Devil May Cry 5 Analysis | A Love Letter to a Series
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2019
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Pull my Devil Trigger!!
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#DevilMayCry5 #Analysis - Ігри
It’s beautiful how this game’s existance made so many people’s dark soul utterly filled with light.
LIIGHT...LIIIGHT...LIIIIIIIGHT
Goddamn that reveal trailer, what a feeling.
This game filled me with sadness :( I expected something.....much better. DMC3SE will never be dethroned. Not with the shitty linear Lvl design, no map, no items, V, Nico, no playable Lady/Trish amm.
@@KillyRR I'm surprised there aren't much more people with this opinion. Even though I started to really warm up to the game, the first time I finished it, I was dissapointed. Maybe I set my expectations too high... It is just a game after all...
@@KillyRR The level design is just as linear as 3 and wastes less time. The items were kinda useless.
A fun thing about V is that his gameplay is implicitly identical to his role in the story:
He lets others do all the heavy lifting (Summons fight demons, Dante/Nero fight Urizen) because he's unable to.. and then comes in and snatches up the kill.
there's actually an even deeper meaning to this
his demons are said to be discarded trauma from when Vergil was Nelo Angelo, making them lingering "nightmares"
the symbolism comes in the fact of how tragic V's very being is. his demons, his "nightmares", are a terrifying force and can deal so much damage, but cannot actually kill other demons at all, it's V who has to land the finishing blow. this symbolizes their role as Vergil's trauma or nightmares. if a person is traumatized, they end ip with nightmares in their sleep or even just mental images in their brain. nightmares put fear in the psyche of a person. they're terrifying and outright damage a person mentally, but at the end of the day, they can't actually kill the person. and by that, it also means if a person is traumatized enough that they can't take it, they eventually kill themselves
let me then summarize this:
V's -demons- trauma can't kill -people- himself, but V himself can end -them- himself
@@Jaded_Jinx Further taking the phrase the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Someone close to you or even yourself can be your biggest downfall. Which is why Griffon Shadow and Nightmare chose to leave V knowing Dante would put them down would free Vergil from his trauma as Nelo Angelo and do Vergil a favor and grant him but a portion of V's humanity as seen where Vergil would be content with just being "better" than Dante should he defeat Nero in the last mission. Which I personally found as a huge face-lift for Vergil's typical state of mind of power power and power to enjoy the simple things in life and live out each victory like it's your last.
@Twinbee 1988 Same dude. DT gauge dependent or not he's Hella fun to play as. Mainly to hear Griffon giggle and cackle as he shoots and attacks or just to unleash Nightmare and bop the helpless enemies about while V is in the background chilling and reading his book or playing a violin XD.
@@joshcooper467 or directing a concert
@@falscher2 He'd make a damn good orchestrator yeah.
"Nico and Lady are the only true pairing that matters"
Nero: That bastard called us dead weight! I didn't scream Kyrie's name for nothing!
loooool so funny
Ha
I ship it
@@felathar1985 KYRIE KYYRIE
Nero is triggered. 😂
not only did dmc5 exceed expectations
it max acted them
and then proceeded to just frame it a second time
Personally, it didn't. It did for Nero and Dante though.
Ex-actly
@@edgyboi1995
Give Virgil doppleganger and quicksilver as 2 of the 4 style choices along with phantom in exchange of beowulf as a weapon switch leaving the final 2 styles as sword master and royal guard with dreadnaught, and virgil can teleport around like his Urizen form and his doppleganger gets some of all of V's moves or some of Urizen's. Or at least in Sin dt mode.
Virgil is barely anything new and possibly less.
The clap shockwave and red crystal yamato would be cool too, but I can do without.
Again, it did for Dante and Nero, but not all.
@@edgyboi1995
And you don't understand me. I agree with you, but this game is practically a love letter of the entire series, including the novel and anime. But Vergil is literally iconic, like dark link or a Luigi, or a sasuke, but even after acquiring all the power he did in the game, he's actually less than his dmc4se version. And I'm not talking about V. I'm talking about the final boss in the game. It IS the only thing.
Do you even know how popular Vergil is? Do you even know how important he is to the series?
I already know it's goty, but this could be the last dmc. And if not, the last one with Dante, and by right, possibly Vergil.
So, again, everything is great, except Vergil. And he won't be getting anything.
