Exactly. I still deem DMC 1 the best as well really based on nostalgic heartstrings more than anything but, it doesn't take a genius to realize DMC was at a creative dead end and was really going nowhere.
While i do agree somewhat that DMC hit a dead end, it still holds a ton of potential, something that a lot of Pros seem to think DmC has, which it does, but that doesn't mean that the original series didn't have any potential either. I mean it really is a matter of taste. I love DMC 1 and its Castlevania-esque gothic backgrounds and exploration. It didn't feel like i was in some boxed combat arena unlike the other games after it, there were details in the background that were interesting and such. While some of DmC's levels are good, some are completely barren Mission 17 & 18 especially. DmC, even with all of NT's prowess in level design, still can't hold a candle to DMC 1's superior level in detail and just straight out supernatural feeling. DmC just feels too....real and normal, it just wasn't supernatural enough for me.
I think the original series is "rose tinted" by the very fanatical side. I know I don't want to play the same game over and over again. This is why I never bought the HD Collection. I still have the original copies of the trilogy for the PS2 I still play to this day occasionally. You can't really give me a real reason to buy the DMC HD Collection. I don't care about updated graphics. That's all it is. DMC HD is a waste of money to me.
The graphics aren't even updated, they're just uncompressed and have a bit of anti-aliasing, something i wouldn't call an upgrade. I don't think its a waste of money to the people who have never played the games before. I already own all the originals, i don't need to buy the Collection, especially when it doesn't offer any new content in its unlockables. But for people who haven't played the originals its a bargain.
All this persistent talk to try and convince everyone that Capcom shouldn't see this as a good thing is just a lot of people so hung up over the original series they don't want to see DmC succeed in any way shape or form. You can't say we don't have some unfairly biased people in the audience when every discussion held about the new game is invaded by the fanatical anti-DmC side to throw in comparisons to the older games with comments that also basically translates to how they think changes weren't needed. And no matter how much they try to beat around the bush, it's just their own personal preferences and opinions.
Well i can kind of see where they're coming from, it is a drastic change somewhat at least aesthetically, i don't think its that drastic that it warrants a dealbreaker, at least imo, but i also don't think the overall character design is all that great. But really, even the gameplay is not that bad compared to DMC 2. I just think both DmC and DMC can both co-exist, Megaman did it, Metal Gear just did it, i don't see why DMC cannot.
I've been lurking these forums for quite a while and while i do agree there are some stalwart anti's here, the majority here are mostly Pro. I think this is the only Pro forum when it pertains to DmC. But more often then not Anti's have flooded the other mainstream DmC forums like GameFAQS and IGN. Its not as bad here as it is in those two forums, GameFAQS especially.
While i think all opinions are biased in and of themselves, i have to agree that Haters opinions are biased to a fault, they don't seem to want to compromise with anything unfortunately, thus why the Haters that i've covered in my blog are just a taste of what i've encountered.
DmC really being condemned by people who are just so fanatical and stubborn hardly giving it a fighting chance at all making it suffer simply out of spite is a shame. It just really discourages any kind of creative input. It kind of screams that people really do just want more of the same. Because we don't get enough of that already in the big name game department.
They don't have to give it a chance, they just have to leave it alone already and wait for the hypothetical DMC 5 to be announced. That's my problem with them. They can have all these unrealistic expectations from a company for all i care, but try not to ruin it for people who do like what Capcom have offered. Because everytime i see an Hater push the HD Collection to a person who was considering in buying DmC, i wonder how would they like it if a GOW player pushed the GOW Collection at them and flooded DMC boards with "GOW is superior to DMC" threads. I fine with them not approving of the game and not playing it, their loss but that doesn't mean that they should try to push there taste onto others that's just crossing a line and its also something that should be of no concern to them. But obviously some Haters have a stupid agenda, and those are the ones that are the most awful of all.
I don't think, for me especially, that such a change was needed. Practically every iteration after DMC 1 has been its own reboot in a way. Hideki Kamiya even said that DMC 3 changed Dante's origin completely in what envisioned. I guess that goes to show that all reboots aren't so bad then, though i think DMC 3 sacrifice the tone in what DMC 1 had for some Inuyasha lite storyline. The storyline was very well done even though its a standards trope in anime, but, it just lost that special something that DMC 1 offered that the series, not even DmC, has never been able to retain back that ominous feeling back.
DMCHD is real terrible, all those glitches and all. But we can play DMC2 relatively bugless than before you know!
Well...yeah, but it's all true Tameem made such a racket that makes our opinions sound like him.
I know fans have their own preferences and Dantes but it's only Capcom having a try. And a try that isn't like racoon city.
How can a bug within a bug which is DMC 2 be bugless. I rather it be buggy so there's some cool glitches like Rockstar's games.
I don't think Tameem make such a racket its because people want someone to hate and thus Tameem was the perfect choice for them. I have no problem with him at all. But i really hope he isn't Creative Director if there's a DmC 2, i rather the Vergil's Downfall team take charge because obviously that DLC was much better, story and character wise, then what was in the main game.