And DMC is not a competitive game series to begin with. Best part of DMC games is the freedom they offer to play them in "any" way the player is comfortable with.
Competetive games like street fighter 4, Marvel vs capcom 3, Tekken games determine the winner or who gets the better of who.
Tell that to all the people who bitched me once for saying the same thing :/
There is a reason why people follow franchises, actors, writers, directors, sportsman cuz they believe in their skills and feel attached to them. People want to find communities that they believe share same ideas or common interests like games of a particular genre or a series of games. Generalizing that all "old school" fans don't want to move-on is BS.
I'm just talking about what I heard, and apparently KAIL's fanbase is aggressive in constantly declaring him the best, without acknowledging people who might actually be better than him. Put simply, it's like being a Jackie Chan fan, and not accepting that Jet Li or Tony Jaa exist, and when they are mentioned, you consistently declare Jackie Chan to be the one-true-Kung Fu master (although we all know that's Bruce Lee
). It's also weird when you can plainly see the difference in DmC skill between KAIL and someone like brea, that StyleSky. It's an unwillingness to move on and accept how things have grown and changed, because that's simply how things go. There's holding a hero up on a pedestal, and then there's always having a special place for them in your heart, and from what I've heard, some of the KAIL fans aggressively try to keep him up on that pedestal.
Also , capcom developer Eshiro justified the new fan out-rage was due to uncertainty or anxiety due to the new direction of DMC. I can't accept that classic fans don't want to move-on.They are worried that their perception of series (as being one of the best games) will be ruined because of this new direction and they have every right to.
Eshiro is correct, but when I say "don't want to move on" I explicitly mean the people who just refuse to admit DmC is happening, and are getting way too bent out of shape about it. The people that call him "Donte" or "Dino" is a childish way of showing a lack of acceptance, even in the most cursory way of "this isn't supposed to be the same DMC."
The problem is this whole "worried about the series perception" is utter bullshit. They're almost too invested in the series to let it grow or try something new. It's all born from that same hubris that makes people complain that DmC is too forgiving. It's supposed to be a game for entertainment that let's us enjoy some stylish combat, as its genre would suggest. This constant need to justify ourselves as "skilled" or "better" because we play one game or another is completely retarded, and there are many other pursuits worth facing. The classic DMC will always be known for its style and difficulty, and that
will not change, regardless of what people think. Hell, if anything, the people perpetuating the idea that the DMC brand is ruined are
the people who don't like DmC and constantly say how it ruined the brand. It's
their perception and hyperbole that's keeping them worried, while everyone else has accepted how DmC is different, and doesn't affect the brand in such a bad way. Saying DmC is too easy is not declaring the entirety of DMC is.
Seriously, the only reason perceptions of DMC being "one of the best action game series" would change is if people didn't clarify claims made that would be detrimental to that perception. I've been fighting a losing battle defending DmC from all the misinformation trying to ruin the game's perception, but at least I'm trying, and in a way, I've been combating people's hyperbolic declarations that the DMC brand is "ruined."
Nothing that's popular gets there without fans and followers. We as a people are what make something "the greatest," but we can't just sit on our laurels once it reaches a certain amount of fame, it's at that point we have to help it grow and protect it from negative perception as best we can, and sometimes all we can do is prevent hyperbole and misinformation from becoming louder than its own merits that made it worthy of greatness.
Bleh. I'm done here.