Taneem of Ninja Theory once said that the old Dante looks like a gay cowboy
Then Itsuno answer it by giving him a comboy hat and perform Michael Jackson dance
Touche.
Professional Whamen Respecter that's hilarious
Source? Taneem is a spiteful little man high off his own farts but I've never seen him make that exact statement.
@@Avengedtenfold It was implied when Taneem photoshopped DMC4 Dante into a scene from Brokeback Mountain.
And then said hat has the ability to one hit every boss in 10 seconds.
Dante being gay would be amazing tho
Btw the final dialogue between Nero and Nico is one of the most well written and wholesome dialogues that i have ever seen. It feels so natural that you laugh like you were with friends and not playing a video game
i loved the subtle facial expressions when she'd annoy him.
I'm never saying Cry again!
Devil may cry... FUCK
I love Dante and Vergil conversation about their past as kids constantly fighiting. That little smile makes me so happy for the two of them : )
I don't want this to be the last DMC... We finally got the true series back. I really hope it's not for just one game.
probably devil may cry 6: the Dark Knight
It won't be the last game but it will be the last game for Dante and Vergil. Don't expect them to come back.
@@Bloodhurl67 as long as there's a character with dante's playstyle even if dante as a character is gone, i'll be happy
@@JayStryerTheDeadWizard Nero will probably take over for that tbh or maybe he'll have one weapon and learn a bit from Vergil. Like he'll have his Judgement cut but a weaker version of it.
@@Bloodhurl67 that would still be quite a step down from dante's average arsenal in every game though imo, not saying either character is better or worse as that's subjective but dante is unarguably much more complex than nero
It's a bit sad that you didn't mention the change on Vergil's behavior in the last cutscene, when he's with Dante in hell, in his voice you can see that Vergil is more calm now, and even having fun, and is the same for Dante... Is not a battle to death now, just their particular form of family bonding
Yeah. Trying to kill each other is very much family bonding
It is their way. The fact that they’re counting their “rounds” demonstrates that their bad blood in 3 isn’t quite the same here.
@@johnprime1147 they were merely sparing and not trying to kill eachother
@@johnprime1147
They're not trying anymore. They just don't hold back much still because they can take it and they know it.
Hearing “ Your legacy” nearly brings me to tears every time I hear it.
Good song
It's a really great song
True
When you really think about it This was Sparda’s Legacy.
me too
Dante: "Don't you dare say it!"
Vergil: "We can say that, right?"
"No, Vergil! You can't say the n word!"
"I have the absolute power"
"Sin" Devil Trigger isn't a mistranslation, it's an intentional English-Japanese pun referencing both "True" *and* the literal fact that Dante and Vergil are demons, which are most commonly associated with sin. From what I could find, Itsuno himself chose the English name to be Sin instead of Shin.
Devil may cry died after dmc:devil may cry
Luckily Itsuno still had a golden orb
Lmao facts 💯😂
This comment is golden
Ha, what a noob.
I just see DmC as an alternative reality, they can contuine to explore it and I woudlnt mind, I just think they shoudl keep it away from the OG timeline and not mock it.
@@WaveForceful Agreed. While I prefer the main series, the DmC still has some fun ideas for gameplay.
0/10. no foxes and only vague mentions of arcades.
This clickbait cannot go unpunished.
I think everyone would love to see a Devil May Cry 0 where we see Sparda's adventures.
YES
Devil May Cry: Sparda Saga
As much as I like too but nahhh, Sparda's adventure was more or less has been covered bit and pieces throughout the series.
@@zeroskaterz92 young sparda, like dante, that would be cool
I want that just to see what Sparda looked and acted like. He's obviously going to be a mix between Dante's goofy nature and Vergil's stoic one, but I still want to actually see it.
DmC: "Y'know, we're not so different, you and I."
DMC5: (attacking furiously) "Shut up! I'm not like you! I'm nothing like you!!"
DmC was just dead weight
Nero in DT: WHO SAID DEAD WEIGHT!?!?!?!
*I'll Face Myself starts to play*
I mean. Some of the gameplay mechanics came from DmC
@@dannymotionless3417 dmc5 literally took DmC mechanic and did better
"The stylish ranking system becomes a problem in missions 10, 12, and 18"
YES
THANK YOU
BASED FOX
_sees foxcade upload_
"THE TIME HAS COME AND SO HAVE I."
