Devil May Cry 5 footage shows Dante using his hat as a weapon
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This Devil May Cry 5 gameplay shows Dante hitting demons with his motorbike. The following DMC 5 gameplay footage shows the silver haired slayer beating baddies with his hat.
Recorded at the weekend's New York Comic-Con (via Eurogamer), Dante is seen wearing the Faust Hat, which gives the star man a host of superhuman powers. The hat itself looks like a nod to Devil May Cry 4's hat-donning Faust—a lower-level demon who was considered a relative of the Mephisto.
In practice, the Faust Hat is powered by red orbs and appears to transform them into mana. All of which looks like this:
As reported by Eurogamer, Capcom also revealed Cerberus—the triple-pronged devil arm from DMC 3—will return in Devil May Cry 5. With ice, fire and lightning properties, it produces some pretty devastating results:
Devil May Cry 5 is due March 8, 2019. Till then, read Tom's early impressions from Gamescom—and make sure your system meets its fairly modest requirements.
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