DmC: Devil May Cry

Bhaswara posted...

"That's because DMC2 sucks ass"

What makes it "suck ass"?

Dante's personality is the polar opposite of what it was in Devil May Cry; the story is non-existent (at least what little story Devil May Cry had was 100% coherent and interesting); the guns are overpowered while melee attacks are underpowered; the Trickster and Gunslinger moves (or that's what they would lead to) were interesting concepts that were horribly implemented; Dante's swords are essentially the same beyond a few secondary modifiers; there is an annoying pause after each time Dante attacks, leaving him wide open to attack... these are just some complaints (I could go on for a few paragraphs).
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Currently going "squa squa squa!"
The DmC Demo didn't hurt my butt, it just gave it a rash. The cure? Play Devil May Cry 1, 3, and 4.

Ninja Theory and Tameem in particular are very disrespectful to old fans. I don't pay people who insult me.

Aside from that the themes of the game are entirely different. The contrast is lost.

In the classic DMCs the world was a dark and dangerous place where even the lowest demon is a grave threat to a normal person. In this darkness Dante was a light. Dante was carefree and lighthearted in a world of darkness. The new Dante is as dark as the world around him. The contrast is lost. The classic Dante allowed Lady to shoot him in the head multiple times. The New Dante attacks humans unprovoked. Classic Dante would never put out a cigarette on a demons face.

Making Dante a dark character removes what made Dante different from characters of competing games. Dante was light hearted and fun loving in contrast to the revenge and tragedy driven Kratos and the ninja of revenge and duty Ryu Hayabusa.

In the classic DMCs Dante wore a flamboyant Red coat in Gothic settings. In the new DmC Dante wears dingy modern attire in a dingy modern setting.

The classic DMC raised questions like how Dante choose to embrace his human heritage over his demonic heritage, despite the logic that it would make him weaker. Dante tells us that compassion is more important than power. The new DmC kills this theme dead by making Dante half angel instead of human. Angels and Demons are equal, there is no conflict in which heritage Dante should follow.

Vergil was the other side of the coin, favoring his demonic heritage. The new Vergil is a thinly veiled commentary on class warfare.

The new DmC is about a demonic conspiracy with demonic puppetmasters pulling man's strings from behind the scenes. It is about modern social commentary. It is about mocking (American) Republican spokespersons. It is about the hidden world around us. The new DmC is too specific to the times we live in. The classic DMC is timeless. DMC was never about being faithful to modern times.

The themes of the game are so different it might as well be a different series entirely.

I am in the minority in these opinions. Most people don't care about the themes of the classic games.

Silent and Copter answered in two posts the questions I've had
since this game was announced.