This is going to be a bit of a ramble but I wanted my thoughts out there. So first and foremost, I am ecstatic that Nero is the main character. I've always liked Dante more than Nero but I also always agreed that Nero was a better character than Dante, or at the very least post Mundus Dante. The reason I say this is because while Dante is an awesome character he doesn't really have anything that can bring any emotion out in him anymore. Everything is purely business, lady and Trish can handle themselves so he doesn't need to worry about them and his story arc finished the moment he beat Mundus. Not only that but he's become so insanely powerful that it ruins tension because we know that Dante post Mundus is more powerful than sparda himself. Nero on the other hand is a much more human character. He affiliates himself with weak people that can get hurt. He gets frustrated and annoyed but can still be an awesome character. Not to mention the plot threads he has and all the room he has to grow. Nero might not be as fun a character as Dante but at this point he is much more interesting. And Capcom is no stranger to switching main characters. Second off is the look. I'm glad their differentiating Nero from Dante and making him his own character. My problem with DmC wasn't that they changed the game or made it more realistic. It's that they expected us to believe that was Dante. DmC Dante feels like a test run of what Nero would be in this game according to the trailer, I'm fine with this because it lets us keep the regular Dante while giving Nero his own identity aside from "small Dante with masturbation arm". This Game is exactly what Devil May Cry needs, it doesn't alienate new players and isn't too Japanese for others to take it seriously but it also doesn't throw away the existing universe. Putting Nero as the protagonist is the perfect way to reasonably set this game in the city. Because its reasonable that after everything Nero knew was a lie he'd take on a different lifestyle and make his own relationships with people. Now the demon designs. This is a matter of opinion. I personally prefer the demons of previous games as of now because they were unique and had their own origins. They had habitats and lifestyles like an actual living being instead of just cannon fodder. But these demons do look more intimidating and if they want to show the mass public being effected then it's better having demons that people in modern day would take seriously. All in all I feel like this was a good move on capcoms part. Especially since it seems they are trying to show Devil May Cry some love and make it a triple A title along the lines of resident evil. Well those are my thoughts and I'd love to hear yours.
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