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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sKXnn2v2vMI/SMprf-nYpDI/AAAAAAAAAUI/rDDa6QTJhXE/s400/lapide.jpg
This is the day when all we gamers will cry the death of dante, the most bad a ss videogames hero of all times
I'm cracked, I feel brutalized in the inside, I feel like someone decided to beat my granny...
I feel bad.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! !!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yODXOeKSfH0&feature=feedu

Devils MAY Cry, I WILL Cry for sure.		2010-09-15 15:56:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

...

Well with any luck this will suffer the same fate as "New Cole" in InFamous 2.

Did DMC really need a reboot?		2010-09-15 17:22:00

Author:
Gilgamesh
Posts: 2536

This looks terrible. 2010-09-15 18:23:00

Author:
talbot-trembler
Posts: 1114

Thanks guys for being near to me in this moment of absolute suffering.
DMC doesn't need a reboot, I'm not contrary to the series being handled by a western dev but...
I think that this is too much.

Capcom guys are creaming ther pants because they know that they can't compete with Bayonetta gameplay wise, so they decided to avoid the competition.
Most people noticed that Dante's hair become "whiter" in the trailer, but it's only a thing that will mess the story much more, a story, that let's face it, keeps itself glued with some spit.
What about Vergil?
What about iconic weapons like Rebellion and Ebony & Ivory.
hat about demonic weapons that won't be used if the game is set before DMC3, what about the devil trigger?
I feel they will dumb down the game mechanics a lot (reallly?...a whip sword, why?????????????)
The game is cool because the more you get into gameplay and combo-ing the more it gets rewarding.
I didn't saw actual gameplay but this is the negation of Stylish over the top gaming.
Plus, the Japanese feel is gone and that's too bad, I LOVE JAPAN!!!

I feel like an alien probe abused me...

And I really hope that all the mayhem on the net will push them to a do a Cole		2010-09-15 19:02:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Way to jump to conclusions over a cg trailer. Messing with Dante's rather iconic character design is certainly questionable but as long as the game is fun (and not another DMC2) I don't care what else they change, I don't really want to keep playing the same thing over and over (unless its Monster Hunter!). I thought Nero was more fun to play than Dante in the last game anyway. As for the devs, I quite liked Heavenly Sword (it was just too short)...so I'm sure they can do a decent job with DMC. But yeah, Bayonetta was excellent...DMC needs to up its game. Change is good! 2010-09-15 19:40:00

Author:
fullofwin
Posts: 1214

What the...
Who did this?!
Whoever did this better get over here right now!

Gah, wth is that, now he look like one of those fruty vampires they like so much nowdays... :/
NOW do you see why I prefer Japanes stuff over western...?

So they're prety much saying:"Eff the storyline of all other games, we gonna do it this way because we feel like it"?
I understand it in infamous, that guy wasn't the most "remarcable" character, and they had only one game, to which they didn't screw the stoey with.

But THIS...they're just killing DMC on a whim, all because they thought DMC needed a change?
Dante wasn't unknown, people knew and remembered him.
The storyline was good already, and gameplay-wise was great as well, why do they feel the need to change it at all?

Have you ever heard of "DON'T mess with the formula iif it works"?
Well they messed with the forumula, and they're gonn pay the 'price', quite literaly...		2010-09-15 20:24:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

Putting the words Story and Devil May Cry in the same sentence is a bit of an hazard...but you got the point Leon.
And please fullofwin, don't start saying: "That just for a trailer", because trailer should show you the best you're going to have and actually hype not getting at least 2 millions of people angry like killer bees.		2010-09-15 20:31:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

That just for a trailer...

If it wasn't supposed to be DMC would you think the trailer was so horrible? I thought it looked pretty cool. I don't like the new character model for Dante...but whatever, if the game is fun and not another DMC2 I really don't care what they do to the story/weapons. I'm sure you'll be able to unlock the classic weapons anyway...and maybe a classic Dante skin too. People whine too much, it's a stupid trailer so they could announce something at TGS, it's not game play...who knows what the final game will look like or play like or if they have even starting coding. I'll reserve judgment until there's something more substantial to go by.		2010-09-15 21:36:00

Author:
fullofwin
Posts: 1214

Read and enjoy
http://thesilentchief.com/2010/09/15/not-even-japanese-gamers-like-the-new-dante/		2010-09-15 22:15:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Ya this really is bull****! I mean what fan would seriously play this crap? I'm sure after they realized how much the fans hate this wannabe Dante they change their mind! I mean who would be stupid enough to still publish it like that if most people wouldn't want buy it? DMC doesn't even need a reboot! They could just make a DMC5 and change more about the gameplay and style but don't just kill the characters, story and everything! Seriously did someone **** in Inafunes head and he thought "Hey I have a good idea now how about we take Devil may Cry and take a huge **** on it and then tell the fans to buy it or to **** off?!"??? If they don't change this back to the real Devil may Cry I won't waste my money on this!!!2010-09-15 22:37:00

Author:
Chrree
Posts: 554

Looks very 'meh' to me. Just 'meh'.2010-09-15 23:46:00

Author:
X-FROGBOY-X
Posts: 1800

Just to see how little would be needed...even with black hair...
http://www.gamersmint.com/will-these-look-better-than-the-new-model-of-dante-in-devil-may-cry
http://www.gamersmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/1e48b7bc352d76ae9547f6232c93be1c20100916001649.jpg
http://www.gamersmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2033f8444350736f0bae7ebfc62bee3f20100916001649.jpg
http://www.gamersmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2fa0c08d0e641ffdaedb660e469ef9bf20100916001649.jpg		2010-09-17 12:39:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

What I don't understand is, Dante is half demon and his body usually recovers in seconds so why is he injured all over??? They really don't know what they are doing!2010-09-19 00:11:00

Author:
Chrree
Posts: 554

Yup Chree, then both Dante and Vergil had white hair since they were kids, like it was shown in the medallion in DMC1.
Then this Dante seems stronger than the DMC3 Dante.
All the canon is messed up!		2010-09-19 11:17:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2381/stjustformenf.jpg2010-09-19 13:24:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

@OmegaSlayer
There even is an official Manga about their childhoot and there they had white hair just like their father. His eye color is wrong aswell because Dante has blue eyes but this guys are red.		2010-09-19 13:47:00

Author:
Chrree
Posts: 554

My love of the Devil May Cry series just shattered after watching that video... Let the reign of epic trolling-ness begin on those fools that came up with the new Dante! 2010-09-20 07:03:00

Author:
illuminationx
Posts: 860

Heh, glad so many people seem to agree the major disaster the new look is around the world apparently, maybe they'll realize the mistake and chage it to something less fruty-emo and more baddass-Dante. 2010-09-20 08:15:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

Look at what Capcom's producer Keiji Inafune says (http://translate.google.com.ni/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.nicagamerz.com/v6/news/133/inafune-miro-a-mi-alrededor-del-tokio-game-show-y-todo-el-mundo-est-haciendo-juegos-horribles/)
St00pid st00pid man.
Japanese gaming industry has his reasons and tradition that many people love.

