Nero

[Lain]

Yes, make Nero a private detective who specialises in supernatural cases. That would be awesome.

But seriously, make him cover up his devil bringer. His "attempts" during 4 were hilariously bad, holding his arm over it when talking to Gloria was pointless when you can clearly see it glowing underneath.

 

[Foxtrot94]

Yes, make Nero a private detective who specialises in supernatural cases. That would be awesome.

I wouldn't be that fond of it. DMC is a stylish action game. There should be a lot of action, fighting and awesome spectacle, not a lot of investigation.

I think that approach would be better put in an anime, or manga. Or a movie.

 

[V's patron]

@Blackquill
Well the game has an investigate function and an early version of him was Sherlock holmes esque (more in the british gentleman sense tho).

He could always get a job with the new government in Fortuna, hunting demons or get a job in law enforcement. The investigate approach could works it way in puzzles or the data files. @Foxtrot94 has a point about combat but DMC Demons don't seem that interested in subtlety so maybe his caseload is rather straightforward.

 

[Morgan]

The characters do examine the scenery if you press the X button to interact with stuff, and that's in every game. The games aren't one big fight scene; the player character usually has to travel places and a lot of that involves puzzle-solving. Give Nero stuff to examine, put in some puzzles that aren't a b.s. "uppercut some dice" game, actually have Enemy Files that unlock through fighting demons in multiple ways and exploiting weak points instead of .001 second glitches. It's not that hard to make it fun.

@Blackquill Eh, I'm iffy on him still hiding his Devil Bringer when he just learned to accept it. Not to mention it glows through everything he puts over it (the sling, etc.). That's on the level of Dante carrying around a guitar case for Rebellion i.e. he's not fooling anyone unless the point is 'plausible deniability' or something. For the purposes of a DMC game with him in it, he's gonna have it "always out" anyway, so he should just come up with a half-truth like "It's a gauntlet".

 

[berto]

Yes, make Nero a private detective who specialises in supernatural cases. That would be awesome.

Isn't that what Dante does already? Yeah, he would be more of a bounty hunter but it's a bleak difference. You call Dante up, he sees if you're issues fit his requirements and he takes care of your otherworldly woes. Yeah, we don't see it in the games but honestly, who'd want a run of the mill everyday case for a whole game?

 

[Morgan]

Isn't that what Dante does already? Yeah, he would be more of a bounty hunter but it's a bleak difference. You call Dante up, he sees if you're issues fit his requirements and he takes care of your otherworldly woes. Yeah, we don't see it in the games but honestly, who'd want a run of the mill everyday case for a whole game?

Only kinda. Capcom's whole shtick now is making Dante a sloppy, careless "investigator" that shrugs at demonic cases that are dropped onto his lap from somewhat reliable sources (see DMC4). In terms of character, there's no reason Lady had to bargain with him to go to a place where they were collecting Devil Arms and the cult's soldiers involved themselves in other demon-hunting related jobs. He was supposed to be the guy that jumped on cases as long as anything remotely demonic was involved [regardless of the money], but DMC4 was him shrugging at everything Lady said, making a spectacle of murdering a cult leader and terrorizing innocent worshipers, but then a minute later he decided he was finished being proactive and said "Let's see what happens"-- he allowed Nero, the terribly inexperienced punk that he is, to go off into a situation he wasn't ready for, and passively let stuff escalate to the point where Sanctus awakened the Savior and opened a Hell Gate leading to hundreds of civilians dead, when that entire conflict could've been nipped in the bud in a half hour of Dante doing something other than standing around being cryptic. Considering how much more powerful Dante is portrayed compared to anything in the game, DMC4 was his "everyday" job, and he just happens to suck really friggin' bad at it. That's how he is now. He's not serious anymore.

 

[Veloran]

Did a bunch of posts get deleted here, or what?

 

[Viper]

Did a bunch of posts get deleted here, or what?

There were some technical issues and in the process of fixing it weekend's worth of posts vanished into the abyss.

 

[Sparda's rejected son]

I was thinking and I recall at one point people saying that Nero is to old to be Vergil's boy. This was pushed because it was thought that DMC4 comes before DMC2 in the timeline. But was their anything in particular that made DMC4 fit before DMC2? It seems Dante exits Hell in DMC2 so who is to say that DMC4 doesn't happen later, like much later?
Sure Dante looks old as dirt in DMC2 and he's at his peak in that game (Desperation Devil Trigger) and... That's all I got. Otherwise Nero being Vergil's boy works. (For me personally)

 

[Gel]

But was their anything in particular that made DMC4 fit before DMC2?

Oficially?You have the arbook being called itself DMC 3,1,4,2 arts and this:

 

[Sparda's rejected son]

Well I'll be damned! It was Official and not just a good fan theory! Well back to lurking I go. If anyone needs me I'll be somewhere, watching people's posts... MUHAHAHAHAHA! :bored: