“I remember calling it Developers May Cry, it looked that good.” God of War III’s game director Stig Asmussen confesses in the upcoming God of War Directors Live event, when asked about his art direction days on the original God of War. Devil May Cry; its headliner, Dante; and the entire DMC mythology have sprung installments on multiple consoles, comic books and an anime series. Dante is an iconic figure in the video game world, so imagine the reaction when Lead Producer Alex Jones and Chief Creative Director Tameem Antoniades were tapped to change everything we know about Devil May Cry and start from scratch. The result? DmC.
Clearly, Ninja Theory and Capcom were anticipating a strong reaction and fan skepticism, but after my conversation with the new DmC team, I grew more confident that Dante and the cast of DmC are in good hands. It’s daring, crazy and extremely challenging to change an 11-year-old franchise. But, if Christopher Nolan can do it with Batman Begins, maybe Ninja Theory can do the same for Devil May Cry. I’m sure you’ll agree when I say that I feverishly await more details behind the new DmC. Expect both Jones and Antoniades to visit the PlayStation.Blog in the future.
I like the new hair. There, I said it.
wow you serious? tell me your joking? recreating the whole game so Dante can come out all emo looking wanabe badass who smokes? OMG Capcom made the most stupidest move ever in game history. You just let ninja theory destroy Dante’s badassness with this thing? Unlike Suckerpunch, they do listen to us and change Cole back to character which we love just for us. So please, tell the capcom to tell them to scrap the emo looking wanabe badass poser and bring back the old icon Dante which we all know.
Should have called this game as something else and not label it as DMC. Would have gotten a better response. Also, the lead producer is contradicting himself. “…less over the top fasiony(sp?) stuff and more harder edge.” If anything he’s even more stylize with his new hair do. I’m pretty sure you would have to go to a salon to get that cut. And for the record I think this new main character of this game is a cross between a zombie,druggie,emo teen. Other than that, everything else looks ok.
I’m just going to pass on this until a real DMC game comes out. I do not like the direction this one is going.
@Kchow23
Well I don’t think he changed -that- much. Personally, I would have known it was DMC even if it wasn’t written. He looks like a younger Dante. What I don’t like is the new attitude and that was what made the original character what we know.
@ShadowRain19
Well, inFamous is a sequel, this game is not, so they wanted to have a different Dante.
Let’s just wait for gameplay. That’s why I buy a game. DMC2 and DMC4 both had Dante in them, but they were nothing more than a rent for me. A character doesn’t make a game fun. If I hate the character but love the gameplay, I’ll just skip the cutscenes. I wouldn’t even play if it was the opposite.
myself being a fan of the devil may cry series, i am fine with the update. not to mention that the original trailer for DmC was SOOOOO BadA$$~ cannot wait to see how this turns out.
I like the new DANTE look. Going have to give this game a try. Played all of DMC, except the one for PS3. I’m kind of person that don’t mind changes amonge games. Like COLE for inFamous, I really like the new COLE. Didn’t like the game because of how COLE was in the first, but when they introduce the new look of COLE I was ALRIGHT!!! I might like inFamous now. Then all the freaking crybabies made a big deal about it and they redesign him again and went back to the NEW OLD COLE. Because of this I will not buy inFamous 2. I hope CAPCOM / Ninja Theory don’t give in to all the crybabies and change DANTE back.
I think company like SUCKER PUNCH and CAPCOM / NINJA THEORY should have both the NEW and OLD in the game to choose before the start of the game. This way everyone wins. I personally like the NEW DANTE for DEVIL MAY CRY and the NEW COLE for INFAMOUS.
I’m actually posting on here for the first time. I don’t expect a response, since it seems most of the negative feedback on here is being combed through in favor of the one or two positive posts.
I’m new to the Devil May Cry franchise, but I’ve known of Dante and the games for about ten years now. I’ve never seen any unhappiness with Dante’s design in the fan base, nor have I seen complaints about his character. So why change him? The original Dante was iconic not just because of the games themselves, but because his design was simple and stood out: White hair, red jacket, enormous sword, two guns. This new character doesn’t have any of that. Giving Dante black hair, changing up his attire, and deciding to make him look dusky and gaunt does not make him edgy or iconic. If anything, this just shoves him into an easily recognizable and very disliked category of currently existing characters. Want to upgrade a character and make him appealing to fans? Do exactly what the Santa Monico did with Kratos: Have the character evolve into their new appearance over time. Design for the sake of reason is good. Design for the sake of design is not.
@FawkePhenix
New Cole was just way too generic. Sure, he went from Nathan Hale to Nathan Drake, but at least he was a little more original. Nathan Drake looks like 60% of the guys in the streets and that’s exactly why Naughty Dog made him look like that. I didn’t want to have another game with a casual hero.
@ShaowofEdan
This is why I think they should have both the NEW and OLD in the game to choose from. This way / will make everyone happy. Nobody will cry about it. I hope they do this for both INFAMOUS 2 and the new DMC.
also devil may cry came out 9 years ago hahahahaha
But the original Devil May Cry began development 11 years ago. =)