DMC4 exclusive and ready to launch in Autumn 07

[VideoGame mania]

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In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Mark Beaumont, executive VP Capcom and newly appointed head of consumer software in Europe, revealed that Devil May Cry 4 will be released on the PlayStation 3 this "autumn".

Devil May Cry 4 will be, as Mark Beaumont said, Capcom's next triple-A title.

In the last few months there have been a lot of rumours about the PlayStation 3 losing its exclusive of Devil May Cry 4. Capcom finally put a rest on those rumours and reconfirmed it was PlayStation 3 exclusive and that they didn't have plans for releasing it on other platforms.

Hopefully the public can get its first Devil May Cry 4 touch this summer through a PSN demo. :queer:

[jaxmkii]

oh nose another FUDicle destroyed! quick must make more

[Red_Eyes]

Xbox Fanboys: "Ha, Devil May Cry 4 is coming to the Xbox 360. OMG! OMG! I love this game."

Capcom: "Devil May Cry 4 is exclusive to the PS3."

Xbox Fanboys: "Devil May Cry 4 sucks. It looks like a PS2 game."

[Chris]

Yeah, I'd say that it's a timed exculsive, without question, I'm sure we'll see it on 360 at some point.

[jaxmkii]

how sure are you? did the others make it on xbox

[masteratt]

Way to discuss the news guys :thumpsup:

I was expecting this to be early 2008 title so this is great news.
2007 is starting to look very exciting for the PS3.

[Chris]

how sure are you? did the others make it on xbox

How sure am I? Well I just got off the phone with my secret Capcom contact...it's a damn hunch man. I'm just about as sure as anybody else, about as sure as my own opinion provides me to be.

Resident Evil 4 and Viewtiful Joe were exclusive too, permanent exculsives are far and few between sans first and second-party titles.

[OmniCloud]

Meh...There's no need for it if most of the fans are playstation nuts...Unless its super popular when in debuts on PS3-I don't expect a port. It's not as big as RE5-or rather, not as universal. Then again, DMC4 has tougher competition on PS3 than 360 this year.

DMC4 is indeed looking awesome, but I think some users here would agree, the most compelling stuff right now is definitely coming out of first party. That's basically across the board on all platforms with the exception of the Unreal games...

Certainly though guys, don't chalk this one up as Capcom being lazy, wait until the final retail hits. Halo looks bland in it's alpha stage now, probably be one of the prettiest games for 360 when it debuts though...

[wotter]

Nice that it's coming out in 2007 :cheers:

[TimmyJ]

Resident Evil 4 and Viewtiful Joe were exclusive too, permanent exculsives are far and few between sans first and second-party titles.

To be fair, those were exclusive titles to the Gamecube and there never seemed to be many Gamecube exclusive games. So far the X360 has seen it's fair share of exclusive Capcom games, there doesn't seem to be any reason that the same won't hold true for the PS3.

[Black Dragon37]

Hope there's a big upgrade to the gameplay.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Fuck it, I'll go ahead and say it. I'll wager that it's never going to the 360. Anyone wanna take me up on that bet?

[OmniCloud]

^LOL...I don't bet, but I concur....

Is that the right word to use-I remember it being used in "Catch me if you Can":huh:

[Z]

Resident Evil 4 and Viewtiful Joe were exclusive too, permanent exculsives are far and few between sans first and second-party titles.
wasn't RE4 announced for PS2 before the Cube version released?
also, they just said they have no plans. they didn't say 'no comment'. in any case, I couldn't care less where it is releasing as long as PS3 gets it.
and I want a graphical overhaul dammit!

[Zer0-Sum]

Xbox Fanboys: "Ha, Devil May Cry 4 is coming to the Xbox 360. OMG! OMG! I love this game."

Capcom: "Devil May Cry 4 is exclusive to the PS3."

Xbox Fanboys: "Devil May Cry 4 sucks. It looks like a PS2 game."

True dat my man, true dat. DMC4 is going to rock the PS3!!! Oh yah!!!!

And I will join LaLiLuLeLo2003 in saying phat chance of it ever making it to the 360. 360 DMC fans can keep hoping and hoping.....

[Pluto]

I'm going to have to agree with the Xbox Fanboys' last comment.

Going on graphics alone, I'd believe it was a multi-plat game. If the developers have stated that it's exclusive and only using a multi-plat engine, then I guess that's that.

Most people will agree that an "exclusive" game usually is of the best quality, etc. I guess this'll be the exception..

[Zer0-Sum]

I'm going to have to agree with the Xbox Fanboys' last comment.

Going on graphics alone, I'd believe it was a multi-plat game. If the developers have stated that it's exclusive and only using a multi-plat engine, then I guess that's that.