THE DAMAGE DONE THE PAIN SUBSIDES AND I CAN SEE THE CLEAR FEAR WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYE
Now i know how the Angel fell, i know and know it too well.
I'll make you wish you had a soul to sell
When I strike you down, I'll send you straight to hell.
@@ReluctantWarrior my army comes from deep within
I love how the menu screens of everyone in the van looks like a rock band on tour
Dan "We can say that, right?"
Reuben "Nope."
Dan "Well..."
*Johnny facepalms*
the removal of items was honestly for the better
it helps you be more dependent on your own skill to stay alive than depending on items to save your skin
the red orb/gold orb only revival system also gives you more drive to go for a no-continue run, hence improving your skills more
i feel as if it's just the challenge you *should* have if you're new to the series, and a proper challenge for veterans
There's also the fact that most players never use items in DMC. Except maybe DMC1, or 3.
also the green orbs are pretty generous, they're placed after almost every fight, no matter the size
Because it has no healing items, makes it so nice for the unbeatable boss sections, and similar for continues, both flow so seamlessly.
I just wanna see Sparda. There was a sign at the Berial fight in dmc 4 that Mundus is still alive. I wanna see Vergil and Dante traveling through the demon worlds, facing off against Mundus and or finding Sparda. And returning to their son, cause Nero is as much Vergil's son as he is Dante's. Fight me (puts on dr Faust)
Lamc B. Your not wrong on anything you said but it should be a split story with them and Nero trying to get them out
I wanna see vergil and Nero to team up to deal the killing blow to Mundus.
Like, Dante got his shot in, But Vergil has his own issues to get even for and Nero is yet to take part in the family tradition.
And what better Father-Son bonding time than taking care of the resident main evil overlord?
@@redkite1908 " *resident* main *evil* overlord"
Ooh I see that you did there...
@@redkite1908 so Chris reffield is the real bad guy of the DMC series? 😂
@@gabrieldevoogel6225 And they get transported the very minute they are about to fight Mundus with their pops. Allowing the players play as Sparda going 1v1 with Mundus
"What are you, a cop? STOP LOOKING OVER THERE."
Smells like owls, in here...
43:01 Or at least, that's what Dante THINK his motivations are.
Could very well be that he KNOWS his mother tried to save him, because he was playing far from home, but that she died trying to reach him.
"Mother thought i couldn't protect myself, so she went looking for me even though it could kill her. I must obtain power so i can protect myself." could very well be his original motivation.
I mean yes, "all i wanted was to be loved and protected" and stuff.
But it's open, since it's Dante theorizing and Urizen can't give an answer.
TIMESTAMPS for *“Devil May Cry 5 Analysis* *|* *A Love Letter to the Series”* :
@1:44 - Prologue
@10:54 - Mission 1: New Arm, Who Dis?
@31:24 - Mission 2: A Mysterious Stranger
@44:06 - Mission 3: Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places
@1:07:31 - Epilogue
You're a real one.
Thanks
just as i thought to myself "a review of DMC5 from Fox ?"
"Not In A Million Years".
Save that until you watch the whole video, if you can.
Your DMC retrospective was so cool. Got me interested in the series. Hope DMC 5 is amazing
DMC5 is out for quite a while now. Go play it xD
It's absolutely amazing. Free on Xbox gamepass right now.
If you can, get the DMC5SE for PS5 and play it on the 120fps performance mode. You are going to be blown away!
YES THIS VIDEO IS FINALLY HERE LESSGOOOOOOO
HANNAH???? I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE A DMC FAN LMFAOOOO
Can we take a moment to acknowledge that Nero took his own dad's advice to heart? In the prologue, V tells him to "Stop hitting yourself and think of ways to actually get stronger".
In the final mission, you see him taking a moment to think after calling Kyrie, and achieves that goal.
Devil May Cry 5: Where you thought you were buying an AAA game but ended up with a SSS game
Nero went from cut price Dante, to a 3rd rate demon Hunter, to Nero, the demon Hunter. I'll be happy to see more of him and the ladies
I find it amazing how in just the past year I've gone from not really knowing anything about this series, to it being probably my favorite game series ever. Everything from the combat to the characters... I love it all. 3 and 5 especially have such wonderfully told stories that are just fit to burst with emotion and personality. I'm so glad I decided to get on the hype wagon after 5 was announced, it's been a great ride. :D
"nico is better than lady" -- true but he shouldn't say it
"nico and lady are the only pairing that matter" -- Extremely True And He Should Keep Saying It
There is like, a 20 year age gap...
