Motohide Eshiro and Hideaki Itsuno have said the team at Capcom Japan were well prepared for how fans would react when Ninja Theory’s Devil May Cry was first announced.
The producer and director at Capcom, respectively, said the firm and Ninja Theory stand 100% behind the new entry in the DmC series.
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Thats why you guys are known not to give a crap about your fans...because you go against what we want as a consumer.
"original style may return in future"
When the new one HOPEFULLY fails...they'll make DMC5 tie up loose ends and NT will go crying back to Sony and make HS2 if it's not all ready being developed....WIN/WIN :D
Not being funny, but I understand the hate, but lots of people have been wrong before about a game. Many people think DmC wont sell.
What if it does sell (and doesn't fail) and it's actually good?
This is what people fail to answer.
WHAT IF it sells and WHAT IF it's actually good? Sure it might not be the DmC you know and love (when is a remake ever that) but WHAT IF it's good.
It could be good...but it won't be DMC we all know and love.
To answer your remake question Kran, Resident Evil Remake......
Very few were interested in it, and even now that remains to be true when measured against the majority. And no one was scared or nervous, we were angry. You don't change iconic characters and designs. The very definition of iconic resists change from a thematic perspective.
You're 100% behind the new direction, then I hope you'll be 100% behind its failure. And if the original style was going to return in the future, what then is the point in this? You see Capcom, you can't be trusted. Nothing you say can be trusted. That's your reputation this generation.
Hopefully DmC will bomb.
Thank god for PG for giving us Bayonetta and Vigil for giving us Darksiders (not forgetting GoW).
I just love how Crapcom assume they were expecting the backlash due to nervousness and fear. Just shows that even after over a year of complaints, they still fail to acknowledge the truth behind the complaints.
The game being announced in Sept 2010 and having a release date for q1 2013 probably means its been in development for at least a minimum of 2.5years. They also expect to sell 2million copies my 31st March 2013. Taking into consideration the budget for the game, development time, expensive tech NT like to use which Capcom doesn't and the marketing they will need to sell the game to a new audience, what are the chances Crapcom will get their 2million sales or make enough money to to make the whole ordeal worth it?!
This is exactly the point, did Nintendo change Mario? No because they didn't need too. Can anyone picture a redesigned Mario in one of his iconic Platforming games and be ok with it? No because it wouldn't feel right and this is exactly how changing Dante feels... it feels like this game isn't going to be Devil May Cry without the true iconic Dante!
Why should I bother playing a sub par immitation of an action game with hints of Heavenly Sword? Why should I just accept whatever trash a company decides to put out? Why don't you roll over and let Capcom stamp on the other side of your face too?
Halo, Gears, Uncharted, Mario, Zelda, Killzone and countless other big franchises have. Especially where the franchise is built on a character which has become a synonymous with the brand?!
To date, I have played 2 Ninja Theory games: HD and Enslaved and they both have the exact same faults:
1) great story but average gameplay
2) over selling and under delivering
3) look great, but don't play as great
4) don't excel in any particular gameplay mechanic*
* the platforming is average, the combat is average, the shooting elements (HS) are average. Unlike a game like Darksiders which borrows from Devil May Cry, God of War and others, the game excels at the combat mechanics and gameplay as well as doing a pretty good job at platforming and shooting.
There were options that would have been better and safer than rebooting the franchise with risky developers who have a bad attitude. They could have gone to Vigil, Platinum Games, Rocksteady, Mercurysteam, Valhalla Studios or just made it themselves by learning from mistakes they made it the last one.
From the options they had, in my opinion, they went with the worst.
The new Dante... I don't like his look.
So, see you in the future, Capcom...