Well keep believeing that, I'll miss uncle Dante, I'll miss cuhrayzee... Oh wait! I still have MGR and Anarchy Reigns.

I'm not targeting anyone with this, but I don't think any of us want to keep discussing the hair and the coat, if you don't like it you don't like, fair enough right.

These are the words of the series creator Hideki Kamiya regarding this issue:

"Hello all foreign fans. Recently I got lots of comments like “Dante has changed”, and someone said I was not too fond of newest Dante. But it’s not true.”Dante has changed”…that’s right. But from my point of view Dante has changed every time the sequel came out, and he was always different from whom I created first. So why don’t you wait and see how their new trial will be same as usual…? (sorry about my poor English )"

http://thesilentchief.com/2010/09/16/hideki-kamiya-responds-to-ninja-theorys-dmc/

I appreciate some people are not happy about the change. But I've been with DMC since DMC1, and every Dante has been different. The story has always been inconsistant in these DMC games as well, and thats not NInja Theory's fault, its Capcom's fault for not bringing back Hideki Kamiya and Shinji Mikami for the sequels.

For me this is a nice change from DMC4, which I don't think was that good. I will update this thread will some gameplay videos for those who are interested in how deep and responsive the combat is. (Updated in the OP).

Targeting was my biggest complaint.  The camera was borderline bad.  Not being able to single out an enemy with a combo is a bad idea.  The combo system was superfluous, the styles didn't really add anything to the combo system.  Forcing you to hit enemies with a certain style isn't strategy if the combo your doing is the same.  Lack of overall strategy with enemies.  Boss fight was good, but the dialogue was bad, I mean this happened: "Boss: Fuck you!  Dante: Fuck You! Boss: No Fuck You! Dante: No Fuck You!", I mean that's worse than the crap that was written for Final Fantasy XIII.  Story was interesting though, I liked the idea of Dante fighting in Limbo.  The game was overall an above average hack n slash, it's a bit better than Devil May Cry 2, but not much.  Unless the game does something really crazy good outside the demo, these review scores honestly look bought.  That being said I'm just basing my opinion off the demo.

Dont really like the series and gameplay wasnt the strongest element of the devs latest game Enslaved. It was a good game but the combat and camera were weak the graphics voice acting and story made it a good game.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this game......I'll keep an eye on the reviews.

Play the boss portion of the demo and you will have several F-bomb spamming.

And yes its true, demos are not always the same as the final game, but thats in overall experience. I never saw the gameplay or camera work changing from a demo to a final product. So, thats what i was talking about.

Its a decent game from what i see, but its not as good as DMC4 in my opinion. Its one of those games i would play through and never touch again, instead of one i'd like to replay.

After the eurogamer disaster, I've sworn never to trust "professional" reviewers ever again.

I will wait for the reviews that truly matter, aka reviews from people who doesn't get paid for it.

Also this http://dmc-is-bad.tumblr.com/post/39269026644

Naah I wanna wait for the game to fight the boses, they are always a highlight for me. But why are f bombs such an issues anyway?

Because original Dante never cursed and even though this is a reboot NTshould have at least tried to keep the essence of the character, same thing with how now new-Dante likes to smoke when original Dante was a light hearted guy who likes to eat ice cream and pizza.

Remember the movie Dragon Ball Evolution? In that movie there were a lot of changes from the source material but the worse was that the essence of the main character changed, Goku now has romantic interests, goes to high school, tries to avoid fights and when faced with a huge challenge said things like "I don't know if I can do it".

They may as well made a new IP, as a stand alone game DmC looks good but when compared to previous gameplay and challenge from DMC3/4 is a step back. In my opinion Capcom is after the God of War money.

Based in the demo, it is immensely superior to the incredibly overrated original series.