I won't stone you to death if you promise to not stone me to death for saying this;
Honestly, I really don't get the people who say that a reboot is necessary because the story was going nowhere. Hey guess what kids, that's called being uncreative and cheap. Maybe I just love writing to much, but I find it incredibly easy to tie everything together and have it make sense, so the fact Capcom isn't even trying and instead just saying "eff it" and rebooting it means they are lazy and stupid. Even if they
did try to explain everything and then gave up that still makes them uncreative. For shame.
And since when was NT good at storytelling anyway? Even if you liked the story of Enslaved you have to admit the ending was overly cliched. That's not good storytelling to me. That's being cheap. (And the fact that Pigsy was sexist doesn't help NT's cause either. >_<)
And another thing that's been on my mind lately. To all the people that want this reboot and think its necessary/beneficial/preferable to the original series I have to ask: how many of you actually
wanted a reboot prior to it being announced? I don't mean to be rude, but it all seems strange that I never heard anyone say they think Capcom- or anyone really- should reboot the story until it happened. I never saw anyone say the story is going nowhere and they should just start over. No, I saw plenty of people coming up with theories and story lines for future DMC games that act as a sequel to the original series. It wasn't until a reboot was announced that I saw
anyone say
anything about how a reboot is a good thing.
That wasn't aimed at you, DS. I just quoted your post because it reminded me of all the stuff I had been thinking about. Don't hurt me!
I don't have stones...I do have fluffy bunnies though! >:3
The story was going nowhere, in Capcom's hands. Whether the fans are able to iron out the story themselves is irrelevant, considering how fussy Capcom is with what they want. They probably couldn't agree on how to answer the fans' questions so they decided meh, let's keep them guessing and dish out a completely new, completely out there game for the franchise (and I'm referring to DMC4, not DmC). I sometimes wonder if it might be a marketing gimmick - give the fans a game, but leave them wanting more. I mean if you look at it, every one of the games in DMC can act as stand-alone games. They don't depend on the previous game. Maybe Capcom has given up on the series a long time ago, which is why they don't care about fixing the story and why none of the games really tie in with each other, but they figured, there still is a fanbase so they might as well cash in while they can.
Anyway, I've never played any of NT's games myself, so I can't give a verdict on whether I like their games. But then I feel I don't need to play it because I know the people on their DmC team are incredibly talented and incredibly
good at what they do. They are by no means incompetent, it's just a pity Capcom told them to re-do the whole DMC and Dante concept. As for clichés...I dunno, I always thought Devil May Cry was ridiculously cliché, so I don't have much of an issue with that.
As for the reboot thing, I never thought about it in
reboot terms. I just wanted a
new DMC game, so I'm fairly happy that I'm getting what I wanted. I think a reboot is beneficial for the series and I still stand by what I said, that a reboot was necessary. It gives the series a new direction that (touch wood) won't become stale and predictable after the third game thereafter. I'll admit, I didn't think back then that a
reboot was necessary, it's only now that I can see that it was needed. All I remember from a year or so ago was how a multitude of fans were in agreement that Dante should be replaced or cut out of the story, there were debates about why Nero (or even Vergil) could substitute for Dante, flame wars erupted when some fans said that the series could do without Dante vs the fans who believed Dante IS devil may cry. The only talk there was about Dante was negative - he's stale, he's getting boring, he's got no purpose in the series (and I'm not sucking these things out of the air, I remember those discussions like it was yesterday) Whine, whine, whine, you know? So what does Capcom do? They keep Dante but BUTCHER his character - and voila, the WHOLE fanbase is reunited (in which case,
well done Capcom!/dry) because, who cares if 'old' Dante WAS going stale NOW, they
changed his entire character, OMG*warface*bring out the torches and boycott this game *raawwwwrrr*!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I'm gonna stick to what I believe, and I believe a reboot was necessary.
Just... not
this specific reboot. I would have preferred them to at least, if
anything, keep Dante looking the same, with Mr.Langdon doing his mo-cap and VO. The gameplay, the music, the new gritty environment, the concepts they seem to be running with (the half angel part excluded here), I absolutely L.O.V.E. But I
HATE the new look for Dante just as much as the next fan. Still, I'm going to give this game a chance. Maybe new Dante will grow on me, maybe not, it won't
change the fact that I am and
always will be smitten with the white-haired cocky Dante from the previous games.
In all fairness, I don't think that anyone here who is being optimistic about DmC and who is looking forward to it, is 100% pleased with it so far. Logically, we're all fans of the previous series and our love for the original series will carry across to the new game via our likes and dislikes. Just because we like what we see in DmC doesn't mean we suddenly hate the previous games. I mean, really. /end fangirl ramble