I need the classic hairstyle or something anyway less emo...even white hair with a ponytail would work better. 		2010-09-20 09:42:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Japanese developers have a massive negative opinion of them selves at the moment, theres barely a week goes by without one saying how much they suck compared to the west.


ponytail


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-2EDraQ9fk		2010-09-20 11:32:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

The thing that's really **** stupid is that they actually think that giving a character a realistic hair color has anything to do with our taste in games....why the ******* do they think that we want brown or black hair instead of white one??? We like such things aswell!2010-09-21 03:44:00

Author:
Chrree
Posts: 554

The thing that's really **** stupid is that they actually think that giving a character a realistic hair color has anything to do with our taste in games....why the ******* do they think that we want brown or black hair instead of white one??? We like such things aswell!

Aaaiiieee my virgin ears!		2010-09-22 07:17:00

Author:
illuminationx
Posts: 860

http://kotaku.com/5644446/shirtless-and-suspendered-the-dante-that-almost-was2010-09-22 11:32:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

*Writes 3 names on a black paper sheet.
Alex Jones, Keiji Inafune, Tameem Antoniades.
Closes in an envelope, and sends to Ezio De Auditore da Firenze, 1546 Massacre Boulevard, Los Sangres, Killafornia.*
2010-09-22 11:48:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

So, the question that comes to my mind now is: If they wanted to take such a "radical" departure from everything that DMC was... why not make a new game series, with whole new characters and story? Crazy idea, I know.
I might have even given them a pass on calling it "Devil Might Cry" or "DMC Neo" or some other spinoff-sounding name.

Hmmm... y'know, the more I read into this, the more it sounds like Indie Man's handywork.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4XLiXWkUn4		2010-09-22 13:09:00

Author:
Gilgamesh
Posts: 2536

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-10-devil-may/704980
Point is that from two guys with those face I wouldn't buy not even used diapers.
More than that the chief developer that stuck his opinionable and utterly ridcoulus hairstyle on the head of an iconic character is a shame that should be payed with...defleshment, slow defleshment to say the least. (maybe the right word is skinning...but you got the point)		2010-09-22 14:54:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

The love of the fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpXy8UevvM&feature=player_embedded#!		2010-09-27 09:51:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Bump for an important update
source VG247 (http://www.vg247.com/2010/09/30/dmc-to-use-unreal-engine-3-says-ninja-theory/) via Joystiq

Ninja Theory?s confirmed on its forums it?ll be using Unreal Engine 3 for DMC.

Not much on it was given away on the developer?s forums, though, with a rep just saying:

?It will be powered by Unreal Engine.?

Also, anyone miffed about Dante?s new hair colour change might be a bit happy to hear this.

?If you look closely at the trailer you will see that he has a patch of white hair.?

It was further reiterated in the thread that the reboot in the series was not Devil May Cry 5 or a spin-off in the series and that it was a ?a retelling of Dante?s origin story.?

No date yet, but it?ll release on PS3 and 360		2010-09-30 22:12:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

So, I'm officially very worried.
I started playing Enslaved: Odissey To The West, and though the game is not bad at all, they grew my concerns on Ninja Theory.
The guys don't know ho to make a game slick.
The combat system is clunky, like the one of Heavenly Sword, and this is really bad news because DMC is all about being stylish.
So what I think is that they're going to strip DmC of the stylish combat system to add a new more brutal westernish one.
WHY? Because since DMC has already a canon, it won't be able to reach the crazyness levels of Bayonetta, and Capcom decided to take another path instead of going into a brawl they'll lose for sure.
Lately Capcom is bullish about their decisions but I think that if Enslaved won't sell well in the next weeks, something is going to change for sure.
(Good decidion to give a franchise that sold 2 millions and half copies in the latest iteration to a dev that sold 1,44 with Heavenly Sword and 100k with Enslaved)
Go Capcom,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNFwQmZvnuw&ob=av2n		2010-10-22 10:03:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-20-capcom-planned-dante-controversy

So they want controversy for the attention it brings.		2010-10-22 10:24:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

If you pull the rope too much you risk to break it.
The majority of gamers in the world is very conservative, and they don't like drastic changes.
We old gamers are like kiddies and we grow some kind of attachment to characters.
We like refinement of good things, we like to look deeper into a story, we want some new gameplay mechanic, we just want a sequel that is simply better than the the previous one.
BETTER, not DIFFERENT at any cost.
I suggest Capcom to have a read into this (http://n4g.com/news/630725/5-games-that-sold-less-than-enslaved/com) and think if they're wise to let Ninja Theory handle the game.
This is not controversy, this is f' up things big time!		2010-10-22 10:34:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

So, the question that comes to my mind now is: If they wanted to take such a "radical" departure from everything that DMC was... why not make a new game series, with whole new characters and story? Crazy idea, I know.
I might have even given them a pass on calling it "Devil Might Cry" or "DMC Neo" or some other spinoff-sounding name.

There's already one.
It's called "Bayonetta". 		2010-10-22 13:19:00

Author:
Coconuts
Posts: 384

Oh, Devil May Cry. You started out so great and were a trailblazer that just about every other action adventure franchise following aped shamelessly off you. Sure you fell pretty hard with 2, but you bounced back and thensome with 3, whose depth of gameplay is still deeper then most other games found in the genre to this day. Sure 4 could have been better, and the storyline is getting a bit to convoluted in a setting that doesn't really need a deep story, but doing a "grim-and-gritty" reboot that feels like a throwback to '90s-era fiction isn't the way to fix something that wasn't really broken.

