Ninja Theory Defends Dante Redesign [UPDATED]

[Whodat]

I think he should look like a 70s First Blood sort of Rambo-like character but with a M249 SAW and a Bowie knife as secondary weapons, but thats just me.

 

[anthony87]

Meh, I'm finding it easier than I thought I would to look past the design change. If anybody is suddenly going to completely disregard the game over a change in design without out even playing it once then they can't really call themselves fans of the series now can they?

The main thing I'm pissed about is that after all the hints at some cool mystery-type question and all the questions regarding Nero at the end of DMC4, they decide to go back and do ANOTHER origin story.

Surely I'm not the only one who wants the damned established questions to be answered? Actually...don't answer that, I already know I'm never the only one.

 

[Jin Yu]

Fuck you Ninja Theory your just going to wind up failing like Fox did with DBE. Fucking Morons-_-

 

[internetzealot1]

I trying to decide whether this wave of protest is pettier than the one that came up when Windwaker was first shown. But at least that was a change in art style. This is just a haircut.

 

[Azriel Nightshade]

Most of what I'm getting from the fans of the series can be summed up as "THEY CHANGED IT NOW IT SUCKS! NO ONE SHOULD EXPERIMENT WITH NEW IDEAS EVER! EVERYTHING SHOULD STAY THE SAME!"

Get over yourselves. The total amount of footage of this game amounts to one trailer. Of course the design looks silly now, it's been taken out of the context of the story and why the hell he looks like this. The developers have done a good thing in experimenting with the design. At least by experimenting it shows that they actually care about the game and aren't just looking to make a quick buck from a clone of one of the older games. They've taken a risk in changing the design of this character, and all they are being met is cries about how the fact they changed it. All this does is send a message out to companies that innovation is a bad thing to do since all you are met with is people saying how stupid it is before they've even seen whatever the new thing is within the context of the game.

I respectfully disagree. I think most fans just enjoyed the visual ascetic that "Classic Dante"(hahaha) had because it went so well with the characters personality. I don't think fans have much issue with characters getting visual updates or changes so long as the changes are well done. Look at Spiderman for example. He has several visually pleasing alternate looks. Spiderman Noir(Iron Spider-Man,Scarlet Spider, the Symbiote costume) all of those are good examples of how you can take the same character,put them in a totally different setting,change the look,and still have it jive well with most fans. Dante as interpreted by Ninja Theory fails to do this.

 

[savageoblivi0n]

as i said in another thread about this i think it'll be interesting to see how the character evolves and becomes the Dante we know. Well played Ninja Theory..

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Spoiler: oh...and this is what the argument reminds me of

 

[Warnolo]

*After reading the updated info*

So... you changed Dante because James Bond did...

First the british flag, them the punk jonkie male-prostitute look and now this?

Repeat with me, Dante is NOT british. Want to make a british superhero? fine, start from beggining, but dont whore a character with a big fanbase.

I'm not going to talk about the new GRIMDARK look and the lack of CRRUAZY. Those things have been talked enouth, but i'm still worried for the whipsword.

 

[Rad Party God]

Look, I don't like the new design...But as long as the game doesn't play like God of War, and continues to play like DMC, I'll be happy.

Also, new music?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

The shitty music of the fights in DMC always annoyed me.

The only DMC with cool battle music was the first game, and maybe the third, the second and forth were just plain annoying and generic.

OT: Really looking forward on this game, I like the new style and I was thinking the exact same thing Ninja Theory said, it's an origin story, so don't hold to your breath just yet... I said it before and I say it again, if it's for the white hair everynoe's whinning about, then he may suffer a traumatic transformation where he gains his fully fledged demonic powers and he gets his hair white (something like what happened near the end of Yuyu Hakusho).

 

[fulano]

What is wrong with Hilary Swank?

 

[Warnolo]

What is wrong with Hilary Swank?

She's dont like PARTIES! go CRRUAZY!

