So I've had this grip for quite sometime now. Ever since the original CG trailer was released I've seen an abundance of hate going towards the game, most of which spawns from something so minuscule; hair.

Before I start my rant, just take a look at some of the screenshots and the E3 2011 trailer:





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Tell me that doesn't look badass..

I understand the argument that this isn't the original Devil May Cry that fans have come to adore over the years, nor is it being made by Capcom, the original developers of the franchise, but how can so many people be blatantly disregarding how awesome this game looks? If the game had stayed the same, I'm sure we'd see people complaining the fact that its "just another Devil May Cry game", and now that they try and portray it in a different light, people complain that it's not the same..

In a time where we are constantly surrounded by re-boots and re-imaginings, why are people so afraid of change? (This doesn't mean I'm for everything being "re-imagined", but I can safely say that The Dark Knight was epic) The gameplay looks fantastic (even in such an early state), the visuals are mind-bending, and it's being developed by Ninja Theory, an amazing western developer.

Hopefully I'll find that I'm "preaching to the choir" on this, but let's see what everyone has to say..

FIGHT!

This is sweet. Anarchy in game franchises, if you're gonna ressurect a game then you're more than allowed to fuck it up. Doesn't mean making it worse just changing the conventions of what we are used to. It's like a new ip but with familiar elements.

Looks better than those older DMC games. Those were so asian twilight.

I've always really liked the new look of him. Excited to play this.


finally someone i can cosplay as!

Good god, Gamers are so damn whiny. I think it looks amazing. Ninja Theory is one of my favorite developers and if there is something they know how to do, is make bad ass 3rd Person action games with great Narratives and set pieces. I like reading the comments and seeing a bunch of kids complain about it being on the Unreal Engine. -__-

as long as it's fun to play I don't really care about the changes

Ouch.

Not only has the atmosphere been ruined (which will have a negative impact on the storytelling and the story itself), but the graphics don't even stack up to DmC 4.

Sad.

Also the new Dante looks ridiculous. Really lost most of his style through the new character design. I bet they're going to make his personality akin to that of a 'rebellious youth' which will be fucking annoying too.

At least the gameplay looks pretty fun, but due to the reasons above it is hard to consider this as part of the DmC series.

I'm going to have to join the masses on this one. I'm a huge fan of the DMC series, and honestly wouldn't have minded "just another devil may cry game". It looks like a decent game, I'll give it that, but it doesn't seem like it fits. Who knows, I might be wrong, too early to tell honestly, but this new look/attitude he's got just doesn't do it for me.

Looks pretty awesome. Ninja Theory's Enslaved was one of my favourite games in 2010, can't wait to see this one. Graphics are already looking pretty nice.

I own all of the DMC games, and I welcome the change. I enjoy the vibrancy, and changes to the look of Dante. The only thing I'm scared of is gameplay not feeling like DMC.

i like it. I fail to see a real issue;
If dante isn't the cocky, confident bastard he's always been, then I'll have a problem.
Because that's what dante is.
Most people just seem to be upset because their sexy wee-aboo man-crush doesn't have flowing white locks anymore.
In the video when he goes into devil mode, his hair turns white. Leads me to believe he dyes his hair black or something to hide the demonic heritage, which will probably factor into the story.
M'Fuckers need to calm down and just see how it plays out before 'boycotting' it.
Christ.

I personally like the new art style, plus hasn't DVC always been more about crazy over the top game play.

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Never liked DMC. Original Dante was a giant ham, and the narrative was utterly asinine. This character looks like he has a PERSONALITY. And Ninja Theory knows how to give characters a soul, and how to tell a story.

If it wasn't a DMC reboot, but it was still exactly the same, would you still hate it?
Probably not. So enjoy the game. It's a glorified version of our Brawl contest in a complete game form.

