Well, you all know me, and you know how long and how hard I've been screeching for it, so my first wish should come as a surprise to absolutely
NO ONE, but regardless:
A
good story. I don't care who Capcom has to
fire, who they have to hire or replace, or what kind of obstacles or restraints they have to overcome: with such a large cast of characters, some of which have sprung into cult icons, there's no reason not to utilize the shrinking pool of marginally-
good traits about each character, and implement them into a reasonable narrative that sways from the nonsenical anime cheese that every game has churned out, even the
good ones. I only say this because I love the series so much:the action, the characters, the production value, and the series as a whole deserves better than it has.
But besides that, I think the game should retain all mechanical progress and fluidity
DMC4 achieved through the MT Framework engine, and I'd very much like the game to finally GIVE US THE DESCENT INTO HELL THE SERIES HAS BEEN TEASING FOR YEARS. We were cheated out of it in
DMC2, it was planned and cancelled for Dante's campaign in
DMC4....just
put it in the game already. Our lead protagonist is named after Dante Allegheri, and he hasn't once dived into the same levels of purgatory mentioned in the
Inferno. That's like having a game about the Wright Brothers and never having them go near a plane even
once.
Nero would be a nice element to bring back to the series. His gameplay was a nice change-up from Dante's, and his role in the story deserves a better explanation. Not to mention that his dynamic with Dante worked very well for the cutscenes.