14 DAY TRIAL // Seeing as how Devil May Cry fans aren’t particularly thrilled with the upcoming DmC reboot, its developer, Ninja Theory, has once again highlighted that it’s carefully blending classic elements of the series with all-new things to deliver a great experience.
The Devil May Cry franchise has been around for quite some time and is getting ready to see a HD collection scheduled for release in April. After that, however, a gritty reboot will be coming from developer Ninja Theory, which has a younger protagonist, in the form an overhauled Dante, as well as plenty of other all-new features.
Ninja Theory’s Tameem Antoniades has once again tried to calm fan concerns, saying that the new game will still respect core elements of the series and doesn’t change anything important just for the sake of change.
"There is of course an expectation from the fans, which is something that has always been firmly in the minds of both ourselves and Capcom. The Devil May Cry franchise is well established and much loved, so we want to keep the essence of what makes the series unique,” Antoniades told OXM.
"But DmC is a re-birth, so we've been able to explore Dante's early years in the narrative, meaning that if you're entirely new to the series you won't start the game with a disadvantage or feeling that you need to catch up with the story of the previous games first.”
While Ninja Theory has tried to innovate wherever it could, areas like combat will remain just as fans remember them, according to the developer.
"There is a lot of innovation in the game, but where we're dealing with key areas of the Devil May Cry DNA, such as the combat, we've been particularly careful to ensure that innovative features sit hand in hand with the core elements that we're looking to preserve."
From the trailers we’ve seen up until now, DmC: Devil May Cry is certainly looking like a proper installment in the series. Unfortunately, the game still doesn’t have a concrete release date.