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DmC Review Thread (Release Date - 1/15/13) Embargo is over!
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MuddyDonut
Member
So are we gonna have a funeral for OG DMC? I think Dante and his crazy antics would appreciate it.
Heh, Brad from Giant Bomb's header reads "The character action genre hasn't been this stylish or crazy in a good long while."
... Bayonetta? Right?
Maybe I'll see some footage in the coming days and eat crow on that, but as of now I read that sentence and just say "WHAT... are you talking about?"
... Bayonetta? Right?
Maybe I'll see some footage in the coming days and eat crow on that, but as of now I read that sentence and just say "WHAT... are you talking about?"
MuddyDonut
Member
Pretty sure he didn't put a lot of time in Bayonetta.
Bayonetta is actually more than 3 years old, in case you weren't aware.
XANDER CAGE
Member
That's the one aspect of the review I do take a lot of issue with. C'mon, Brad, play Bayonetta.
3 years is a good long while.
I don't consider 3 years to be a long time, in case you were being a butt.
toastyToast
Member
Speaking of Bayonetta, I need to get back and finish NSIC.
RIP in peace OG DM...
No fuk dat shit. It WILL fucking return and it will be GODLIKE!
BadAss2961
Member
Let's wait for DmC sales first.
That's the way I took it too. Bayonetta and GoW3 were released around the same time, and it's been a long time since we got something like that. And since NG3 shit the bed, it's made that drought even more apparent.
BeautifulMemory
Member
I will not fap again...for a month if OG DMC returns with fucking Dante and Vergil
I'd have to imagine that it does well...both console versions are in Amazon top 10 best seller lists right now
shit just got real on youtube...trying to watch a DMC4 video and got hit with a unskippable 30-sec commercial of DmC
To be fair, it's the day before release... I think that's to be expected. The majority of sales for the game will be in the next few days. That said, I still think it will sell well.
BeautifulMemory
Member
yeah I think so. Future can't be predicted, right? Be again, fucking Lost Planet 3 got greenlit
Well:
Destructoid said:
Of course, DMC5 could also end up being developed by Ninja Theory just using the traditional universe.
It's not like their art assets are going to be overwhelmingly useful going into next generation anyway, and presumably they're moving to Unreal Engine 4, so Ninja Theory's doors are pretty open to mixing whatever styles they want together.
Yup. I'll be awaiting DMC5 on next gen consoles. 1080p 60 FPS. And of course, the return of the real Dante and Vergil.
MuddyDonut
Member
This is why I say OG DMC is dead. Capcom has continued on with other failures so why not just keep on trucking with this new found critical success? Plus this is a reboot, remember that. I also don't believe Itsuno at all.
Frankenstrat
Member
Thank you Sessler for addressing the crap-tacular writing. Cringe-worthy most of the way through.
If DmC sells well enough (1.5m+ I'd say), an OG DMC revival is dead. It'll probably happen since DmC is a lot more accessible.
I don't know if I want to believe DMC is dead, and to be replaced by DmC. I mean, DMC4 was annoying with it's backtracking but I found switching styles and weapons on the fly with Dante to be the logical progressive improvement from DMC3. I was hoping DMC5 would even do better with better levels hopefully.
I thought the DmC demo was fun but I think it's a downgrade from what I got used to these past few years. I mean, yeah, I could just suck it up and enjoy the damn game but did it really have to be Devil May Cry?
I'm not seeing why a DMC5 would even hope to exist anymore outside of this rebooted series Ninja Theory has begun. Thinking about it kinda makes me sad in a honestly nerdy way I guess - as a whole I personally never saw enough of a problem with the og DMC series for it to end the way it did and for it to have a reboot with a game made with the kind of pandering it employs. By pandering, I mean this larger emphasis on story which has to do with people being corrupted by TV and the food they eat.
I'm just butthurt I guess.
I thought the DmC demo was fun but I think it's a downgrade from what I got used to these past few years. I mean, yeah, I could just suck it up and enjoy the damn game but did it really have to be Devil May Cry?
I'm not seeing why a DMC5 would even hope to exist anymore outside of this rebooted series Ninja Theory has begun. Thinking about it kinda makes me sad in a honestly nerdy way I guess - as a whole I personally never saw enough of a problem with the og DMC series for it to end the way it did and for it to have a reboot with a game made with the kind of pandering it employs. By pandering, I mean this larger emphasis on story which has to do with people being corrupted by TV and the food they eat.
