MULTI DmC : Devil May Cry Demo Impressions Thread

[Radical]

Played the demo on PS3. The controls were responsive. I like how they have divided his abilities into Angel & demonic modes. It has potential but I wouldn't want this to be the future of dmc franchise.

Visually, they should have used the MT framework for this one. UE 3 sucks on PS3, the self-shadowing in particular is horrendous. It looks a bit better in the boss fight segment.

Looking forward to playing it on PC for the alternate take on dmc's storyline & characters.

 

[Imran Ahmed]

Okay so I finally gave the demo a try, the demo should be honored as this demo took the virginity of my Pulse headset (for games).

So here is my opinion:

WTF IS UP WITH GRAPHICS? The art looks good enough and the ever-changing scenario was cool too BUT THE WHOLE FUCKING GAME LOOKED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING ON SIXTH-GENERATION CONSOLES ! I MEAN EVEN DMC3 LOOKED MUCH BETTER IN MANY SCENARIOS COMPARED TO THIS !

The gameplay was fun and fast although the controls will take time to get used to, I was pressing L1 and R1 most of the time instead of L2/R2 and when I was pressing L2/R2 I was rapidly pushing SQUARE to bring out the guns but he was pulling/grabbing instead, so gotta work on that thing...

THE WORST CON OF THE WHOLE GAME:
DANTE'S LOOKS

Which overshadows all the cutscenes, during gameplay you won't be seeing his ugliness from the back much and would be busy with the rapid gameplay but CUTSCENES WERE A TORTURE ! AND THAT PUSSY OF A BROTHER OF HIS VERGIL :/

They ruined some damn fine characters...

The boss fight demo was good too but uh...SWEARING contest? :/ Seriously? :/
And that WHO ARE YOU SCENE can't even live upto the CERBERUS in DMC3 after it gets defeated.

And that loading screen, WHITE LOADING SCREEN PAR WHITE SHADOWED TEXT? :/

I hope the visuals are much more polished in the final version and hope they don't look as crappy as they were here in this demo...

Since I played a hack'n'slash after a long time, it was fun.

Overall Demo Score:

5/10

yeah i pretty much agree with everything...cept that graphics are not so bad...or atleast not for me. The characters...yes i couldnt agree with you more... Also the chatter in DMC4 with Dante or nero vs Berial was also cooler.

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Played the demo on PS3. The controls were responsive. I like how they have divided his abilities into Angel & demonic modes. It has potential but I wouldn't want this to be the future of dmc franchise.

Visually, they should have used the MT framework for this one. UE 3 sucks on PS3, the self-shadowing in particular is horrendous. It looks a bit better in the boss fight segment.

Looking forward to playing it on PC for the alternate take on dmc's storyline & characters.

Yes...I agree... U3 engine was a bad choice from the get go.

 

[Radical]

I understand Major's disappointment with the characters in this game. As I said in the previous post, I wouldn't want this to takeover the dmc franchise.

 

[Black Basara]

Okay so I finally gave the demo a try, the demo should be honored as this demo took the virginity of my Pulse headset (for games).

So here is my opinion:

WTF IS UP WITH GRAPHICS? The art looks good enough and the ever-changing scenario was cool too BUT THE WHOLE FUCKING GAME LOOKED LIKE IT WAS RUNNING ON SIXTH-GENERATION CONSOLES ! I MEAN EVEN DMC3 LOOKED MUCH BETTER IN MANY SCENARIOS COMPARED TO THIS !

The gameplay was fun and fast although the controls will take time to get used to, I was pressing L1 and R1 most of the time instead of L2/R2 and when I was pressing L2/R2 I was rapidly pushing SQUARE to bring out the guns but he was pulling/grabbing instead, so gotta work on that thing...

THE WORST CON OF THE WHOLE GAME:
DANTE'S LOOKS

Which overshadows all the cutscenes, during gameplay you won't be seeing his ugliness from the back much and would be busy with the rapid gameplay but CUTSCENES WERE A TORTURE ! AND THAT PUSSY OF A BROTHER OF HIS VERGIL :/

They ruined some damn fine characters...

