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Devil's Dilemma: The Future of Devil May Cry

The Devil may cry (DMC) series is one of the greatest hack-n-slash series in all of gaming & produced some of the defining titles in the genre. Devil May Cry 3 was a Masterpiece & till this day, holds the benchmark of a great hack-n-slash game. And while DMC 4 wasn't quite as great as it's predecessor but playing as Dante was still a blast----changing styles on the fly while combo-ing, Royal Blocking...it's all great stuff. When I first saw the new DMC trailer back in 2010 & the decision made by Capcom to reboot the series, I was obviously skeptical. Of course, Dante's new design was questionable but above all did the DMC series really need a reboot at all? The decision to reinvent the DMC universe & it's characters that gamers have become so familiar with for more than a decade, just to attract more audiences and generating even more sales didn't really seem well to me. DMC already has a fully established fanbase around the