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

[Deadlock Radium]

"What is your name?"

"Lisbeth Salander."

(Yeah, I stole that joke from FargoDog, but dang does it look like her. Especially like I imagined her in the books.)

Indeed.
If the game turns out to be good, I might check it out.
And am I the only one who thought the trailer was a little badass? Well, except for Dante's looks?

It's Lisbeth Salander, friend; of course she's going to be badass. But yeah, it was cool.

I need to go read the rest of the Millenium books.
I have only read Menn som Hater Kvinner (Translated to Norwegian you know.)

Do the names of characters and places seem funny (as in ha-ha funny) to you? To us Swedes, Norwegian and Danish are funny languages, but they don't sound funny when I read names in those languages in Danish and Norwegian novels that have been translated to Swedish. Do the Swedish names in Män som hatar kvinnor sound funny to you?

Actually, I think it sounds rather similar in both Norwegian and Swedish and I don't have anything against the Swedes because many of my favourite artists are Swedish; Opeth, In Flames, Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Sonic Syndicate, Tomas Ledin etc.
And yes, Tomas Ledin is a big part of my life since we always listened to "Du kan lita på mig" and "Knivhuggarrock" at least a hundred times each car trip.
But the Danes sound like they've got a potato forced down their throat imho xD

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

FUCK. THIS. This encapsulates SO many things wrong with the gaming industry: unwanted rebooting, samey art direction, and me-too brooding protagonists. This can't justify its own existence as the series was financially successful, critically well-received, and Dante was LOVED by all. Even Kamiya (the series creator) is mad at this. The only way CAPCOM and NT can fix this is by removing DMC and Dante's name from it

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Rest In Peace Dante. Hello generic gritty androgynous western looking protagonist! Hope your game is half as good as your predecessor's!

Maybe they'll also release a new God Of War Reboot that features a guy that looks like Nathan Drake and is set a billion years in the future. You will have a wide arrange of weapons, like pistols, shotguns, assault rifles and grenades and a cardboard cutout love interest that is probably going to be kidnapped at some point. It will be centered around cover based shooting and your character will be on a quest to save the world from the evil overlords of the galaxy! Of course it will feature multiplayer and it's single player will take around 5 hours to complete. On "hard".

Also, why the hell are reboots becoming the in thing recently? Is there really no imagination left?

Yyyyep! You know what? I'm starting to like Yahtzee's idea to outlaw sequels. Though we should also make it so that reboots also get you the death penalty.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

This announcement has brought out some of the most annoying whiners ever.

And they're not the ones you'd expect.

"Oh look, all the fanboys are mad because they are afraid of change! They're so immature! I didn't like DMC anyway!"

Every time I see an argument like this I get quite aggravated.

I mean, here we have a game series of 4 games in which only 2 of them are held in high regard. The second in the series is mostly ignored by people, and 4 was a huge disappointment for many because of the switch in Protagonist. People really wanted to see a new generation Devil May Cry game featuring the Dante they all know and love.

Then comes this reboot. The art-style is completely different from what DMC fans have come to expect, as it is now more dystopian future than a gothic setting, and Dante looks, sounds, and seemingly acts nothing like he used to.

I get it, not everyone thinks this reboot is a bad idea, and are intrigued, but they need to understand that to a lot of us, we still want a great DMC game on the new generation more similar to DMC 3 or 1 before we move on to a reboot. The series hasn't been given the proper goodbye it deserves. I mean for christ sake, continuity wise the series ends with a cliffhanger. Is it so hard to understand that people don't want change until the original series has been given a satisfying conclusion?

So please, stop calling people opposed to this "fanboys", or say that they are afraid of change, because it's not true. Some people might be overly dramatic about this, but that's no reason to insult them.

a voice of reason that a nice change. i just think he's ugly now, they could have done a better job designing him

You've seen one short trailer, how can you possibly determine any of that?

Any saying DmC ends with a cliffhanger is impying the series has a story, which may be a bit of an overstatement.

Fuck the fanboys.

DMC was rather stale, props to Ninja Theory for going 180 on it's ass.

Tank god. I thought I was the only one. I've seen a few threads on this. And everyone's acting like someone just knee capped Kermit the frog.

I personally like it. They tried sticking to the formula for 4. And it was shite. This re-boot might give it some life.

Plus Dante's look actually makes sense. It's set before Dante went all white haired and demonic. Back when he was a punk *****.

It fits.

Also thisss~

 

[Tony2077]

This announcement has brought out some of the most annoying whiners ever.

And they're not the ones you'd expect.

"Oh look, all the fanboys are mad because they are afraid of change! They're so immature! I didn't like DMC anyway!"

Every time I see an argument like this I get quite aggravated.

I mean, here we have a game series of 4 games in which only 2 of them are held in high regard. The second in the series is mostly ignored by people, and 4 was a huge disappointment for many because of the switch in Protagonist. People really wanted to see a new generation Devil May Cry game featuring the Dante they all know and love.