@@bronumero7334 have you ever heard of milf hunting?
@@bronumero7334 And?
@@fandomcringebucket Ratio
@@bronumero7334 Meh, between two consenting adults so…
I'm a goddamn 30 year old well-adjusted adult and this stupid fucking game made me cry
Me: Don't dear to say it.
Fox: Character Action
I stoped sniffing cocaine to watch you. That good your work is.
I'm so glad we finally got a conclusion to the series. Not only that, I got to meet Reuben Langdon at Momocon 2019. That was the icing on the cake for somebody who's been a fan of Devil May Cry since 2001.
_"with a slight redesign"_
**turns completely black**
Yeah with that I'm going to assume he is a demon/human like Dante but doesn't really do any fighting.
@@Dragonk116 hell yeah
Was just wondering when this review would come out and here it is
You could say the time has come and so have we.
Literally just thought that as I clicked on the video
One thing the story is missing is Mundus.
Imagine if the game ended with Vergil and Dante encountering Mundus and about to fight him? Or the end credits gameplay being you vs Mundus with Vergil? That would've been amazing.
Mundus being sealed away instead of killed off is kind of a writing no-no, but it saved itself by not sequel-baiting. This allows Mundus to not give anymore plot relevance and still be considered killed off. This series is not afraid to move on from old adversaries, save Vergil.
Mundus appearing in the end would've been a great callback to DMC3, difference being Dante and Vergil are both in Hell and much more powerful than before. This time it's Mundus who's fucked.
@@loregasmic nah, if mundus comes back he needs to fight Nero. Remember what Dante said, "be sure to say hi to my son next time you come back" so mundus thinks Nero is Dante's son because blood of sparda and stuff, and Nero laughs at him.
@N7 Andy “I will come back!” Is kinda standard villain dialogue if you ask me
I honestly don’t want Mundus to come back. But still, even if he did he’s dead as a duck with Dante and Vergil’s new Sin Devil Triggers ready to kick some hard ass
As far as Vergil's 'redemption' being rushed, i think that the final scenes with him in DMC5 don't establish him as 'redeemed', but rather show that he is willing to seek redemption, and set up an opportunity for him to do so in future games.
You and the gaming Brit with hour long dmc 5 videos I guess we have been blessed
Another great review of DMC5. Love this game and its gonna be one I go back to for years. Keep up the hard work Foxcade.
Itsuno almost left Capcom after DmC reboot and as seen in interviews he's got that vigor back in his eyes with his new Western Capcom team working with.
I hope he takes a great vacation and promptly comes back afterwards to rock it out of the park with Dragons Dogma 2.
@@TheTexasDice hope so too Dragon's Dogma Online been there for years we need a proper sequel for DD on consoles
That rumor was only spread by Reuben Langdon and he admitted it was fake news. Itsuno said DmC was his favorite DMC game.
@@vagosporvida9281 Of course they won't admit it, I've said it time and time and again they won't say any bad thing about a product it's a company, heck even DMC2 Capcom just gives us silent treatment. But it is true that Itsuno was leaving till he was stopped by Capcom,
@@BellowDGaming What's more likely is that Reuben is the only one willing to shit on DmC because any DmC game Capcom makes means Reuben won't get a paycheck to voice Dante. Itsuno was lead director on DmC which pokes a huge hole into the theory that he didn't like the game. Plus he filled DMC5 with references to DmC and publicly stated that he actually wanted to make DmC2 instead of DMC5, just not without Ninja Theory.
www.vg247.com/2018/09/27/devil-may-cry-5-interview-capcom-satisfying-fans-balancing-difficulty-learning-ninja-theory/
Is that MY FoxCade, teasing a Borderlands Retrospective?
You treat us too well, Mr. Cade
Ohwow
To this day I still get chills when I think about how I preloaded this game. I cleared my schedule and made sure I had an entirely free weekend to go through it and as soon the game unlocked and I heard that “Devil May Cry” it was like I was kid again. Not many games can have an affect like that and to this day 5 is my favorite action game and In one of my top games list period.