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Update: It seems that one of the new things that has inspired Dante's redesign is the recent reboot of the James Bond series. Speaking to Eurogamer [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-22-new-dante-inspired-by-james-bond-reboot], Jones said that the new Dante was a rougher, more inexperienced version of the character than in previous games, much like Daniel Craig's character in Casino Royale.

"When you see the Casino Royale remake," he said. "You see Bond before he's actually killed anyone, and it's a really traumatic event. He's rough-hewn, he's not polished or debonair, but you can see the essence of what that character will become. That's what we want to do with Dante. The core of him is there, it's just a rougher version. It's a becoming. He's not fully actualised."

Source: 1up [http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3181535]



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I think they're clutching at straws at this point. They might as well keep quiet and let their product speak for them on release. Casino Royale is a completely different situation, as it was the first book and it made sense that Jimmy Bond was like that.

However while it's fine that this is an origins story, we've already got Capcom on record saying they wanted to appeal to a western audience. They just want to break the west, and this design proves it.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

I don't think the main problem people are having is the change itself. The issue is that the change looks fucking stupid.

 

[jackcatalyst]

just re post if you disagree with Ninja Theory's ideas about Dante

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I don't think the main problem people are having is the change itself. The issue is that the change looks fucking stupid.

Thank you.

At what point did we as Devil May Cry fans state that we want absolutely no change from game to game?

 

[AizenTheAzure]

Seriously, I don't mind change if it's positive but nearly everyone hates the new design. To be perfectly honest I'm more concerned with the fact that they are a shitty developer. I would really hate for Devil May Cry to die like this. At least we have Bayonetta.

 

[Necromancer1991]

Sure just one problem guys, the new James Bond movies SUCK (Or just lack in quality to the previous moves in the series), secondly I don't care if you don't like Dante's design, changing it is a bad move, that would be like if they made Megaman pink with purple polka-dots, gave him a fez, and made him speak with a bad russian accent. Secondly I can see why you're defending it, you already made all the models and animations and marketing based on this design so a total redesign is a bad move at this point. Really I'm going to hold off on buying the game until I know if it's any good.

 

[Pinky09]

I agree to a reboot, but was it really necessary to base Dante on the game's creative director Tameem Antoniade? i mean seriously, look him up in google, you'll see.
and come on, dante would be laughed at outside of tokyo? and the new dante wouldn't? he's a Emo meth addicted hobo with a sword.... wtf man, he wouldn't be laughed at? why dont you throw in some glitter in the sun skin, and a female protagonist who doesn't speak a lot and is completely misunderstood and tucks her hair behind her ears alot... that should complete mister Antoniade's dream game..

EDIT: lol, i just saw that motivational poster... i loled hard

 

[Rusty Bucket]

I don't think the main problem people are having is the change itself. The issue is that the change looks fucking stupid.

Thank you.

At what point did we as Devil May Cry fans state that we want absolutely no change from game to game?

I'll be honest here, I've never actually played DMC, aside from half of the first level of DMC4, so this doesn't matter all that much to me. But even I can see that original Dante looks like concentrated badass, and, origin story or not, taking every visual design that makes Dante what he is and replacing it with a transvestite crack whore is not a good idea.

 

[gibboss28]

This is the first time i've seen the change and ...wow, he really does look like a douche.

The kind of douche who you would have to go up to on the street and grab their crotch to see if they were male or female

The kind of douche who, when feeling happy would go around in bright coloured t-shirts and trousers, the sort somebody's mother would have brought their kid when they were like 3-5, they'd also have some some very small backpack that would fit fuck all and have some kids TV show on the back. They'd also make sure that you could see their underwear, all of it. Whys that? Because their damned trousers are around their knees.

The kind of douche who would go to a gig and go in to the pit and do a bunch of 'karate' moves. That is until someone with common sense knocks their head in to the ground.

There, I've said my piece.

 

[crimson sickle2]

I'm fine with getting a new look and all, but that doesn't explain the scars. Emo/drug user does not equal cool.