Devil May Cry Official Box-Art

[TwistedTinkerToy]

I've never played DMC. I'm not a fan at all. This box is bad..

I'm not talking about the box, I'm talking about the character.

And all of you DMC fans are overreacting. You need to accept that when a Western developer takes over a Japanese franchise, they're obviously going to make the designs less Japanese looking. Ninja Theory has made some great games and their stories are always top notch. We all know this game is going to rock, so people need to stop freaking about the new Dante.

[darthnater]

I'm not talking about the box, I'm talking about the character.

And all of you DMC fans are overreacting. You need to accept that when a Western developer takes over a Japanese franchise, they're obviously going to make the designs less Japanese looking. Ninja Theory has made some great games and their stories are always top notch. We all know this game is going to rock, so people need to stop freaking about the new Dante.

This. I don't care what they do to the characters, as long as the gameplay's good I'll get it.

[AgentLampshade]

And all of you DMC fans are overreacting. You need to accept that when a Western developer takes over a Japanese franchise, they're obviously going to make the designs less Japanese looking. Ninja Theory has made some great games and their stories are always top notch. We all know this game is going to rock, so people need to stop freaking about the new Dante.

I don't mind it looking less Japanese-looking, I understand a lot of folk don't like the style, what you're completely missing is that the character looks stupid (read: so much like an entirely new character, he should've been, y'know, an entirely new character). A lot of people have said it (a lot of people who aren't DMC fans) and quite frankly, I don't want to play as some guy who looks like he walked off the set of Trainspotting when I'm supposed to be kicking demonic ass. I've said it before - If you're going to reboot a franchise, you have to at least try to appeal to the fans, keep some aspects of the character intact, not entirely reinvent them. And the gameplay decisions don't look very appealing either to me, but each to their own.

The red box looks better, but I still can't shake the feeling it's just a screenshot inside a template.

[TwistedTinkerToy]

I don't mind it looking less Japanese-looking, I understand a lot of folk don't like the style, what you're completely missing is that the character looks stupid (read: so much like an entirely new character, he should've been, y'know, an entirely new character). A lot of people have said it (a lot of people who aren't DMC fans) and quite frankly, I don't want to play as some guy who looks like he walked off the set of Trainspotting when I'm supposed to be kicking demonic ass. I've said it before - If you're going to reboot a franchise, you have to at least try to appeal to the fans, keep some aspects of the character intact, not entirely reinvent them. And the gameplay decisions don't look very appealing either to me, but each to their own.

The red box looks better, but I still can't shake the feeling it's just a screenshot inside a template.

But like I said, Dante has always looked stupid. The new design is actually less stupid than the old one, but people aren't familiar with it so they automatically consider it worse.

[Necromancer]

Dante has always looked stupid.

I was with you all the way up until here.

[TwistedTinkerToy]

I was with you all the way up until here.

Oh yeah, so cool.

I'll give him a pass for his appearance in the first game, but after that it went downhill.

[Luigi53]

The new design is actually less stupid than the old one, but people aren't familiar with it so they automatically consider it worse.

No, what you aren't considering is the fans. The fans are not going to be happy with a redesign of one of their favorite characters, and you shouldn't expect them to automatically adapt to it.

[Necromancer]

Oh yeah, so cool.

Argument invalidated.
I have no problem with the new look, but there's nothing wrong with the old one either.

[TwistedTinkerToy]

"In my opinion, I think he always looked stupid therefor everyone is wrong"

If you like his design, that's your thing. But the point is, as a design, it's actually rather dumb.

[Higashi89]

This "Old vs New" thing reminds me of 1999... with the launching of Sonic Adventure...

[Necromancer]

But the point is, as a design, it's actually rather dumb.

And what basis is this being formed on...? You can't just say it's objectively dumb without any facts to back it up.

[Ronthis the Werewolf]

Haven't you guys heard of "to each his own"? Let it go you guys, who cares if someone has a different opinion.

[Necromancer]

Let it go you guys,

You act as if anyone besides TTT is taking this seriously.

[Ronthis the Werewolf]

You act as if anyone besides TTT is taking this seriously.

Well I was under the impression that you were serious about it because you were continuing it.

[Luigi53]

I'm not even angry at TTT. All I'm trying to tell him is that fans aren't going to automatically be happy with one of their favorite characters being redesigned. I don't honestly care what happens to Dante, but I know he has fans and I'm pretty sure if I was one of them I'd be angry about it too.

[AgentLampshade]

If you like his design, that's your thing. But the point is, as a design, it's actually rather dumb.

Whoa now, I was all ready to say "well, that's your opinion" and leave it there but the ignorance of this post made me continue. The design did absolutely everything it intended to do. It reached it's target audience and above all was consistent (we even had a shirtless model and nobody was complaining.) It didn't matter if Dante was bare-chested with a silly-looking leather coat on, because it fit. The entire universe was filled with talking demons, over-the-top action and even a living building! Nobody was going to care if a demon hunter who could defy gravity and fight demons while dancing and making sexual innuendo was wearing a silly coat. It had an aesthetic this new one lacks. It is in no way a dumb design as say, a giant anthropomorphic blue hedgehog running at the speed of light to fight a guy who makes robots.

I'm not even angry at TTT. All I'm trying to tell him is that fans aren't going to automatically be happy with one of their favorite characters being redesigned. I don't honestly care what happens to Dante, but I know he has fans and I'm pretty sure if I was one of them I'd be angry about it too.

Listen to this.

[TwistedTinkerToy]

Whoa now, I was all ready to say "well, that's your opinion" and leave it there but the ignorance of this post made me continue. The design did absolutely everything it intended to do. It reached it's target audience and above all was consistent (we even had a shirtless model and nobody was complaining.) It didn't matter if Dante was bare-chested with a silly-looking leather coat on, because it fit. The entire universe was filled with talking demons, over-the-top action and even a living building! Nobody was going to care if a demon hunter who could defy gravity and fight demons while dancing and making sexual innuendo was wearing a silly coat. It had an aesthetic this new one lacks. It is in no way a dumb design as say, a giant anthropomorphic blue hedgehog running at the speed of light to fight a guy who makes robots.



Listen to this.

So your point is the design is dumb because the game is dumb? I don't see how that makes all the new Dante hate make any more sense.

And for the record, I don't expect fans to immediately be on board, but the second people saw him they instantly hated him. You guys haven't played the game or seen the story, so you're basing your entire opinion of him off of his looks. And you've been doing that since you had even seen much of him.

[Necromancer]

So your point is the design is dumb because the game is dumb?

Where did he ever say that?

[Pan]

People still think it's about the character redesign? Other people are actually still mad about the resigned? I got over that day 1, and seriously who is still complaining about that? It's everything else that makes me not like this reboot. The story they've presented so far is really boring and stupid, and the characters have no likability personality wise, at least in my opinion. The gameplay has also changed quite a bit, and for any fan of the original games this is a valid reason not to want this one, not to mention there is hardly anything that makes this game resemble the series it's rebooting.

If the people complaining about this game still buy it it's their own damn fault, don't talk crap about something for months and then get mad when you spend money on it and don't like it. For those of you who think the game looks great, fine, buy it, play it, have fun, but don't lash out on the fans of the original series for not liking these changes, when most of them have valid complaints(not talking about people who hate the game specifically because Dante looks different).

Also on the topic of the boxart, I think it's just typical, not surprised this is how it looks at all. Don't really like it, the full red background would have been a plus though.

[Necromancer]

(not talking about people who hate the game specifically because Dante looks different).

That's more or less what's being argued, but otherwise yeah.