Second time I've seen a review mention there's a funny level that's a parody of political pundits; may need to look this up on Youtube for some laughs.
DmC: Devil May Cry
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 On 04/09/2013 at 12:26 AM by Kayshire Cat See More From This User » |
The style of the original Devil May Cry had, and pretty much any other game made by that team (which is now primarily part of Platinum Games) is something that's pretty much impossible to emulate. Outsourcing this game could've been met with disastrous results however Ninja Theory succeeds by taking the DMC formula and doing their own thing with it.
Everything the past games had is still there, the combat, the ridiculous sense of style, etc., but much like Dante they too have changed quite a bit. This game wont please series purests at all, (so if you're looking for me to somehow convince you it's not happening you can stop reading) however those just looking for a good action game will find exactly what they are looking for.
The main arc of the story focuses on Dante learning about his past as he starts to remember he gains different weapons and skills that draw from his demonic, and angelic powers. These are the main focus of gameplay as combat relies on you switching between the human, angel and demon weapons to perform combos, and traverse the levels.
DmC's combat is a little more grounded than it's predecessor's. It's more accessible, but still has plenty of depth. As you progress through the game, and get more weapons, and skills you'll start to have a wealth of options you can use at anyone time. This is one of the areas where the game shines switching between weapons is seamless so it's easy to make a number of combos switching between weapons, and to experiment with the weapons.
There's also a bigger focus on exploration and platforming. Good platforming might I add. I wont even try arguing any of the DMC games do platforming better cause they don't most of the platforming in them was dreadful. While DmC delivers some wonderful cinematic platforming bits where the ground around Dante starts to shift and fall apart. There's even some platforming secret missions that can get pretty challenging.
The story (beyond some bits of cheesy dialogue which is entertaining in it's own little way) is fairly well written. The lore is well thought out and it does some pretty good parodies of society. My favorite part of the game was the boss fight against some giant newscasters head who was a parody of personalities on Fox News and the like. That entire mission had me laughing.
DmC might not be quite a DMC game, but it's a great game in it's own right. It wont live up to the lofty expectations of hardcore fans of the series looking for another DMC game, but if you just judge it on it's own worth there's a good chance you might have a good time.
Score: 8 I was wrong this game doesn't sucks out of 10
a couple of asides. This probaby wont be my last blog about this game I kind of have some other thoughts that don't really fit into a review and I'll be picking up the DLC with my refund when I get it.
Also this game introduced me to the band Combichrist which I actually really like. Here's a track from them.
~Fin
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