I'm just butthurt I guess.
Don't be ashamed. You're losing something that's important. A lot of us are. The only thing you can do is show support for the original series.
Riposte
Member
4/5, thanks Ryan :3
SolidSnakex
Member
You'd think that it'd need to outsell DMC4, which is currently the best selling game in the franchise.
OG Dante @ 30FPS.
Just messin, because at this point we'll be into next gen. Maybe we can expect higher framerate with the better specs, since it can get at least 100FPS on a 460GTX.
Given that the regular team is on Dragon's Dogma (which is likely bleeding money like mad), I would say that the bar lowers considerably to "this is a profitable venture that isn't killing the franchise".
Hmm, maybe. I can't quite predict what Capcom will do though. Will be interesting to see the sales data on this DmC since I can't even begin to predict if it'll sell more or less, but if I had to guess I'd say more than 2m.
As an aside, I don't really trust reviewers for character action games (relatively speaking, I don't rely on reviews very much), everything else is fair game.
XANDER CAGE
Member
DMC vs DmC crossover score attack game!
Washed_Out
Member
Just posted up my review. I enjoyed the hell out of it.
http://thekoalition.com/2013/01/dmc-devil-may-cry-review-hell-on-earth/
http://thekoalition.com/2013/01/dmc-devil-may-cry-review-hell-on-earth/
looks like great review scores all around
SolidSnakex
Member
You're probably right. It would just be weird if they were happy with 1.5m after saying that sales were one of the key reasons that they went with the reboot. And if I remember correctly, wasn't one of their goals for the game to reach 90 on Metacritic? That seems unlikely.
I don't have any basis for what I'm about to say, but wouldn't creating DMC4 be really expensive (despite half the game being copied)? If it was, then DMC5 would be even more expensive since players expect more and better. By rebooting they could bring the costs down and diminish increasing expectations.
OG Dante @ 30FPS.
Just messin, because at this point we'll be into next gen. Maybe we can expect higher framerate with the better specs, since it can get at least 100FPS on a 460GTX.
If a developer isn't comfortable with how 60fps game looks this generation in comparison to the 30fps console peers, that gap is still going to be there next generation. Or does the next gen hardware work out in manner where doubling the frame rate is going to have a noticeable painting setback?
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Don't believe a word of it. It makes no sense, especially as going into next generation publishers will be becoming more risk adverse than they already.
Stick a fork in OG DMC. Its done.
I don't get why they let him review DmC when he's never played Devil May Cry 3. That's a travesty, his opinion doesn't count.
SolidSnakex
Member
I don't think that we've ever seen estimations on how much DMC games cost to develop. But Ninja Theory does use performance capture, and that isn't cheap. But Nirolak probably hit on why we probably won't see another DMC developed by Capcom any time soon. Itsuno is busy with Dragon's Dogma now. They had to find someone else to take over.
Why? It's nice to have context but it is hardly necessary. A game review should be about the content on the disc not based about what name is on the box. Does the game become better or worse (IE reviewed better) because of what the title is?
His opinion doesn't count? Really??
Just because he didn't play 3 or 4 doesn't make his opinion invalid.
I thought DMC used Reuben Langdon for motion capture as well.
MikeE21286
Member
so capcom is gonna swallow up NT right?
More thank likely. Assuming sales don't bomb.
Based on this thread, seems to be a likely decision. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=507515
JehutyRunner
Banned
I want people to read this. It's not a review, but I feel it's still relevant.
That's only just a small portion, but it's the part that should kick in the balls of most people still throwing a hussy fit.
Link.
Disclosure: I worked with Brenna for 18 months at VG247 before I left it and she is sickeningly one of the best writers I've ever known in the games industry and I think this backs it up.
VG247 said:
That's only just a small portion, but it's the part that should kick in the balls of most people still throwing a hussy fit.
Link.
Disclosure: I worked with Brenna for 18 months at VG247 before I left it and she is sickeningly one of the best writers I've ever known in the games industry and I think this backs it up.
I prefer Jeff Gerstmann's response.