{"id":1209,"date":"2014-02-22T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T02:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2014-02-22T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T03:03:48","slug":"dmc-devil-may-cry-definitely-a-fun-roller-coaster-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/?p=1209","title":{"rendered":"DmC: Devil May Cry \u2013 Definitely a fun roller-coaster ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Devil May Cry series, after its four installment in Devil May Cry 4, was a big commercial success. However, the gameplay is still as punishing as ever, rewarding hardcore action players by throwing a million demons at the player and forcing him to survive with a little bit of health; all the while expecting him to do enough combos at the end of the level. This is the tried-and-tested formula for the Devil May Cry Series, but Capcom wanted to break into Western markets, as well as to cater towards the casual action gamer segment.<\/p>\n

So in September 2010, at the Toyko Game Show (essentially a giant gaming convention), Capcom announced that they would be working with UK developer Ninja Theory to launch DmC: Devil May Cry, prompting outrage from die-hard fans that love the hardcare action that the series represent. Fans were screaming blue murder and threatening to boycott the new game. Ninja Theory receives death threats from fans and the reception was negative. Those poor blokes in the UK didn\u2019t know what hit them, and they were responsible for pretty good titles such as Heavenly Sword and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.<\/p>\n

So like how Godzilla got \u201cwesternized\u201d to the Hollywood market, DmC is essentially the Western remake of it. Unlike the export of Godzilla though, DmC is a success on its own terms, and I was so thankful to give it a chance to play it.<\/p>\n

Rewinding a few years back on PS2 console, I remembered picking the very first Devil May Cry to play in the console, and remember struggling at the \u201cOH-MY-GOD\u201d difficulty of the game. The game demanded a quick response and a knack of chaining combos like planning the choreography of a salsa dance on the fly. I couldn\u2019t invest the time to train myself to play it, and I ended up being one of those people who didn\u2019t complete a Devil May Cry game when almost every gamer in school were talking about it.<\/p>\n

This time round, with more skill and time in my hands, DmC’s gameplay is remarkably similar and yet different from the previous series. Dante still wields his sword and his dual guns in definitive style. There are a whole range of techniques to be unlocked at his disposal to slice, hack, chop or blast his devilish foes to non-existence. The controls are smart and intuitive and if the combos are too hard to be executed, Ninja Theory provides a training mode where a punchbag devil bounces against a white background for the player to practice chaining his combos. This is reminiscent of fighting games of practicing and chaining combos, which is great for a newbie to pick up and learn. Once, the combos have been mastered, the player is in for a treat to display flurries of sword strokes and gunshots to make killing demons an art-form, which is immensely satisfying to execute but also easy to understand.<\/p>\n