Then comes this reboot. The art-style is completely different from what DMC fans have come to expect, as it is now more dystopian future than a gothic setting, and Dante looks, sounds, and seemingly acts nothing like he used to.

I get it, not everyone thinks this reboot is a bad idea, and are intrigued, but they need to understand that to a lot of us, we still want a great DMC game on the new generation more similar to DMC 3 or 1 before we move on to a reboot. The series hasn't been given the proper goodbye it deserves. I mean for christ sake, continuity wise the series ends with a cliffhanger. Is it so hard to understand that people don't want change until the original series has been given a satisfying conclusion?

So please, stop calling people opposed to this "fanboys", or say that they are afraid of change, because it's not true. Some people might be overly dramatic about this, but that's no reason to insult them.

a voice of reason that a nice change. i just think he's ugly now, they could have done a better job designing him

You've seen one short trailer, how can you possibly determine any of that?

Any saying DmC ends with a cliffhanger is impying the series has a story, which may be a bit of an overstatement.

he's still ugly can't change that maybe he'll look different for the in-game stuff but not by much

 

[dreadhierarch]

The setting seemed a bit futuristic compared to the other DMC's perhaps its one in the future and you play as Dante's son?? just cuz hes name is the same doesnt mean its the same person

 

[MentalMyles]

This reboot physically hurts me.....ow?!

People are entitled to their opinions but for those that think that this will be good should really double check that statement.

They really should have let the franchise die peacefully once the creator left capcom

 

[gallaetha_matt]

So far this just looks bad, they've gone and taken a character that most people liked and altered him to fit what will sell with the teenybopper market i.e chain smoking, brooding, generic, bad ass.

However, I haven't seen any gameplay trailers yet so I'm reserving my judgement. It might redeem itself if the game actually looks fun to play.

The whole gritty reboot thing seems like a bad idea from a business perspective too. They're attaching the DMC name to their action title in an attempt to appeal to fan boys, yet the fan boys aren't going to buy the game because they've dicked around with the character too much. It would've made more sense to change the name of the character and just make it a DMC clone instead.

 

[mexicola]

We already raged in other places. And now, 3 threads later, it still doesn't look any better.

 

[lovest harding]

The art style and character designs and setting reminds me of Phantom Dust (an original Xbox game about Dust enveloping the world forcing people underground, but granting certain people the ability to use skills from the dust). It plays like a live action card game without cards, if you're curious. xD
Obviously DMC is more realistic, but something about it just makes me think of Phantom Dust.

 

[Lucifer dern]

tbh i dont like the new look but thats just my opinion...

what i do like though is that where going 2 get some character development on dante
3 was full of it, 4 had jack and felt like "a dmc" rather then something that fitted well into the sage, simler to devil may cry 2. so yeah, crap skin, but awsome idea.

 

[lovest harding]

The art style and character designs and setting reminds me of Phantom Dust (an original Xbox game about Dust enveloping the world forcing people underground, but granting certain people the ability to use skills from the dust). It plays like a live action card game without cards, if you're curious. xD
Obviously DMC is more realistic, but something about it just makes me think of Phantom Dust.

Aye, I certainly see the resemblance to the game with the main character and Dante in this both seeming rather... scrawny/gaunt. I personally loved that game, but the main character looked like he got nailed with the entire trunk of the Ugly tree.

That's exactly how I feel.
I wanted so badly to just put a bag over his head (I wouldn't have minded not having to see Edgar either). It's a shame too, as most of the other characters were well done (especially the female characters).

 

[Zeromaeus]

Wow, so this is the project lead of DMC.

Just making sure everyone saw this...

 

[Frequen-Z]

I mean, here we have a game series of 4 games in which only 2 of them are held in high regard. The second in the series is mostly ignored by people, and 4 was a huge disappointment for many because of the switch in Protagonist. People really wanted to see a new generation Devil May Cry game featuring the Dante they all know and love.

I'm going to poke you with a stick, put on my annoying voice, and tell you DMC2 was my favourite.

Customisable devil trigger. Amazing scenery. Amazing enemy and boss design. Dual campaigns? Hell to the yes.

 

[God Worm]

At that start of that trailer, I had a startling revelation...Dante is...Jack Bauer. I really hope that getting tortured won't be a repeated affair.

I want to be interested in the game just for the spine/snake-sword, but this younger Dante is slightly too androgynous for comfort. Even if the progress of the game eventually gets him back to his old white-haired self, I can see it being a let down as you'll probably only be a badass at the end.

:\ I'll probably get it if reviews don't tear it apart...

 

[Slythernite]

As a fan of DMC, this presents no problems to me.

As long as Dante is sufficiently badass to live up to the previous, I can ignore the new look.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Wow, so this is the project lead of DMC.

Just making sure everyone saw this...

Man this makes the guy at NT look like a narcissistic Berk.