Let me start off by detailing my expectations for this portion of the reboot. After Vergil's defeat in Mission 20, I automatically guessed that he was going to be the next Mundus. Being betrayed by his brother would obviously lead to him harvesting some deep hatred for Dante later on and thus make him the next villain in a possible sequel.
However, Vergil's Downfall was announced and I felt that NT could probably redeem themselves. They did mess up a good bit in the main storyline but I was hopeful that Vergil's Downfall would be the peak of their ability. I was expecting a hurt and sorrowful Vergil, reflecting on himself and reassessing his actions and motives. I was expecting a tragic hero who would fall to the demons and become their puppet in a much more hurtful manner than the original Vergil's defeat by Mundus. Was I expecting him to be Nelo Angelo? Weren't we all? But I was thinking his story would be much sadder.
But nope.
In the story, Vergil is simply angry at what has happened to him. Even more so, it's as if he just lost all reasoning whatsoever. Screw being the highly- intelligent young man he was once known to be, he just simply went around and did as he was told, neither thinking of anything he was doing. He was just simply a tool the entire time, listening to some phantom version of himself without a single bit of doubt due to the fact that he doesn't know where he was neither does he know what's really going on with him considering the fact that he's supposedly dead. This very fault creates both inconsistent characterization for Vergil and bad pacing for the game.
I really want to go more in- depth with this but it requires that I spoil some information which I don't want to do. All I can say is that this was a very hard- hitter for me. I really did expect more from NT and, right now, I just think they lost their spark with this reboot.
4.6/10
However, Vergil's Downfall was announced and I felt that NT could probably redeem themselves. They did mess up a good bit in the main storyline but I was hopeful that Vergil's Downfall would be the peak of their ability. I was expecting a hurt and sorrowful Vergil, reflecting on himself and reassessing his actions and motives. I was expecting a tragic hero who would fall to the demons and become their puppet in a much more hurtful manner than the original Vergil's defeat by Mundus. Was I expecting him to be Nelo Angelo? Weren't we all? But I was thinking his story would be much sadder.
But nope.
In the story, Vergil is simply angry at what has happened to him. Even more so, it's as if he just lost all reasoning whatsoever. Screw being the highly- intelligent young man he was once known to be, he just simply went around and did as he was told, neither thinking of anything he was doing. He was just simply a tool the entire time, listening to some phantom version of himself without a single bit of doubt due to the fact that he doesn't know where he was neither does he know what's really going on with him considering the fact that he's supposedly dead. This very fault creates both inconsistent characterization for Vergil and bad pacing for the game.
I really want to go more in- depth with this but it requires that I spoil some information which I don't want to do. All I can say is that this was a very hard- hitter for me. I really did expect more from NT and, right now, I just think they lost their spark with this reboot.
4.6/10
