DMC might be a reboot of Devil May Cry, but Capcom removed everything that the series was known for. Fans of the series will find a game that is missing everything that they fell in love with.
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.
Best to good for me: 3, reboot, 1, 5
2 and 4 are trash, didnt like any of them.
5 has very good gameplay variety but i hated the foes.. it is just insects the whole time. Reboot has the best foes for me
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
This right here is my order as I thought DMC 5 was amazing and obviously 3 comes after 4 was great and 1 for the nastilgic value it holds 2 was so terrible that my local GameStop gave full refunds to people who returned it.
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It was rebooted. Give this new series thing a chance. Jeez...
Clearly, we've been pointing this out the whole time. It was given to a dev with a very VERY mediocre games under their belt with poor sales to boot. Ninja Theory's ego is large and they insult everyone and everything that has an opinion that isn't in their favor. Look at the way they treated criticism for this game, they insulted everyone who pointed out the flaws. They insult Japanese developers and the creator. I was happy to see the sales of this game tank right away, only shows that the reviewers were only giving it a good score when everyone else hates it.
Jesus flippin' Christ...
So many iterations of Call of Duty come out year after year, and people get annoyed with the fact that it "hasn't changed" with each game, and that the "formula is too much the same".
Then we have a reboot, like DMC, where a developer wants to create their -own- take on the series, and what happens? "Too much change".
Make up your mind people, because had I worked for Ninja Theory, I'd be damned confused as to what I can't change and what I should change. It's unbelievable that this game can't get even the -chance- to do its own thing.
I am diehard Splinter Cell fan, loved the original trilogy (the first, Pandora Tomorrow, and Chaos Theory) and while I dislike the action-y approach taken with each new iteration, I still can appreciate a change in direction.
Compare Splinter Cell: Blacklists drastic changes in pace and overall genre (stealth being a supposed "nuisance", a boring activity that makes for a "dead experience", as said by the game's lead designer, a little sentiment I strongly disagree with) to Pandora Tomorrow, and then you have a realistic "issue" to contend with.
But DMC is still very much DMC. The aesthetic has changed, but the core gameplay mechanics are still in use, and haven't been relegated to an "action button" as is the case with Splinter Cell. it's considered a "reboot".
It's as if people walked into the "Amazing Spider Man", and became upset that Tobey Maguire wasn't Peter Parker.
What? An article in which the gaming media actually AGREES with DMC fans?
Is this real life?