''We all know that there are game sequels out there were just there for excitement and not there for being a good game. Examples of that are Metal Gear Solid 5''
Metal Gear Solid 5 hasn't been released yet, Ground Zeroes has. -_-
Anyway, I wouldn't want Devil May Cry to be 'mainstreamed'. They did that with DmC - made it appeal to western gamers as well as a larger crowd - and I honestly hated it. Most people thought it was 'alright' at best, which is why it got a 7/10 from many on this forum. You don't make games appeal to as many people as possible, you make them appeal to a certain market. If you do make them appeal to as wide an audience as possible, you end up with games like Resident Evil 6, like you said. There is no need to dumb everything down or make them conform to 'the average gamer's wishes' just to make extra money.
''cuz let's be real, as 'you know who' said, "what was cool then isn't cool anymore". And if you look at it deeply, he's right.''
That's an opinion, not a fact. I feel that Tameem doesn't have the right to say what is cool or not, since he does not hold a monopoly on that. And guess what? Many things that have gone out of style will at some point be in style again. I think it's incredibly arrogant for anyone to act like they know what is cool or uncool, because it's completely subjective. You can't control people's opinions, and Tameem's belief that he can is... frightening. And you know... nobody should care who thinks what is cool. Tameem is not some kind of god, I decide for myself what is cool. If I find old Dante cool (the one who rides a motorcycle, listens to rock music and plays some in his spare time on Nevan), that's my opinion. Tameem's opinion is no more important than others', and he still needs to realize that.
DMC3's characters still stand out to me as being the best. Its story was fine, nothing wrong with it. You're taking DMC4 as the prime example for how the old DMC series was 'bad', but that's a flawed argument, as DMC4 is (according to many) the weakest DMC. Or at least the weakest after DMC2. Furthermore, arguing that old DMC games are outdated seems redundant too. What matters is what DMC would be like today, if Kamiya got to work on it. And that's just it: we don't know. So maybe we should see. Let him develop a DMC, and f*ck whatever one man thinks should be and should happen. Nobody cares. From DmC's sales, it's become clear people are not looking for a reboot of the Devil May Cry series, at least not in the form of DmC. DmC's 1.3 million in sales is terrible considering DMC3 sold the worst out of all DMC games, was not multiplat, and still sold as much as DmC, despite the latter being geared toward as wide an audience as possible. Time to move on.
Of course the game should be better than DMC4. Of course it should have as little backtracking as possible. And we should have a lock-on function. We should have deep characters that aren't thrown away after a mistake was made (Nero). Make sure they go through change and become awesome characters. If they're similar to the DMC4 characters, I'd be fine with that, because they were funny and awesome in some ways. I didn't think Dante was 'tired out' at all. I'm not going to explain his entire character again, as I've done that before and nobody cared. It's not a bad character, just a different type of character. You don't like it, fine. I disagree, and so do many others. What we shouldn't want is for it to turn into unoriginal stuff like DmC. The DMC series started out as being NOT MAINSTREAM AT ALL, and it became popular because of it. To take away originality, add western clichés, and remove features would be folly. Next thing you know we'd have those incessant Resi 6 QTEs in DMC5.
Adding content and improving characters and plot is all good. I'm with you on that. I think costumes should make a return. You know, costumes like in DMC3. Give us the chance to play as other versions of Dante or simply let him have alternate outfits. Why not? We have the technology :laugh: Also, make styles return and do away with the angel and demon 'stances', so to speak. Although I liked the existence of angels and demons. Dante'd be more awesome as a half-angel than a half-human. More variety in weapons, maybe? I'd love Nero to wield a spear, or maybe a spear and shield, or a halberd. Even dual katanas would be pretty nice. Maybe they should do something like Bayonetta did, where you could pick up weapons dropped by enemies.
People would be happier if Dante were a little more 'human', I guess, like in DMC1. I still hope Nero somehow features in it, though. Heck, they could reboot Nero's story and pretend DMC4 never happened, for all I care. That way, they can actually flesh out Nero and give him a better backstory. DMC5 doesn't need to restart everything; it could just restart from the moment DMC1 ended (retcon). I'd like it if DMC5 retained the DMC style: a bit dark, with touches of manga/anime. I liked DMC4 in that respect, even though it was immensely flawed in some ways.
