I just got done playing some of DMC4 and I just beat The Savior! I played a bit of the next mission before quitting due to how late it was.
I have a lot of love for Devil May Cry, and I adore it's references to the Divine Comedy on which it was inspired by. But. . .on the Divine Comedy's Wiki page, it literally doesn't even reference Devil May Cry anywhere, despite it being one of the most well known things made from inspiration for the original story. Very odd. But whatever. I think it's very interesting how the characters are named after characters in the story. I mean, we have the two obvious ones, Dante and Vergil. Duh. We know these guys!! But did you know that Lady (Also know as Mary) was named after the virgin Mary? As well as her new name 'Lady' comes from another virgin named Madonna, which I suppose translates from Italian to english as 'Lady'. As well as how Trish is named after Dante's ideal woman 'Beatrice', as well as she is the one who guides him through Heaven in the original story. I find that one very interesting because Trish was made for Dante in the first Devil May Cry game. She was sculpted to be what he yearned for most, which was his mother. I find that very very interesting and a nice take on the ideal woman while also making it your own thing! There's a lot more, such as Nelo Angelo and how it's a mistranslation due to how R's sound from Japanese to English. He was supposed to be Nero Angelo, which translates to 'Black Angel' which was another reference to Divine Comedy. But it's also pretty ironic due to his literal son being named Nero. I don't know. I like the name Nelo Angelo. Very cute. A lot of the bosses are references as well, and in Devil May Cry 4, there is even a little mission (the one I just finished) where you go through rings. You have it set up board game style, rolling a dice and landing on a piece. If it lands on red, you fight bad guys, if it lands on gold you get orbs, etc., etc.. You get the gist. I just have a lot of love for the Devil May Cry franchise.
Speaking of, I'm fairly excited but also DREADING the anime to come out. I have seen the Arcane fans and I do NOT want them touching Devil May Cry. Dante's design is also kind of. . .mid. And there's too many references to DMC: Devil May Cry. I hate that game. I am ashamed to claim I own it but I love the series. It is part of the collection. I am just stuck waiting for two of my biggest video game interests. Devil May Cry anime comes out on April 3rd, and the new Metal Gear Solid Delta does not come out until August. And it doesn't help that the team who made the Silent Hill 2 remake is collabing again. I really really hope they remake Silent Hill 4, that is my favorite out of all of them. But I assume they're going to either tackle 1 or 3 since 2 did so well and that's what fans have mostly been asking for. Honestly I'm grateful for whatever I get! I love all Silent Hill games.
This is becoming a long ramble so I'm going to wrap it up here.