I dont care what anyone says the gameplay was A BLAST. Decent story . Characters were ok. The levels were great also

I liked the gameplay and style of the game. But compared to the originals it was a poor imitation.

DmC only emphasized the differences between japanese and western takes on a franchise. Capcom's Dante was cocky, witty and just a bad ass, Ninja Theory's Dante was a complete douche who relied on vulgarity to appear bad ass.

the game itself is Amazing, i really enjoyed my time with it, but that Godawful Dante...just why Ninja Theory?

They turned one of the most bad ass characters created in gaming and turned him into something straight out of the Twilight movies and to top it off, Ninja Theory were an absolute disgrace to the fans. The game didn't deserve better, it got precisely what it deserved.

I'm in the minority here, sure the game doesn't offer anything new nor reinvent the series, but I still enjoyed what the game has to offer.

I would love for another entry of the series to make a return on this generation's console.

no matter how hard game journalist tried to kiss their ass fans knew it wasn't their games, instead of trying to force the "wider audience" they should have focused on the ones putting down the money first. ninja theory and Capcom got what they deserved.

Capcom should have made Platinium Games or Grasshopper Manufacture make it.

How could the Devil May Cry franchise be on the decline when the second installment was the only bad game in the series? DMC did some things right mind you, the platforming was great, the art style for the world and monsters were more nightmarish as well in a good way. I also liked the soundtrack as well (I own it actually) but Ill never said that it was "needed" because Tetsuya Shibata outdone himself in the fourth Devil May Cry.

The problem is the series didn't needed a reboot just an upgrade to certain elements of other games. Dante's redesign wasn't needed, the simplification of the controls wasn't needed, reducing the difficulty DEFINITELY wasn't needed which lead to some lazy enemy design (specifically the Fire and Ice Demons).

The weapons were the worst in the series easily compared to it's predecessors but the "They Live" angle they took with the story was pretty amusing (yet very similar to Devil May Cry 4's story as well albeit it was more religious). I'm not going to touch on Dante's "too edgy" attitude along side the other cardboard cutout characters moving the story along however, I did love Bob Barbas and really wished that there was more combat on his stage in general.

In the end I felt the game was more Bloodrayne than Devil May Cry and tried to fix way too many things that wasn't broke to begin with. The game was great mind you but I won't lie to myself and say its better than anything other than 2. If the name was changed, no one would have guessed that it was a Devil May Cry game......

This s**t again?

After ignoring Team Ninja's arrogance in not only bad mouthing fans in response to complaints but the original series, then the remastered version of the game which addresses complaints, defenders of the title *still* believe that the game should be given another chance.

Sure. Fine. But admit that devs were as much at fault as the gamers they were suppose to be catering to.

Not this sht again

Loved everything about it! It was needed after playing 4.

I played it and kinda liked it.

Story: decent enough.
Music: not my cup of tea
Enemy and weapon designs: yuck... (Except the Arbiter)
Lvl design (aesthetic): good, but slightly repetitive near the end..
Characters: No. Just.. No...
Gameplay: decent enough.

Overall I'd give it a 7/10.. They should've just made it it's own IP and not slander the DMC name with it...

This whole article in a nutshell: "STAHP CRITICIZING DIZ GAME BECAUSE I LIKE IT!!!!@"

I never understood the hate. I played DMC1 in the early PS2 days and it was one the best game for the PS2 made

When they released the first trailer of DMC and young Dante I was skeptical, but it's a fun game to play

Game had a great lock-on system. Oh wait...

I actually loved the original Devil May Cry, but 2 was such a let down. 4 is probably the best of the original series, in hindsight. I don't know, I really like what they did with dmc. It wasn't quite old school Devil May Cry, but it was fun as hell and I loved the art style.

Going by the topic title alone(quit reading the article less than halfway through,) I agree, DmC Devil May Cry did deserve much better and imo it's of a similar quality of DMC3, in some ways better, in some ways worse.

The storyline is one thing that sets it apart from the previous entries in the series and DmC's storyline as a more realistic mix of DMC 1 and 3 along with They Live make it one of the my favorite storylines in video games. Additionally, while I did like the original Dante and Vergil, and highly disappointed at first with the change, the characters were bada** but not really likeable otherwise. You couldn't really relate with Dante in the 1 and 3 because he was just a bunch of silly one liners. All the characters, not just Dante and Vergil had more to them than these cheesy one lines that Dante had and the quest for power from Vergil. The storyline was cool on DMC 1 and 3 back then, but looking back at it, you realize how bad it actually is.

With Dante, DMC3 had the best combat, and while it's very good in DmC, it doesn't quite reach the level of DMC3. On DmC, it's really heavily focused on the angel and devil weapons at certain points what with sometimes not even being able to hit the enemies without using the correct weapon. When you're playing in the higher difficulties, there's always a few of the flying shield enemies and every time you see one of the wolves or the skeletons, they're always colored and always packing a shield, really making combat a bit of a nuisance. If you play it on hardcore on the definitive edition, the enemies hit harder and they attack twice as fast, making those shield bearers a bit more difficult.

DMC3 has a lot of annoying enemies as well though, the chess board is a nightmare on DMD difficulty and some of the enemies like the ectoplasm enemies will just test your patience. They're not difficult, they're just some crappy enemies.

Vergil on DmC though imo is a much better character than Vergil in DMC3, just in how he plays. He feels like he was made from the idea of how the past game characters were built with short combos or single attacks rather than the flashy combos of DmC Dante. He's difficult to play as and your hands will be aching after long sessions, but he's also a lot of fun to play as as well.

Another thing DmC(Definitive Edition especially) has on DMC3 is the Bloody Palace. Vergil's Bloody Palace is exclusive to the Definitive Edition so that's another plus on that. On DMC3SE, I just didn't like playing through Bloody Palace. It wasn't until DMC4 that the Bloody Palace became good and Ninja Theory worked that way into DmC. I do think Vergil's Bloody Palace starting on Nephilim is more enjoyable, as starting on human then devil hunter on Dante's makes the first 40 floors a joke, but regardless it's enjoyable to play through.

Another thing is that DmC Devil May Cry is more accessible at the lower difficulty levels and is the kind of game that would get the casual gaming scrubs that video gaming is known for now days into the series. This may sound a bit harsh, but let's be serious. Most of the people into video games now days are scrubs, that's why people can stand to watch Angry Joe(amazing guy, but he is terrible at games) on Twitch. Not saying everyone is bad at video games, but there's more poor players out there than good ones and the barrier for entry on DmC is much better than the original DMC or DMC3.

I liked DMC... i just don't like how Dante and Vergil was portrayed...

Crazy they weren't already.

Capcom has other IP's they can also dip into. Wouldn't mind a new Dino Crisis, Darkstalkers, Breath of Fire. Hell even dust off some of the old shmups or a decent Bionic Commando.

As a DMC fan since the first, I find its impact fascinating.

Despite never being a powerhouse in terms of sales, you can argue it's the single most influential series at this very moment. Everything is copying it, even Final Fantasy of everything lmao.