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[ShockingAlberto]

I don't get the love for the art.

It looks like Duke Nukem if the developers themselves did not get the over-the-top nature of Duke Nukem was a joke.

 

[First Name]

It's called following the canon.

Read the books for Dante's origin story, which this game is based off.

You're incredibly mistaken.

I don't get the love for the art.

It looks like Duke Nukem if the developers themselves did not get the over-the-top nature of Duke Nukem was a joke.

I was actually going to say something similar but thought I might be seen as overly negative. Technically it's well done but... I'm just not feeling it. Before someone calls me a prude- no it's not the sex. just don't really care for the overall feel of it.

 

[Nora Kisaragi]

You're incredibly mistaken.

Are they changing his origin story now?

At least they're keeping the devil trigger = white hair mechanic

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

I just noticed the dance club in the background.


Wow. -_-

 

[edgefusion]

I kinda like new new new Dante. I wasn't as bummed out by the redesign as a lot of people seemed to be, although I can't say it was particularly appealing. I think this new version is a step in the right direction anyway. That is to say away from drug addled gigolo. Not really a fan of his actual attire but I think the body shape and face is okay.

He looks like Ashton Kutcher to me:

Edit: I don't know what defines an emo looking guy, he has always looked like a Punk to me.

Gaf doesn't have a fucking clue what the difference is between emo, punk, hipster, goth etc. they're just interchangeable words for "I don't like the design".

 

[Teknoman]

It's called following the canon.

Read the books for Dante's origin story, which this game is based off.

Wait...what books?

 

[legacyzero]

I rather like the new art direction.

 

[Eyeh4wk]

He still looks like a hobo.

 

[First Name]

Are they changing his origin story now?

At least they're keeping the devil trigger = white hair mechanic

Where are you getting that from? Devil Trigger was always a transformation to a demonic form. In addition this new "Dante" is half angel.

 

[Teknoman]

Where are you getting that from? Devil Trigger was always a transformation to a demonic form. In addition this new "Dante" is half angel.

Now i'm even more confused. So this really is a complete reboot?

 

[Nora Kisaragi]

Wait...what?

You didn't know?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry_(novels)

Volume 1 tells a story that takes place before Devil May Cry 3, Dante's origin story that links to DMC1, and volume 2 bridges after DMC1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_May_Cry_3_(manga)

Also read that, it's the story that takes place during DMC3 that isn't explained in the game itself.

DMC has a lot of canon that takes place outside the game. Those who stick only to the games would be surprised that Dante gains white hair in devil trigger mode, but diehard DMC Fans know better. : )

 

["God's Beard!"]

The British soccer punk look definitely makes more sense.

 

[First Name]

Those who stick only to the games would be surprised that Dante gains white hair in devil trigger mode

I can't find any summary of the books that says that. Where are you getting this? What's the page and book?

Now i'm even more confused. So this really is a complete reboot?

Yup.

http://www.capcom-europe.com/blog/2011/08/dmc-first-gameplay-trailer/

The Dante of DmC is a young man discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel.

 

[Teknoman]

this does look better than dmc4 and unless you have a 120Hz monitor you won't notice the difference between 30 and 60

- from NT forums.

Im surprised people still think this...

 

[Jocchan]

I don't get the love for the art.

It looks like Duke Nukem if the developers themselves did not get the over-the-top nature of Duke Nukem was a joke.

It's a visually beautiful piece of art, of course if you ignore the context it's used in.

 

[First Name]

this does look better than dmc4 and unless you have a 120Hz monitor you won't notice the difference between 30 and 60

- from NT forums.

Im surprised people still think this...

... That is fractally wrong. It would be wrong even if the difference between 30 and 60 wasn't a wide gulf. Do they even know what Hz means??

 

[Teknoman]

I can't find any summary of the books that says that. Where are you getting this? What's the page and book?



Yup.

http://www.capcom-europe.com/blog/2011/08/dmc-first-gameplay-trailer/

The Dante of DmC is a young man discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel./quote]

Well if thats the case, its definitely not following canon.

 

[sixteen-bit]

this does look better than dmc4 and unless you have a 120Hz monitor you won't notice the difference between 30 and 60

- from NT forums.

Im surprised people still think this...

In my experience some people really can't tell the difference.

 

[[Nintex]]

In my experience some people really can't tell the difference.

In my experience Ninja Theory games don't run 30fps either.

 

[AlphaDragoon]

The Dante of DmC is a young man discovering and coming to terms with what it means to be the child of a demon and an angel.

Oh for fuck's sake, it's true? Nevermind what I said earlier about fucking up the Dante/Vergil dynamic, I'm gonna assume they went full retard and Vergil doesn't even exist in this "reboot" DmC. And that's better for him and all his fans, because then he isn't getting ruined like Dante is.