I'm actually kind of afraid this might end up burying the franchise; though while a game franchise coming to an end isn't necessarily a bad thing, I at least would like it to end with dignity if not a bang, rather then a very mockable whimper. But hey, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised and DMC will actually turn out good, though I'm not particularly hopeful.		2010-10-23 03:35:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

Oh, Devil May Cry. You started out so great and were a trailblazer that just about every other action adventure franchise following aped shamelessly off you. Sure you fell pretty hard with 2, but you bounced back and thensome with 3, whose depth of gameplay is still deeper then most other games found in the genre to this day. Sure 4 could have been better, and the storyline is getting a bit to convoluted in a setting that doesn't really need a deep story, but doing a "grim-and-gritty" reboot that feels like a throwback to '90s-era fiction isn't the way to fix something that wasn't really broken.

I'm actually kind of afraid this might end up burying the franchise; though while a game franchise coming to an end isn't necessarily a bad thing, I at least would like it to end with dignity if not a bang, rather then a very mockable whimper. But hey, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised and DMC will actually turn out good, though I'm not particularly hopeful.

Great shareable words you said Padawan
I thought DmC could have turned out to be a good game, even if bad for a DMC storywise, characters wise, etc...but after playing Enslaved and realize that is just as clunky as Assassin's Creed or Red Dead Redemption I started to feel hopeless, since AC and RDR can even be clunky but are still playable and fun, DMC not quick and unresponsive is not fun.		2010-10-23 06:53:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

NinjaTheory dun Goofed.2010-10-23 18:01:00

Author:
Unknown User

I call BS on that "We planned this all along" deal.
They probably didn't expect it and just saying that to save their behinds from getting fired... :/		2010-10-23 18:28:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

omg it's horrible it's not on the ps2..................................... lol no but really you people sound like idiots it looks good. & it's a prequel.2010-10-24 07:23:00

Author:
Innovation87
Posts: 49

Now,
it's
rely
THE EEEEEEEEEND!!!!!

According to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033032)

Screen Gems has purchased feature film rights to Capcom's hit vidgame series "Devil May Cry," with the aim of kickstarting a new genre franchise.
Kyle Ward has been hired to pen the script, which revolves around the character of Dante, who avenges his mother's murder by killing off demons.

Franchise was originally developed as the third installment of the "Resident Evil" games -- another Capcom property. But once the game's design started to deviate significantly from "Resident Evil's" style, Capcom decided to launch the title as an original property. "Devil" has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.

Screen Gems' "Resident Evil" franchise became a global B.O. hit for the genre label, with more than $580 million in worldwide grosses collectively. "Devil" represents the next potential vidgame franchise adaptation for Screen Gems. There have been five games in the series since, with the latest, produced by Ninja Theory as a reboot, featuring a younger version of the Dante character.

Capcom has been eager to exploit "Devil May Cry" across other platforms including comicbooks, novels, an anime series and collectible statues and action figures. Digital Development Management brokered the deal on behalf of Capcom.

Ward recently penned the script for Universal's upcoming "Fiasco Heights." He is repped by CAA.
*goes in a dak corners and cries a lot*		2011-03-01 16:40:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Now,
it's
rely
THE EEEEEEEEEND!!!!!

According to Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033032)

*goes in a dak corners and cries a lot*

don't cry he's not gone he just moved on to another game.

disgaea 4 has what appears to be a carbon copy of old dante called Fenrich. heres an art work comparison if you want it.
http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq216/hudson42/400px-Fenlihi_full.jpg
http://images.mmosite.com/answer/dict/upload/2009/09/16/cd2358ba20e7248b5721462324fcc322.jpg		2011-03-02 07:13:00

Author:
supersonic56
Posts: 287

don't cry he's not gone he just moved on to another game.

disgaea 4 has what appears to be a carbon copy of old dante called Fenrich. heres an art work comparison if you want it.
http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq216/hudson42/400px-Fenlihi_full.jpg
http://images.mmosite.com/answer/dict/upload/2009/09/16/cd2358ba20e7248b5721462324fcc322.jpg

LOL Dante gone from a vampire to a werewolf? xD

Also i have yet to play the DMC games besides the Xbox360 one where Dante was not even the main character :/
i watch the anime and loved the character Dante. always been wanting to play the games...
but after that trailer.... i'm not so sure anymore...
what did they do to him? he looks like something Emo like from twilight x'(
horrible... well i know this. that's one new game i WON'T be buying~ *mew		2011-03-02 14:39:00

Author:
Lord-Dreamerz
Posts: 4261

Dante is not only Dante because of how it looks, but because of what he says and how he moves too...2011-03-02 16:35:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Dante is not only Dante because of how it looks, but because of what he says and how he moves too...

Yeah. and that new Dante just feels wrong in every-way~ :/		2011-03-02 17:04:00

Author:
Lord-Dreamerz
Posts: 4261

To be fair, Disgaea lampoons everything pop-culture and it was only a matter of time they got around to parodying the white-haired prettyboy archetype. And when has Dante ever been a vampire?2011-03-03 03:11:00

Author:
Dapiek Absaroka
Posts: 512

And when has Dante ever been a vampire?

oops my bad. was he a half demon or something? been ages last i watched the anime.		2011-03-03 14:25:00

Author:
Lord-Dreamerz
Posts: 4261

I love the new look for Dante. It looks edgier and younger. Which is what I think they're going for. Isn't this suppose to take place before all the other games. I'm really excited for this game. Can't wait to get more info about it.2011-03-03 21:38:00

Author:
Unknown User

This is a very interesting read
http://captainstarball.com/opinion/devil-may-cry-fan-explains-backlash

There's a series of blog post about it, 5 for the moment, but there's at least a sixth one coming soonish		2011-06-18 21:47:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

Wow After reading that. For sure this game is just plain NO Good.
Maybe after it fails. the game creators will see how wrong they were Err? *mew		2011-06-19 20:11:00

Author:
Lord-Dreamerz
Posts: 4261

Yeah, the game will be bad.
I shared all the guy impressions before reading his stuff.
Major concerns have always been the 30FPS frame rate, and the look of Unreal Engine games, that is too much stereotypated, I love it actually in some games, but it's not for DMC.