Most people will agree that an "exclusive" game usually is of the best quality, etc. I guess this'll be the exception..

Man the game is not even out yet. Remember how crappy Motorstorm looked when we saw it about three to four months ago? None of us could believe it was a PS3 game. Flash forward to now and it looks great, better than great in fact. They used that time to polish it once they got the game play elements all ironed out. DMC4 will be the same. In the next few months it will most likely look better and better as they polish it till it shines. Gameplay is the most important factor here, graphics come last....

[Pluto]

...This is a multi-platform engine we're dealing with.

With a game like Motorstorm it was sort of setting a benchmark for what games of that time could accomplish while at the same time being COMPLETELY exclusive. I have no gripes about that game's appearance. Devil May Cry 4 isn't really doing anything that new with itself appearance wise. I hate to bring up all these other games, but look at Final Fantasy XIII. Breaking boundaries we thought weren't possible.

Devil May Cry is a pretty simple game. I mean, there's little variation in the formula of gameplay. You fight stuff, you kill some bosses, you get some new weapons..all while enduring lame metal music. If you're not looking at something pretty, why should I really play? [ It's rhetorical. ]

[Zer0-Sum]

I like the music.....

And it does not matter if it is a multi plat engine if the dev spends the time to make it optimized for the PS3. Look at Oblivion for example. Supposedly it looks far better on PS3. The draw distance and textures are better among other things. All it takes is time and effort from a dev to make a game loom it's best on a system, no matter the engine. But I guess time will tell if they want to spend that time to make it optimized for the PS3.

[Pluto]

I agree with you on the matter of Oblivion.

Oblivion actually had something fairly good going before it made any FURTHER improvements. Where as with Devil May Cry 4 the only way you can go is up with the graphics.

You sound like a fan of the game. Do you honestly feel that you're being given something WORTH the title of Devil May Cry 4 in every respect?

[Z]

You sound like a fan of the game. Do you honestly feel that you're being given something WORTH the title of Devil May Cry 4 in every respect?
rephrase that question. O_o

[Zer0-Sum]

I agree with you on the matter of Oblivion.

Oblivion actually had something fairly good going before it made any FURTHER improvements. Where as with Devil May Cry 4 the only way you can go is up with the graphics.

You sound like a fan of the game. Do you honestly feel that you're being given something WORTH the title of Devil May Cry 4 in every respect?


Yes because I don't want them to fuck with the gameplay. DMC is like Zelda for me. The core gameplay should stay the same. They should just add some little gameplay function to shake things up some. That is why DMC2 was the dog shit. It messed with the gameplay structure. I just want them to polish the graphics now for DMC4. Dante is the BOMB. Next to Kratos of course, and Snake....

[Pluto]

Well, then.

Guess we'll see what's what when the game drops.

[Zer0-Sum]

Yup. I will buy it no matter what though....

[Black Dragon37]

Maybe that's the problem with gaming sequels - fans fear the change.

[Zer0-Sum]

I don't have fear per se, I just want the same ass kicking action that DMC 1 and 3 brought to the table. I know there are new gameplay elements because Nero shows them in the trailers. But the core gameplay is still there. If they changed the core gameplay completely it would not be the same game at all. Same with MGS, Mario Bros, Zelda, and GoW. Fans would be pissed if they changed to much.

[OmniCloud]

Maybe God of War will crap on EVERY other action game on the market and Capcom will look out-classed=-o!!!

Seriously....

[woundingchaney]

I like the DMC series although Im not a huge fan. Im all for mixing up the gameplay and taking it into different avenues. Actually this is something I would like to see more of, keep a familiar look and presentation to a game and shake up the action/gameplay elements a bit (although there is a fine line between shake up and shoot to hell LOL).

[Cyrus]

I like the DMC series although Im not a huge fan. Im all for mixing up the gameplay and taking it into different avenues. Actually this is something I would like to see more of, keep a familiar look and presentation to a game and shake up the action/gameplay elements a bit (although there is a fine line between shake up and shoot to hell LOL).

I think that's exactly what they are doing with the Devil Bringer. The gameplay will feel very fresh thanks to it and at the same time the core experience won't change too much..

[[[tavis]]]

how sure are you? did the others make it on xbox

wait, gta didn't appear on any other console till later generations. so whats your point.

[OmniCloud]

];1414429']wait, gta didn't appear on any other console till later generations. so whats your point.:huh: what do you mean? GTA was on Xbox?

