Do I need to have played the previous Devil May Cry games?

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#1 epdug
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Im thinking about getting Devil May Cry 4 but Ive never played any of the previous ones, do I need to have played them to play the 4th one??
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#2 OneLessFinger
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Not necessarily....However it would help flesh out the back story of Dante....its not something you wont "get" if you dont play them
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#3 Donnovan
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I'm going back and play the previous 3 games and part 1 is off the hook. Great game but gets hard at some points.
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#4 ghstbstr
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Go to Wikipedia(link below) it will tell you about the story of the Devil May Cry series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry_(series)

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#5 StuckInParadise
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Not really. If you get the collecters edition it has a dvd with the Devil May Cry anime series, which explains alot. Yeah wikipedia is your best bet, but if you do get Devil May Cry 4 and you beat it, you unlock in the gallery a history of all the games which is very helpful with beautiful pictures.
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#6 PlasmaBeam44
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No you don't need to but it would help a lot story wise and character wise.
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#7 karnis
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you dont need to but you should play the other dmc games first
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#8 Rock-City
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It's actually worth it to go back and play 1 and 3, 'cause not only are they the best games in the series, they directly relate story wise to one another. 1 and 3 show you the history of the amulets, the force edge sword, who was Vergil, who's Trish, who's Lady. If you play 3, you'll know about the yamato. 2 had a very lackluster story, but I do comprehend it. I wouldn't recommend you going back to play this one though.