The problem is that failing will mean the death of the series...and I know that no matter how much the game will be bad, I'll be the first in line to buy it day one to not let the franchise die
I don't know if I had already mentioned, but a longer game with more weapons/combo and Vergil co-op would have been heaven for me.
Vergil back from hell could have had a cool system based on Dante's DMC 4 on the fly style switch.
Vergil could have used magic or other stuff instead of guns, since he hates guns...
Lot of ideas thrown in the toilet.		2011-06-20 06:09:00

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OmegaSlayer
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The problem is that failing will mean the death of the series...and I know that no matter how much the game will be bad, I'll be the first in line to buy it day one to not let the franchise die


HAHAHAHAHAHAH Oh thats brilliant, spend a few years saying it'll be crap, buy it day one then moan that it is crap and give them sales figures that encourage them to do it again.		2011-06-20 08:59:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

HAHAHAHAHAHAH Oh thats brilliant, spend a few years saying it'll be crap, buy it day one then moan that it is crap and give them sales figures that encourage them to do it again.

Yup, because I'm romantic like that 		2011-06-20 13:20:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112

This (http://www.made2game.com/news/devil-may-cry-%E2%80%93-more-than-a-typical-reboot/) is funny...
I love my fellow DMC lovers...


You know, I may not be the biggest fan of Ninja Theory?s ?re-imagining? of Devil May Cry, but my inner fanboy has persuaded me to pore over the info that has been released so far and what I've found hints to a much more interesting game than I first envisioned?


Here?s a simple truth ? there?s too much ?up? with the released media around DmC for it to be a reboot in the traditional sense. The gaming press and fans have stamped it with the ?it must be a complete reboot? idea on account of the DmC title and questionably reworked ?Dante? but a little digging brings up some interesting facts.

This was brought about for me because the recent gameplay trailer showed enough classic DMC ideas to make me wary that this may not be the brave restart for the series it was first advertised as. If you?re going to reboot a game you knock its legs out and work from the ground up, Tomb Raider style, you don't just build a new art design on the existing fighting style.

Right, time to hop down the rabbit hole, if you?re feeling brave. Check out the trailers for DMC released to date, if you can bear them, and any fan might notice a thing or two about the locale. Namely that the city looks remarkably similar to sections of Dumary Island from Devil May Cry 2, and by remarkable I mean almost identical. Bearing in mind an artistic update.

The black sheep of the franchise; DMC 2 was not directed by series creator Hideki Kamiya and, considering the series was in its infancy, this had an adverse affect on the end product and many fans intentionally forget about it when discussing the exploits of Capcom?s demon hunter.

But here we have a remarkably similar city that?s simply been upgraded with some contemporary set dressing such as security cameras. Coincidence? I?ll eat my very nice hat collection if it is. Oh and check out any art of Dante from DMC 2 and compare it with any for DmC, it's remarkably similar in tone.

Could DMC be a sequel to DMC 2? As far as curveballs go creating a sequel to a franchise by building on its weakest entry is definitely up there with the best, but DMC 2 is the ?last? story in the existing series so if we?re adhering to canon any genuine sequel must go from here.

Go watch the ending to Devil May Cry 2 again. After Dante enters the demonic portal to confront Argosax he?s never confirmed to have escaped alive. The post credits scene hints to his escape but never explicitly shows it.

Now imagine this, Dante is trapped in the Demon World post DMC 2, trapped from a node located near Dumary Island. A demon himself, son of the legendary Sparda and possessing remarkable regenerative powers, we can safely assume Dante can live for a very long time off his own steam.

So while the real Dante is trapped in the Demon World he becomes its ruler, in charge of the beings that were once his enemies. However after a long period of time a shadowy organization rises to power in the real world with no-one to oppose them and then they start trying to siphon power from the Demon World, or shut off a link Dante had with the real world, and here?s where Emo ?Dante? comes from.

Check out the original trailer, ?What is your name?? pries the voice behind the glass, is our Emo Dante a creation? Is he an attempt to shape a weapon by tapping into the imprisoned powers of the most powerful demon to ever walk the surface? Or perhaps he?s a counter measure to a recent demonic outbreak now that Earth?s protector is nowhere to be found?

Or both, a weapon created to fight demons the real Dante is sending into our world as his creators know that strength is enough. Or perhaps he?s an artifact of Dante trying to force his way back into the real world, whichever way you slice it there are numerous possibilities.

Furthermore the recent gameplay trailer showed off what we can assume to be Emo ?Dante?s? Devil Trigger at work, at which point he becomes a white haired angry adolescent bearing more similarity to the Dante of old.

Considering the real Dante turned into a fully fledged demon when he activated devil trigger it would make sense that an approximation of the demon hunter would only be able to harness a fraction of his power, even when he was beefed up to the max.

Now consider that trailer further, we see bloodied messages appearing on the walls, are these messages pushed through by the real Dante to communicate with our troubled youth? ?Their truth is a lie?, you?re not who they say you are. ?Their city is an illusion?, a 1984 style dystopia, made to appear happy as it's all they?ve ever known.

?Do not accept the world as it is? everything you think you know is false. The trailer makes the ?real? world seem dull and uninterested next to its vibrant but demon filled variant, almost explicitly saying that something is wrong with Emo ?Dante?s? reality. Obviously I?m just throwing ideas around here but it makes a surprising amount of sense to me.

But what would this mean for the actual game? Well, Ninja Theory do like their plots so a typical ?big nasty demon threatens Earth, Dante steps up to save us? narrative doesn?t seem their style however they initially said in interviews that ?this isn?t as different as you might think?. Not different how though? Not different as in you?ve not fiddled the story much or not different as in not actually as much of a different world as we think?

