Forbes - Did fans of Devil May Cry destroy the brand by not buying the reboot?
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."
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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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.
"Are Fans To Blame For Lower Than Expected 'DmC' Sales?"
Maybe, are Capcom and NT to blame for alienating the core fanbase in an attempt to appeal to the lowest common denominator? They sure are.
Many things are to blame:
1) Alienation of a good portion of the pre-existing DMC fanbase.
2) General ill sentiments towards Capcom
3) Selling a game in January(when people JUST spent all their cash during the holiday rush and/or are still playing games they bought last year)
4) People saving up for Ascension/MGS: Rising
5) Newer gamers don't know of the franchise so they completely ignored it
6) Demo was just...okay. Fun, but not groundbreaking. The people interested in it are waiting for a price drop.
I say yes because too many people still go by that old saying of "Judging a book by its cover!" The game came out great, but yet the fans were a bit harsh towards the change. I get it, gamers are scared of change, but at times you should not be afraid. DMC Came out on top with great camera angles and awesome fight mechanics. The dialogue was a lot better than the old versions as well. I enjoyed it.
Bad enough NT was being Android 17 arrogant and ignoring complaints, rebooting the series when there was nothing wrong with it was just stupid.
Maybe we are, maybe we aren't. For once i'm proud that People voted with their wallets. People need to call these things out more often.
Even if they don't make a true DMC (not DmC) game, it's a necessary sacrifice. We all knew they would be playing the blame game after this.