 

[Teknoman]

In my experience some people really can't tell the difference.

I know we have discussions about this all the time on GAF and it pops up other places...but I cant see how someone cant visually see the difference between...

Say Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, or Sonic Adventure 1 and Sonic Adventure 2. Even if its not an exact 30 or exact 60, the visual difference should be obvious.

 

[Urban Scholar]

In my experience Ninja Theory games don't run 30fps either.

burn! Seriously though I really don't care as long as it runs ok

 

[Nix]

Oh for fuck's sake, it's true? Nevermind what I said earlier about fucking up the Dante/Vergil dynamic, I'm gonna assume they went full retard and Vergil doesn't even exist in this "reboot" DmC. And that's better for him and all his fans, because then he isn't getting ruined like Dante is.

I had assumed it was the greatest demon and a human bitch, but now it's arch-angels and shit all up in this!?

Bail out man. Bail out.

 

[Amir0x]

well the media looks gross, but the cover art - minus the hideous Dante design - actually looks amazing.

So that's the first ever even remotely positive thing I can say about this game so far.

Edit: Oh that's not the cover art, just the random piece of at work made into cover art :/

Guess we'll get something terrible for that too then

 

[GuardianE]

I know we have discussions about this all the time on GAF and it pops up other places...but I cant see how someone cant visually see the difference between...

Say Soul Edge and Soul Calibur, or Sonic Adventure 1 and Sonic Adventure 2. Even if its not an exact 30 or exact 60, the visual difference should be obvious.

Yeah, I don't see how that's possible, considering that movies are shot at 29fps deliberately, and you can always tell the difference between a soap opera and a movie.

 

[sleepykyo]

I know I can't. But people can usually feel the differences.

eg. The differences between the PS3 version of a game and the 360 version. The difference between CoD and other console shooters. The difference between PS3 Black Ops and the MW CoDs.

It'll be interesting to see if Capcom releases a demo to let people feel/not feel the differences to win them over or figures a demo would lose more sales than it gains.

 

[First Name]

Oh for fuck's sake, it's true? Nevermind what I said earlier about fucking up the Dante/Vergil dynamic, I'm gonna assume they went full retard and Vergil doesn't even exist in this "reboot" DmC. And that's better for him and all his fans, because then he isn't getting ruined like Dante is.

Someone over on CU had the idea that Vergil is the split personality of "Dante" and doesn't really exist.

edit: If that comes to pass we need cameras on DahBomb.

 

[Erigu]

It's called following the canon.
Read the books for Dante's origin story, which this game is based off.

You keep saying stuff like that, and it still doesn't look like you really know what you're talking about...

 

[Nora Kisaragi]

It was already established in canon that Dante's father married a human woman.

http://devilmaycry.wikia.com/wiki/Eva

http://4.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/1206/01-003.0/compressed/pg68_69.jpg (bottom right corner)

And now all of a sudden he's the son of a demon and angel? Fuck this game

 

[Jocchan]

It's funny how Dante gets his two defining characteristics only in DT mode: white hair and a red coat. I don't get why they made the game like that.

It's even funnier if you remember how much they derided Dante's original design, and now its defining characteristics are the highlight of the superbadass mode.

well the media looks gross, but the cover art - minus the hideous Dante design - actually looks amazing.

So that's the first ever even remotely positive thing I can say about this game so far.

Edit: Oh that's not the cover art, just the random piece of at work made into cover art :/

Guess we'll get something terrible for that too then

There's no way that artwork could be used as boxart, unless it's on a cover you can flip or something.

 

[X26]

A (slight) improvement over the first design

 

[Amir0x]

It's even funnier if you remember how much they derided Dante's original design, and now its defining characteristics are the highlight of the superbadass mode.


There's no way that artwork could be used as boxart, unless it's on a cover you can flip or something.

cuzz of ass cheeks? Damn America is prude

it's more reminiscent of some sort of renaissance art :/

 

[iavi]

That'll never be the boxart, but damn the kind of dirty things I'd do for it to be. Seriously.

 

[Teknoman]

Yeah, I don't see how that's possible, considering that movies are shot at 29fps deliberately, and you can always tell the difference between a soap opera and a movie.

This too. Or even the difference between the news and a movie.

 

[Tron 2.0]

Yeah, I don't see how that's possible, considering that movies are shot at 29fps deliberately, and you can always tell the difference between a soap opera and a movie.

Movies are filmed at 24fps.

And there's a difference between video and film. Soap operas are generally shot on video tape (or were, anyway, before digital).

I still have zero expectations that this will be good, because it's being developed by Ninja Theory. Wish Dante didn't have that horrible hair cut, but the model is improved.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

Lol at the reaction of eva being an angel. The bitch was always potrayed with pure, angelic like qualities to begin with. Its the same shit. Dantes still a child of two worlds, black and white, good and evil, demonic and heavenly.