Imagine players faces if half way through the real Dante burst free of his prison meaning Emo ?Dante? is forced to question his identity after an opening in which he was made to believe, without question, that he was the legendary demon hunter who needed to save his home from the encroaching demonic swarms. The quandary of whether he believes his mentors or the person who says he is the real Dante would be a narrative arc worth following. While it is somewhat similar to the plot of Devil May Cry 4, it could have a lot more weight here.

Then we have Capcom?s recently announced HD collection of the first three Devil May Cry games, the ones detailing the arc of Dante. Call me a romantics if you will but I?d like to think Capcom wouldn?t release all three purely as an attempt to make some extra cash for the first title?s tenth anniversary, but also to jog our memories as to the plots that may set up what could well be the real DMC 5.

Reboot, re-imagining, for all intents and purposes this DmC could be a ?re-boot? in a sense that it is redesigning the game?s artistic style and moving it several hundreds of years into the future so as to cut the majority of connections to the game?s past, but in the same breath it could keep some elements to avoid alienating the existing fanbase too much.

Developers at Ninja Theory are allegedly fans so I?d be surprised if they were comfortable changing so much and ignoring the rabid fanbase?s cries for blood.

This could be DMC as the start of a new saga rather than DmC as a complete reconstruction of the mythos. The decision not to call it DMC 5 may also be to stop people getting confused with what-goes-where in the existing canon, it's messed up enough already, and also to put people off the scent of its plot intentions so as to create more of a surprise if they are real.

Ninja Theory have said on previous occasions that this is a re-imagining of the birth of Dante but again, I see too many shadows of the series past and a clear reluctance to appease moaning fans that screams to me that this is not a simple by-the-numbers reboot.

Or perhaps I?m still trying to fool myself, like an abandoned puppy, that old Dante is still alive and coming back to me even though he?s really not? That said, I?lll continue to dream until proven otherwise.

And I leave you all with these...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNS1PRurbgo


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H248Uxy7dA&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HBzTpddcw0&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haNI-LWzFfQ&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRhCOO9g7eI&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZ6coH2pFw&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhOT7MWh5wE&feature=related		2011-06-24 14:35:00

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riz1byp-MW8&feature=player_embedded2011-08-16 12:02:00

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Rabid-Coot
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And according to Siliconera (http://www.siliconera.com/2011/08/16/dmc-devil-may-cry-dante-is-half-devil-and-half-angel/), Dante is half angel and half human now.
Cool way to mess everything.
What I see in that vid is lack of speed, lack of style and dumb AI.		2011-08-16 12:50:00

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OmegaSlayer
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...That's not dope at all... Actually, it's kinda dope... But he looks too young for my taste... It will probably flop, and they will try a NEW approach. No one will like it, and then they will really reboot.2011-08-16 13:15:00

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poorjack
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Like I said before, I am treating this as a completely new IP that has nothing to do with the Devil May Cry series and put into that context, it looks like something I might enjoy (but has absolutely zero to do with the Devil May Cry we all know and love).2011-08-16 16:07:00

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OCK
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I don't know... I'm in two minds.

In the end, the developers are making the game for the people who are going to play it - so you would do well to listen to what they want.

On the other hand - people are fickle, confused and fear change - and surely if we consider games to be "works of art", then the "artists" should be free to pursue what-ever muse they wish to follow.

Do we really want all sequels to just be "More of the same"?
Even if a competitor has stolen your thunder and provided people with a better experience?

Should you be copying what your rival is doing? or doing your own thing - with a view to being the trend setter?

It's hypocritical of me, I know... I'm the first to complain when they change things for a sequel... but there should at least be some evolution in a series - it's just a question if it's evolving into something better or worse I guess.		2011-08-16 17:23:00

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Macnme
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it's just a question if it's evolving into something better or worse I guess.

Far worse i'd say~
It looks like they used twilight some as a base concept
for the designs or just boring looking modern games in general.
the main character is ugly, his personally is overdone for lately and is just annoying.

But I like the one idea that one person said and that this may not suppose to be the same Dante
from the last games, and that the real Dante is somewhere else. but even if that was true.
I still hate the new main character and his ugly face and won't be buying this game just because of that~
yes I will base my buying a game based on if I like the design of the main character or not~
*mew		2011-08-16 17:33:00

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Lord-Dreamerz
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I'm reminded of the Gamers Backlash at Raiden's character in Metal Gear Solid 2;

The main point of complaint was "HE'S NOT SNAAAAAAAAAKE!"

And by Metal Gear Solid 4 - he's an awesome Cyborg Ninja.

Now they will probably complain if future games 'don't' contain Raiden 		2011-08-16 18:20:00

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Macnme
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I'm reminded of the Gamers Backlash at Raiden's character in Metal Gear Solid 2;

The main point of complaint was "HE'S NOT SNAAAAAAAAAKE!"

And by Metal Gear Solid 4 - he's an awesome Cyborg Ninja.

Now they will probably complain if future games 'don't' contain Raiden

yeah maybe. but in this case that has nothing to do why I dislike him. as I have not even played
anything but DMC 3 or 4 was it? where Dante was not even the main character.

Point is I'm not really a DMC fan as i have hardly played any of the games at all.
I have seen some of the anime though. anyways, As a character in general
the new guy is a poor design. But that may just be me as I'm picky unlike some people.
That's why I did not buy games like assassin's creed games and stuff.
the character designs were ugly to me. that and the idea of the whole games bored me.
*mew		2011-08-16 18:41:00

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Lord-Dreamerz
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That's why I did not buy games like assassin's creed games and stuff.
the character designs were ugly to me. that and the idea of the whole games bored me.
*mew

Bata Bing. I don't buy into things with low production value, cheap looks, or cash in cash out franchises a la Assasin's Creed, or Saint's Row. This has a look of cheapness, but we will have to wait and see I guess.		2011-08-16 20:13:00

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poorjack
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Mac has an interesting point about the development of a series.
People want sequels to be bigger, better, more ba*******, just that
Though if you want to make new stuff you start a new IP imho, you don't take an Iconic character and mess it badly.
You risk your fanbase and you risk the new audience.
Let's have a look at numbers.