I'm so sad that I'm here too early for 720p. LOL
I come from the Future and still 320p only
"here! for those hard to reach places. Kyrie'll love it! Catch my meaning?"
well,atleast we know Nero uses his arm when smashing his girl
I’m so happy to see this series come back. The game was a masterpiece.
set up for part 6 with Nero
“Lady and Nico are the only true pairing that matter”
Ah_I_see_you’re_a_man_of_culture_as_well.jpeg
@@BasedPeter Chill.
Lady is like 20 years older than Nico
@@InvaderKaz2008 Dude, it's a joke.
FoxOwne If she can legally smoke, you can legally ship it. ;P
@@Aine_Evergreen My mom is 20 years older than me. It's just fucked up.
Can't wait for dragons dogma 2. Loved DMC 5
Dude, SAME!!!
@Fozzy W indeed. I think that they should take the fast travel from how witcher 3 did it. I did enjoy exploring in DD1 but at the same time it did eat up a lot of time and slowing the balance of the game at times. Though I still loved it
@Fozzy W they have fast travel
But I've already played Monster Hunter
Dragon's Dogma did have fast travel, but it was much more scarce in the base game than in other games, where you could just pick a town and load in there - you used a rare item (ferrystones) to teleport to one of two key locations, or to an area you marked with another rare item (Portcrystals). They both became much easier to locate in the Dark Arisen version, but nobody outside those who played it paid attention to that by the looks of these and other comments. .
Also I doubt DD2 can happen, since it's kind of a closed-book story that loops on itself. If you're that desperate, I guess DD Online could count, but I digress.
I would love if Capcom remade DMC2 by completely overhauling it and making it not suck
AND FOR FUCK SAKE MAKE REUBEN LANGDON VOICE DANTE
Yes
remasters of the original trilogy pls, i want to play but i can't handle sub 60fps anymore plus old-ass controls
@@dankerbell There are already remasters out. Don't confuse remaster with a remake.
Devil May Cry 6 Nero goes to the demon world...
DMC6 is just Dante and Vergil in hell having to take out everyone they trapped back in hell
@@MakoClover Basiclly a rampage in hell with the two bros working together? hell yeah!
@@John-Stark I'll be funny if we could add in doomguy
for a moment there i thought you said Nico was better than Lady.
I'm just gonna assume you didn't
Not music to my hears
nico is definitely better than lady, in every way.
Everyone talks about who's best girl despite the fact that all pale in comparison to best boi
Agnus~
@@sharavy6851 I fail to see the logic here
Lady is unquestionably the most developed between the 3
Man, I've been waiting for this for so long
3 times..... _I've watched this 3 times in the last 24 hours._ If that doesn't show how great this is, i don't know what does.
😂😂😂😂
The Kermit falling in the background during V’s part 😂
When?
Douglas Rosa when it plays the evanescence song haha
@@ProxyDoug because he references a ~3 second piece in a 70 minute video without a timestamp, here:
39:45
Shin: 真, "true" 伸, "extend" 新, "new" 心, "heart". First experience with the term; Shin Godzilla which makes sense. New Godzilla design, lore etc. Moreover 心 in Chinese literally translatrs to heart, and is often used in words relating to emotion of feelings (I've been taking Chinese for 7 years as reference for this knowledge).
Sin: An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law. Most commonly seen form and first experience; the seven deadly sins. Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Vanity, Wrath, Sloth and Pride. Adjustable depending on the medium that references them.
I could see an argument in favor of either name. Personally _Sin_ Devil Trigger sounds far better than _Shin_ Devil Trigger merely due to the amount of words that make up the transformation, making Shin Devil Trigger sounds more like a mouthful as opposed to something that rolls of the tongue. However this is a matter of personal preference, and is not worth arguing.
Shin makes sense, the transformation is a new form based on both Dante's Rebellion and is father's blade Sparda, taking the value of both blades into hinself to create a sword all his own - Dante.
Sin makes sense from a more literal perspective. Dante is half demon, the franchise is named Devil May Cry. The transformation being refered to as "Sin" makes contextual sense. Moreover, I'd go as far as to state many characters are quite guilty of sin. Vergil in particular has a character arc revolving around his demonic pride and thirst for power. Dante in this game is suffering from the sloth of just being done with all this demon hunting. To embrace both the legacy of his family as well as himself to create Dante and the Sin Devil Trigger results in the more demonic form the transformation has. Unlike his standard Devil Trigger, Sin truly resembles a demon. What little human details that remain could be put off as just his true demonic appearance (just look at Sparda hismelf).
