What We Want From DmC: Devil May Cry

NowGamer evaluates Capcom and Ninja Theory's newly revealed TGS trailer and looks back at the series history and lore to determine what we could encounter in this new prequel - "Now that Capcom has blown the lid off DmC, a prequel to Capcom’s original Devil May Cry series, we thought we’d rundown what we’d like to see from developer Ninja Theory based on what we know so far."

[Otheros00]

1. the old dante
2. get Hideki Kamiya to direct the game
3. use art style from dmc4 or dmc3
4. make his sword stay a sword (DANTE'S SWORD DOES NOT MORPH!!! EVER!!!)
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[fastrez]

Kamiya at the helm would be a great move. Still such a great creative force in the industry after so many years.

[unrealgamer58]

Get this man a hot dog!

[Varodor]

amount of emofobia is begin to scary my

[Reibooi]

This article is retarded.

It's taking storyline from the previous games into account when this is supposed to be a reboot. Who says Dante will ever have the Devil May Cry shop?

Who says that Vergil is still even in the games story line or part of the mythos?

Everything else is so changed and horrible they probably threw out all the good parts of the original story and made up a new one.

I Still don't like it. This will have to be VERY different from the impression we have gotten of it so far for me to even give it a chance. What they have shown as done nothing but turn fans of the series off completely which considering Capcom was trying to help it reach more people seems pointless.

Even if this game does appeal more to a western audience it doesn't appeal to both fans of the series and Japanese fans in particular so they are more then likely gonna LOOSE sales.

This is all without taking game play into account either. It needs to still feel like DMC. If the game plays like Heavenly Sword or Enslaved with a new skin fans of the franchise are going to hate it.

[Godmars290]

But he picks up different weapons. If this "a Dante" and not "the Dante" it makes sense that he'd have a different weapon with different abilities.

What I'm wondering is if he'll be able to use the environment, chuck cars and such.

[Eamon]

bring back old Dante and REBELLION

[bustamove]

Amen.

I want the old Dante back, not some emo kid on meth.

[vgcgames]

total agree with you guys. it's time for DMC to become good again. no more lame camera angle either

[Baka-akaB]

What i want is impossible , that capcom loan or sell the property to platinum games .

[disparage]

Hell yeah.

[fastrez]

Would you guys think it's fair to say that Bayonetta essentially is Devil May Cry 5 if it were made by Platinum. Assumedly they can't use any of Capcom's assets (Dante, the game world etc), so in some ways Bayonetta is their own take on the series.

I agree with you though totally. Bubble up!

[Eamon]

yeah, it's sad to say this but Bayonetta is the true Devil May Cry 5 and not this bullshit.

PLEASE GIVE THIS FRANCHISE TO PLATINUM!

[StarScream4Ever]

Ninja Theory would be wise if they change Dante back to his real younger self ala DMC3. Works for another well known developer... *Looking at Sucker Punch*

[JsonHenry]

I'd like it to be an open world action RPG. (heavy on the action)

But that is just my opinion.

[Baka-akaB]

nah i think dmc would benefit from being open actually . The whole manor corridor thing was due to hardware limitations , now if jap devs get on with the program they can certainly do better .

DMC4 was only a hd ps2 game , and a gameplay that wasnt even as good .

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

That corridor feel is what I actually like about the game, it gives you this creepy feeling.

All they really need to do is continue the story from DMC3 with all the same characters and just update the graphics.

But nooooooooo they have to reboot a franchise that didn't need a reboot.

[disparage]

If I see this kid's emo mug one more time....

[TheHater]

Don't call this crap Devil May Cry. This crap is a insult to the series and it fans

[Information Minister]

Amen to that! That is exactly how I feel: insulted!

[Fishy Fingers]

I want a good game. I dont care if they change this, that or the other. If it's good I'll get it.

[alphakennybody]

They wanted a younger dante meaning younger than dmc3 also meaning no devil's trigger?! GTFO!?! is a dante with long silver haid too much to ask for ninja theory?

