DmC: Devil May Cry - Honest Opinions
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Dante wasn't exactly relatable, but he was still fun and cool. A LOT of characters in fiction aren't relatable such as James Bond, Superman, Conan the Barbarian, John Carter, Alucard (from Hellsing AND Castlevania), Deadpool, etc but that doesn't mean I can't sympathize with or like him. Dante was just FUN and a great antidote for the DOZENS of milquetoast Marcus Phoenix knockoffs clogging up modern gamingllew said:
The first one is old, it was good for it's time but it's aged. It's important for creating the series, but it's extremely bare bones and unrefined compared to the later ones. 2 was terrible at release and hasn't gotten any better, it sold because it was riding on the success of the first one.TheKasp said:
Every poster that quotes me has acted like I'm a fan of the series. I'm not. I'm a softcore fan at best. I enjoyed the first few, but not more than a handful of hours. It's a decent hack and slash. It didn't invent the wheel.bartholen said:
Nobody has addressed the point I've made that Dante (and the game) was marketed as a sexist, douchey piece of shit. When someone wants to address THAT, I'll be happy to discuss it. Stop acting like I'm another in a plague of "it isn't the old one so it sucks" jackasses. I'm not.
Should we be irked that freaking Forbes once again has some of the most balanced pieces involving controversy surrounding a game? http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/01/22/dmc-devil-may-cry-review-part-one-such-a-beautiful-ugly-game/
Edit fixed grammar a bit.
Edit fixed grammar a bit.
It just makes me think that most gaming journalists need to rethink their places in the universeshadow skill said:
The thing is most of them whether they realize it or not, are really just another part of the advertising campaigns for these companies. It seems to be very common that these people really are not playing the same thing that we are (Mass Effect 3 being the most egregious example of this.) they don't have any credibility left. Just look at how so many went on about hair, desperately trying to push that meme even after the fans had moved on to gameplay related concerns.Aiddon said:
I've ranted everywhere else, so I'm out of words to spare on this terrible, idea-sharing, boring, delaying, annoying, crappy game. The only remark I have left is: it's interesting how most people seem to be defending the game by saying DMC 4 sucked, but the only problem I had with it was the two dice game moments (those were worst than DMC 2) and the Devil Bringer being broken. I wasn't even mad about having half the game as Dante and half as Nero, I was planning on playing both sides either way. It's a terrible decision mind, but it wasn't a major issue.
captcha: burning oil...sounds like most of this thread and the others on this game.
captcha: burning oil...sounds like most of this thread and the others on this game.
DmC is a really bland game for me, given it's pedigree. Other than 2, I enjoyed the series, even though a lot of the stupidity grated (I waited till DMC4 was like 27 bucks before I got it, and the chainsaw-sword surfboard thing almost made me return that shit on the spot).
I just don't find DmC to be a good action game, though. No target lock, anemic movelist that is further restricted by progressing through the game (you know, the place where your repertoire should expand/that expansion should be put to use), atrocious story and dialogue (and this is by Devil May Cry standards, where we had a guy with a chainsaw-sword surf on enemies to death), and uninsightful-at-best-and-insipid-at-worst social commentary just isn't gonna float my boat. The first DMC did take itself fairly seriously, sure, but the combat was so good at the time that it could get away with that. Then the latter games had a seriousness with a humorous and fun edge (Nero's quest to save what's-her-name set against Dante's completely ridiculous little song and dance routine in DMC4). This reboot just takes itself too seriously, even when kidding ("My dick's bigger than yours,").
I do like the whole "city is trying to kill you thing" and found that seriously enjoyable, although I hate the whips.
I'm not trying to just shit on the game or anything, and I'm not really a big DMC fan, as I said. DmC's protagonist made me feel exhausted at best, the bombastic soundtrack sounded like a mess to me, and the gameplay lacked something as simple as a target lock. I found the story to be uninspired at the best of times. I'm not saying other people need to dislike it because I do, but this game feels like a black mark to me. And it couldn't even carry Bayonetta's purse.
