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I'm sure it's fine, BUT...

posted 11 years ago by MaximumMadness
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Look, I'm sure this is a good game. It's gotten very decent reviews and the one person I know whose played it says it's his second-favorite game in the franchise. I read through the story synopsis and have watched a lot of footage. It seems like a good game.

But I just still feel like this was a fundamentally unneeded reboot, and I wish we could have gotten an official Devil May Cry 5. The old series was more of a bi-product of its time, I will admit (and even some of the basic mechanics and storytelling feels antiquated now), and the series was going to have to make some changes, but it just bothers me. I spent four games over seven years growing attached to the characters, style, gameplay, etc. only for it to be tossed aside for a reboot that just doesn't feel like it adds or improves much over the original.

I'm going to buy this after I buy the original trilogy's HD edition and play through the first four games again. And I'll probably love it. But I'm always going to have that "What if we had a part 5 instead of the reboot?" question at the back of my head.

And FURTHERMORE, this is my signature! SERIOUSLY! Did you think I was still talking about my point?

[–] LionGoatSerpent 11 years ago

DMC's been rebooted so there's nothing fans can do about it now. However, what bugs me is that if DMC had to get rebooted then I wish we could have gotten a better game out of it. DmC is okay...but it's nothing amazing. The original series contained it's own share of average/poor games (Devil May Cry 2, for example), but we also got some really great games too (like DMC3).

Personally, I feel DMC3 was what saved the franchise after the weak sequel (even making up for it) and drew a lot more people to the series. So why couldn't DmC have been like this? Even though I hated the thought of a reboot, I still wanted DmC to be something great (since it is the start of a new Devil May Cry franchise). Instead it's just an average game. It's not bad, but it's not amazing either.

Still, I hope one day the creators return to the original series and make a DMC5. At least to answer some questions brought up in previous games and to give the series an official ending.

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[–] MaximumMadness 10 years ago

I've actually read recently that Capcom is interested in potentially returning to the original series and giving us a proper Devil May Cry 5, after DmC failed to sell as well as they had hoped. (In fact, I think it's sold significantly less than Devil May Cry 4 did, and at a much slower rate than Capcom originally projected)

I have to say, I hope they decide to go ahead with that. I've enjoyed what I've played of DmC, but it still feels like far too unneeded a reboot to me.

And FURTHERMORE, this is my signature! SERIOUSLY! Did you think I was still talking about my point?