The amount of civil and mature discussions going on in this forum is appalling.
It's astonishing how many people believe, after almost 2 years since DmC's release, that it is a prequel to all the old saga. And I'm not talking about people who never played the old series, but people who did! Didn't they notice all the inconcistencies between DmC and DMC? Or didn't they get informed earlier? It blows my mind, really.
According to NT, it is the prequel to the original prequel, but the rebooted version.
Hence yes, there are many inconsistencies, as it is a
reboot and NT
took what they wanted from the original series and left the rest in the abyss of plothole-hell.
I originally thought their aim was to reboot DMC3 in a Western manner, but according to their interviews about the game, they wanted to take it further back than DMC3. Which is why they included all the flashbacks and crap from when Dante and Vergil were kids. Success? Yes.
So in a sense, it is a prequel to the DMC3 prequel. But as it's set in la la Land and not classic DMC universe, it is discredited as an actual prequel to the prequel.
I'm assuming this is where new fans are getting their facts a bit twisted up. I don't think anyone was following the trailers and interviews about DmC as much as the existing DMC fanbase at the time, so new fans to the franchise are probably oblivious to what DmC actually is.
In short, give them some slack, man. If they're wrong, they're wrong. Shrug it off. You know better, so let it be.
Well that's how it works when you make a prequel to a reboot. Someone mentioned Tomb Raider. It's the same thing, "this character is an earlier version of the character you're used to, he will become that character later, but not exactly the same, since it will be a rebooted version. "
^Pretty much this.
Chances are the new fanbase haven't ever touched the rest of the games in the series. So stop judging them so harshly. They don't know. Look at them as the babies of a well-formed and matured fanbase. Doubtlessly, the existing fanbase know more than they do, it's a given, so why make threads like these ranting and insulting their lack of knowledge?
It's things like these that make me feel I don't want to associate with this bloomin fanbase anymore. Just now some hardcore DmC fan takes a pitchfork and tries to stab me to death because they're so used to the 'original' fanbase spitting fire at them. I'm not one to go bashing other fans needlessly and just to vent it out. I do like giving a good talk to the fans who like throwing their toys out their cot, and in this case, throwing their toys AT other fans.
Honestly? Devil May Cry is rated M. It's a mature game. For the more mature gamers. So bloody well act it.