Before, during, and after DmC Devil May Cry from Ninja Theory launched – a reboot of the series with an overhauled Dante – there was a lot of hate coming from the gaming community. Despite good critical reception, DmC failed to be a big blockbuster for Capcom, though they did report it had “solid sales.” - PSLS
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
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Dmc.
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God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
Huzaifah from eXputer: "Devil May Cry 5, the latest iteration in the iconic DMC franchise by Capcom, still holds its own as a fantastic hack-and-slash in 2024."
NVIDIA continues to add games to GeForce NOW. This week, Devil May Cry 5, Gears Tactics, and The Crew Motorfest lead the charge.
Don't Mess With Dante's Looks, the Game will Fail in becoming Blockbuster, even if you bust it with Giant Swords.
One little problem though Tameem...you bloody deserved all the hate you got. You consistently seeked out new ways to p*** off the DMC fanbase whether it was being so arrogant about your horrible direction you took the series, the ways you called the old fans, the way you criticized the old combat when yours is worse, not to mention calling the series creator and old Dantes design in general.
"Despite good critical reception"
Don't care what anyone says, I still believe most of the big sites which are thought of making difference, were paid off in some way whether it was by money, free goodies or future exclusive news on new products.
You don't say nothing for two years while we all voice our opinion on the game then the month before it launches just suddenly start to defend the game. If the game has inferior stuff compared to the last game then it shouldn't be getting good reviews...it's illogical. Lets not forget the reviews all seemed to be selling you the game rather then actually reviewing it and they all felt like they were saying the same things in the article like they had guidelines or a list of things to say
I'm starting to think this is exploding beyond the confines of the original situation caused by Marcus Beer. Game Trailers had a chance to apologize but all they did was write a piece about CliffyB's response and said "CliffyB is just seeking attention. He didn't make a good argument".
For years, game journalists (especially the US journalists) have become increasingly deluded and self-important to the point where people like Marcus Beer believe developers OWE THEM quotes whenever they ask for them or else you'll be pulled apart on our public show. TMZ-quality journalism.
And as developers continue to find ways to circumvent journalists and go directly to the fans (Kickstarter, various indie games and "grassroots" hits like Demon's Soul) the less important journalists become, and over the past few months, journalists (mostly in the US) have been repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot trying to defend Microsoft's actions, and now that the common gamer isn't running to them for advice anymor? Well, ya gotta get those clicks SOMEhow. If you can't get them by journalism, try fabricating some controversy. We get mad at game devs when they call gamers entitled. Why don't we give journalists the same hate? They called us entitled when gamers reacted negatively to the Xbox One DRM.
I'm sure they can, but there is a big difference between them and Fish.
Fish created a game that people loved. He could have been walking on air if only he didn't come off as a whiny douche. He could have completely avoided everything that happened. Instead he chose to be out there doing and saying what transpired.
Ninja Theory got blasted for changing a classic franchise. A mistake that couldn't be reversed unless they canceled the game and started over.
At the very least he has a thicker skin. Still made the mistake of arrogance and only doubled down. Let his attitude directly effect what he made.
Then again Fish had an original project.