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review: Cry me a bloody river  Capcom reawakens its devil with
the best hack-and-slash combat in years.  Capcom / Ninja Theory
DmC, Capcom's new attempt to revive the Devil May Cry series,
will surely earn recognition thanks to its gorgeous art
direction and dazzling visual effects which push years-old
consoles to their polygon-rendering limits. But to truly
appreciate DmC's artistry, you'll need to take a microscope to
its razor-sharp blades.  The mid-2000s hack-and-slash revival
gave new life to the chore of mowing down peons. God of War and
Ninja Gaiden upped the ante in violence, boss quality, and
weapon selection, far outpacing anything the arcade generation
dreamed up. That peak was short-lived, however. Sequels and
spinoffs of those two hits have done little more than increase
the number of enemy waves or puff up the boss fights, so DmC has
seized an opportunity to reshape the genre's focus on kill-combo
action. It's no small tweak.  Like