It's a common fact in the gaming community that Capcom is in trouble. The publisher that created classics like 'Resident Evil' and 'Street Fighter' may not survive in the age of the eight generation consoles unless the leadership gets their act together. So how could Capcom save itself? How about actually listening to the fans!
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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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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.
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."
An Op-Ed that Capcom fans can agree with and the industry needs to take notes of. Listen to your fans.
Resident Evil 5 didn't have an 'ok' success. Resident Evil 5 is the highest selling Capcom game ever. That includes Street Fighter. That's definitely more than an 'ok' success.
There are a lot of people who think that they know what a company (or in this case, a game franchise) needs to be great again. The thing is, Resident Evil has a fanbase divided - the old vs the new, each with their own ideas on what would make it great. Some of them are valid, others are just stupid.
Capcom just hasn't decided which fan base it wants to cater to.
Why would you go back to the old style? Why would anyone want to play a game with static camera angles and tank controls (that didn't feature a tank)? It's fucking antiquated! The market has changed, gaming has changed. With more and more people entering the arena, you have to adapt or risk going under.
Capcom needs to decide where it wants to take the series and go with it. I'd personally be okay with a bit of a horror/action blend like in Dead Space 1 and 2. But it can't sit on the fence forever.
Edit: you also forgot about Resident Evil: Revelations - a game that a lot of traditionalists actually enjoyed.
I hope things turn around for Capcom, but it may be too late. They've made a lot of bad decisions and alienated a lot of fans in the process. The only way for them to start digging themselves out of the hole they're in is to deliver something great as soon as possible. I don't see it happening, but I hope I'm proven wrong.