I'm personally a fan of Sin as opposed to Shin, however as state previously it's all a matter of preference.
Knowing the Japanese, it's probably both in some sort of pun that got lost in translation since Sin sounds so similar to Shin. By extension, this new form takes on both meanings. Really, this would be so up their alley, they Japanese love puns to an unholy degree.
correct me if im wrong, but i thought vanity=pride. and the missing sin would then be envy right?
@@NTTofMistery
The sins are swaped depending on what medium represents them. Sometimes Pride is removed all together and swaped off for Vanity. Other times Envy is the sin to be removed (I.E Persona 5).
It all depends on the medium, so technically, you're not incorrect.
Dude, you pouring out your heart there at the end brought out so much emotion from me. This series brought me out of a dark place too(i was diagnosed with cancer a couple years after DMC1, at just 10 years old), i grew up with Dante and to this day, even tho im losing my ability to stay stylish thanks to carpal tunnel, it remains my favorite series. I love your channel, and i hope you keep moving forward. Jackpot!
Man that final cutscene in the end gave me goosebumps...also when they called vergil the alpha and the omega I got chills, its truly the end of an era, hopefully the beggining of a new one
Given that Capcom officially announced that the Devil May Cry brand has been successfully "reinvigorated" by DMC5, I'd be curious to see what, if anything, Capcom intends to do with the series from this point...
...As long as the shitty reboot isn't involved in any of it.
With what Capcom and Matt Walker (+ itsuno) have said recently, you may not like what you might get.
@@4ever3052pac I hope they like more fan backlash then... more reboot shit will only be as poorly received as it was last time if not worse.
You can't just give us our Dante back and then try to replace him again. Not SSSTylish at all.
Well, admittedly, the biggest points of hate come from tateem and his attitudes and comments towards the og series and it's fanbase. As long as go with changes in the definitive edition, improve both the story, characters, and some design elements, and DON'T insult the fanbase, I think it won't be that bad of situation.
@@4ever3052pac Honestly the whole story is pretty irredeemable. I don't see any good reason to revisit the reboot at this point. Especially since Itsuno brought the best mechanics from the reboot and already put them in DMC5. Most people only liked DmC for the gameplay, so there's not much point to it anymore.
@@XeroTenjin93 I guess I don't just have the hate that half the base does. Admittedly, my first one was DmC and I didn't grow up with the originals, so I guess I just like to see what would happen with reboot!Dante. But that's me I guess.
To be fair to Devil May Cry 2 i do like the Lucia story and character development.
In the words of the great Akihiko Sanada- "I've been waiting for this!"
Foxcade, it's been an honor to watch your DMC Retrospectives while I started playing DMC last year. Keep up the good work!
It's videos like yours that actually got me interested in the Devil May Cry series. From an aesthetic perspective, I find it fun, compelling, and inspiring more often than not. I love watching through your analysis and retrospective videos so much since coming across your channel and hearing that they helped you get through some difficult times, has me appreciating them even more. Truth be told, Borderlands is my favorite video game franchise, so hopefully that tease at there was genuine. If so, I can't wait to see what you have to say on the series!
I really love the time, detail, explanation, search for the meanings behind the stuff they present in the series. No matter how long your videos are, those are extremely enjoyable. Covering all it needs to be cover. Love ya
omg yes! i was waiting for this!!! thanks for all your hard work foxcade
The fact Woolie exactly compiles reactions from THOUSANDS maybe more DMC fans... Well, too true.
The passion, love and dedication you’ve put into this series that I grew up on and one of the first games i played, maybe the series that got me into gaming that actually moulded who I am today actually warms my heart, thank you for this series and doing it justice.
I really enjoyed this video. Part of the fun of the last year, alongside the build to and release of the game was all the commentary and LPs being put out alongside it. And your series is a big part of that.
I'm really late on this, but I want to comment on Fury's design as an enemy, as they went from being my most hated foe, to my most loved foe in the entire game.