Its an extension of an already existant theme in the dmc games. Also, did you guys think everything would be the same? No, of course not. Some liberties are being taken. And at least its intresting that eva is being made relevant again.

Edit

And this could be the boxart. There have been other more sexually slanted box arts that made it onto store shelves. Worse case, some of the side boob can be diminished.

 

[Jocchan]

cuzz of ass cheeks? Damn America is prude

it's more reminiscent of some sort of renaissance art :/

Yeah, cuz of angel ass cheeks

The artist is Alessandro "Talexi" Taini, by the way, and he's insanely talented. His art is probably going to be the best thing to ever come out of this.

 

[Acquiescence]

That'll never be the boxart, but damn the kind of dirty things I'd do for it to be. Seriously.

Too lewd for the prudes maybe. But I think Europe could dig it, just so long as the Daily Mail doesn't get wind of it in the UK.

 

[badcrumble]

cuzz of ass cheeks? Damn America is prude

it's more reminiscent of some sort of renaissance art :/

seriously.

 

[Chamber]

Lol at the reaction of eva being an angel. The bitch was always potrayed with pure, angelic like qualities to begin with. Its the same shit. Dantes still a child of two worlds, black and white, good and evil, demonic and heavenly.

Its an extension of an already existant theme in the dmc games. Also, did you guys think everything would be the same? No, of course not. Some liberties are being taken. And at least its intresting that eva is being made relevant again.

Uhh, the "bitch", as you lovingly refer to, was Dante and Sparda's connection to the human world. Making her an Angel is not exactly unimportant.

EDIT - Smh @ the above post

 

[StickSoldier]

cuzz of ass cheeks? Damn America is prude

it's more reminiscent of some sort of renaissance art :/

Yeah, only when it comes to box art for video games. It's cool to show ass and tits on T.V. and magazines, but hell no you won't see that shit on front of a videogame case.

 

[Dali]

Lol at the reaction of eva being an angel. The bitch was always potrayed with pure, angelic like qualities to begin with. Its the same shit. Dantes still a child of two worlds, black and white, good and evil, demonic and heavenly.

Its an extension of an already existant theme in the dmc games. Also, did you guys think everything would be the same? No, of course not. Some liberties are being taken. And at least its intresting that eva is being made relevant again.

Edit

And this could be the boxart. There have been other more sexually slanted box arts that made it onto store shelves. Worse case, some of the side boob can be diminished.

Really? In the ESRB era? Please drop some names on me. It's not just the sexual connotations that make it unlikely though. I'd say the gun fingers elevate it to another level.

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

Yeah, cuz of angel ass cheeks

The artist is Alessandro "Talexi" Taini, by the way, and he's insanely talented. His art is probably going to be the best thing to ever come out of this.

Better than that he's listed as lead art designer for the game right?. I expect pretty backdrops whilst killing shit.

There are others, just can't recall. But i di remember walking the aisle and thinkng, "damn, that made it in?"

You may say, its just girls in bikinis, and the dmc art is actually showing less skin. There is something suggestive in that picture, which is rwally the only ' contoversial' part about it.

Edit. Gun fingers, yeah you're probably right. They would have to alter some things about it, but generally it should work.

At the very least they should have him commisioned to do another piece for the box art.

 

[Tron 2.0]

seriously.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Angel art is gorgeous. But that Dante... looks like he spent some time in rehab, but I'm still not cool on his design.

 

[Amir0x]

Yeah, only when it comes to box art for video games. It's cool to show ass and tits on T.V. and magazines, but hell no you won't see that shit on front of a videogame case.

it's, like, not even really nude ass cheeks. She's wearing something. Maybe she could slightly cover up her boob a little more, but maaan that's over the top.

Fucking christ I hate American censorship.

 

[X26]

All it needs is some editing, pretty good choice for a cover if they go with it

 

[badcrumble]

What is dripping off of him... 0_0

wine and/or sweat. killing demons is hard work

 

[Jocchan]

Better than that he's listed as lead art designer for the game right?. I expect pretty backdrops whilst killing shit.

Looks like he's Visual Art Director: http://www.talexiart.com/

it's, like, not even really nude ass cheeks. She's wearing something. Maybe she could slightly cover up her boob a little more, but maaan that's over the top.

Fucking christ I hate American censorship.

It's not just American censorship. That boxart wouldn't be used in Europe either, unless it can be hidden under something less explicit (or unless they cover those angel chicks with a towel).

 

[Acquiescence]

Better than that he's listed as lead art designer for the game right?. I expect pretty backdrops whilst killing shit.

He is? That's assuring news. I hope a lot of the stuff that he ensures makes it in the game is as impressive as his concept art.