5 Biggest Announcements From Gamescom 2018
Devil May Cry 5 Trailer and Release Date
Devil May Cry is back in style with Devil May Cry 5, and it looks as though Capcom are set to continue their recent purple patch of hot new games. The game looked stylish, slick, and super fast-paced in the latest trailer, and we even got a release date.
Perhaps the most promising aspect about the game based on what we saw at Gamescom was just how faithfully it manages to capture that classic Devil May Cry feel. The series has gone on a bit of roller coaster ride over the years, and the newly introduced features and narrative form of the DmC spin-off were a little hit and miss. Devil May Cry 5, though, seems as though it’s incorporating the more interesting ones, such as moving environments, while sticking firmly to classic Devil May Cry elsewhere.
Speaking to Game Informer, designer Hideaki Itsuno said:
“What they did with DmC, that art style, those animations, that is real style, you know? So we took a lot of what we learned from that… Even stuff like the kill cams, for instance, we took a lot of that and having learned that we tried to implement that in this game as well.
“Another thing is, we have a lot of friends who love DmC. For me, DmC is one of my favorite DMC games, if not my favorite. And we wanted to make the game in a way that people who enjoyed that game will enjoy the way it controls just as much as they enjoyed DmC.’
Not too much is known about the story, though a recent interview confirmed that it does take place after Devil May Cry 2. Nero has set up his own demon hunting agency based out of a van adorned with a neon “Devil May Cry” sign given to him by Dante. Nero has a new robotic hand called “Devil Breaker”, which was created by the new agency’s engineer Nico as a replacement for Nero’s Devil Bringer arm, after it had been severed off by a mysterious figure.
Elsewhere, we know that you’ll be able to play as three characters in the game, including Dante, and Nero. The third hasn’t yet been revealed.