Hack&Slash games don't sell like FPS. Fact
I will put rounded totals for PS3+360 taken from vgchartz
God Of War 3 (reknown franchise) = 3,97 mil
Devil May Cry 4 (reknown franchise) = 2,58 mil
Darksiders (new franchise) = 1,74 mil
Bayonetta (new franchise) = 1,70 mil
Ninja Gaiden 2 (reknown franchise) = 1,63 mil
Castlevania: Lord Of Shadow (new franchise/reboot) = 0,90 mil

Can you see the trend?
Castlevania is imho one of the best game this gen, but they risked too much with the brand, and though it was assisted by Kojima (KOJIMA! not Ninja Theory!) it sold very bad.
Do you really think that THIS DmC can sell better than DMC4, if you make all the fan of the series go mental?
Just some food for thought.		2011-08-16 20:27:00

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OmegaSlayer
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I surpose its sales depend on how much of the audience is casual buyers and how much is vocal internet commenters.2011-08-16 21:06:00

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Rabid-Coot
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I'm reminded of the Gamers Backlash at Raiden's character in Metal Gear Solid 2;

The main point of complaint was "HE'S NOT SNAAAAAAAAAKE!"

And by Metal Gear Solid 4 - he's an awesome Cyborg Ninja.

Now they will probably complain if future games 'don't' contain Raiden
Exactly, that was ANOTHER character, not Snake, they didn't remake him, they made a new character, not completely destroy the already existing ones.

Also, what up with the shooting in that trailer?
It looks so bland and has no "pow" to it, doesn't seem like a powerful pistol being shot repidly, but like a whimpy sub machine gun...		2011-08-16 21:57:00

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Silverleon
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so far,i hate the gunplay..but swordplay looks great!!!i hope the idea of dante 's new angel/demon abilities come off as a suprise to dante.
i would like to see my fathers reaction to this game lol.		2011-08-16 22:19:00

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majormel84
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All you haters secretly want to like it http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-17-dmc-sceptics-secretly-want-to-like-it2011-08-17 17:21:00

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Rabid-Coot
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All you haters secretly want to like it http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-17-dmc-sceptics-secretly-want-to-like-it

The creators are nuts. I don't secretly like garbage!

and other fans that also hate this new game should do what I'm gonna do and "NOT BUT IT"
Paying for it will give them what they want :Money:...
you don't have to buy it ya know? (0_o)

If a lot of people did this then that'd show them they can't just make whatever
and expect it to do well~ *mew		2011-08-17 17:33:00

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Lord-Dreamerz
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Yeah I secretly...no wait, publically, would like to love it, but NT is making whatever move is possible to make me hate this game.2011-08-17 19:34:00

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OmegaSlayer
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http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/17/devil-may-cry-preview-from-black-to-white/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-18-dmc-devil-may-cry-preview		2011-08-18 02:05:00

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Rabid-Coot
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Hm...a preview from one thast is not a fan of the series...doesn't move my opinions a bit.

You might want to check out destructoid (http://www.destructoid.com/impressions-dmc-209170.phtml) impressions too, where what I mentioned is clearly appointed.
The gameplay feels blank, not crowde not frantic.

Anyway, they're messing with the story, and I don't want a reboot.
And, I want Vergil.
And if the story will say that Dante has black hair when he restrains his power, I call bulls.
And even the hair style is silly, black or white that is.		2011-08-18 08:58:00

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OmegaSlayer
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You might want to check out destructoid (http://www.destructoid.com/impressions-dmc-209170.phtml) impressions too, where what I mentioned is clearly appointed.
The gameplay feels blank, not crowde not frantic.


I noticed in the comments in the review
one of the only people who make the most sense was "wishingW3L"
2011-08-18 11:34:00

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Lord-Dreamerz
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Read the comment...yeah, I myself saw the missed hits on the previous trailer.
Quite lame.
I don't know, they're trying hard to rejoice with fans, I grant them, still the damage is done.
They pooped in a gold cat litter, while the litter wasn't there so the poop was showed in pubblic, they tried to remove it, still the stink it's there.
Persistent. Annoying.
O___O"		2011-08-18 11:58:00

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OmegaSlayer
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Exactly, that was ANOTHER character, not Snake, they didn't remake him, they made a new character, not completely destroy the already existing ones.

Also, what up with the shooting in that trailer?
It looks so bland and has no "pow" to it, doesn't seem like a powerful pistol being shot repidly, but like a whimpy sub machine gun...

But they've messed around with Snake alot aswell... There's Old Snake, Naked Snake, Big Boss, as well as "Original Snake".

But then, there was ALOT of moaning from the Fanboys that they'd made Snake old in MGS4;

Fanboys are the hardest to please I guess - I know I am.

You can never really tell until you are playing it though - that's what 'makes' a game - game-play.
If the game-play is better than Dante could now be a transvestite for all I care 		2011-08-18 13:29:00

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Macnme
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Fanboys are the hardest to please I guess - I know I am.

Ahem... <macnmewhininginmythreads>...Skyrim</macnmewhininginmythreads>

JK, breaugh. But seriously. I was worried old Snake would be crappy. He wasn't. Lets wait for pre-pubescent Dante to judge.		2011-08-18 13:34:00

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poorjack
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the idea of Dante SuperSayian makes me puke anyway2011-08-18 21:13:00

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OmegaSlayer
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Ok, so yesterday Ninja Theory and Capcom twitted a lot about streaming an interview with Antoniades and co and showing gameplay, so I HAD to see that.
I watched the interview that was silly, trying to convince people that even if the game will run at 30 FPS, it will look as it will have the feel of 60 FPS.
I want to know the trick, I want my car to double that feel too, so a Ford Fiesta will make me feel like I drive a Ferrari.

Anyway, long story short, no gameplay was shown, only bulls in an interview, so I twitted at NinjaTheory
OmegaSlayer: "where's the gameplay?"
NinjaTheory: "Hey, sorry. It didn't happen this time."
OmegaSlayer: " well, don't complain if gamers don't take you seriously then..."

'Nuff said...		2011-08-20 06:35:00

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OmegaSlayer
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OK...daily rant.
Living envyronment = Bayonetta rip-off
Limbo, angels, demons....Bayonetta much?
The leader became the follower.

