[quote name='eastshore4']Yeah this new Dante looks like he's from Twilight... if Twilight was a movie about cokeheads. I still don't get see how you guys are making a pretty-boy out of this guy... let's compare:
New Dante:
-Ragged
-Wiry
-Dirty Clothes
Old Dante:
-Often walked around without a shirt
-Long, pretty, silky-smooth hair
-Hung out with three hot chicks but never plowed any of 'em[/QUOTE]
The Twilight thing I think stems from the fact that he has an oddly vampire look about him (glowing eyes, wiry, pale, shots of the moon), and vampires are all the craze in the U.S. now thanks to Twilight. The kid looks more like an emo, indie band, vampire than anything else...
Dante may have looked like a pretty boy at times, but he did awesome things. This new Dante looks like he's trying to be like Kratos with brutality in a modern era.
[quote name='eastshore4']How did you guys actually LIKE old Dante? He was corny, I love the DMC series but I am ECSTATIC we're not getting the same Dante we had before. I don't think the art direction is a failure; from the teaser the city still has that mish-mash of different architecture types, and the enemies seem similiar to what you fought against in other DMC games.
When you're flipping out because "Dante wouldn't put his cigarette out like that" (he probably would've high-fived their arms off, right?), you might be a touch too critical.[/QUOTE]
*raises hand*
I did. I loved his design. I liked how he was corny and campy, and a bit dumb, but still knew what needed to be done... and then did it with a cavalier attitude and style. He wasn't for everybody, which is why they introduced Nero, but to say that nobody liked him is just dumb. He always placed high on popularity polls and stuffs.
Art direction is a failure. They basically stole enemy types from Silent Hill, and the scythe from Dante's Inferno, and fused it with a new age Dante. The fusion of modern city and gothic architecture isn't new for the series. Probably because they couldn't think of an adequate way of screwing that up. It'd also help if the choreography didn't suck ass. When you're doing a reveal, you should probably make the main character do something that tops the previous design.
New Dante:
-Ragged
-Wiry
-Dirty Clothes
Old Dante:
-Often walked around without a shirt
-Long, pretty, silky-smooth hair
-Hung out with three hot chicks but never plowed any of 'em[/QUOTE]
The Twilight thing I think stems from the fact that he has an oddly vampire look about him (glowing eyes, wiry, pale, shots of the moon), and vampires are all the craze in the U.S. now thanks to Twilight. The kid looks more like an emo, indie band, vampire than anything else...
Dante may have looked like a pretty boy at times, but he did awesome things. This new Dante looks like he's trying to be like Kratos with brutality in a modern era.
[quote name='eastshore4']How did you guys actually LIKE old Dante? He was corny, I love the DMC series but I am ECSTATIC we're not getting the same Dante we had before. I don't think the art direction is a failure; from the teaser the city still has that mish-mash of different architecture types, and the enemies seem similiar to what you fought against in other DMC games.
When you're flipping out because "Dante wouldn't put his cigarette out like that" (he probably would've high-fived their arms off, right?), you might be a touch too critical.[/QUOTE]
*raises hand*
I did. I loved his design. I liked how he was corny and campy, and a bit dumb, but still knew what needed to be done... and then did it with a cavalier attitude and style. He wasn't for everybody, which is why they introduced Nero, but to say that nobody liked him is just dumb. He always placed high on popularity polls and stuffs.
Art direction is a failure. They basically stole enemy types from Silent Hill, and the scythe from Dante's Inferno, and fused it with a new age Dante. The fusion of modern city and gothic architecture isn't new for the series. Probably because they couldn't think of an adequate way of screwing that up. It'd also help if the choreography didn't suck ass. When you're doing a reveal, you should probably make the main character do something that tops the previous design.
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