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Subject: Are you going to buy the new Devil may Cry?

Poll: Are you going to buy the new Devil may Cry?  [closed]
Yes:  14%
(1 Votes)
No:  86%
(6 Votes)
Maybe:  0%
(0 Votes)
Total Votes: 7

Without a doubt, this is probably one of the most controversial reboots in the japanese gaming industry. Handing a japanese franchise to a developer in the United Kingdom, a game with largely distinct japanese influences in both story, music, mythology, and gameplay, and expecting a western reboot to sell millions of copies is a risky move.

SETTING:
Essentially they threw away the entire plot of the entire series and are starting fresh. Instead of Dante and his twin brother vergil being the sons of a Demon and a Human, they are now the sons of a Demon and an Angel. Dante and Vergil now look distinctly british, and the game now has real-world "issues" with it, with Dante becoming a member of a group that is much like the "Anonymous" group of 4chan.

Now, the game's atmosphere is a ripoff of "They live!" and may as well be called "they live the videogame". The idea of this reboot is that the business people and people of high power can be demons, and these "demons" control our marketing, media, and brainwash the public. Dante and Vergil team up to defeat the demon king, with bossfights like a giant worm that is called a succubus (?), a Fox News broadcaster (not joking), and some other fights.

CHARACTERS:

Instead of Dante being a badass, Dante was revealed as a twilight emohead that smokes cigarettes. Dante stopped using cigarettes in recent marketing, so it's likely that might no longer be part of his character, but he is still emo to the point where he sticks fingers into a wound in his chest, calls his handguns his "girls" (in the original series he calls his guns his "boys"), and the design is much more feminine in contrast to their masculine appearances in the original. Oh and Dante no longer has white hair unless he activates devil trigger.

Vergil is no longer a badass and is instead the head of the order and dante's loving brother who seeks his help to defeat the demon king.

Other characters exist but nobody gives a **** about them.

GAMEPLAY:

The game is now for casual players. It's easy as hell for even babies to combo now. It's 30fps gameplay whereas the original was 60fps. The gameplay is no longer as difficult, challenging, rewarding, or hardcore as the original.

Capcom is betting on the casual audience with this game probably. So Dante still has a devil trigger, but instead of becoming a demon/devil, he becomes white hair dante. Yay? Only, his devil trigger is now pretty much completely useless and there's no point in ever activating it. Yay.

Oh and if Vergil's trailer is anything to go by, he doesn't even have a devil trigger and uses his DT gauge for special attacks.

UNLOCKABLES:

Unlockabes? What's that? We have DLC!

Paid DLC! A dlc costume pack and a vergil story are confirmed as paid DLC unless you preorder. In the original series, it was possible to unlock costumes and characters but it appears Ninja Theory's version just has you pay money to get them.

DEMO:

there's a demo of this piece of crap on xbl/psn. go enjoy.

i'm not buying this game. are you? Why?

  • 12.30.2012 7:10 PM PDT
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No, I never cared for the series.

  • 12.30.2012 7:10 PM PDT

Posted by: jjboy84

Posted by: ST0NE COLD
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why a murder train?Well, The Blues revolve around trains, and I'm trying to be Blues-y about it.
I think a t-rex sounds better, I mean Murder T-rex. just think about it.
This made my day.

No, because DMC games have always been horrible.

  • 12.30.2012 7:10 PM PDT
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Posted by: Zombie Governor
a Fox News broadcaster

I was getting the game anyway, now I want it even more.

  • 12.30.2012 7:12 PM PDT


Posted by: Zanir

Posted by: Zombie Governor
a Fox News broadcaster

I was getting the game anyway, now I want it even more.


your dmc3 coup makes me think you're pulling my leg. you can't possibly like the new game as much as dmc3.

  • 12.30.2012 7:18 PM PDT

No, it looks like a shallow action game and I refuse to support it. The actual gameplay is inferior to 3 and 4 in almost every way besides accessibility. And the only reason why is because DmC is dumbed down so anyone can do long combos without any effort.

I waited almost an hour in line at Comic-Con to play this thing by the way. I regret wasting my friend's time.

[Edited on 12.30.2012 7:19 PM PST]

  • 12.30.2012 7:18 PM PDT