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Devil May Cry 2 Preview
Our adventure begins in the summer of 2001, when Capcom first started development on Devil May Cry 2...with a brand new team at the reins."No team member had worked on the original,"confirms Tanaka.He assures us,however,that it's in more competent hands-and they aren't of of touch with the first DMC crew. "We are communicating daily with the original team to share the world settings and get their feedback on the development process."
In fact the original DMC team was just finishing up their work when DMC2 was started;Capcom won't say what project they've got their hands on now. Tanaka can reveal,however,that DMC2 is set to be released this winter, although he can't confirm whether that's in Japan or also here in the U.S.
The City of The Damned
Much of Dante's new quest is still shrouded in mystery, but what we do know is plenty enough to get us excited about the possibilities."This time a whole city is your playground,"reveals Tanaka."You will have a much broaded area to explore this time."So far, that area is divided into two overall zones:the lower city and the upper city. The former "looks like an old European town" in Tanaka's words, while the upper city contains massive skyscrapers and ruins. The team is aiming for a lot more variety in the stage design overall versus the first game, so don't think it'll just be empty streets and alleyways.
According to Capcom, the ruler of the city will be Dante's chief nemesis in this adventure, but his master plan-and full identity-are still secrets. "This character is aiming to revive the demons once again," is all Tanaka will reveal at present. With the bigger game world, comes a bigger adventure, too-"you will surely need more time to complete the game than you did for the original,"assures the producer that's the first part of the article...I'll continue to type, but I didn't want this much to be accidently deleted...the rest will be up shortly.
A Second Playable Character
Probably the biggest new addition revealed so far is a new playable character, who will have her own gameplay style and storyline that develops seperately from Dante's-kind of like a more expanded take on Leon and Claire's scenarios in Resident Evil 2. Capcom isn't making the new character's identity public just yet, but would divulge that she's a "new heroine",leading us to believe that Dante's business partner Trish is-for one reason or another-sitting this one out.
In addition, producer Tanaka says to expect at least a couple of main, non-playable characters to make an appearance, though they definately won't fight alongside Dante a la Onimusha 2."DMC is supposed to be a 'stylish' action game which requires you to hone your skills so you feel like a cool guy, "he says."You can't be helped by somebody.
If Looks Could Kill
With the new development team comes a whole new look for our hero. He's a leaner,meaner,Dante, who has ditched his crimson trenchcoat im favor of a more streamlined getup.But Dante's fashion sense isn't the only thing that's changed. For starters, the game's atmosphere isn't going to be quite as gloomy."In the original DMC, there were quite a few dark areas,"explains Tanaka."This time we are trying to make sure that players can easily recognize the player character, enemies, and items during the game"
Dante and his foes are also going to sport better animation -including Dante's new coat blowing in the wind- with Capcom promising significant enhancements to the overall background detail and visual effects as well. The monster designs, at least from what we've seen, are a mix of old and new.
Gameplay Upgrades
"You will see a renewed Dante who is full of bad-ass attitude,"ensures Tanaka."We expect gamers all over the world to challenge this cool new game with their even cooler techniques controlling his new Dante character." The DMC2 crew is keeping his new abilits under tight wraps, though, revealing only that we can expect Dante to have more than just a couple of extra moves- and that they'll have us just as wowed as the first time we saw him "juggle" bad guys with bullets.
Tanaka can reveal that Dante's demon form will be "more fierce and more flashy" this time around, and that "the game system will be modified around a bit", promising much more than a cosmetic tweak. "We won't make too many changes to the combat system,"he says. "However, we will tweak the camera placement to make the gameplay even more stress-free."
And what about those oh-so-cool weapons?"There will, of course, be new weapons, plus a couple of weapons will come back from the original," according to Tanaka."These new weapons will add a new dimension to the gameplay,"he adds. Using more than two weapons simultaneously (beyond Dante's trademark pistols,"Ebony and Ivory") is still under consideration, as Tanaka reveals: "Depending on which weapon you use, you will be able to attack more than two enemies [at once] this time around." The team also plans to let players switch weapons on the fly, without the use of a sub-menu as in the first game.
Will the orb system used to open doors and purchase items in the first game return?"We haven't determined yet.Even if we incorporate the same feature, we will do so in the way so it doesn't hurt the game's core elememt of being a stylish 'action' game.
The game's skyscrapers and building aren't just pretty set pieces,either-Dante will actually be able to fight on top of them, although whether or not he'll get to explore any of them remains secret (though we'd have to guess you will) Also, given Dante's "super jump" abilities of the first game,we can only hope that DMC2 has him actually leaping from rooftop to rooftop, which could introuduce a more platformer-like saint of gameplay.
Can we expect more new gameplay styles, too? "We are considering all kinds of cool ideas to make this game even more stylish."
The Best Is Yet To Come
As of its world premiere at E3, Devil May Cry 2 is only about 30% complete, but, as you can see, it's already looking incredible. It's a bigger adventure in every conceivable way - and who knows, maybe this time we'll actually get to see the devil cry. One things for sure: if it all comes together as planned, action gamers won't be the ones shedding tears this winter."
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