Distilling everything that's made the series great to this point and offering a razor sharp modern take on the combo-heavy character action genre that DMC helped instigate, Devil May Cry 5 is a juvenile-yet-very-adult game for those who like their monsters grotesque, their combat stylish and their demon-hunting boys and girls dumb but outrageously sexy.

The hook in these games, if you're unfamiliar, is that the quick, satisfying combat system and overpowered characters are generally enough to make light work of the various bloodsuckers and beasts throughout the levels, but the real challenge is to dispatch them as stylishly as possibly. The game grades you on your style in real time, which makes you feel like a real idiot if you're just slashing away and doing the bare minimum, but like a leather-clad god if you're effectively taunting, chaining attacks and mixing things up.

Of course the characters and story are also a big selling point here, and the level of bone-headed edgelordiness on display is truly fantastic. Among the playable cast is returning protagonist Nero, whose demon arm has been severed and stolen by an incredibly powerful monster, and whose new prosthetic allows him to make use of powerful, disposable hands in addition to his standard sword and guns.

Then there's the original hunter Dante, who plays more like a throwback to the older games and can switch between various styles, melee and ranged weapons. He can even rip his own motorcycle into two pieces and bludgeon enemies to death with them, an act which may just be the very embodiment of this whole series.