I just don't find DmC to be a good action game, though. No target lock, anemic movelist that is further restricted by progressing through the game (you know, the place where your repertoire should expand/that expansion should be put to use), atrocious story and dialogue (and this is by Devil May Cry standards, where we had a guy with a chainsaw-sword surf on enemies to death), and uninsightful-at-best-and-insipid-at-worst social commentary just isn't gonna float my boat. The first DMC did take itself fairly seriously, sure, but the combat was so good at the time that it could get away with that. Then the latter games had a seriousness with a humorous and fun edge (Nero's quest to save what's-her-name set against Dante's completely ridiculous little song and dance routine in DMC4). This reboot just takes itself too seriously, even when kidding ("My dick's bigger than yours,").
I do like the whole "city is trying to kill you thing" and found that seriously enjoyable, although I hate the whips.
I'm not trying to just shit on the game or anything, and I'm not really a big DMC fan, as I said. DmC's protagonist made me feel exhausted at best, the bombastic soundtrack sounded like a mess to me, and the gameplay lacked something as simple as a target lock. I found the story to be uninspired at the best of times. I'm not saying other people need to dislike it because I do, but this game feels like a black mark to me. And it couldn't even carry Bayonetta's purse.
At the very least, the inevitable sequel might be a little better. I hope Ninja Theory learned from their mistakes and improve on them, who knows, I might even be interested in it.
isn't this, like, the exact damn thing that the sonic fans did?TehCookie said:All I feel is rage.Rawne1980 said:
Oh and since some people here never heard of Operation Crazy here's the layout:
[http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n95/blackkittycat15/Forum%20Posts/1358896518203.jpg]
Row row, fight da powa! #THE DEMONS ARE COMING
and that everybody laughed their asses off at them for it?
I haven't paid attention to sonic since the sega days. Either that or they failed, while the PS3 DMCHD is above DmC on amazon last time I checked. Besides DMC fans are still being laughed at for giving money to a company that screwed them over, but as the image says even if it fails you still get to enjoy a great game. Though being laughed at is a lot better than being insulted.teh_Canape said:isn't this, like, the exact damn thing that the sonic fans did?TehCookie said:All I feel is rage.Rawne1980 said:
Oh and since some people here never heard of Operation Crazy here's the layout:
[http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n95/blackkittycat15/Forum%20Posts/1358896518203.jpg]
Row row, fight da powa! #THE DEMONS ARE COMING
and that everybody laughed their asses off at them for it?
maybe you didn't, but the movement is indeed the sameTehCookie said:I haven't paid attention to sonic since the sega days. Either that or they failed, while the PS3 DMCHD is above DmC on amazon last time I checked. Besides DMC fans are still being laughed at for giving money to a company that screwed them over, but as the image says even if it fails you still get to enjoy a great game. Though being laughed at is a lot better than being insulted.teh_Canape said:isn't this, like, the exact damn thing that the sonic fans did?TehCookie said:All I feel is rage.Rawne1980 said:
Oh and since some people here never heard of Operation Crazy here's the layout:
[http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n95/blackkittycat15/Forum%20Posts/1358896518203.jpg]
Row row, fight da powa! #THE DEMONS ARE COMING
and that everybody laughed their asses off at them for it?
when the sonic fans decided to "teach Sega a lesson" by not purchasing Sonic 4 and instead purchasing Sonic 1 off the store (XBLA and PSN)
boy where they mocked and laughed at XD
Like I said I haven't paid attention to Sonic since the Sega days, so was this before or after Sonic Generations? Though I think you miss the point, it's not to teach the publisher a lesson, it's to try to tell them what you want. If they were actually trying to teach them a lesson by throwing money at them I'd laugh at them too.teh_Canape said:
from what I gather, it's exactly the same thingTehCookie said:
and I typed "teach them a lesson" because I couldn't find the proper words, but the point was to show them what they really want (Sonic like the genesis days rather than modern 2D sonic)
and it was when Sonic 4 was coming out, like... right after Unleashed I think?
but it was just a little something I wanted to point out
haven't played the DMC series in a while (last I played was a bit of 4, then before that 3 almost all the way on PC and keyboard only (yes I was a masochist)) and I've yet to play the new one, so I don't really have a say on this =P
