Devil's Third: Itagaki Tells All On Game Specs, Multiplayer Will Host Tens Of Thousands

A few days after previews of Devil’s Third have appeared, Lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki has revealed the specs and details for the game.

Devil’s Third runs in 30 FPS. Itagaki promises that this massive shooter (emphasis on massive) is enjoyable at 30 FPS.

Itagaki decided not to use split screen for online and offline play. Instead, the single player campaign uses the full power of the Wii U console.

Devil’s Third does not have voice chat. The bandwidth that would have been used for this feature was instead used for 16 player multiplayer.

Finally, Itagaki shares his recommendations for how to play Devil’s Third:

·         Pro Controller

·         USB keyboard

·         Wired internet

In an earlier post, Itagaki explained why they recommend the Pro Controller and a USB keyboard over the GamePad. He feels the face buttons are crowded on the GamePad, so you can make mistakes with inputs. The analogs are also too far apart, making it difficult to get a graps of the battlefield. Lastly, and practically, the GamePad is not suitable for many hours of play, and they designed Devil’s Third for long play sessions.

Valhalla chimed in and explained that it comes down to multiplayer, which they intend to house tens of thousands of players.

Itagaki’s statements are an interesting reaction to  the now prevailing negative reaction to early previews of the game. Many previewers cited issues with the game’s performance and graphics, but they were not able to test multiplayer. Now, it seems, Valhalla wants us to trust in their vision for the game’s multiplayer.

Devil’s Third will be released in Japan on August 4, and then Europe on August 28, and Australia on August 29. Official announcements for a North American release are forthcoming.

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Looking at some of what Itagaki says here I have to wonder if he's even seen his own game, lol

"Instead, the single player campaign uses the full power of the Wii U console."

Oh, snap, it's gonna use the full power of the Wii U!

With sixteen players and no voice chat, it's going to be a mess with very little teamwork. Doesn't mean it can't be fun, though, as long as it's not frustrating trying to accomplish objectives.

Full power of Wii U? Well I at least believe that. Game looks good by Wii U standards.

''Itagaki decided not to use split screen for online and offline play. Instead, the single player campaign uses the full power of the Wii U console.''

Eh..

Mario Kart 8 in 60fps looks 100x better than this

Also, it's going to be interesting to see if Itagaki lost any support by criticizing the game-pad. Some people can be quite sensitive about that.

16 players is fine. its not bf(bf or swbf), so 64 players would be strange.
and voicechat isnt needed for most gamemodes, and we havnt heared abouth those i guess.

No voice chat what the fuck !!! Didn't expect a whole lot from this game but God damn there's no excuse on this m rated title. Online voice chat would be a big feature on the non chat friendly wii u!

^ that cant be real.... you photoshopped it right? Or its like a early alpha build? I mean... look at that car.... no way.

who cares about voice chat

no one will actually play it, give me a break

No it doesn't.

Then again, the game doesn't look as bad as some people make it out to be either. Looks better than CoD Black Ops II on the PS3, which I recently played at a friend's house.