS2 games all upscaled to 720p (HD). Devil May Cry 3 is the Special Edition version.

Cons: Devil May Cry 2 is only a con because it has never been a great DMC game. It looks fantastic as an HD upscale, though, and plays exactly as it always has.

Other Thoughts: For the price of less than one brand new game, you get 3 classic PS2 era games that are timeless. You can't hope to find a better deal on any game, considering the replay value (100's of hours).

Play the world's first extreme action game and then play it's sequel that took it to unfathomable heights. (Play the one in the middle just to prove to yourself how good the other two really are.) I dare you not to have hours of replaying fun!

Pros: Three games on 1 disc - the original 2 classics included. Great games for a great price and convenient for the 1 disc solution.

Cons: none

Pros: The ports are really solid. I had some concerns after reading about the problems with other HD collectiosn recently, like the Silent Hill HD Collection. Visuals are crisp and clean, and the games look excellent considering their age. DMC1's textures hold up surprisingly well (shows how far good art direction can go) aside from the pixelated skybox or so. DMC3 looks absolutely gorgeous. They added some anti-aliasing, and the motion capture looks impressive even by today's standards.

Some people are saying that they stretched the aspect ratio of the games to fit the widescreen. THIS IS ERRONEOUS. They actually widened the viewing area to 16:9, which makes some of the camera angle griefs much better.

Of course, the entire series runs at 60fps for buttery smooth combat. No hiccups or framerate issues. No technical glitches or bugs. The gameplay is pretty much flawless.

As for extras, the Vault comes with a collection of never before released pre-production concept art.

Cons: DMC2 is a throwaway title. It always has been.

Various menus and cutscenes (the ones that are full motion video) are still in 4:3 ratio. This isn't a dealbreaker for me, and recreating these videos would have been pretty impractical.

Other Thoughts: Every once in a while, a title comes along that re-defines the future of gaming. It's a turning point in game development, and spawns hundreds of budget clones that try to cash in while it's hot. In 2001, DMC was one of those games. It single-handedly invented the action game genre as we know it. DMC3 invented true Stylish Action- with weapon switching, evasive maneuvers, and over-the-top powers.

If you have ANY interest at all in action games, maybe you want to see what all the hubbub is about, or if you want to revisit these incredible titles with gorgeous visuals, you owe it to yourself to pick up this collection.