There have been many iterations of this creature to the point it is not even funny. He has always been seen as a joke, never taken seriously. There is no joke. You are face to face with Lucifer/Satan/The Devil himself in the body of a hero who would have the powers of a god…

the demon slowly turns his head to face you, his black and red eyes piercing your soul with an unrelenting sinister aura…

So… another soul has come to play? Another sheep to slaughter?