Destructoid - Ninja Theory talks overhauls and backlash.
DmC: Devil May Cry has been controversial to say the least. Ever since Capcom announced a new game, developed by Ninja Theory and starring a redesigned Dante, fans have been furious, declaring this a grand travesty of the highest order.
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
Former Hellblade director and Ninja Theory co-founder has offered an explanation regarding his departure from the now Microsoft-owned studio.
It is a good studio.. i really enjoyed their dmc game that i platinumed it.
I did not try hellblade, because it doesnt tell me much.. Enslaved was very mehhh
Heavenly Sword was good not great. Amazing graphics back in the day but so repetitive and not so engaging in the long run.
"Microsoft" we all read between the lines. We have seen the exact same thing happen with many of their other acquisitions
One thing that pleasantly surprised me, was the Switch port, as back then it was my only console. The graphics were amazing and the artistic design helped a lot to enhance the visuals.I took some really impressive screen shots while playing which I still revisit them from time to time to remind me what a capable developer (QLOC) can achieve with weaker hardware.
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."
Oh look, another DmC article by the biased fat ass.
"finessing":
Stop making him smoke
Give him white hair and red jacket transformation
Give him a patch of white hair
Making him act like Dante
Yes, they have "finessed" him alright.
And it's funny how Ninja theory thinks they need to explain a gameplay part of DMC where doors are sealed off. THAT IS GAMEPLAY. If your going to try to look for a reason behind why a door is sealed off when demons appear during gameplay sessions, then how about finding a reason for why your version of Dante has a "Devil trigger" and notice " " where he has white hair and RED JACKET.
Explain that mother fuckers. Oh yeah - Sales...
Also take great note of how they say that their version of Dante may act like this, and look like this, but that "in end he may change". And MANY DmC supporters keep saying "at end DAnte will become the Dante we KNOW AND LOVE".
The Dante i know and love was disrespected by Tameem Antoniades. The Dante i know and love is apparently no longer cool according to Tameem Antoniades.
So how does Ninja theory's Dante act and look more like Dante make him Dante? Because clearly Ninja theory doesn't like the character Dante, and just loved that Capcom gave them the chance to corrupt it with their own bullshit.