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Quick Question about Devil May Cry
AnteCantelope
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Hopefully a quick and simple question: I just bought Devil May Cry 4, expecting a mindless hack and slash sort of game. Apparently, though, it has a story. Can someone please explain to me the story that I've missed from Devil May Crys 1-3? Anything that I would have missed would help.
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DMC 2 - Dante is emo and the game sucks.
DMC 3 - Dante is younger and fights his brother.
The plot isn't exactly important (or impressive) in the DMC games.
Ok..
DMC3 : DANTE WHO IS AWESOME BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS AN AWESOME DEMON FIGHTS MONSTERS WHO STEPPED ON HIS PIZZA AND BUSTED UP HIS SHOP! DANTE FINDS HIS BROTHER WHO IS MORE AWESOME BUT ALSO EVIL! EPIC FIGHTS! DANTE FINDS OUT HE HAS SUPER DEMON POWERS! MORE AWESOME FIGHTS! DANTE FIGHTS HIS BROTHER BECAUSE HE IS MEGA EVIL! DANTE WINS!
DMC1 : DANTE WHO IS STILL AWESOME FIGHTS MONSTERS AWESOMELY BECAUSE A HOT GIRL ASKED HIM TOO! OH SHIT THE HOT GIRL WAS A MONSTER AFTER ALL!! DANTE WINS GIRL OVER BY BEING AWESOME! MONSTERS KILL GIRL! DANTE KILLS MONSTERS! GIRL COMES BACK!
DMC2 does not exist and should be ignored. Because it's garbage..
Seriously though I wouldn't worry too much about the plot. Just know that Dante is awesome because his father was an awesome demon. Thats about it.
I never asked for this!
Classic.
Now do the one with the pizza and the surfing on guys and the party that's getting crazy.
Oh sure, at first is it. But then you come across that one enemy that doesn't die easily unless you learn those sweet, sick, smokin' combos.
this is funny.
but really. wow. you weren't kidding about "ignore the story."
ok youre up to speed.
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For some reason it wont play it in the thread though..
I never asked for this!
Never did understand why anyone would go to DMC, of all things, for a good story, though. If you look at it that way, you should enjoy DMC2 a lot more.
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DMC2 was a bad game. Everything in it was just so utterly soul less. The enemies were boring and barely moved, the environments were just as stale, the bosses were forgettable and tedious, even the weapons were made lifeless and bland. I mean the fact that it was never meant to be a DMC game shows so clearly.
The whole thing is just like a piece of stale bread. Sure it's food and the basics are there but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone..
I never asked for this!
The only reason you should watch the cutscenes is to watch Dante smart off at bosses/fangirl.
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The last boss was a pretty neat fight.
I guess that's it.
EDIT: Dante's last boss fight.
Nothing good ever came of Lucia.
When I first read about the "Dark soul" bit I thought it was a joke redub. I never completed DMC1 more than once (Hard mode seriously is hard when you can't go back to previous missions to farm red orbs like in the later games) so I haven't witnessed it myself, and I think I'm glad I haven't - would ruin my memories of an awesome game
The second is in the LP forum and I don't know if it's public anymore, though.
http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/DMC/
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2783912
because basically
and i'm spoiling the biggest plot thing here right
dante drives up the side of a tower on a motorcycle
of course, this is after he killed cerberus, recognised his demonic ancestry, ran down the tower that he had just climbed, got swallowed by a sky crocodile, played a guitar solo, and some other stuff i am forgetting
I believe what we are trying to say here is that Dante is on a mighty pedestal of badassness, shared only by Storm-1 and Ryu Hayabusa.
I kinda want a Capcom VS Tecmo fighter now.
The bad things about 2.
No dialogue in 99% of the cutscenes.
Way too easy, DMD in 2 is Normal in 1.
Like mentioned, the boring character and environment design.
It was too fucking dark, I could barely see anything half the time.
Demon chopper, it wasn't hard it just took an hour to shoot down.
Weapons were boring and uninspiring, really just reskins of the same starting weapon with altered stats.
