Just because Devil May Cry acts stupid it doesn't make it any less stupid.
I never claimed it wasn't stupid, I claimed that it flowed better because it rolled with its stupidity and it didn't feel awkward and clumsy because it knew what it was trying to do.
The narrative in DmC is better than the previous because they actually put emphasis on trying to tell a story that also always stays in context to the tale being told.
The fact that they tried to put more narrative in doesn't make it any better. It squanders the use of video games as an interactive medium by taking away player control during its lengthy cutscenes and is so obnoxious with this that it puts cutscenes in the middle of boss fights. It hurt my enjoyment of the actual game.
What do you mean it doesn't know what it wants to be? The previous games didn't know what it wanted to be as Dante and the central plot changed EVER SINGLE TIME. Honestly making a reboot is no different. Devil May Cry was never consistent as like I said, it's a very unorganized canon.
1 was lost due to its origins as a Resident Evil game, 2 was just a general mess, 3 knew what it wanted to be within itself and 4 is similar to 3, although its thrown off balance occasionally due to Nero's angst scenes. I say it doesn't know what it wants to be because it's so uneven with its tone.
The opening scene is actually very similar to DMC3's. Dante is ambushed by demons, and what ensues is an over the top, comedic and just ridiculous cutscene. DMC3 continues this tone through out the entire game because it knew that's what it was. DmC goes goes to a far more sincere and dark level. It goes from Vergil shooting down some pregnant demons and even if you feel the morality was justified, it doesn't change the fact that it was a dark, serious and more grotesque scene. Then we go to Vergil and Dante palling around with dick jokes. It tries to take itself seriously without actually following through.
You still keep passing Devil May Cry off as if it's some kind of parody with the intention of being evidently crappy but really it is not. Devil May Cry does take itself seriously to an extent because Capcom just doesn't know how to write. It's just as stupid as when Bayonetta tried to pass off all it's fetish themes as if it was ironic where it just makes your eyes roll and tells me just reach the obvious conclusion and make a goddamn porn game.
I'm going to ask you to explain to me how a game where the protagonist literally rides a motorcycle up a 90 degree angle of a large tower, starts beating down demons with it mid-air and then lands perfectly with the motorcycle blowing up his hands is taking itself seriously in any way or trying to deliver a serious narrative. I feel like at this point the game couldn't tell you it was obviously just for fun unless it had a neon sign.
DmC for the most part actually has a very distinctive vision and identity for the game and it does stick straight to the story being told here. It isn't trying to be a freaking generic anime anymore which DMC does not need to exist. The way the narrative is set up definitely has it better because freaking effort was put into in the first place. DMC was never really interesting or special alone if we're talking about stories because if it's gameplay didn't hold up it would be dead out the gate. That stagnation started to show as this look and personality DMC was adapting especially after the crappy 4 really does only appeal to a limited crowd and a reboot would not have been made if everything was going right. You love the original series so much more? Evidently you didn't show it because they needed to branch out with the decision for a reboot.
It might have a distinct vision, but whatever vision it has is lost in its juvenile tantrum of angst. It's awkwardly trapped between two worlds and doesn't know what it wants to be. How have you not addressed my complaints about how the narrative takes away from game play?
Also, I like how you're acting as if the game play holding up is a small thing when it's an action game primarily focused on giving you a satisfying combat experience.
What do you want me to do? I bought 4 and the HD collection and I mainly believe this branching out is due to Inafune. DMC4 sold the best of the entire franchise so I don't know where your implications that the series wasn't doing well enough even come from.