[Rip3001]

GTA has been on EVERYTHING...even Sega DC and GB Color=p

[Z]

Maybe God of War will crap on EVERY other action game on the market and Capcom will look out-classed!!!
didn't that already happen with the first game and now, it looks to be repeated by the second one-let alone the third?
Maybe that's the problem with gaming sequels - fans fear the change.
it depends how far or how fresh you're taking it. look at the J&D or R&C series. they have been great even though newer installments are pushing for new things.
I think that's exactly what they are doing with the Devil Bringer.
they actually gave one of the reasons as to why chose a new character as apposed to Dante is due to them wanting to change some of the gameplay models and mechanics to an extent it wouldn't fit Dante's profile.

[Red_Eyes]

As long as Dante and Nero kick ass in DMC4, it wouldn't matter what the graphics look like. And for sure, the graphics ain't going to get worst.

[Rip3001]

Ok, I need someone to spoil the DMC 3 (number 2 as well if it has anything to do with 4) story because I got too busy to finish it and there's no way I'm going to be able to pick up where I left off...who is Nero and why isn't he burning my cds?

[Z]

give me a sec...

SPOILER ALERT: the whole DMC universe story summery:

first off, the chronological steps of the series from beginning to end is as follows: first is DMC3 then 1 then 2 then 4.

there was once a devil king famed for power. he ruled supreme over the demon world. his name was Sparda. that demon lord married a human women and had a child that was half human, half demon, the child's name was Dante. in the games, the general theme is some force wanting to get control of Sparda's power, to unlock some of that huge potential. Dante has a necklace that his mother gave him. but that is only half the key. the other half is in another necklace given to Dante's twin brother, Vergil. I think Dante combined the two fragments into the complete key in DMC1 and had it with him in DMC2. but in DMC3, they game was a prequel and so Dante was still with only half the key again and now he was completely oblivious of the whole matter.

in DMC1, Dante didn't recognize his brother since his brother looked very different with the 'black knight' armor/profile/manifestation. he didn't dicover who he was untill he killed him in the last battle between the two. it was a very dramatic point in the series.

in DMC3, he meets his brother normally. his brother gets locked/lost in the demon world at the end of the game, so it is after that that he managed to get out and looked very different and thus unrecognizable to Dante in the first game.

DMC2 had zero story elements. I mean nothing at all. moving on.

DMC4 focuses on a completely new character called Nero (name may be mispronounced from its Japanese one. we'll learn later if the name and spelling of Nero is really correct or not). this guy used to belong to a cult that have something to do with devils. they may be worshiping them or fighting them, I am not sure. we can see in the demo that Dante brakes in on the cult and executes the leader. he did this because the cult, again, wanted Sparda's power or to unlock the both worlds into eatch other. something to that effect. Nero sets his own path and decides how things should be approached. the signature Devil Hand he has isn't natural. Nero is- as far as we know a completely normal human being. the arm was actually 'attached' to him by the cult through surgery, black magic, ritual acts or a combination of such measures. again, in the demo you can see him with his arm in a cast waiting to be healed. as gamers, we may not have access to the Devil Arm at all in the beginning. and the arm will of course have new abilities unlocked as we progress threw the game and story.

your basic enemy or nemesis in the game is non other than Dante himself. DMC4 is promised to be larger than all DMC games combined and those over the top crazy cut-scenes of DMC3 are making a comeback so expect a wild devil ride in the fourth game the likes that only Capcom can deliver. ;)


hope that helped. ask if you want anything specific or if I missed out on anything. :)

[Black Dragon37]

Z: You are aware that it's DMC3, DMC1, DMC4, then DMC2 in chronological order, right? :)

[totobeni]

Z: You are aware that it's DMC3, DMC1, DMC4, then DMC2 in chronological order, right? :)

i dont think so..the dev never say anything and we don't know anything about the timeline yet..but..let see

in the trailer Miss Nero said " I will send guys like you back to hell"....and it the end of DMC2 Dante was Stick in hell ...

so , i think DMC4 is in fact after DMC2 ..or better.. we all should pretend DMC2 never existed.

[VG Aficionado]

i dont think so..the dev never say anything and we don't know anything about the timeline yet..but..let see

in the trailer Miss Nero said " I will send guys like you back to hell"....and it the end of DMC2 Dante was Stick in hell ...

so , i think DMC4 is in fact after DMC2 ..or better.. we all should pretend DMC2 never existed.If I remember correctly, what Black Dragon says is true as the developers themselves stated the whole DMC chronology in a magazine article. DMC2 should be the one set in the most distant future. DMC4 is set after DMC1.

But I agree that we should pretend DMC2 never existed.

...

DMC2 what? :huh:

[jaxmkii]

];1414429']wait, gta didn't appear on any other console till later generations. so whats your point.

GTA was a pc and PS1 game GTA2 was PC and PS1 and GC GTA3 was a Multiwhore same with VC SA just not all at once...

DMC on the other hand has always been a PS exclusive so i dont know whay your getting at with this?