Reasons I don't like this DMC as of now:

-The lead of Ninja Theory has essentially replaced Dante with himself (look up on google a picture of him).
-Dantes design doesn't suit him. in DMC1, he wore proper, DMC2 he wore proper, DMC3, he looked like what he should be doing and in DMC4, middle age crisis design...this one doesn't fit.
-DMC3 had rebellious youth agenda too, but with the pictures of him being bruised and in prison, I can already see the Twilight Badass attitude everyone wants.
-Monster designs don't help, the first couple were OK, the next looked to Evangelion lacking form and the last one was too "Hey, lets attach spheres and teapots and call it a day".
-The gameplay doesn't look anything off the bat new, and looks solid, but I already see the tired old formula of dodge, wait, expose core, attack.
-The emo'ness of the blood writing on walls sounding like something out of a teenagers diary is heinous, alongside the music.
-Graphics aren't important, but DMC4 ran VERY WELL on my old laptop of 3/4 years ago, so why they toned down stuff doesn't make sense.
-That city is of the same city of DMC2...brings back only bad memories.

No offense to anyone who worked on this game, and I wish the guys the best, but Team Ninja should do their own IP, and not keep on sexualizing all the and everything they touch.

I like how you can hit more of the monsters around you that just one or 2. I like DMC4 even tho it wasn't a really DMC directly. My fav is 3. This one looks promising! like inception universe meets DMC haha

am I the only getting a Harry Potter vibe from this design?

not much to say about the gameplay, looks alright so far put to early to say.

Let me just say, yes it does look pretty awesome, but point out one major design flaw so many game developers have made.
If you want to appeal to a wider audience by reinventing a game, do so with half a brain.
now, so many fans of DMC have come to love Dante as he was, our white haired, punked out, bad ass.
then consider the new people, experiencing DMC for the first time, sure its great, no reason to hate it.
do you see the problem here? the original audience is lost! And the new audience is none the wiser as to why.

let me shed some clearer light on this, (note all of this is for examples sake, dont take the names seriously.)
lets take mario, someone wants to reinvent mario for a wider audience.
changing mario would upset the original fans. Where new fans would be none the wiser.
Lets fix this by making, Luigi, a new twist on mario, while not defiling mario himself.
The new fans would be none the wiser. Where the old fans, at least know the character they fell in love with is same old same old.

TL;DR?
If you want to reinvent a series, do so with new characters, changing a main character is always going to have someone upset.
Changing the games focus from one character to another may upset some people, but nowhere near as much as if the main character is change.

The new spyro game, why do people hate the looks of it? because spyro looks angry and evil. However if it wasn't spyro, it would be accepted for its gameplay and general design.
Crash Bandicoot when he couldn't spin and had a high pitch voice, if it wasn't Crash Bandicoot it may have been judged on how it played rather than how a silent protagonist became a high pitch disgrace.
Theres a huge list, but I think my point is clear enough.
We don't hate the game because his hair is wemo and he looks scrawny as hell. We hate it because its DANTE with the wemo hair and the srawniness.

i think the new aesthetic direction is a good one! plus they will probably throw in some silly powerup ultra super mode where u have long white hair :o or an unlockable dane or soemthing of the sort.. but yea its nice to see dmc go in a new direction without hopefully changing the core gameplay too much ofcourse!

Originally Posted by HonkyPunch

Most people just seem to be upset because their sexy wee-aboo man-crush doesn't have flowing white locks anymore.

Pointless generalizations like that make you seem rather childish. Grow up and learn to respect that others have different opinions than yourself.

Originally Posted by RexM

Pointless generalizations like that make you seem rather childish. Grow up and learn to respect that others have different opinions than yourself.

sorry rexM, I think what he meant to say is that people are upset because he's forced to wear a shirt and you can't ogle his nipples anymore.



Damn that was one serious outfit there. Not emo or angsty or man-whorey at all.

i would be interested in hearing what makes the new look 'ridiculous' but the old look ^ so good.

the HAIRCUT, replace it with long white hair = problem solved
also the most important part : his personality, cocky cheesy bastard.

it look amnazing tho, maybe will be in my shopping list.

I didn't even know they were working on a new one. Looks great.

i hate this DMC, the character is totally ridiculous, a fucking teenager brat? retard game.

i really hated the changes in the beginning but now i just care about the gameplay and story, and if they can nail these two, i really don't care that dante has changed, although i agree that they could have just started a new ip, but oh well.