The recently announced reboot of the Devil May Cry series truly does come as a shock. Not because the series somewhat needs a shot in the arm because of competition like Bayonetta, Vanquish and of course the God of War series. It actually comes down to the brand new character design of Dante.
The Old vs. The New...which one do you prefer?
Capcom and Ninja Theory (the developer of Heavenly Sword) have decided not only to probably get rid of the personality Dante is known for but also his signature look. To put it bluntly the dirty red jacket and black hair with a spot of white combo makes him look well like a character from a gritty reboot of a series (aka this game)and doesn't come close to resembling the lovable rogue that we've all come to love. It wouldn't even be so bad if he didn't just look like a skinny punk who has constant look of "I've just been punched in the face." Hell just even put in the white hair and it'd be fine but no they just couldn't do that.
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Another thing is that what can be gathered from the trailer is Dante is a troubled youth and a young offender. No word on if he is the son of Sparda, no information on if he even hunts demons as his professional job along with the massive debt he has somehow collected. The first image we even see of this new Dante is that he is chained up in some random location. So they chose gritty reboot even for the first thing or eyes even set on.
This new Dante has been met with vile contents from around the Web and has made fans cry out against it. What could happen is the Infamous 2's situation where people disliked the new look of Cole. That situation was resolved when they went back and used the original Cole making fans extremely happen. Though this will probably not happen with Devil May Cry one can't rule it out. Especially in the case that the look is just alienating fans in the first place.
In closing if his look stays most people will not even pick up the game, if you just even look at the comments from around the Web. It just goes to show just how important character design is, especially with an established one.
-Ryan P.
*Note: This is a personal opinion and does not represent Gammabit's opinion of the Devil May Cry reboot.
I never played the series, but I think the new version of the guy looks badass. I might look into the game because of it. Maybe I'm the minority, maybe people are afraid of change?
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