Kotaku:
No matter how much you may hate the new punk look of Devil May Cry's Dante, keep in mind it could have been worse.
When developers Ninja Theory were asked by Capcom to come up with a new look for the star of a reboot of the popular action game, now known only as DmC, publisher Capcom told the studio they wanted extreme redesigns.
But Ninja Theory, perhaps worried about messing too much with so beloved a character in such a storied game, came back to Capcom with three or four new looks for Dante that were "maybe five percent improvements."
"We said, 'No, no, we want you to risk making us angry," lead DmC producer Alex Jones said in a recent interview with Kotaku. "We want it way out there and then we will walk the design back."
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Because the anime is on Netflix and we gotta ride that DMC in the news again wave.
It’s been sitting in my backlog for a while now. One of the first games I wanted to try for this current gen due to the long load times of previous gen. I’ll get around to it soon!
One of the best, stylish, and fun action slasher on the system. You definitely should get to it, as soon as you can.
The DMC5 team went on to make Dragons Dogma 2, the DMC director (3,4,5) left capcom to make an action game at another studio and the rumor is that a DMC remake is next...so i wouldn't hold my breath on DMC6.
Everytime its on sale I think about buying it but never do. I only played the orginal and somr of 3 so I guess that's part of it.
Steam's Summer Sale looks primed for Steam Deck players - with a huge collection of titles on offer for the handheld.
Still doesnt explain why he lost the Silver hair. They coulda Named him something else than Dante.
I'm not sold. I knew all of this before. I knew that Ninja Theory will make a game that is sown with a deep story and that the gameplay will be solid.
But I don't want to play an action game as an emo angst filled teen. I was never that and never wanted to be it. I can't relate to it. I wanted to play as Dante because he had this cool smooth swagger. I want to play as Kratos because he's a manifestation of pure rage and pain. I can relate to both these character to an extent so I wanted to play as them. If I don't feel a connection to the main character then your game has a problem.
If they are going to reboot the series it needs to feel like the first time you picked up the first game. It doesn't need to be that same in anyway, but that feeling of wonder and power need to be there or it's not the same game.
Seeing what ninja theory did to dante... I makes me want to cry. :(
Dante was my favourite action game character. Why did they have to butcher him. I hate ninja theory so much. They killed him.... KILLED HIM!!!
R.I.P Dante 2001-2010
Chris nolans batman reboots is dark and gritty, but batman is still batman. He has his black batsuit. He has gadgets, he doesn't have powers. Bruce wayne is what hes always been. A 30ish bachelor who has a bucketload of money.
He didn't dare modifying the batman chacter to get more sales.
ninja theory sucks.
Radical redesign, why didn't they really go to extremes, Like making him Black or Mexican?
Because They want it to cater to a western audience, which the Japanese regard as Caucasian. I think this game will be good, NT is a solid company, but I am passing because this is a marketing ploy, designed to make money, The decisions made weren't for the betterment of the game....I think I'll pass.
There will be Castlevania to play