DMC rewrite 2023 edition

[V's patron]

How would you handle a DMC "rewrite"

Something was brought up earlier in another topic about a potential DMC series "rewrite" that I felt would be a good idea in the end to possibly mend the fences between both sides of the fanbase that has been split since the release of DmC. The core basis of it could be the same (such as it...

devilmaycry.org

Inspired by this thread from 2014.

How would you handle a DMC rewrite?

You could do another reboot or a another draft version of the existing series.

 

[ef9dante_oSsshea]

If you mean DMC as a whole, all i would change is i would get rid of nero and have DMC4 revive vergil and have them come to terms with their issues

Then for 5 have urizen be one of the first ever demons, and have him in an evolved humanoid size form be the final fight with both brothers like in 3 against arkham.

Vergil and v could still be a thing, but through discovery rather than necessity, and also have devil sword dante and sin triggers happen with vergil unlocking his another way. Basically i would just have it the same with no nero lmao.

 

[V's patron]

@ef9dante_oSsshea
Yeah you could tackle any part of the series and change as much as you want.

 

[V's patron]

My intro was 3 and I disliked jumping forward like they did with 4 and the anime. So I'd retool 4/anime/reboot as year 1/2/3 stories like what they did with Batman back in the 80s.

My initial post was building off Dante's mercenary days as Tony Redgrave. So Dante would go from a self-centered mercenary to hero of justice. He's not driven by money but revenge. Due to his upbringing he's more concerned about himself than everyone else. So the new take would be exploring that transition and challenging it.

It's not that different from what 3 and reboot tried to do. I'm just synthesizing it and going a little further.

Rereading the old thread, I felt we were too much like the sky is falling with the reboot. But my new expierences as a Marvel and DC fan gave me a different viewpoint.

DMC's problems aren't that unique in hindsight. Often a series would go in a direction you don't like. It happened with Bleach, Kingdom Hearts and the post DMC3 era of DMC.

Unlike God of War 2018, DMC hadn't found a way to followup DMC1 without going to the past.

Here's hoping a potential DMC6 is more appealing.

 

[Dr. Cheesesteak]

I really wish I could contribute more to this, but I have not finished DMC4 or DMC5.

I think the story from DMC1-3 is fine. I'd change maybe certain story beats to feel more cinematic, which actually seems like what they did in DMC4. They could probably condense a lot of DMC1-3 into a single game, depending on how long they want to make it and what sort of narrative:gameplay ratio would work best.

I like the idea of maybe having side quests or something reflective of the one-shot episodes of the anime.

I know this is about writing, but I'd LOVE for them to change how dodge/roll works to be a dedicated button (ala the Trickster Style or Lucia in DMC2) instead of it being tethered to target + direction + button. Probably the only thing I'd change for the gameplay from what I've experienced in DMC1-3.

 

[V's patron]

I really wish I could contribute more to this, but I have not finished DMC4 or DMC5.

I think the story from DMC1-3 is fine. I'd change maybe certain story beats to feel more cinematic, which actually seems like what they did in DMC4. They could probably condense a lot of DMC1-3 into a single game, depending on how long they want to make it and what sort of narrative:gameplay ratio would work best.

I like the idea of maybe having side quests or something reflective of the one-shot episodes of the anime.

I know this is about writing, but I'd LOVE for them to change how dodge/roll works to be a dedicated button (ala the Trickster Style or Lucia in DMC2) instead of it being tethered to target + direction + button. Probably the only thing I'd change for the gameplay from what I've experienced in DMC1-3.

It's fine as you could tackle as much as you want.

I wouldn't condense all three games into one entry. They feel too seperate as stories but I'm fine with adding new content.