The boss fight demo was good too but uh...SWEARING contest? :/ Seriously? :/
And that WHO ARE YOU SCENE can't even live upto the CERBERUS in DMC3 after it gets defeated.

And that loading screen, WHITE LOADING SCREEN PAR WHITE SHADOWED TEXT? :/

I hope the visuals are much more polished in the final version and hope they don't look as crappy as they were here in this demo...

Since I played a hack'n'slash after a long time, it was fun.

Overall Demo Score:

5/10

DMC4 runs at fix 60fps and looks better compare to DmC even now. The colorful palette doesn't suit DMC style i wished it was more muted but oh well. PS3 has alot of problem you should try the 360 demo its better.

The animations and physics are unpolished in majority of moves and it feels slow. I hope the final version is more clean and smoother. You will get used to the control i really don't get why the default controls have two different keys for weapon switching for angel/demon weapon. It should have been R2/RT for weapon switching it would have been more easier.
They are some issues of balancing of weapons some of them keeps you afloat in air for longer its just ridiculous and aribtar is massive weapon and way too overpowered defeats high-tier enemies easily. Not to mention the demon dodge is just broken lol and gives you rewards you way too much for a simple move. I have even seen the video where a guy did demon dodge and he got instant SSS rank thats just stupid.

The boss fight was just OK for me it was too easy and the patterns were easy to read. The swearing part was overdone IMO. Right now the story, characters and enemy designs are subjective some of the people may like it and some won't. I will give my final verdict after i play the final game.

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I understand Major's disappointment with the characters in this game. As I said in the previous post, I wouldn't want this to takeover the dmc franchise.

I enjoy Osiris i hope it makes in future DMC i always wanted to wield a scythe weapon. I don't care about characters it's a different take by NT. I think traveling between two dimensions is borrowed from Constantine.

 

[Gizmo]

I can completely understand the sentiments of long time DMC fans.It's hard to see your beloved franchise change so drastically after such a long time.IMHO CapCOm would've been off if they'd either stopped DMC altogether or atleast put the series on a hiatus and made this game under a different name as a new IP.Like a spiritual successor to the series.We'd get an awesome new game and the fans wouldn't be so upset.

 

[Radical]

Yeap. The weapons are cool.

 

[Major Aly]

DMC4 runs at fix 60fps and looks better compare to DmC even now. The colorful palette doesn't suit DMC style i wished it was more muted but oh well. PS3 has alot of problem you should try the 360 demo its better.

The animations and physics are unpolished in majority of moves and it feels slow. I hope the final version is more clean and smoother. You will get used to the control i really don't get why the default controls have two different keys for weapon switching for angel/demon weapon. It should have been R2/RT for weapon switching it would have been more easier.
They are some issues of balancing of weapons some of them keeps you afloat in air for longer its just ridiculous and aribtar is massive weapon and way too overpowered defeats high-tier enemies easily. Not to mention the demon dodge is just broken lol and gives you rewards you way too much for a simple move. I have even seen the video where a guy did demon dodge and he got instant SSS rank thats just stupid.

The boss fight was just OK for me it was too easy and the patterns were easy to read. The swearing part was overdone IMO. Right now the story, characters and enemy designs are subjective some of the people may like it and some won't. I will give my final verdict after i play the final game.

Well I only have PS3 so can only play the demo on that...

And yes two buttons for two different weapons make it a bit complex, but oh well let's see what this DmC drags in...

 

[Radical]

It's a design choice to separate the weapons. One pulls stuff towards you, the other pulls you to them. This way you can zig zag between air & ground & still keep the combo going.

 

[Major Aly]

I think I need more practice on this demo...

BTW what's the word on REVENGENCE's demo?

 

[Radical]

Dunno when it gets available on the PSN. Only the ZoE HD buyers got the chance to play it. =S

 

[CerebralTiger]

I have been doing that jump cancel and it's pretty easy to execute now.

The important thing to note from those vids isn't jump canceling, but that you can charge his guns while changing between Angel/Demon styles.

