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1UP: DMC3 was credited with getting the series back on track after DMC2's poor critical reception. What do you attribute that to, and how does DMC4 keep everything going in the right direction?
HI: With 3, we tried to take the best parts of the original game and what we felt were good about 2 and really 'reset' the series. In that sense I think most people would agree that we succeeded in doing that. Having that solid base for the series to build on, we were able to go into the production of Devil May Cry 4 with the goal of raising the quality of the series on all levels.
Making the game accessible for new users as well as satisfying for old fans has been challenging, but it has forced us to make choices that have been really good for the game in the end. This game really is benefiting from all of the trials and hardships that the first three games went through. I personally feel that I have accomplished just about everything I wanted to in a Devil May Cry game with this entry in the series. I don't think there was anything I really wanted to do that I was unable to do this time around.
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1UP: The ladies in the game are very well-designed. Are there any plans to put them in a spin-off game?
HI: There actually was a bit of talk about making a game about Lady after Devil May Cry 3 was made. However this didn't get off the ground. It certainly is an interesting idea, but there aren't any plans for such a game at this time.
1UP: Lady May Cry? I'd buy that. That said, are there any Capcom franchises you'd like to apply the DMC4 game engine to, like, say a Strider revival perhaps? The only competition in the action genre for Dante seems to be Ninja Gaiden. If you made a next-gen ninja game with Strider, it'd be all-out war.
HI: Strider is a great classic Capcom game, and I personally think that's a great idea, but do you really think that game would sell? We have to be sure the game will sell before such a project could get off the ground! Wouldn't American gamers prefer a Capcom FPS, or even something like Uncharted? I guess we would have to be more confident that we could sell another character action game, so I hope we continue to hear the opinions of users!
1UP: Since Nero is around now, this doesn't mean you're going to prematurely age Dante and retire him any time in the near future, does it? I mean, disregard the fact that he's hundreds of years old already. [Laughs]
HI: Well nobody knows yet what the future holds for Devil May Cry, but I do think that we have wrapped up the Devil May Cry 4 story in a way that leaves it open for pretty much anything to happen. We could make another game with only Dante, or with only Nero, or perhaps with both of them fighting together in cooperative play...who knows. I guess we will have to wait and see how the fans receive Devil May Cry 4 before we are able to talk about the future of the series.
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1UP: The difficulty level in DMC4 is much fairer than in DMC3, which was one of DMC3's biggest drawbacks. How did you go about achieving the right balance in challenge?
HI: We felt that we had addressed that in the Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition, so we used that as a base. The difficulty was another place where the experience of Devil May Cry 3 really helped the creation of Devil May Cry 4. I think we have setting that will satisfy players of different tastes all over the world.
1UP: Dante's Pandora is so over the top and awesome that we'd like to know who came up with the idea, how you rationalized it into Dante's arsenal, and anything else that's interesting about it's development.
HI: I wanted to have a transforming, multi-purpose firearm in Dante's arsenal. Something that could be used as an over the shoulder rocket launcher, or a crossbow, etc. In its final form I wanted it to transform into something that would be even bigger than Dante himself. I was thinking about Gundam when I asked for this. I also wanted the weapon to shoot out a lot of small missiles, kind of like some of the fighters in Macross. This was something I was unable to do in Devil May Cry 3. The design team took these requests and really ran with them and put some really awesome, crazy forms into the final weapon; not only things I asked for but their own ideas as well, such as the flash you get when you 'open Pandora's Box.' I'm really happy with how it turned out.
1UP: That said, Dante earns so many cool new things, like the Gilgamesh, that we now want our own personal suit of armor that looks like that. When did you decide that enough was enough, and to stop adding new powers and attacks? What was the limit?
HI: With Dante, we kept playing with his repertoire until quite late in the development process. I'd say the two big limits were the amount of memory we could use for his attacks and all their associated animations and data, as well as the release date of course. We had more ideas that we could fit into the game [Editor's note: Wow.], but I'm really satisfied by the volume and mix of stylish weapons and attacks that Dante has. We weren't able to put absolutely everything that we thought up into the game, for instance we wanted combos to split down different paths based on button press timing, but Dante and the player certainly have more than enough things to do in the first and even the second play through of the game.
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Comments (10)
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wait
Posted: userComment.createdDate by WhiteVenom
is every freaking release date wrong on this web site or is it just me I MEAN THERE IS ALREADY REVEWS FOR THIS GAME AND IT SAYS ITS COMING OUT THE 5th wtf man this game looks good
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FIrst Sack Kicker of 08
Posted: userComment.createdDate by ghettogamer1216
This game is gonna kick everyone in the sack with its awsomeness. I can not wait. I pre-ordered it, its payed off and ready to go. If only tuesday would hurry up and get here
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Lady May Cry? HELL YES!
Posted: userComment.createdDate by cruzin510
That would be so sweet. And if they add Trish as an A.I. partner/co-op character (like Dom is to Marcus in Gears of War), I'd never turn off my PS3 (or 360)! And, to speak for all the Strider fans in the U.S. -- yes, we'd buy that game in a heartbeat as well.
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OMFG!
Posted: userComment.createdDate by Rasputin2011
I was hype for this game untill I played the demo now I am going insane for this game!
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I'm scared.
Posted: userComment.createdDate by Mr_Incorrigible
Considering how horrible the last even-numbered "Devil May Cry" game was, I suspect that this one won't just make Satan cry, it'll make baby Jesus cry, and baby Cthulhu, and baby Shabranigdo as well. Then again, Capcom might prove me wrong. The trailer certainly looked good.
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Awesome
Posted: userComment.createdDate by Team_Jersey
It is getting so hard for these big name franchises to stay single platform. There is just too much money at stake. Unless you are Microsoft. And Bungie. But I digress. I am very excited about this game and would have possibly purchased a PS3 because of it, if it had stayed on just that system, but I have a 360 and I am very happy to know I will be able to do some demon slaying from that standpoint. I wonder if the level of difficulty will be as ridiculous as DMC3 was? I love that game, but DAMN it was about as unmerciful as they come. Bring it Capcom, I am ready.
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OMG
Posted: userComment.createdDate by Gunner_Pronto
I'm so glad that this game will be on the 360 and the PS3, it will help spread the game around, but it will hurt Sony, otherwise this should be an awesome game
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- Game:
- Devil May Cry 4
- Platforms:
- Xbox 360, PS3, PC
- Genre:
- Action
- Publisher:
- Capcom
- Developer:
- Capcom
- ESRB Rating:
- Mature
- Release Date:
- 02/05/2008
- Also Known As:
- N/A
1UP Editor Score: A-
Average Community Score: B+
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