It did have the best music, and some cool boss fights, like a flaming minotaur and a Building demon.
And it has my favorite music, which is the battle with that big blob thing Dante has to fight. (2nd to last boss).
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the pedestal is forged from gold bullion, whisky and facial hair
3 tries to be camp, and just comes across as embarrassing.
This is the chief (but not the only reason) that 1 is better.
You are incorrect.
If you happen to prefer contrived things, fair enough, I suppose.
One, while lacking in the boss fights #s makes up for it with quality. While 3 seemed to go the Quantity>Quality route, not that 3 doesn't have good bosses, my favorite's Beowulf. But fuck Arkham in his goopy ass, no DT for the last half what is that shit.
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1 and 3 has more of the 'wow' factor going for its fights. The first time you see Gryphon or Phantom in 1, your jaw should hit the floor - they were some seriously incredible designs. The fire demon in 4 was less original but equally impressive, visually, but what really nails the boss fights in 3 as the best is more than their presentation - it's the mechanics of it.
I don't know why, but 4 and 1 felt like I was slashing away at a target while evading damage, and 3 felt like I was interacting with a character in a world. Lady > Trish. Dante > Nero. 3 > all.
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DMC3 is awesome. (The motorcycle should have been a Devil Arm, for Pete's sake.)
DMC5 needs to have Dante wielding a boombox that fires lasers, torpedoes and lightning bolts.
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"You're going down!"
"This is the end!"
"This may be fun."
"You are not worthy to be my opponent" (said in a really breathy, raspy voice just after he DTs)
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But other than story, was a lot of the gameplay in regards to 3 and 4? Is it still worth picking it up if you played DMC4?
Man, I knew I'd forgotten a couple of awesome quotes.
"This is the end" is what he says after he Super DT and then does the multi orb attack.
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3 was too over the top. 4 is my second favorite, but the character switch is jarring.
I love Nero, I just really enjoy his B grade cheesyness, he's so wonderfully silly. And he has the same facial structure as me, (nose, cheek, chin) how can I not identify with him.
I happened to get him to hit his air guitar taunt just after killing the last monster in a bloody palace stage, and I left it going to see the whole animation. He didn't stop. I left him like that for a couple of hours while studying, just because looking up seeing him bouncing around like a silly prat was incredibly amusing.
I love most of his taunts actually. "Bang!" timed with the secondary explosion of blue rose 3 is delicious, the safffffeeee taunt is equally badass done right.
About the only taunt I dislike is "whadyousay?" because I hear it so many times trying to quickly taunt after a fight to get some dt guage while their body is disintergrating.
Oh and after you do that move where you slam the sword onto the guy on the ground multiple times, if you let him finish his animation where he swings it up on his shoulder and strikes a pose (he says "Phew!" or "Heh") you get a nice style boost. And he stays there, posing, if you don't touch the controls.
It definately has the best atmosphere and DT is more than just being more powerful, you also got a bunch of DT-exclusive moves. I also liked that when you DT'd, you didn't turn into a demon, you just glowed with energy, only flashing into demon form during your attacks.
As for playing DMC4 and then going back...the aforementioned control issues may make DMC1 hard to play (plus I consider it the hardest of the series...it's the only one I haven't cleared on DMD), DMC2 you just have to mash the gun button to beat the game so you wouldn't have any difficulty playing it (it just won't be any fun). DMC3 would play a lot like DMC4's version of Dante except you can't switch styles whenever you want and you only get 2 melee weapons and 2 guns at a time (in exchange, you get 2 more styles, enemy surfing, DT Flux, and the ability to play as Vergil).
You're close. DMC5 needs to have Dante wielding a boombox that fires more Dantes wielding boomboxes that fire sharks with lazerbeam eyes.
To be honest, I wouldn't complain if it was just a boombox that shot lazerbeam-eye sharks, and not more Dantes.
Vergil more than makes up for it, especially playing as him though.
And let's not forget Agnis and Rudra
"Brother what is sigh?"
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