Also, here's another video from a DMC veteran (n472a):

DmC

 

[Radical]

^ Fantastic use of the lift & pull techniques there.

 

[manigamer]

well i think they have implemented the weapon change styles etc pretty neatly i mean sure its kinda confusing at first but everything needs a bit of practice

eager to see what more weapons the games got to offer.

 

[CerebralTiger]

@Black Basara does a combat analysis of the DmC demo

DmC Demo Analysis - YouTube



Also, video from another DMC veteran (Brea):

DmC Devil may Cry play. player:brea. - YouTube

It's as if she's enemy step cancelling again and again in an effort to rip apart the combat system out of sheer hatred. :lol:

 

[Black Basara]

@Black Basara does a combat analysis of the DmC demo

DmC Demo Analysis - YouTube



Also, video from another DMC veteran (Brea):

DmC Devil may Cry play. player:brea. - YouTube

It's as if she's enemy step cancelling again and again in an effort to rip apart the combat system out of sheer hatred. :lol:

Pro DMC players didn't like DmC from what i know. Anyway the majority of combos i have seen are pretty much brain-dead you can cancel any move in ariel attack, enemy step is pretty much useless now. There's no precise timing to cancel the move like it was in DMC3 and 4. My bro just learnt this move in couple of mins when he saw me doing it like crazy. Lets not forget style meter is retard.

 

[Black Basara]

I can completely understand the sentiments of long time DMC fans.It's hard to see your beloved franchise change so drastically after such a long time.IMHO CapCOm would've been off if they'd either stopped DMC altogether or atleast put the series on a hiatus and made this game under a different name as a new IP.Like a spiritual successor to the series.We'd get an awesome new game and the fans wouldn't be so upset.

If it happened to God Of War, the fanbase would feel the same way ( even though GOW franchise hasn't evolved much since GOW2). I have been waiting for a new DMC since 4 years and the new DmC feels alot different with no improvement except for open environment which i always wanted in future DMC.

 

[sshah]

[MENTION=9361]Radical[/MENTION] I am kinda taken back by your train switching. What gives?

DMC1 had gothic architecture in enviroment not this DmC. If you are discussing DMC story in depth then thats what DMC isn't about it was always the gameplay first and DMC3 vergil is million times badass than this douche.

Not necessarily. More of a lingering semblance of it. All of the games were artistically, thematically, and metaphorically in terms of demonic lore ... an utter and complete mess. They were garbage in this regard. As for Vergil; the guy was a one-dimensional jackass, and same goes for Dante. Just because something isn't suited to your version of 'badass' sensibilities doesn't mean you should start throwing around undue praise for DMC that it obviously doesn't deserve.

Saying that older DMCs' were not about the stories is pulling away from the fact that they were laughably poor in that regard. 3rd one was somewhat of a decent venture and even that was marred by Vergil's horrible Inuyasha-esque persona. This game actually is trying to bring story into the franchise and you people feel that it's a bad thing? Which 'Personalities' did Dante and Vergil EVER have that I keep hearing about?

Dante was an over-the-top character, a flamboyant clown and that's where his character's so-called depth ended. Vergil was just the same. Your lack of reasoning is ridiculous in this regard. Love DMC all you want, but don't insult characterization by ill-using it for characters that don't have a shred of it to begin with. And better a douche than a jackass that was DMC3 Vergil. That alone is a 'gazillion times better' for me and anyone who even slightly values narration medium in gaming whose growth is inhibited because gamers - like you - don't care for it.

 

[Radical]

I shouldn't judge the new characters just yet but what I saw in the demo about Sparda etc. I was immediatley put off. The game feels like a total downgrade visually & gameplay is not that satisfying. It has potential but no, I don't want this to be the future of dmc.

 

[Major Aly]

Demon Father.
Angel Mother.

Could be that Angel was supposed to be a switch in for the word human.

 

[Radical]

What I mean to say is this is acceptable as an alternate take only. It's not bad or anything, just that it screws over too much that I like about the old dmc. I am still looking forward to play it but I want DMC 5 featuring NERO as the main dmc game from the Japan Studio. That's that.