This reboot of the “Devil May Cry” series
raises a lot of questions on whether or not Ninja theory did Dante justice by
changing his look, his voice actor, and his origin by making his mother an
angle instead of just a normal human. I am proud to say that they were able to
pull it off bringing new life into a character and opening the doors for more
games to follow. To clear the air the new Dante does not act emo… doesn’t bitch
or wine about his mother’s death, he doesn’t wear makeup or talk about how much
pain he is in and how futile life is.
He is though a confused and somewhat tortured soul, he has
been forced to fight demons ever since he was a little child and even had to
kill all the demons in the orphanage that he was living in. Given his
personality grounds as to why he acts the way he does. Ninja theory also
harkens back to the old Dante as well with his witty quips to demons and his
impossible feats of strength and agility in cut scenes. They also made a rather
obvious statement rather early in the game when a long haired white wig falls
on to Dante’s head and he looks in the mirror and states “not in a million
years” meaning that this is a new younger Dante, and more importantly that this
is their version of Dante. Now
while many fans of the old Dante hated the new look I personally didn’t mind it
Dante needed a reboot there have been no new DMC games for 7 years when the PS3
first came out my only complaint was the change in voice actors but the new guy
Tim Phillips did a surprisingly good job and brought a lot more emotion and
believability into the character.
Now while we can argue about his looks all
day but it’s time to move on from that and into the new combat system. The main
new changes that have been made were the removal of the style changing system
from Devil May Cry 4 for a newer, sleeker, and faster combat system. Throughout
the game you will be acquiring 6 extra weapons after you acquire Rebellion and
Ebony and Ivory. The changes that Ninja Theory makes it so that you can switch
between these weapons quickly and more fluidly so that you can keep the
momentum of combat moving. Also all the motion capture that the actors did have
not gone to waste Dante’s moves look much more believable and it looks like his
moves actually carry weight and momentum.
Another interesting addition to the combat is
the ability to spend and return your upgrade points. In the game you gather
upgrade points you can use to unlock combos or weapon damage, and if you decide
that the combo you unlocked doesn’t fit your play style then you can simply
take the point out and put it in another skill which gives the player a lot of
freedom on how they want to play the game. Now amongst all of these great positives and fun aspects of
the game there are a few glaring negative I need to address and that is the
awfully short play time, no replay ability, and rewarding players for barreling
through levels. On the story side
it only took me about 9 hours to complete on Nephilium which was the hardest
start off difficulty and while I did thoroughly enjoy myself and yes there are
harder difficulties to play and beat the game on after that I didn’t find
myself really wanting to go back and re beat it on a higher difficulty I had
beaten the game an knew how it ended there really wasn’t anything keeping me
engaged after I had done all there was to do.
Another gripe I had was the fact that the
game would time you and reward you the faster you finish a level. That idea to
me was ludicrous you already have a short game why encourage players to not
look at all the work you put into it but instead reward them for rushing
through the game as quickly as possible. What DMC will need to do for a sequel
is take a note from “Darksiders” and open up its world. The mission to mission
linear game play style go old a while ago, now if after I beat the game there
was still a whole world to explore and secrets to find like in “Darksiders”
then its replay ability would have been high. However, there is not there is
only mission to mission hopping with little exploration because the developer
would rather you rush through their game so you can trade it in the next
day.
Greatest Reviews gives “Devil May
Cry: DMC” (2013) 4 and half stars out of 5 for its excellent combat system,
good story and voice acting I would have to say try and rent it if you can
because once you beat it and are not a completionist like me then you will have
nothing to occupy your time once the curtain goes down. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
By: Tyler Comp
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