DmC: Devil May Cry

Madigari posted...

It's like fans of vanilla ice cream telling strawberry fans that they're ruining ice cream for everyone. People like what they're going to like, and being dicks to them really does nothing but make you be a dick.

Nah, its more like the strawberry fans keep telling the vanilla fans that spending more money to get less ice cream isn't ruining ice cream for everyone.

DmC is a downgrade. Supporting it is supporting downgrading the franchise. Supporting DmC tells Capcom that it is OK to downgrade the features of future games because the customers will accept it.

I can understand why people would like this game. But I still think its a poor Devil May Cry game and on its own its a fairly mediocre game.

Story wise, DmC puts video gaming back almost a decade though.

Damaras posted...

you had to backtrack with Dante, which made no sense

I'm gonna nitpick on this one:
It made sense, both, gameplat and story-wise, Dante just COULDN'T let the hellgates open, remember how Nero never closed them? Hell, I don't think he even knew he could close them.

There had to be a time for Dante to close the gates, and I frankly prefer that being missions rather than just straight-up boss fights or just a bunch of cutscenes.

Could have been done better? Sure, Dante was anyway supposed to get other bosses, but hey, Capcom, so there's nothing to do there.

SilentS89 posted...

DmC is a downgrade. Supporting it is supporting downgrading the franchise. Supporting DmC tells Capcom that it is OK to downgrade the features of future games because the customers will accept it.

Christ, everyone's a drama queen these days.

1) Don't support it then. But don't be a dick if someone else finds it fun and decides to. Again, gaming is supposed to be about fun, not being a pretentious dick to anyone who doesn't share your "no true gamer" standards. Also, blaming the customer for the company's practice is shifting the blame. Vote with your wallet, write a complaint to the company, organize a (successful) boycott (with more than a handful of people)...All of those have an effect. You know what doesn't? Whinging at people who just want to have a good time.

2) If the game is a flop, in what way does Capcom get that message? Just out of curiosity's sake. And don't try and tell me, "Only because we antis did our part!" The game flopped because it didn't appeal to most people, myself included. Your presence on a message board for the last two years wouldn't have stopped me if I'd found the game fun. End of story.

EDIT: Also, realistically? DmC is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Capcom's "bad practices" supported by gamers. It's just a bad game. Not really indicative of anything other than a bad game. But rereleasing DMC3, a DMC collection, and then the same collection again with HD...Can't say you aren't contributing to a precedent there.
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