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Devil May Cry: Personally, the OG DMC1 is my fave...but to some, it may seem 'dated' with it's static background (like the old RE games, I think) and difficulty (for casuals...it was fine for me). But, to this day, like the other poster said, I think it had the best atmosphere, bosses and gameplay outta the whole series so far (haven't played DMC4 and 5 yet)

Devil Mary Cry 2: The easiest of out of all of them in the series (I think due to ppl complaining about the difficulty of the 1st), but also the 'Worst' reviewed and gameplay outta all of them...for the most part Capcom is kinda ignoring this and the DmC remake, so just play it if you wanna just experience all the games in the IP

Devil May Cry3: Dante's Awakening: Many consider this the best outta the series...while fun with the new Combo/Style Switching on the Fly System, again, it was criticized by casuals for its 'Difficulty', so if you wanna play this one, just get the 'Special Edition' version with Vergil (Dante's Twin) as a playable Character and the Difficulty has been lowered a bit...

DmC (Remake by Ninja Theory): Why Capcom signed off on this, I dunno...but it was done by another Game Studio, and while it wasn't a 'Bad' game, story/lore wise it didn't quite live up to the Capcom games. The only DMC game I didn't finish to completion.

Haven't played DMC4 or DMC5 yet, but DMC4 has a Special Edition as well where again, you can play as the Too Cool Vegil and other DMC characters. And Capcom released HD versions of its Games (I think 1-3, and maybe 4 not sure) so I guess this is good time to play them before Capcom might go the RE route and Completely Next-Gen Reboot the Series...