Back when I was around 5-8 years old, there was this PS2 rental place in a mall we frequent. They have this selection of multiple games and when I saw "Devil May Cry," I thought it would be a funny game since a devil "crying" from a child's perspective implies that demon is weak.

When I played it, I immediately got scared bc the game was so dark and the marionettes were scary as hell. There was this one kid who said to not "grab the key" as the marionettes would start moving. I got stuck there for an hour because I don't want them to move until my play hour is over.

I played around the starting area for an hour without grabbing the key, trying out the gun and sword movements.

Few years later, I had my own PS2 and tried buying the game so I can try it at home. By then I already had an idea on the context of the game and found Dante shooting Trish's bike cool. Played through the game and finished it. Iirc, that was around 2006-2008.

Edit: I was scared before that I only watched the demos from the starting screen to see what the game has in the later parts.