The whole world turns against Dante in DmC

by JC Fletcher on Dec 8th 2011 5:25PM

When he's not scythe-gunning his way through demons, the Dante of the new DmC has to battle against the whole dang world. In the above video, the environment deforms in an attempt to kill an escaping Dante, bending, cracking, and reforming a formerly lovely cityscape into a demonic deathtrap.

To add the extra personal touch to the warping of reality, this new landscape taunts Dante the whole way. The floor drops an f-bomb.

Tags: capcom, dmc-devil-may-cry, microsoft, ninja-theory, playstation, ps3, xbox

Reader Comments (71)

is the techno music part of the game?

@PR0F3TA

Yea, thats what it's been like in the series.

@PR0F3TA seems like it, DmC has some rock/metal/techno.. and blends of one another.

@PR0F3TA
If it's like the last one, you'll be listening to that same music loop through 90% of the game.

@PR0F3TA Don't you know nowadays we refer to music with any element of electronic to it as "dubstep", not "techno".

@Player1 false.

@Player1

nah, thats not correct..

dubstep is a sub-genre of electronically created music
techno as well... two completely different types of music

@Da Mr

i think thats what he ment, he was being sarcastic. I listen to a lot of electronic music so when i ment "techno" i ment horrible looping music.

@(Unverified) I'm quite aware that's not dubstep. My point is that's not techno. Techno is a generic term people use to refer to any electronic music. I was hoping a sarcasm tag wasn't necessary.

@PR0F3TA See, the guy I was griefing gets it ;)

HAHAHAHHAHAH!! I was unsure about the game, but the foul-mouthed floor won me over.

@Truant peewee's playhouse sure has changed

After watching that second video I have a sneaking suspicion the game will have a twist that it's all in his head.

@akeso

As long as it's not purgatory...

@akeso

I hope the twist is he still has white hair when he wakes up.

I think the whole world turned against THIS Dante long ago!

@Exu

Holy wow. I mean, I know I'm late to the party on this one because I've never really followed this series, but the new Dante looks hilariously awful.

@Exu I agree. I hope this new series FAILS and Capcom picks it back up instead of letting some noobs dev it.

@nuprotocol Go back to the hole you crawled out of.

I want to hate it so much but dang these past videos have looked awesome.

I'm officially looking forward to this now.

@SmashZilla

Don't hate on it then. I dont't hate it on it because the gameplay and setpieces look extroadinary.

However, I still don't like the design. THAT IS NOT OUR DANTE (I don't hear "keepin it stylish!") It is like they just HAD to go all up in my house and say "FK YO' COUCH" (the couch being Dante).

Why didn't they name this game something else? No one would have freaked out. People seem to like the game..

Instead, they chose to completely rearrange a gaming icon's face.....to that one guys face (name eludes me now), just seems like a dick move on his part...

@jtenma

extraordinary*

amongst other errors :(

WTB EDIT

@SmashZilla

Interesting move, Joystiq.

Just so you know, I saw that.

I admit that the story is pretty intriguing. I like the whole alternate limbo world/reality type of thing. The whole art style is pretty cool transitioning from regular game world to demon world.
People can hate the "reboot" and what they're doing, but it isn't going to change much at this point. What you can do is try to find something to like about the game and hope that it turns out good. Which I'm pretty hopeful of at this point.

The only real criticism I have right now is the music. I've never been a metal fan, but I never minded any previous DMC music. In fact, I've quite enjoyed a lot of soundtrack. This though.... I find the BGM to be extremely rough/annoying as it is now especially when it blatantly stopped when the fighting was finished as opposed to a smooth transition.

@Omega2822
Yeah, the music is clearly trying to be like DMC3 and DMC4's soundtracks, but it's failing miserably.

@Omega2822

Graphics are not everything I understand. But, I also find it lacking right now. I feel like this is a step back from DMC4 which was a really brilliant graphical piece.

If there is one thing people didn't appreciate from DMC 4 was the graphical fidelity. A lot of people take it for granted in my opinion. The character model detail and animation was ASTOUNDING, even on the consoles. DX10 on PC was even better. The only problem was the rough shadows that the engine didn't properly render.

In this, the model detail feels extremely simple and 2008-ish. And the animation as it stands is quite static as compared to DMC4. Perhaps its limitations due to the art direction they went with the whole alternate/dynamic changing worlds?

@Mach2 yes, it does feel like it's trying to combine them.

@Omega2822
Everything you said but switch the DMC titles. I don't know what you played but DMC4's graphics weren't astounding in the least. They were pretty good, but not great among many beautiful games to date. The animations definitely look more elaborate so far in the new DMC as well. DMC4 and other DMC titles before it have all had pretty stiff, mostly standard animations. Nothing above average. I'll agree that the character models in DMC4 look as though they may have a little more detail though. That aside, the environments in the new DMC are definitely richer, more dynamic, and just more vibrant than what was presented in DMC4.

I still don't like the design for Dante, but his voice and the gameplay actually seem really great. But then, with a game like this you really have to hold the controller yourself before you can tell. If the controls are tight and there's an unlockable Classic Dante skin, all of my complaints will be resolved.

@Mach2
I'm sure there will be an unlockable skin, and only for an extra $4.99!

@CaptainPoopsock

I'm okay with that, honestly. IF they don't have a 'classic' skin, I probably would not even bother with this game. White haired freakshow ftw.

RUN DmC!!!
No?
.....awww

@Dizazter

Actually... hm. Yes.

@Dizazter now I want to play ssx

This is trippy as all hell.

is the age verification on these videos really supposed to fool anyone? even if i were 7 i could easily put my birthdate as January 1 1914. just saying....

@Liquidfingers I think it's a legal thing. As long as an age verification is there, they're absolved of blame when some 14 year-old boy watches a video full of drugs, nudity, swearing, and violence.

@Liquidfingers
Of course they do!
Just like Im 18 at every porn site ever.

Hahahahahaha, I would have just turned off the game at the point where the floor yanked all the way back to the beginning of the room. Just drop the controller and turn it off. Screw you game

Seems really obviously scripted. There's no sense of real danger here, just a series of location-triggered, non-threatening environment changes. Uncharted does this kind of thing much better.

@Haywire I dont know what you think video games are, but I really wanna live in your world.

@Haywire

I was actually thinking the first part reminded me of Uncharted (if Dante were running towards the camera, instead of away!).
But, yeah, with UC3 I was definitely a lot less in suspense with every destructible environment, than when they did it before with UC2. This will probably be the same. But it looks a lot more action-y... not just "whoa, I need to grab this next ledge now!"

Everything I just saw in these two trailers felt lacking. I understand the game is still in development and the game itself could very well turn out to be amazing ... so far it just doesn't look special. I've played all the previous DMC games on PS2 & PS3 (and the entire Onimusha series) and as of right now I have some serious doubts about the games direction.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

JACKPOT!!

Wait, what were you expecting from a DMC game?

Okay okay, this game is looking up. However, that guy is still not Dante!

Just because you put syrup on it, doesn't make it into pancakes!

I was skeptical but gameplay threw me back into the bandwagon! IM SOLD!

I swooned.

You got my attention in the short trailer. But still spissed on the whole change of Dante.

still loving the new design... i know im one of the few... but this looks amazing... from a technical standpoint as well... its so funny seeing people cry over the design change... but cant admit that this, even being UE3, looks effing spectacular.

@KiraXD

I was one of those people who protested against the re-design of Cole McGrath... but, for some reason, this new Dante doesn't really bother me.

I look forward to trying this game out sometime.

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