DEVIL MAY CRY 5 | Story Mode Pt.10: Dante vs. KING CERBERUS! (PS4 Pro HD, Gameplay Only)

Previously, on DEVIL MAY CRY 5...
Dante returned, now in his REAL ULTIMATE POWER FINAL FORM, to the big gooey demon “tree” thing where Nero was getting his dumb face stomped by Urizen the Demon King (again), and rescued him (again), and faced off in an EPIC BATTLE against Urizen the Demon King (again)!

But this time, with the power of his REAL ULTIMATE POWER, Dante prevailed over the Demon King!

OR DID HE?

Just as victory seemed assured, everything started exploding and ish got crazy and Urizen the Demon King was like “Mwahahahahaaaa foolishness, Dante! Foolishness! This was all part of my plan or something and it doesn’t really even matter because now the big gooey demon ‘tree’ is gonna explode or something I don’t know, whatever- kbye.”

So he left.

Rude.

And Dante and Nero and V were like “Welp, can’t have that... let’s do this!”

Thus, the warriors departed further into the deepest depths of the big gooey demon tree to the root (get it? ‘Root’? Because... tree..)- to the ultimate ROOT of the evil, where waits Urizen the Demon King, on the verge of attaining his own REAL ULTIMATE POWER! Oh snap...

So the Three Warriors started their epic journey, but then whoaaaaaa stuff started exploding again for some reason, separating them! Now, they must each individually attempt to make their way to the very core/root/heart/whatever of the gooey demon tree and confront Urizen the Demon King (again)!

You might call it a... "DIVERGING POINT". The developers did. It's the name of the mission. Because that's what it is. Clever.

LAST TIME...

For literally the first time in the history of history, Nero actually did something useful!

What had happened was, V derped up and got in a bit of confrontation with this thing called Malphas, which is like a freaky 3 headed demon lady chicken ostrich monster, because Devil May Cry is weird, and just as it began to approach V and presumably prepare to do unpleasant things to him, she was distracted by some random dude shooting her in the back of the head.

It was Nero!

Just in the nick of time (completely by accident, of course, but still), he showed up and killed the giant 3 headed demon ostrich monster, rescuing V from a very unfortunate end. Who would've guessed? No one. Literally no one.

Alas, V's body continues to break down and grow ever weaker. The poor boy can barely hold himself together. But he is determined to see this through- he will stop at nothing to see the end of Demon King Urizen's reign with his own eyes- even if doing so means the end of V himself. As his "last request", he begs Nero to help him make it to the root of the demon tree, where waits Urizen the Demon King.

Shockingly enough, Nero agrees, and they have a total bro moment as they limp their way toward the epic finale. But will they make it? They're running out of time...

MEANWHILE...

Dante, the Legendary Devil Hunter, is already far ahead of them, intent on settling the matter with Demon King Urizen once and for all. He quickly approaches the final gateway leading to the core/heart/root/whatever of the demon tree, hoping to stop The Demon King before he can nom nom on the magic demon fruit, which is totally a thing, because of course it is- which will grant him his own REAL ULTIMATE POWER, rendering him all but unstoppable.

Unbeknownst to Dante, one obstacle remains between him and his goal. For, you see, these gates to the underworld are not unguarded. Quite the opposite- they are *very* guarded.

Like... *very*...

A beast the likes of which none can possibly imagine awaits him.

A monstrous monstrosity monster straight out of monstrous myth- SO monstrously monstrous, you just can't even begin to think of what it could be. Seriously, you will never even guess...

It's a Cerberus.

It's in the title... and there's a picture... so... yeah...

But not just any Cerberus!

This is the KING CERBERUS!

Honestly, I kind of pictured the Cerberus Society as more of a Parliamentary thing. Nope. Turns out they're a monarchy. Not sure if it's a Constitutional Monarchy, or like...

Point being: Cerberuseses done got themselves a King. And this is him. He is a very large, very scary, very 3 headed, very gonna eat you, very into guarding the gates of hell shtick- all that stuff. He is the quintessential Cerberus. I can see why he's King. If I was a Cerberus, I definitely would've voted for him. Mostly because he'd probably eat my face off if I didn't, which would be extremely inconvenient, to say the least.

So there's that.

But I'm sure it won't be an issue. (Spoiler alert: Yes it will.)

Let's rock, baby!