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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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About the art though, since that's why I'm here. Haha. You got his expression down pat, that little crazy smirk he's got. Same old Dante~ I actually really like the sort of watercolour-y painting style you used too, it's a bit grungy, and just works!
And now, excuse me for I am obliged to comment on the new DmC.
For the most part, I agree with what Jin-Kurazama said, but I'd like to add this:
The characters as a whole just aren't well designed. There is zero character development at all; and out of the main characters, no one stands out or is recogniseable as an independent personality-having person. I can't even name one defining character trait for any main character!
In fact, the only character I actually cared for a bit was Lilith, but I won't spoil - let's just say she had more character depth than anyone else had in comparison.
This not a "this is not like the old DMC games"-problem, this is a general problem of a poorly written game.
Another point I'd like to add is the dialogue.
You see, I don't expect a game to have dialogue like Legacy Of Kain. I don't expect a game to sound like written by Oscar Wilde or Henry James. But I'd like to have some meaningful sentences, some depth, maybe one-liners, actually emotional dialogue which indicates personality - that would be nice and enjoyable, and that is not what the new DmC has. It's either cryptic BS, but not the good kind, or a battle of wits copied straight out of a youtube comment thread consisting of profanities (yes, redundant to add that, but hey).
To me, it made the game painful at it's worst and meh at best.
However, I like the game mechanics and the graphics and the music. Holy hell, the level designs are extraordinary and stunning; the combat system, while not that hard, is a lot of fun, and the music is great. Cleverly designed enemies as well, extra points for one badass boss fight (again, no spoilers).
Also, I actually liked the story a lot; it had great potential and was quite intriguing.
All in all, the game is not bad; but it just takes itself too seriously. It lacks all the charming humour, the subtle drama, the depth and the glorious over-the-top hamminess of the previous DMCs.
Still, I'd give it a 6/10.
Haven't played it yet, but from the looks of it, it's pretty awesome!