A Viewpoint

    As many of you may already know, Hideaki Itsuno, the longtime helm and director of the Devil May Cry series has left Capcom several months ago and his departure has created a huge question mark on the future of the iconic hack-n-slash franchise. Itsuno had been with Capcom for over 30 years with several groundbreaking and genre-redifining titles in his belt such as Devil May Cry 3 (which is widely ranked as one of the greatest action games of all time) and Devil May Cry 5 which is still the pinnacle of it's genre after more than 5 years of release, sporting perhaps the most sublime combat system in the history of Videogames. So yes it goes without saying that Hideaki Itsuno is a legend by himself as well.  Of course this raises some serious concerns regarding the future of Devil May Cry cause if Capcom really wanted another game in the series it doesn't make any sense to let Itsuno depart from the franchise as he was an integral part of the franchise for the longest t...

  Videogames are the only medium that has evolved the most in a relatively short span of time. And along the way, they have undergone some massive changes in their core, from what they were about in their early days as opposed to what they embody in this day and age. Whereas games of the yesteryear were generally more demanding on the players, they were also a whole lot more rewarding and satisfying in terms of gameplay and the overall fun factor. This lies in stark contrast to today's big-budget AAA's that have gone about a drastically different route which focuses more on delivering a memorable cinematic experience using the latest technological advancements than pretty much anything else.    The main difference between these two distinct eras of Gaming, lies entirely in how they play out. The Videogames of the Golden Age (as I'd like to call) were primarily centered around their gameplay and naturally had a learning curve around it that the player was expected to have ...

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 ...