Dante Steps Into the Demon World

Still looks cool. I'll give it a spin if it gets a PC .. port.

Devil May Cry 3 is one of my favorite games, so I’m kind of cold towards this reboot and the re-imagination of its characters.

Augh. It saddens me to see what's become of Devil May Cry.

The sole reason I plan on buying this is because of Ninja Theory. Game looks interesting.

Dante looks very realistic. Virgil doesn't quite match that quality; he's got some uncanny valley thing going on. His eyes are too sparkly, or something. He kind of creeps me out. Good thing he's a half demon; this freaky-factor actually works in his favor ;)

DmC looks more awesome every time they show it! Every. Time. Cannot wait.

Looks like this game will be starring Tony Redgrave and Gilver, hmmm.

@featurepreacher: I don't think you understand why Capcom handed this off. DMC was tanking after 3. Essentially the only love Dante was getting was from the hardcore fans and like alot of their franchises that wasn't enough to keep them afloat. Let them try something new and hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised. And I'm sure when those combo video dudes get their hands on it it'll make you feel right at home. Besides, it can't be any worse than 4 where you hardly even played as Dante>.>

I like what I've seen of this game.

Wait... Fred from Scooby-Doo is in this game?

@SimonM7 said:

But hey, he's generic attractive Dante now. Luckily fan feedback shoots down anything TOO interesting.

Let's just be happy he's not the shaved head gravelly voiced uber generic male protagonist. One step at a time.

@SpasticHeathen said:

@Cyrisaurus said:

I don't understand the bitching about this, it looks better than every other DMC game I've seen

You take any game that has a very distinct feel and completely overhaul it to the point where it's barely identifiable and see how any community takes it. No lock on, two dodge buttons, stance options, a dedicated launcher button, new slightly weird floaty enemy juggle physics, ridiculously simplified, horribly long aerial combos along with a lot of animations (Especially Rain Storm and the new Eryx gauntlets) that are ugly as sin and cumbersome and a major tone shift that tries to be edgy but just comes off throwing expletives recklessly for it.

You may as well take Unreal Tournament and make it into a Call of Duty game for how much of a gameplay departure it's taking.

@killacam said:

do DMC fans actually like 4? everything i've seen from this looks so so much better than that attempt.

More than you realize. There were lots of fun things you could do with Lucifer, Nero's summoned swords and some of the more interesting momentum quirks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4mbfq3GxLQ&feature=player_embedded#!

Just curious - how do you know this DmC reboot's combat is going to be so cumbersome and simplified? Have you actually played it? And I remember staying in the air a whole lot in DMC 3 and 4.

I do understand you concern, but to say it "is" rather than it "looks like it may be" means that you've already condemned a game that very few people have actually played. Shouldn't you give it a good chance first? At least make sure your suspicions are correct before announcing them as truth?

All will be forgiven if there are more lines like, "You got a jacked-up notion of fair play pal, and it's beginning to piss me off."

I'm now more interested in this DMC game than I've been with any of the past DMC games.

Well, got to say, I'm more interested in DMC than I've ever been.

@BraveToaster said:

I was not expecting Vergil to be in this.

You and me both!

I don't mind this new direction at all.

I heart me some ninja theory. They do good things. Hope this turns out for them.

Man, I came in here hoping to read page after page of incendiary hatespeak. Way to let me down yet a-fucking-agin, internet.

Oh, and I'm just as interested as I ever was for this game. Which is to say, very.

@Jumper: Good comparison.

It's a good thing this perverted crap is coming out early in the year. It should give Capcom enough time to make DMC 5 with a proper Dante and Virgil for the next generation of consoles and clean up the bad taste this game leaves from its poor sales. Plus it marks a month left until revengeance is released by P*.

Apparently im the only one who doesnt really care for this trailer, and really hated Virgil....

I really hope Virgil is played by Sam Witwer, It sounds like him.

This seems more like the cliff notes for the entire plot than a trailer.

This looks sweet.

I think this looks bangin'

Waaaaaaaait, wait, wait, you're telling me the narrative and characterization is in the GAME??? NOT across several volumes of extraneous manga and several episodes of anime?!?! This really IS a totally new Devil May Cry!

This looks sick.

Spoilers, Vergil is a double-agent of sorts; his objective isn't really to "destroy" the demons but to subjugate them and harness their power. This manifests in a moment of crisis; Dante is helpless and in dire peril and Vergil is his only hope, if it were not for the fact that Vergil's objective is the other way. Vergil attempts to convince Dante to embrace his "path of the demon" in exchange for his help but, disgusted by the demons he is harried by constantly, Dante refuses, prizing his "humanity." This close to the end of the game and causes an irreparable rift between Dante and Vergil that fuels a rivalry that will span DMC3 and 1.

Someone once accused me of writing "videogame-ass videogame" story predictions. It's not my fault Cliche is Cliche because it's fun to watch (if predictable).

I like this a lot! I'm gonna play it no matter what!

I like this very much.

Nope.

Really liking the characterization and tension.

I just really keep getting the feeling it's going to be a prequel. I'm not up and up on the lore if anything was given in that trailer to signify this definitely past the prior games but to me both Virgil and Dante both look like young versions/sound like it too. Both Dante and Vergil seem like they're at the point where about to fight something and maybe this is when Vergil sides differently and Dante the opposite.