[Longsama]

maybe devil trigger will b the glowy aura thing from the first game

[TheMutator]

what we want is the damn old Dante that's all, we need to do some hardcore blogs on capcom.com

[frelyler]

What they hell they are talking about. His guns were from his father, as well as his sword, in DMC 3 Dante had not awoken his true powers yet, but he still had white hair. From DMC 1 we know that Sparda had a human wife, therefore Dante was born on earth. Dante fights demons because he can and he's the best around at it, good old dad fought them so obviously son is going to follow suit and Mundus a demon killed his mother which is another reason he fights them. If you don't know your shit then don't write an article, it is clear the author has never played a DMC game before and if he did it was not 1 or 3. What a moron.

[Longsama]

and I could be wrong but I don't remember anyone saying Sparda was dead

[Baka-akaB]

According to the DMC1 Sparda stayed in the human world to preserve harmony until his death ( DMC scene 1) but, It never said how he died . Plus when you bring the supernatural in , it's easy to have him back with a cheesy plotline

[disparage]

The article brings up a lot of good points....but I don't like the fact they could possibly be removing certain aspects that make the game the game what it is.

[RealDante]

1. The One and only true Grey/White haired Dante
2. Hideki Kayima over seeing the development
3. Virgil
4. Story about his time in hell/Continuation of Devil May Cry 2
5. Rebellion in its true form, not this prototype-esque shapeshifting Rebellion
6. No Smoking, that just doesnt fit into the realm of this game at all...

Dont get me wrong but the trailer looks good but they need to put the old Dante back in. make it a continuation not an origin/reboot story. Devil May Cry 3 was basically an Origin story we dont need another one. Get on your job Ninja Theory, do this franchise right not give the fans this B.S. especially with fans waiting almost 3 yrs for this game to come out. Dump the reboot!!!!

[RealDante]

Why the Disagree??? The rumor of this story is based in purgatory... If based there why not continue from DMC 2 instead of the Reboot. The Reboot makes this dude just looks ridiculous... I can just say that I wasnt expecting a reboot from Ninja Theory when I heard bout them taking over for Capcom...

[Eamon]

lol, you made a new account called RealDante.

You know, if you did that in the Capcom forums then maybe you'd have had an impact but making it here on N4G really does nothing.

[bobdog626]

A Eye Patch would be nice also.Torn uniform and Age a little thats it

[TheMutator]

everybody talks about the new pile of shit Dante , but nobody talk about the music , is horrible as hell dammit

[RealDante]

*Dont get me wrong but the trailer looks good but they need to put the old Dante back in. make it a continuation not an origin/reboot story. Devil May Cry 3 was basically an Origin story we dont need another one.

-Devil May Cry 3 was an origin Story, and Devil May Cry 4 was the supposed reboot that everyone B****** about when Nero was introduced.. We don't need another character just Dante doing what he does best!!!! Kicking a**

[PrinceOfAnger]

1. i want dante not that kid's emo
2.i want it to be at least as good as dmc3 or 1
is that to much to ask?

[Urmomlol]

Wow, Now Gamer. It's so painfully obvious you rushed this shit out the door as fast as possible.

This is another awful list written by someone who doesn't have a damn clue what the DMC franchise is about.

[midgard229]

the REAL dante back!!!

[midgard229]

hmmm after reading that list......if that is what the story is about then i may slightly forgive ninja theory.

if it explains where his white hair comes from, more of why vergil and dante hate each other and the rest of what the article says then it may actually be pretty interesting

still doesnt forgive the edward cullen look.....he could look alot more BA

[va_bank]

"What We Want" is not the theme of this installment of the series.

[Eamon]

"What is it that caused Dante’s hair to turn white in the first place?"

Stupid author. I guess he's never heard of Caucasians.

[Homicide]

What I want is another DMC3. That is one of the best games I've played.

[Bunnyslippers]

...fans of Godzilla call the american version Gino (Godzilla In Name Only).

Lets call this guy in the socalled reboot Dino.

What I want from DMC-reboot is the original team(s) and director(s) from DMC(3) working on it.

[GSpartan777]

Seriously all the fans of the DMC series are asking for is a f*cuking DMC game. That is all. This is not a DMC game. It's an action adventure game with a crackhead as the protagonist disguised as a DMC game.

[Koromaro]

Man I would have been fine with another DMC with Nero and not this "thing"

Heck when 4 came out they had Dante and they introduce Nero who still looked like a young Dante. He kinda had the same style and attitude as Dante.