Yeah, I have to disagree with you. Rather than just being Dante’s drive in Devil May Cry 1, Eva seems to represent the goodness and strength of humans as a race,
In what way did the stories emphasize this point in a direct complete way? Aside from a few mentions, the point of Eva's sacrifice is never relevant in the story.
Her sacrifice, far from being inconsequential and cliché also has a HUGE impact on Dante as well as the Demon World.
Again... What impact on the demon world? What demons mentioned her? What demons even know or care? She has no relevance to anything. She was mentioned only as motivation for the main character, that is all.
After all, in whose image does Mundus create Trish? Consequently, when she and Dante fight in the Underworld, the most emotionally charged thing Dante says to her is that she will never have the “fire” of his mother, a strength that all the characters feel and understand.
What characters feel and understand? That line was passive at best and should have been followed by another line affirming and supporting just what it meant. Unfortunately it was poorly written and served as a shallow sound-byte. "You'll never have her fire?" In what way did she have fire? Develop a character over a story before you make affirmations and statements and then, the audience can agree.
Taking away that drive in DmC guts the original character of Dante, because the greatest lesson he learned from his mother, the strength of the human heart, and the necessity to protect the human race is never learned.
Nor was it learned In the original series. Why does Dante protect people? What specific reason of lesson was he taught by this great mother of his that lead him to become a hero? Also, there are many ways a young person can discover themselves through the actions and sacrifices of other before them without having come in contact with them. Your point of view is too one dimensional.
Additionally, in what you call a strengthening of her character, I feel that the arbitrary decision to make Eva an angel that Dante never knew, only continues to trivialize her. The truth is that DmC is being made by a separate company that does not share any part of the original series’ message or understand its direction and intent. The decision to make her an angel has nothing to do with furthering Eva’s storyline.
Eva never had a storyline! EVER!!! It's Dante's story. Eva is a poorly described, poorly executed focus intended to help flesh out the motivations of the main character. Try this, what can you say about Eva in the original series that you cannot say about any caring mother? So she dies trying to defend her children from danger. Any mother would do that! That does not give her any particular fire or depth as a character. It just makes her a normal caring mother. Also, The decision to make Eva an angel is not arbitrary, it facilitates an instigates massive number of difficult and complex story elements that, now, must be addressed since the very nature of her being is now the absolute antithesis of her lovers'. It's like the difference between setting fire to wood and setting fire to water.
If you want to talk about an overused plot line, let’s talk about literally the oldest story in the book: Angels vs Demons. Ninja Theory is simply trying to make a game that will appeal to a mass audience rather than staying true to the original storyline. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. Trivializing the plot in order to appeal to a mass audience is a good way to sell a game. I respect your opnion, but I like entertainment that does not do that.
What aspect of the original plot was not trivial or cliched? Also, the plot is not about angels vs demons or Eva and Sparda, it's about a young man coming to terms with a world he feels he has no part in. The love story and war between heaven and hell are simply backdrops and setups to that. I think you have a very limited grasp of what story elements are. This is a coming of age tale, that is all. The flashy lights acrobatics and setup are just aesthetics chosen to add flavor this tale. The symbolism is not indirect, and the satire is obvious. The themes are kept familiar, yes, because that helps keep focus on the points the story will try to make. Points that would be lost on minds, like yours. weaned on lesser efforts at narrative. Also, don't ever compare the narrative in the original series to anything resembling decent storytelling.