This is actually starting to look pretty good. New Dante has grown on me and I like the new interpretation of the DMC universe.

I like Old DMC. And I am also interested in this one. That is all.

Looks to me like Capcom's trust in Ninja Theory is paying off.

@Junpei: @Packie: CAPCOM are still developing the combat for the game, Ninja Theory are only handling the story. The 30 frames console versions is an unfortunate circumstance no doubt about it, but any other such negatives that comes out of the gameplay will be all on CAPCOM.

This is the first DMC game I would actually think about buying. Finally a DMC game where a player can understand the characters motivations and why they would follow a particular route/narrative through the plot. I never really cared for the past Japanese overly melodramatic over the top stories...they left me dissatisfied and annoyed.

The opening reminds me of John Carpenter's They Live.

@Packie said:

@HerbieBug said:

I'm no DMC fan and have no stake in the yay or nay for new design argument, but it still perplexes me. It is different, yes, but why? To what end? Is this done with the intent to drum up sales from a new audience? What new audience would that be? How does this design hypothetically appeal to a new audience that the old design did not? Seems to me both old and new designs appeal to exactly the same demo (video game fans on the younger end of the spectrum).

I know enough about marketing to understand that you don't just make drastic changes like this to a proven sales commodity for random funsies. What is the thinking here?

Capcom wants to appeal to the hypothetical "larger western audience" that will buy their game when really they already have a large enough audience on both Japan and The West so they brought in Ninja Theory. I mean DMC4 was the best selling game in the series and one of Capcom's biggest money makers. Honestly, as a DMC fan, I like the idea of this reboot, both in terms of aesthetics and story it looks very original for the franchise except the whole origin story. In that front, Ninja Theory have done a great job and I get why Capcom brought them in for that reason.

My main concern however is why Capcom decided to give this franchise that is famous for its fast-paced, highly technical combat system to a developer that have never designed a decent combat system in their previous games. That is what most fans are upset about.

Well, and there is the whole change from 60 FPS to 30 FPS because of the engine's limitations on console but that will hopefully be remedied in the PC version. If the PC port didn't suck that is...

While DMC 4 may have been a best seller (most likely due to a new console jump and great visuals at the time) it was also widely panned for making the player fight every boss and run through every area 3 times and a lot of people who bought didn't really have a lot of great things to say. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed DMC 4 and actually liked playing as Nero, but they needed to make a change in some way cause if DMC 5 would be the same quality as DMC 4 there would be no more DMCs afterward.

I love Ninja Theory for their writing and production values. I've been on board with the change since day one and always new it would come down to the combat system. Ninja Theory is known for being very animation and tech heavy and not for speed and fluidity in combat and combo systems. If they could find a happy medium for the combat and add in the writing and story hooks they are known for this game will be amazing. Combat trailers thus far make it look like they have and I can't wait personally.

The game industry needs more big shake ups. These kind of things breathe life back into franchises that need new ideas and if they still play well (and sell well) but don't click you can always revert back to the "original" timeline. I'd rather shake up a series before it gets stale than wait too long and have it die out completely (CoD comes to mind as getting closer to this edge every year).

I have no interest in DMC but after watching this trailer I'm sold. Vergil's line delivery is amazing.

So it's They Live with demons instead of aliens? At least it isnt Black Hawk Down or Apocalypse Now we have enough of those.

Although it would be pretty funny to see Dante take on Vietnamese soldiers with demonic powers as fortunate son plays in the background... Somebody make that game!

This is a day 1 purchase for me. I am more and more impressed by everything this game is doing and really wish it were coming out sooner!

I never really played DMC, but I'll probably jump in for this. The redesigns look great, and it looks just a little less ridiculous. Not that I'm against ridiculous, but for some reason DMC's brand of ridiculous never struck me as very interesting.

@Yummylee said:

@DiGiTaL_SiN said:

should've put up a spoiler warning on that trailer.

...You're being sarcastic right?? Even CAPCOM have publicly announced that Vergil's in the game; if you are really that sensitive about such 'spoilers', then it's your own fault for choosing to watch any of the trailers. Especially when it comes to anything CAPCOM's involved in, as they often just love to lay out a games entire narrative across all of the trailers.

Dude, i'm not that into DMC and I don't think I know who Vergil even is, I was just really interested in the new direction they're taking the DMC series. But after watching the trailer, I think it was full of major plot spoilers. That's all.

I like the new aesthetics, it gives some new blood to a series that felt stagnant for years now; but I can see the concern of the fans with the gameplay.

If anything, a demo is required for me to take the jump.

Never cared for the DMC games but this one has got my attention somewhat.

I've always been a fan of Ninja Theory games since Heavenly Sword, their sense of great aesthetics is impeccable. And having never played or really paid attention to any of the other Devil May Cry games, I have no problem with the new character design. So I'm looking forward to this.

Would rather play as Roddy Piper.

Speaking as someone who just sort of stopped playing DMC3 a couple of hours in, this game looks pretty fucking sick.

I've never been more conflicted.

The gameplay looks amazing, but I absolutely hate Dante's new look and voice. Also, everybody's mouth looks really weird in this video.