Devil May Cry 3 came out at around the same time as Ninja Gaiden Black and God of War, and even though it's clearly the best of the three (and this is from someone who has played and enjoyed all three games, God of War less so) it is the one that is the most frequently forgotten. While Ninja Gaiden Black was championed as the Xbox's superior answer to the original Devil May Cry and God of War delivered a flashy, simple alternative to the other, harder games in the genre, Devil May Cry 3 was the game from a team who had two years earlier released Devil May Cry 2 which played like a textbook example on how to ruin a promising franchise.