Thoughts, impressions?
Also, I was wondering, if DMC4 was released on the Wii, would you buy it? Graphically it would be much inferior to the PS3 or 360 version, but seems to me like the controls might be great. Also me makes me ponder if Nintendo is working on a Wii 2, which is Wii with enhanced graphic capabilities...

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I got bored of the DMC series about halfway through part 2.

I don't know if Nintendo is working on a Wii 2 per se, but the company has already announced that its next system will feature HD graphics.

I heard that special OST that came out, and it was pretty bad. Nothing like DMC1 or the less hectic DMC2. Other than the music, I don't have any interest in the game. I heard it was really fun, though.

It looks like DMC 3 me.  I really don't have much respect for DMC 3.  The somewhat corny somewhat cool Dante of DMC has been changed into the most annoying sort of jackass imaginable... why does he have to keep yelling "blast off!"  Also, I've felt that DMC 3 moves at a less, fluid ?, pace then the original.

That said, I'm not a huge fan of the original DMC as it is, but its a game I somewhat enjoyed.  DMC 3 seemed a real insult to it though, and it looks (but perhaps I am wrong?) that 4 continues its legacy.

I don't know why, but I've just never been able to get into the DMC games.  I played the original and thought it was okay, but nothing terribly special.  Picked up 3 because of all the great reviews and haven't been able to convince myself to get all the way through it.  Just not my thing.

That said, I'm the type of game player who FAR prefers puzzle difficulty to action difficulty.  I loved trying to figure out the second to last level in Zack and Wiki and kept trying until I got it, but I have no patience for things like bosses that repeatedly destroy me.

So yeah... even when I do have either of the two systems DMC4 is appearing on, I don't think I'll be picking it up.

Random question, though: did anybody here preorder and get one of the signed copies?  I thought that was a pretty cool thing for Capcom to do.

I tried the third game but the music was so irritating to me that I turned it off about five minutes in.

I really enjoyed the first and third games in the series - never played the second one because of all the bad word-of-mouth.  I'm really looking forward to this one, but this is, of course, after I finish some of the games on my queue (and go out and actually buy the product):

Zack & Wiki
Nights:  Journey of Dreams (still wrapped in its plastic)
Sonic the Hedgehog (PS3)
The Orange Box (finished Portal, working through HL2, and then I have the two episodes to go...)
Enchanted Arms (PS3)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3 - the game is frustratingly hard)

It's weird, all those games cost at least $30.00, but the game that is siphoning my time away at an alarming speed is still PixelJunk Monsters.  Best 8 bucks I've spent in a LONG time.  Oh yeah, and I only get to play the PS3 when my wife's not busy with the game too!

DMC is what it is:  a beat 'em up/hack 'n slasher with style and attitude.  It's like those campy gore flicks, you enjoy them for what they are but don't expect them to be anything mindblowing.

Well, that's the rub.  The first DMC was pretty mindblowing back in 2001.  There had never been an action game quite like it and it mixed action and adventure very well.  I always felt that the first DMC was what Castlevania in 3D should have been.

Heh...I turned off the game about 10 minutes in, but that was because those monsters right outside Dante's office kicked my @$$ but good.

DMC4 is iffy. I finished and liked the first one, never played 2, and got totally ticked off at 3, so I'm waiting on 4. My b/f might get it, being that he loved #3...but then again that was only because he looked up all the cheats to make Dante near-invincible. Still, if #4 has a good multiplayer mode, it might be worth picking up -- I absolutely love playing multiplayer slash-'em-up games. ^_~

I only really played the third game and, after eventually making it past the first fight, I loved it. I never got great at it but did well enough to make it through. What always impressed me was the potential depth. I say potential because I didn't put in the time to realise it but I've seen some people play 3 that just blew me away.

It's like a skillful God of War.

But because I didn't put in the time to master it and I have even less time for games these days, I'm not sure I'll get 4.

Dante's always been kind of a frat boy...

Upgrades are always so expensive in DMC games; gathering Red Orbs (essentially cash for upgrades) I find to be even more tedious than level-building.

DMC1, I liked, but they could've stood to put more hack n' slash in it; they put a good amount of exploration in it, though.

DMC2, some of those boss fights...were pretty impossible, especially when they're flying/floating/hovering so far away, and some of the upgrades were completely unnecessary, and in some cases, useless.

DMC3, I'm actually probably liking the best. Despite the action-packed nature of the game, boss battles have a decent degree of strategy, and you really have to watch the enemy's movements to learn when to strike, and I like something like that, that actually has a certain degree of strategy, rather than just running up to the enemy and trying to hack away at him, and then just charge at him again when he swats you away.

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When it comes to DMC games, I REALLY, REALLY wish they'd give you more moves, and many different button combinations for them; I've always thought they were rather lacking in the moves department, especially coming from the company that made Street Fighter.

One button moves are so boring, and to keep tapping the same button over and over again? Ugh; I wanna dance my fingers across that key pad...and actually get rewarded with some nice pyrotechnics.

Other than that, I always thought Chaos Legion was an awesome game, for fancy hack n' slash, key pad finger dancing action...

Not to offend, but I'm thinking you're not playing the game right.  Especially DMC3.

Here's a pro-tip: If you're using Easy-Automatic...... don't.

I know, but it wasn't as noticible to me before, you know?  He would stay silent during the actual games and even the cutscenes were short (and sometimes silent.)  Now all he does is talk... "Blast up!", "Breakdown!"... yea this stuff probably gets to me easier then is should, but for Chrissake man, he plays a guitar now!

Think you're right on, the start of DMC3 really gave off this vibe.

I had a chance to play this on 360 recently, and I've gotta say, it's really boring.  The graphics are gorgeous, but that's the only decent thing about this game.  The gamplay is exactly the same as it was back in 2001 and the story is dreadful.

Yeah, it's safe to say I won't bother playing this until after I've finished up my existing collection, and it's going for $20...assuming that I've probably finished FFXIII by that time, and there's nothing else to play.

I borrowed the first DMC, and never got my own copies until they were all offered in a single boxset for $30 ($10 per game).

Now, MGS4? That looks like it's going to play G-E-W-D good.

Rented this (and Boom Blox) for a few days, and I was liked it quite a bit. The new guy isn't a Raiden, at least (or a Lucia, if we're keeping in the series), and I like the enemy grabbing mechanic very much. And even though I blew through the first boss without really trying, the second one (a big siren-dangling ice-based bullfrog - if you've seen the DuckTales episode with Homer and Circe, you problably have a good idea what he looks like) handed me my ass a few times so it's still proper DMC. It's not quite DMC3 yet, but

A. few things are, and
B. 20% of the game isn't enough to fully judge it on yet.

But it's fun, the opening theme is beautiful, and grabbing a five-story centaur by the nose and hurling him into a mountain is three trips to Awesometown in one. I'll be buying this one before summer's out.

That's good to hear; I'm actually excited about DMC4, after having finished DMC3.

Well I've been playing with RK4! I understand what's going on, but it will take a while before it's perfected

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