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A wonderfully crafted work of beautiful art. This collection of classic DMC games is 100% worth a buy. Despite their age, both DMC1 and DMC3 are fun to play and have excellently crafted characters, cutscenes, stories, and narratives that will leave you satisfied with your time.
DMC1 is an excellent way to begin the series. It has the simplest form of combat out of the rest of the games while still retaining the DMC style to it, allowing you to warm up before moving on to the later releases. It is the first and only game along with DMC3 to retain the "Devil(s) Never/May Cry" narrative, letting you understand the significance of the series' titles and the poetic mastery of the writing in DMC. While the writing and atmosphere may feel a bit gloomy, dark, and sad at times, it retains an almost perfect balance due to Dante's humorous and cocky nature, as well as some ridiculously hilarious cutscenes and one-liners. It allows for an experience mixed with fun and tragedy into one marvelously executed video game. This one is my personal favorite, but I think most DMC fans would give this one a 7-8/10.
Furthermore, DMC3 acts as a prequel to the first DMC, expanding Dante's origins as a character as well as fleshing out the character of his brother, Vergil, by giving him a more complex personality and motivations. DMC3 also kicks the combat complexity up to a significant degree by allowing Dante to switch combat styles. This is a brilliant expansion of the already smooth and satisfying combat seen in DMC1. Additionally, this game allows you to play the entire game using Vergil's moveset too after beating the game with Dante. This installment also expands heavily on the story, creating intense emotional ties between Dante and his brother, along with a new character, Lady. Like the first game, this game retains a magnificent balance between Dante's comic relief and the plot's sensitivity. Although the bosses aren't as memorable as the first game due to the lack of repeat-appearances and increase in number of bosses, it makes up for it by having Dante's brother make a number of different encounters and having him become known as one of the most iconic video game bosses in history. The final showdown between brothers is an emotional and tragic scene for the series, and ends off the game with a great portrayal of Dante's character development over the course of the game leading up to the events of DMC1. Most DMC fans consider this to be the second if not the greatest DMC game ever made. I'd personally rate it an 8.5/10, but most others would likely give it a 9-10/10.
Overall, this collection makes for an excellent way to experience these classic masterpieces. If you don't mind the difficulty of these games and/or a few moments of inconsistent level design that might irk you, then these are 1000% worth a try! Don't play DMC2. It is so bad that it's just bad. 1/10. Not even so bad it's almost funny (unlike the DMC reboot). It isn't like you'll be missing out on anything either, it is almost completely lore irrelevant to the rest of the games.