My guess is that Bayonetta 2 will seriously kick whatever will be done with Devil May Cry
Keep an eye on TGS, Hideki Kamiya hints at my requests...
From Twitter PG_kamiya 神谷英樹 Hideki Kamiya
('@&apos goo-goo RT @OmegaSlayer: @PG_kamiya 24 days to TGS 2011, should a Bayonetta fan start to be excited?		2011-08-23 08:23:00

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OmegaSlayer
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpha2nXfrHg2011-12-01 22:25:00

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Rabid-Coot
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http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8442/1309044500450.jpg
The one hugging Dante on the left is Shadowriver

My thoughts on the trailer
60 FPS feel achieved by cutting the times of animations.
The girl is fugly, also...this companion thing in every NinjaTheory game has become old.
The game seems really too easy, juggling monsters that way is not funny if the others don't attack
The fodder doesn't put pressure on the player, that is too easy even for an easy mode.
How much demons at the same time can the engine keep on screen at the same time without hiccups, fps drop, screen tearing, lag in controls?

Said that, it's at least a step further.
I still hope Vergil will be in it.


On a side note @rabid...the game doesn't look that good (I mean Unreal Engine 3 = Batman: Arkham City) ...why did you finished to massacre it with a 360p vid?		2011-12-02 15:44:00

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OmegaSlayer
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On a side note @rabid...the game doesn't look that good (I mean Unreal Engine 3 = Batman: Arkham City) ...why did you finished to massacre it with a 360p vid?

I paid no attention to the resolution I just saw there was a new clip and grabbed something I could embed.		2011-12-02 17:02:00

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Rabid-Coot
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I paid no attention to the resolution I just saw there was a new clip and grabbed something I could embed.

yeah, just kidding buddy 		2011-12-03 07:10:00

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OmegaSlayer
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Ok - some updates

First - new trailer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSF4WhfXWsU

Gameplay video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr958VURIM

Leaked details (http://www.examiner.com/article/leaked-story-and-gameplay-details-revealed-for-dmc-devil-may-cry)

Gameplay and Story:

Overall the game is a lot more fluid since I last played it. It feels pretty floaty, and it doesn't really feel like Devil May Cry, but it wasn't too terrible. The combat seemed pretty simplistic, but at the very least, chaining attacks from different modes (angel, devil and human) works a lot better than it did before. The two grappling attacks can be abused pretty heavily, the angel one pulls you to an enemy and the devil one pulls them to you. It could have just been for the playtest, but enemy AI seemed really awful. They just sort of waddled towards your general direction, and were incredibly easy to avoid.

Alright, for story and whatnot, the first section we tested had to do with a ?Hunter? demon bringing Dante into limbo. It served mostly as a quick tutorial. Something I found a bit annoying was a scene where a white wig or something hair-like blows in the wind onto Dante?s head and he looks into a mirror and remarks, ?Not in a million years.? All of this took place on a pier / carnival, and in the real world it things being destroyed was considered the act of terrorists, or so we?re lead to believe.

The second section was a city section. I've seen this area in trailers, and I've also played it before. It has changed quite a bit since I played it about a year ago. Throughout the level you?re following Kat (I think that was her name). She is a psychic and can see things happening in limbo while in the real world. She mentions that Vergil taught her how to use magic and that he said she was a natural. She uses a spray paint can to ?cast? a spell. She mentions that she prepares them in advance in these cans, or something like that. The police in the real world spot her using the spray paint on something, so she runs off and you start the platforming segment. Eventually you make your way to a church to fight a mini-boss of sorts, and after a world-morphing sequence where you use your angel glide to traverse, you break through a window and meet back up with Kat. It seemed mostly like a tutorial for using the grappling attacks in the environment to move platforms, and angel glide (a sort of triple jump that glides you forward) to get onto them.

The third section was a boss fight. I don't recall if the boss? name was given or not, but the whole thing was largely unfinished, and it was very obvious. The boss was this ugly larvae-looking thing with a face. It was dangling by some wires or something, handing onto a platform with its four arms. It knew Dante was the son of Sparda and Eva, and it was swearing constantly. The fight was pretty simple. Whack at its hands, and dodge its attacks. After you damage the hands enough you jump around and use your angel grapple attack to swing to other platforms and then use the devil grapple to pull sections of the wires out. After doing this twice it drops down below into some yellow liquid where you whack at its hands some more and it eventually gets cut up by a large fan. It mentions that Mundus, and how it is still useful to Mundus, or something of that sort. At the end of this section we see a cut scene that takes place somewhere else. A fat man with a symbol on his head (who is presumably Mundus) is ******* a woman who is in a skin-tight suit, named Lilith. He mentions how his succubus was killed. I?m assuming the larvae boss was his succubus, but it was not clarified.

The fourth section starts with a cut scene. We see Vergil for the first time. He is wearing a black coat, and really looks nothing like Vergil from the other games. To be expected. Mundus has taken Kat and is holding her hostage for the Neraphim, if I recall correctly. Vergil is surprised by this. According the Vergil, Mundus is in the dark because he does not know that Dante is his brother or that Vergil himself is the Neraphim. He mentions how it is too risky to have Dante rush in there and save Kat. Dante mentions how he knows that Lilith is carrying Mundus? child because some other demon told him about it. The level itself takes place in a night club, Lilith?s night club. I didn?t get to finish this level, but the world morphing turned it into a gauntlet of demons.

Controls:

Y / Triangle = Attack
B / Circle = Launcher attack
A / Cross = Jump
X / Square = Grappling attacks in angel and devil mode
[X / Square is also for shooting ebony and ivory, when not using angel or devil mode.]
R1 or L1 = Evade
Holding R2 = Devil Mode
Holding L2 = Angel Mode
R3 + L3 = Devil Trigger
DPad = I believe these were used for weapon swapping, which we didn't have access to. We only had Rebellion, Ebony and Ivory, Devil mode and Angel mode. (I vaguely remember some people saying there were some sort of issues with cannon if he had ebony and ivory, but he does call his guns that).

We had a cheat-sheet of sorts that listed the controls, and there was no lock-on. I suppose that could change in the future, since the game is still in development.

Devil Trigger:

Devil Trigger is used for some platforming things. Typing it out reminded me that on the fourth section, in the gauntlet area, there was a large gap with platforms spinning very quickly. Using Devil Trigger slows them down and allows you to use the angel mode grapple to move onto, and past them.

