Deputy Dangle
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Sessler's review seems to be pretty in line with how I felt about the demo and all of promo footage, streams, spoiler territory videos, etc. A 3/5 seems to be fitting.
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BadAss2961
Member
Going by reviews, this reboot is exactly what the series needed... Yikes.
My feelings, they are hurt.
IGN?
Giantbomb
Tesseract
Banned
i don't visit gaming gaf often, and when i do i usually stick to community threads.
1st Course
Member
Who said western outsourcing doesn't work? 
Don't let the hyperbole get to you. This game is NOT the most polished hack n slash in recent memory, that's a load of bull.
IGN is out already, 8.5/8.9
Who said western outsourcing doesn't work?
Everyone except me.
ShockingAlberto
Member
The reviews are painting this as a better experience than Bayonetta in terms of action games.
This seems like very strong praise but it is the most prominent thing that leaps out to me as hyperbole.
This seems like very strong praise but it is the most prominent thing that leaps out to me as hyperbole.
And where the hell did you read that? Most of these reviews are just saying it's a good and fun action game.
I don't get the same impression from these reviews at all.
SolidSnakex
Member
Ok, thats one. But He's making It sound like most of the positive reviews are talking hyperbole. Which isn't how I see that at all.
How does "tapping into" equal better?
PrivateRyan
Member
Yea guys don't zero in on the hyperbolic statements and just get the overall picture from all the reviews (if you put much stock into them too begin with). Right now I feel the Eurogamer and Gamespot reviews were more in line with my own personal opinion of the game. I felt Sessler was a bit too harsh and sites like 1UP and EGM were too hyperbolic with their praise.
BadAss2961
Member
Obviously... That only makes it worse.
lmao. Is this the Twilight Zone? Am I getting Punk'D? I literally just joked about that same exact quote before reading it from IGN.
I dunno. Thought he was talking about it that's all. They atleast seem to be equating the games...
ShockingAlberto
Member
It was more of a tonal impression I got and I was more curious about it than condemning of it, but feel free to leap down my throat and make guesses at what I meant, anyway.
I see words like "best hack and slash in recent memory" and a synapse fires in my brain that this is something I probably can't take on faith alone considering the competition.
I see words like "best hack and slash in recent memory" and a synapse fires in my brain that this is something I probably can't take on faith alone considering the competition.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
I am glad that it seems this game is legitimately great since I sort of like Ninja Theory as a developer.
Or at least I just can't bare to see another one shut down after a failed game.
Here's review from my site (it's polish, so I link here with google translate): PS3Site.pl 8+/10
Not the same reviewer right?
I think this one will land below DMC4 metacritic wise. Should be around Enslaved level which is what I pretty much expected to be honest. NT generally make average to good games.
LifEndz
Member
I get that the game isn't Sesller's cup of tea (and perhaps based on his disdain for the series they should've chosen someone else to do the review), but the part where he was talking about the intro and said "this is why games aren't considered art" really irked me. No one would watch a bad movie and say that. Maybe the game is just dumb fun. That doesn't mean all other games can't be considered "art."
MrCookiepants
Member
Watched some video reviews. The combat is spectacular and so are the environments. And Dante is naked a lot.
I might buy this.
I might buy this.
And the mysteron that replaced Jim Stearling gave it a 9.0
Same dood who decried RE6 for being afraid of being RE (a point I agree with)
Yeah.
Same dood who decried RE6 for being afraid of being RE (a point I agree with)
Yeah.
Capcom specifically made DmC to appeal to such people who found DMC childish. The fact Sessler is not a DMC fan means his perfect to review DmC. It's a shame that DmC just ended up being as cheesy with a character that is just another power fantasy and unrelatable, and swears a lot. NT's story talents are nowhere to be seen here. It's dumb fun sure but Capcom wanted to mature the franchise with DmC and they just haven't done that.
How you can mature a franchise with a character who say "F*ck" every phrase? The old DMC was much more mature that this one.
maverick40
Junior Member
them Gaf salty tears.
The PR for this game was all about elevating the story to hollywood standards and NT constantly mentioned BB and Casino Royale as a source of inspiration. Now putting DmC next to the likes of such films is just laughable. The story doesn't even touch DMC3 and isn't as enjoyable to watch as DMC4.
It's getting about the same as Heavenly Sword and Enslaved and I thought those games were beyond overrated. But whatever if people eat this up then then it's on them.
Where?
Not as much as Capcom's in two months...
toastyToast
Member
At the very least, I was expecting the story to be better. It wouldn't have been like this if Andy Serkis played Dante
Call Me Maybe
Banned
It seems to be doing well. At the very least, it does not seem to be the complete trainwreck that the initial backlash had suggested it would be. I will keep an eye on this one.
I just watched the story first time, then of course skipped to hell on later playthrough, but had the curiosity to go see the dialogue with mundus before the fight in english (first run was in italian for review purpouses) and found it surprisingly decent. Also liked the back and forth during the last fight, which most seem to hate. I think it does a pretty good job of setting the tone for the story and ends up building a less dickish, childish Dante.
Overall, I think it's very simple story, but decently executed and coherent, and very "useful" for the franchise, if you get my point. That's more than I can say about the average fanfiction that makes up DMC narrative universe. I don't like the more childish aspects of it, of course. Trying too hard for a oh-so-mature approach always ends up sounding more childish than it could be.
That being said, this kind of "gameplay first" games do not really require a story for me, they need just a background to tie together visual design, enemies and levels in the less troubling way possible. Bayonetta and DMCs are amazing games despite their stories.
Anyway, my review's online, if anyone cares (in italian)
http://www.videogame.it/dmc/107706/devil-may-cry-riparte-da-occidente.html
4/5 (+art direction award)
Will follow up in a minute with a Secret Missions video (as soon as it encodes :\)
iNvid02
Member
Funchameleon
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Haha yeah, that was awesome. Just about every review is making jabs at that stupid fucking moment. Some of the dialogue in this is INCREDIBLY bad.
Ugh I can't wait until the 25th. Must hold out from doing the EBgames rental.