TGS '10: Devil May Cry Getting Reboot, Face-Lift

[Zeromaeus]

*Sigh* this is disheartening, however i will wait until the game comes out before i make my absolute judgement.

However Rebellion still better have a kickass skull on it

off topic: has it ever been explained as to how nero is a decendent of sparda?

He's Vergil's son.
Next question?

 

[MarcFirewing]

I saw the fact that it was a normal Devil May Cry sequel. Happily it's a reboot. Cause if it was a sequel, I would've gone to Ninja Theory's home company, dragged out tied everyone up, dragged them all on the street, and shot them with a .45 Handgun in the head. Repeatedly.

 

[Zeromaeus]

I saw the fact that it was a normal Devil May Cry sequel. Happily it's a reboot. Cause if it was a sequel, I would've gone to Ninja Theory's home company, dragged out tied everyone up, dragged them all on the street, and shot them with a .45 Handgun in the head. Repeatedly.

-looks back-
-looks to the sides-
Keep the handgun just in case.

 

[MarcFirewing]

Ruger SR9. Trust me. I'm keeping it. For, other mistakes people will make.

-.Looks to Microsoft on Halo series, firing pin cocking backwards.-

 

[Mysnomer]

I got it
This Dante is the bastard offspring of a one night stand the older Dante had with Bayonetta. It all make sense now.

Not posting the actual image because it is possible NSFW. Pretty tame by modern standards, but you can't be too careful.
http://mestremagico.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/dante_vs_bayonetta_by_weremole.jpg

Same with Nero, though all throughout Devil May Cry 4's development, it was very clear that Nero was the star. It's not like it snuck up on anyone like the revealing of Raiden. Hell, Nero wasn't even all that bad of a character. Sure, he was a slight too angsty for my tastes, but he still kicked some serious ass (as exhibited by his fight with Dante) and did manage to show some quality sarcasm.

I hate Nero because his relationship with Kyrie hinged on the fact that he had given her a necklace. Seriously, that's the only thing you know about them, and it makes his emotions seem forced and insincere. That's why I hate his character. I didn't like his gameplay because Dante was infinitely more fun to play as, but as soon as we're getting a taste of crystallized awesome with the Dark Slayer, we're forced to play as Nero again. Bleh.

 

[tobi the good boy]

*Sigh* this is disheartening, however i will wait until the game comes out before i make my absolute judgement.

However Rebellion still better have a kickass skull on it

off topic: has it ever been explained as to how nero is a decendent of sparda?

He's Vergil's son.
Next question?

who's his mother? and how old was vergil?

 

[Zeromaeus]

*Sigh* this is disheartening, however i will wait until the game comes out before i make my absolute judgement.

However Rebellion still better have a kickass skull on it

off topic: has it ever been explained as to how nero is a decendent of sparda?

He's Vergil's son.
Next question?

who's his mother? and how old was vergil?

A prostitute. I'm not sure.
Its in the novels.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I hate Nero because his relationship with Kyrie hinged on the fact that he had given her a necklace. Seriously, that's the only thing you know about them, and it makes his emotions seem forced and insincere. That's why I hate his character. I didn't like his gameplay because Dante was infinitely more fun to play as, but as soon as we're getting a taste of crystallized awesome with the Dark Slayer, we're forced to play as Nero again. Bleh.

I see where you're coming from. I didn't have that problem, though. It was implied that Kyrie and Nero had been pretty tight since childhood, so I forgave that issue, though it would be nice to have some form of exposition on the matter.

 

[CrazyMedic]

this seems cool except they are probably gonna play him up a ssome crazy emotional wreck, he should be a street wise sarcastic hood I mean they basically should have made him johnny rotten with a sword and guns, also anyone who doesn't know who johnny rotten is hasn't lived their life yet.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

The second the press release said "we'll be incorporating today's youth culture into the character" was when I KNEW things were going to be bad. People have tried characters like that and they've ALWAYS flopped. Hard.

 

[Aphex Demon]

Since when was Dante a fag?

 

[kaiser_what]

The Bourne Trilogy meets Devil May Cry, judging by the trailer. Looks pretty interesting though. Some of you really needs to turn off the nostalgia filter

 

[SsilverR]

**edit** making thread**

 

[Vyress]

First they make Cloud an emo douche and now even Dante... who's next? Kratos? Duke Nukem? Ryu Hayabusa? Link? ....M-mario...?

I'm gonna guess from his placement in a mental institution he's some guy that thinks he's Dante? Just throwing that out there. Also who does the music in the trailer? Anyone know?

I hope it is as you say; that this guy just thinks he is Dante and gets kicked around a bit later by the real one. Or Nero coming in saying "You're not Dante!" and then smash him around with the Devil Bringer or something.
THAT would be nice after this hideous trailer.