Devil Trigger lasted quite awhile. I don't know if this was because we were given a large DT meter and it would normally be smaller, or not. I never actually let to go from full to empty because it was really not necessary. It is incredibly easy mode. When you activated it, the enemies around you are thrown into the air, helpless, and everything slows down to a crawl. When you deactivate it, the enemies fall and remain helpless, on the ground, for a short while.

Difficulty:

The whole game seemed toned down, as far as difficulty goes. It was really easy to combo things until they were dead, or stay in the air indefinitely with the angel grapple. The environments were pretty bland, for the most part. Some of it was kind of neat, though. I recall an area on the pier/carnival stage that had a "haunted house" sort of thing, like you'd find at a carnival, with all sorts of cogs and whatnot that burst out of the walls and become a hazard. You take damage if you hit them, but they also pretty much killed enemies outright if you launched them into them. It really was not difficult at all. However, I would not be surprised if this was an easy setting or something because in the playtest you've got all sorts of people, including those with very little experience with these types of games.		2012-04-20 07:43:00

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Now, I never played the original Devil May Cries and have no interest in playing this game...

... but did anyone read about the leaked ending?

[spoiler=Something about this being an alternate timeline created by a time machine of trying to save reality, and then the original Dante coems at the end and Dante and Donte both must work together in the sequel?[/spoiler]

... O_o Yeah.

Anyway... I'm interested in reading what fans think of this game now. If nothing else, it's very fascinating to read the debates about this game.		2012-11-24 14:46:00

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RockSauron
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Now, I never played the original Devil May Cries and have no interest in playing this game...

... but did anyone read about the leaked ending?

Something about this being an alternate timeline created by a time machine of trying to save reality, and then the original Dante coems at the end and Dante and Donte both must work together in the sequel?

... O_o Yeah.

Anyway... I'm interested in reading what fans think of this game now. If nothing else, it's very fascinating to read the debates about this game.

It don't change my opinion much. For me this new game is still a bad game IMO. with a lame story with a ugly main character. I'm not a big fan of the series yet because i've not played many of the games yet but looking at this game and even ignoring everything i know from the other games + their characters.. Still does not make me like this new game. But I always have had a picky high standard of character design and story telling. but also i feel the gameplay on this new 1 is to slow. the old ones IMO had better faster gameplay from what little i remember. *mew

But it is nice to know this is a alternate timeline And that the old Dante is still alive.		2012-11-24 18:45:00

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Lord-Dreamerz
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The demo just released on PSN and Xbox live if anyone wants to give it a try.2012-11-24 19:04:00

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Rabid-Coot
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Now, I never played the original Devil May Cries and have no interest in playing this game...

... but did anyone read about the leaked ending?

Something about this being an alternate timeline created by a time machine of trying to save reality, and then the original Dante coems at the end and Dante and Donte both must work together in the sequel?

... O_o Yeah.

Anyway... I'm interested in reading what fans think of this game now. If nothing else, it's very fascinating to read the debates about this game.

Don't forget the time-machine runs of the tears off chuldren, and the Vergil T-rex... which they've already found evidence of in the demo files.		2012-11-26 00:19:00

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theswweet
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I played the demo out of curiosity (never really played the previous games). The gameplay feels very, VERY dated.2012-11-26 09:13:00

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Ali_Star
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As a fan of the previous game I tried the demo, it's good, it's even quite fun, but it's not up to the Devil May Cty standards.
Ali, what do you mean by dated?		2012-11-26 10:25:00

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OmegaSlayer
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As a fan of the previous game I tried the demo, it's good, it's even quite fun, but it's not up to the Devil May Cty standards.
Ali, what do you mean by dated?

The animations and combat just feel very "previous gen".... if you know what I mean. Although the graphics are slightly better, it does feel like a PS2 game.		2012-11-26 10:57:00

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Ali_Star
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This is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow all over again. LoS was a good adventure game, but it wasn't worthy of the heritage that came with the title. Not even close. This "DmC" is in the same boat. It'll probably be a good game (after all, it's Ninja Theory), but it'll never deserve the honor of carrying the Devil May Cry name.2012-11-26 11:03:00

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SnipySev
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The animations and combat just feel very "previous gen".... if you know what I mean. Although the graphics are slightly better, it does feel like a PS2 game.

The problem is that they cut half of the supposed animation movement to give a 60 frame per second feel, but...it's just gambling and you can feel it in the responsiveness of the combat, especially when you try to cancel a move.
The game also needed the lock on button.
Again...too bad because NT got much closer to the spirit of DmC than I would have supposed, still...they're missing by a long mile, and that's because they didn't listened to the fans.

If Capcom doesn't start to pay attention to the fans, it will be dead by the mid of next generation.		2012-11-26 12:24:00

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OmegaSlayer
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So it's free for plus tomorrow... Anyone gonna try it?2014-01-06 22:02:00

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RockSauron
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So it's free for plus tomorrow... Anyone gonna try it?

Soonish, it's been sitting on my hard drive for a few weeks now while other games take priority.		2014-01-06 22:05:00

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Rabid-Coot
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So thoughts...

Had to change the button layout, Square is the agreed upon light attack button in gaming.

New Dante is much less of an irritating **** when he speaks.

New Dante also doesn't use cutscenes to do cool things that I can't do anywhere near as much as his previous incarnation.

Dark hair is fine, white hair is fine. Spending most of the game looking like you have bird crap in your hair is not fine.		2014-02-02 00:03:00

Author:
Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728

New Dante is much less of an irritating **** when he speaks.

Wait, you don't think this Dante is an annoying guy you want to punch in the face? Huh.

Well, I'm currently at Chapter 16 of my second playthrough (out of 6 I'll need to do for the platinum). It's fun, can't really compare it to the old games, but I'm glad I played it, even if it was for free		2014-02-02 01:01:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882

Wait, you don't think this Dante is an annoying guy you want to punch in the face? Huh.


It's been along time since I played a classic entry in the series but as far as I remember he annoyed me more back then.		2014-02-02 01:57:00

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Rabid-Coot
Posts: 6728


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