Fury's overwhelming amount of invincibility frames is absolutely offputting when you're just getting started fighting them, but they actually abide by a bunch of rules when they become vulnerable. Highly exploitable rules, and by design. As the game's gone on, people have steadily labbed out how to exploit those rules until they could kill Fury in a single pass via long, complicated combo strings that constantly exploit Fury's weaknesses and prevent it from teleporting away through said exploitation. Hell Antenora is about teaching the player to be aware of their attacks properties as to not set off their enrage. Hell Judecca is about teaching the player how to create and exploit openings without the game handing them to them. Death Scissors is about parrying. Chaos is about keeping calm under pressure (it constantly spinning before striking out at seemingly random), and Fury takes this all together and really pushes the player.
As for Fury's weakness, it doesn't cope well with being forced into a hard knockdown state. Abilities such as Red Queen Combo D and similar that leave it face down in the dirt deny its teleportation. Landing hits at random only serve to make it warp away, while repeatedly pressing on its weakness to being stunned on the ground allow the player to rack up more and more time to beat it down until finally reaching the point where players can repeatedly restun it until it dies in a single pass. Beyond that, there's a lot of ways to open it up. Rawhide to parry it. Red Queen's flame trails to exploit it's complete lack of stagger resist. Royal Release. Royal Revenge. Ragtime to pull it into normal speeds. Balrog jabs. Cerberus Ice Age. Options are far from limited and experimentation just reveals more and more things you can do to them. I love fighting them now, after many hours of steadily coming to terms with the game's systems and internal logic, and finding all the little cracks in their armor that the devs gave such an initially overwhelming foe feels amazing.
the only issue is that if you dont kill them with a SSS you can kiss your style points goodbye
i only truly realized that once playing through the game as vergil, there was numerous tools for every character to deal with the furys (or at least every character that reasonably encountered one as v never thought one on the normal difficultys) but playing as vergil with no royal guard, no devil breakers and just perfect timing as a defensive and offensive tool the simplicity of attacking into their attack for a parry and onecomboing them afterwards opened up to me, you have tools and openings for every enemy and furys show that to a perfection.
@@devolo5947 pretty much its pretty much a better blitz
What a journey, thanks for the videos you put out, you got me into a series i never thought i needed devil may cry 5 is my personal favorite game of all time. Whether it truly is the end or more to come who knows but what we got is truly a legacy worth visiting.
Thank you for this video and the DMC retrospective. It has helped reignite my love for the series and has given me a deeper appreciation for it. Thanks again
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It's always wonderful to watch these types of video essays where you can absolutely see just how passionate one truly is for a franchise. As someone who is still fairly an outsider to the DMC series, I absolutely enjoyed watching this video because it served as a window for me to see exactly what it is that makes fans adore the series while helping me understand a lot more about the community. And of course viewing one's interpretation of the storyline. Overall, this was a fantastic video and I hope to see more from you soon. Definitely eager to watch your Nier Automata video if your tease is anything to go by.
I love Nico cause the way she acts with Nero reminds me of how my friend who is more like a brother to me act towards each other she is my my favorite female character in the entire DMC series
I knew I had to wait until I finished DMC5, to see your video, what a great analysis, and also you do a nice retrospective in gameplay, story, and characters arch, now I can watch all you other DMC5 related videos, great to see this thoughtful content.
Thank you, Fox. I'm glad we have this series retrospective from you. Excited to see what you'll do next :) can't wait
Me before watching video: “Meh, I’ll watch 15 minutes, I don’t have time to watch a whole hour video.”
*45 minutes later*
“Can’t...... stop..... watching.”
So I misread the video timing and thought this was a ten minute video. Forty minutes in I’m hypnotized by this video. Great analysis!
Incredible video man. You really tied it all together and put a ribbon on it at the end. This game also re-ignited my spark for the DMC franchise and I was up to my eyeballs in this game for months after it came out trying to figure things out. I'm still slowly trying to get my platinum trophy, but I've got to do a lot more gittin gud before that happens. My favorite highlight here is how you pointed out how games can inspire so many people and help pull them out of those dark places you mentioned. Keep up the good work.
I think I’m speaking for most of us in saying we’re looking forward to whatever content you decide to do next! I watched all of your DMC retrospectives and it made the wait for 5 much easier. You put a lot of heart into your videos and I can’t wait to see what you whip up next!
Loved the DmC references.
Even though I didn't like DmC, the gameplay was good (especially Definitive Edition), and they put some things from the reboot into this game...
The slo-mo final kill, talking during boss fights, music leveling up along the style rank, the training mode, gun noises (yes E & I and Coyote A have the reboot's gun sounds), the Doppelganger for Vergil (and when he activates it vs Dante, Dante replies with "not in a million years")...