 

[Bluesclues]

I'm not angry with this, but I am not happy with it either. From how DMC 4 seemed to go, I was expecting Virgil to come back to be evil, a flavor of evil that would need both Ichigo...I mean Nero and Dante. Yes, that story would be contrived, but it would be that generic anime silliness that they really went to 11 with in the Dante portions of DMC 4.

I am not a fan of "gritty retcons" because they always seem to work for the lowest common denominator. It reminds me way too much of the 90's where all comic characters had to be all muscle and rawrg. DMC started silly (I wish I could be the one to fill your dark soul with liiiiiiiiight!) and it continued the silliness through the series except in 2 which I still consider the worst of the series. Yes, the Nero aspect of the story was very Bleach (in more than just Nero and Ichigo having the same voice actor), but that was why Dante is there, to say that the story was contrived and then go on his own silly tangent.

DMC, at the core, should be more Brutal Legend and less God of War.

Virgil is dead though, you kill him near the end of the first game...and considering chronologically, the games go 3, 1, 4, 2, I don't think he's going to be making any sort of comeback.

 

[Daquin]

I'm not angry with this, but I am not happy with it either. From how DMC 4 seemed to go, I was expecting Virgil to come back to be evil, a flavor of evil that would need both Ichigo...I mean Nero and Dante. Yes, that story would be contrived, but it would be that generic anime silliness that they really went to 11 with in the Dante portions of DMC 4.

I am not a fan of "gritty retcons" because they always seem to work for the lowest common denominator. It reminds me way too much of the 90's where all comic characters had to be all muscle and rawrg. DMC started silly (I wish I could be the one to fill your dark soul with liiiiiiiiight!) and it continued the silliness through the series except in 2 which I still consider the worst of the series. Yes, the Nero aspect of the story was very Bleach (in more than just Nero and Ichigo having the same voice actor), but that was why Dante is there, to say that the story was contrived and then go on his own silly tangent.

DMC, at the core, should be more Brutal Legend and less God of War.

Virgil is dead though, you kill him near the end of the first game...and considering chronologically, the games go 3, 1, 4, 2, I don't think he's going to be making any sort of comeback.

Do you really put it past the writers of Devil May Cry (if it were the case) to not find some weird way to bring him back if they really wanted?

"Mwa ha ha, I am Virgil, you know me well, I have come back thanks to this! (holds out sword) It is the Sword of Retcon! It allows me to change the plot whenever I want."

 

[Vohn_exel]

Ninja Theory, I hate you now.

Seriously, I liked the series, and where it was going. You could've easily continued the series on from where it had left off. All you needed was a few setting tweaks, a few character tweaks, and atmosphere changes.

DMC was never about it's grand script, but still. The world was solid. They needed to add a darker atmosphere. DMC 1 felt challenging to Dante, you could imagine a normal man getting owned. There was literally a feel of Dante possibly dying. The character didn't need to be any more "grown up" and he also needed more memorable villains.

The Dante we know would never have been chained up. Heck he'd have just laughed in the face of those guys as he tore through the chains, showing himself completely unharmed and then probably would've given someone a piledriver just because.

My MAIN problem with the new game, though, is one I have with lots of games. Take out the DMC name, wouldn't you say that it might be a fun game all by itself? It looked like it would be a good action game on it's own merit. But I bet they were worried it wouldn't sell, and how to fix that? Lets add on the DMC name, give it a way to sell. I felt they did the same with Final Fantasy 13. That game as well, would've probably spawned it's own series by itself. But with names come certain ideas and images, and if you veer this far off course, it'll wreck everything.

As much as I love DMC, I might be holding off on this one. I'll wait to see how it plays, if it even has an inkling of the original story (I doubt it) and if it's any good. The whip sword didn't seem like something I'd want to use, more like a Prototype wannabe. Without the hair, I guess Dante is gonna be human in this one. Too bad. I'd really like to see more of the universe that the original DMC created, but I guess I'm gonna have to go out and get used to Bayonetta.

 

[Vohn_exel]

First they make Cloud an emo douche and now even Dante... who's next? Kratos? Duke Nukem? Ryu Hayabusa? Link? ....M-mario...?

I'm gonna guess from his placement in a mental institution he's some guy that thinks he's Dante? Just throwing that out there. Also who does the music in the trailer? Anyone know?

I hope it is as you say; that this guy just thinks he is Dante and gets kicked around a bit later by the real one. Or Nero coming in saying "You're not Dante!" and then smash him around with the Devil Bringer or something.
THAT would be nice after this hideous trailer.

Yes, now that storyline I would actually LIKE to see. I think that'd be pretty cool, actually. They could go forward with that story and have an interesting character as well.

 

[Ben Legend]

I don't get it? Despite Dante's name and 'DMC' you would be correct in assuming this is a completely different game.

But...If it ties in with the stories of 1-4 I will accept it. If not then i'll have to disown it. It's way to early for a reboot. (9 years since DMC 1)