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[HomelessOne]

So, uh, Dante's battle theme came out.

 

 

Setting aside my opinion of the band, I still really don't care for it. Deathcore, or whatever you want to classify this as, really isn't my thing and the vocals are atrocious. Even the mixing of the song seems pretty bad. Can't hear the guitars, the drums are basically silent, and the vocals are a bit too loud. If they passed on bring Shootie back, why not stick with Combichrist? They did well with DmC.

[HomelessOne]

Soooo, you might notice the music video link is gone.

 

 

Awkward.

[HomelessOne]

 

Edited by HomelessOne, 19 September 2018 - 10:06 PM.

[Sjogre]

Okay, I was planning on getting it already, but the mega buster definitely makes me more eager.

 

I'm wondering about the chronology of the trailer scenes, now.  I figured that Dante returned from Hell over the course of the game, and I actually thought that the scene where he got a new client would take place at the end of the game, but then the Kylo Ren-looking guy walked in, and apparently he's the third playable character.

 

Looks like the Majin Devil Trigger is the standard now, or at least his standard form kept the wings.  Which fold into a coat.  So silly, so cool, and I wonder if the makers were thinking of Gargoyles when they came up with it.

[videomaster21XX]

(On topic of the Mega Buster)

Capcom, I already wanted the game, there's only so much awesome I can take!

[videomaster21XX]

Okay, tracked down "subhuman" Dante's theme.

 

The music itself isn't too bad, but yeah the singer isn't very good, and with the information of what the singer has done, I'm kinda hoping they do something else for the theme.

[HomelessOne]

Amazon Japan pre-order bonus, Monkey Business:

 

 

Seems like a Helter Skelter reskin.

[HomelessOne]

Summary of Game WATCH Article (Style switching Confirmed!)

Link to the article: https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/

I don't have time to do a full translation right now so I'll try to just summarize all the new info.

• There will be more weapons for Dante than those shown in the trailer.

• Balrog's Blow mode will have increased damage with each punch.

• It's possible to customize the order of weapon switching.

• Real-time style switching is confirmed. (Royalguard and Swordmaster are mentioned in the article)

Other minor tidbits

• Balrog is named after the character of the same name in Street Fighter.

• Dante's head had to be made smaller than the original concept art due to the game's over-the-shoulder camera.

• During development, Cavaliere was originally intended to be given to Nero by someone. The designer surprised everyone with the idea of using a motorcycle as a weapon after being asked to design a new devil arm.

• Correcting this google translation someone posted: Majin Dante (魔人ダンテ) is indeed mentioned, but that's what the demon form is called in Japanese. No mention of Majin Form (真魔人Shin-Majin) from DMC2 returning.

EDIT: More info from this Dengeki article

• There will be a boss with the word Angelo in its name.

• 4 styles from previous DMC titles are confirmed. Rainstorm is confirmed to return.

[HomelessOne]

 

EDIT: Old vid disappeared(?) so here's a new link.

Edited by HomelessOne, 21 September 2018 - 10:35 PM.

[HomelessOne]

 

Gameplay with the Sparda

 

Edited by HomelessOne, 22 September 2018 - 12:10 AM.

[Sjogre]

Just FYI, that first Dante gameplay video skips the cutscene before the boss fight but shows the one after, which might be why it got removed from IGN.

 

The more I watch of Dante in this, the more I think that Dante's character in the second game is now part of his intended character arc.  The games have never really hid the fact that Dante is dealing with some major trauma from all the crap that's happened to him.  I don't think that I'd go as far as saying that his fun-loving aspects are just an act, but it's kinda telling that the only time he really lightened up in 2 was when he was fighting, and that seems to be the case in this game, too.  There's points where Dante is between fights and just seems...  weary.  And he's gone from using rigged coin flips as an excuse to help people to actively avoiding his own allies.

 

Going in chronological order, his parents were killed in childhood, his brother killed masses of humans in a bid for power, dropped into hell rather than let Dante save him, got lead into trap by a woman that looked like his mother, fought his mind controlled brother, who then exploded, then the demon clone of his mother seemingly died, then he encountered his dead brother's previously unmentioned son, which couldn't have brought up good memories.

 

With all that, the real question is whether he decided to become a coin-flipping weirdo before or after trying to drink himself to death.

 

Hmmn.  The IGN footage showed Dante fight a miniboss wearing Nelo Angelo armor.  I don't think that Vergil has gotten any less dead recently, but it looks like at least one of the factions is using Mundus' old gear.

[HomelessOne]

I don't think that Vergil has gotten any less dead recently

 

You'd be surprised.

 

A different gameplay vid, as IGN just copyright struck the mirror of their footage in my last post:

 

Edited by HomelessOne, 22 September 2018 - 03:18 AM.

[HomelessOne]

 

IGN got their video back up, sans spoiler after the Cavaliere Angelo fight:

 

Edited by HomelessOne, 22 September 2018 - 12:26 PM.

[Sjogre]

 

I don't think that Vergil has gotten any less dead recently

 

You'd be surprised.

Enh.  I'm not surprised that people keep clamoring for his return, but nothing has even hinted at a resurrection.  I can't remember whether the Order using parts of Vergil's corpse to turn people into hybrids was from something official or just a rumor, but the Sparda cultists that had his old sword didn't try to bring him back.

 

There is a theory that Vergil is the guy that ripped off Nero's arm, but I haven't found it even kinda convincing.  At least that theory remembered that Vergil was a bad guy in life, something that a lot of fans seem to gloss over.

[HomelessOne]

I think there's pretty strong circumstantial evidence about the mysterious visitor who took the Devil Bringer. Have you seen the cutscenes from the playtester leak? There's some interesting stuff there but if you're trying to avoid details like that then I don't want to spoil. The sudden reveal of Nelo Angelo enemies is a neat twist, or at least keeps us guessing. I'm interested to see how it ultimately plays out.

[GodSentinelOmega]

The more i see, the more i want this game!

[HomelessOne]

 

 

Multiple loadouts, Purple Orb Fragments:

[HomelessOne]

 

It's the old Gamescom demo stage, but Nero is showing off the Punch Line and Buster Arm instead of Overture and Gerbera.

Edited by HomelessOne, 26 September 2018 - 05:49 PM.

[GodSentinelOmega]

And apparently Capcom are putting in microtransactions tied to orbs and levelling. Basically, you can buy more orbs to buy more skills faster. This has the potential to be really irritating if they decide to push up the prices for the most desirable and effective skills as an incentive to make people spend rewl cash so they can skip grinding.

Everything elde about the game sounds utterly awesome though!

[Omgiamonfire]

It's going to be the exact same thing as they had in DMC4SE. Which means it's going to be completely and utterly ignorable and you don't have to worry about it. Also apparently the game so far hands out orbs by the bucket full.