Great video.
DMC 5 is to me the pinacle of action games, as the boss fights and gameplay are truly amazing.
It does perfectly what video games are made for : FUN.
It's a game you would always come back to for some fun.
And...
Please. Give us some playable Vergil, Capcom !
Music getting louder and the lyrics kicking in at higher ranks was always intended just got implemented in the reboot which most people disliked and Tameem wasn't helping. I think most of the other things were features that Itsuno wanted to add and put in the reboot or never had the chance to since he was assisting in the development of the reboot and liked the game. And I do remember Nero has his own line something along the lines of how a second one of Vergil won't do him any good when Vergil summons his Doppelganger.
Honestly what got me in this video is that DMC4, DmC, and DMC5 all have their own consistently most annoying enemies to deal with that nobody likes and for DMC5 its the assassin Fury that teleports around trying to strike for large damage and leaves few openings. For DmC it was the color coded enemies that forced you to swap to that weapon type otherwise you would flinch and deal no damage to them. For DMC4 it was the Blitz and since its been 10 years I don't think that one needs any explaining since he was kind of a combination of DmC and DMC5 worst enemies.
Also knowing Capcom has adopted free DLC with Monster Hunter World and expanding to the Western Market its quite likely they will do the same for free Vergil DLC in DMC5 to get us to love Capcom more since they are becoming one of the best companies since changing their business practices.
If I remember correctly I believe DMC4SE with Vergil already had some mechanics from DmC carried over like the Just Judgement Cut so Itsuno is definitely inspired by every iteration of Vergil that is created and enjoys placing mechanics from them into the playable versions of the character. So a DMC5 Vergil would definitely have Just Judgement Cut again and they are probably changing Judgement Cut End to the new version we see in the boss fight along with adding Sin Devil Trigger with a updated Devil Trigger (Black Coat means black Devil most likely with EX skin being blue Vergil). Then there is the problem that Beowulf and Force Edge isn't with him so unless they add it for the nostalgia for DMC4SE Vergil he needs new weapons or a completely fleshed out Dark Slayer Style similar to Nero where he fights only with Yamato and Summoned Swords.
Great Video!!! Worth watching (:
I enjoyed playing as V the most, he was also the reason I decided to buy this DMC game in the end. Really loved it!
Love this! I echo everything that was said. This is pushing me to finish a script I was writing to get further into Vergil. Thanks man!
I just finished the video and wanted to say that you did a fantastic job covering not just the Devil May Cry series, but other series and games as well.
I've watched your videos multiple time's and they still don't get old to me because I feel like they are so well made and entertaining to watch.
I hope that your channel grows over time's and I hope you'll be able to make better content.
Keep up the fantastic work I can't wait to see what video's you have planned for the future.
I’ve literally just finished watching Clemps newest video and when I clicked this and heard his voice I was very confused and thought I was losing my mind
Over an hour long?! I better get some snacks to properly enjoy this
Damn fox, this is genuinely one of your best. I can relate to the feels from dmc over the years man, it literally shaped my childhood in gaming. I had a smile on my face through all of 5 as well and was so happy by the end I almost shed a tear several times. Long live dmc, and your channel fox. Be safe.
I really love how you edit and construct your videos. You make your videos interesting and funny at the same time.
I still genuinely cannot believe this game even happened this was like the impossible game it absolutely 100% revived the series
To be fair to Dante, I think his colder and more hard-headed attitude in this game partly comes from his desire to keep Nero, who is all too eager to seek vengeance to prove his own worth to himself, away from the battle with Vergil for the sake of sparing the boy the trauma that would induce.
Luckily, the new devil hunter ended up finding a far more benevolent motivation for fighting by endgame.
I love how these videos keep getting me all emotional for a game series I myself have barely ever dipped my toes into
Hey man, replaying dmc and restarting my tradition of watching your videos. Thank you for everything you do!
I think the biggest thing I want to see is a DMC2 remake. There aren't terrible ideas in there, it's just the execution of....everything....was god awful. It deserves a real shot. I fucking love DMC, we need more games like it, and giving us a DMC2 that's actually worth it would be incredible. It's cool if they don't make any other DMC games in the future since DMC5 is such a great send off, but I feel like there is still more that would be worth seeing.
Rest in Peace Super Best Friends Play. Gone too soon.
And also good review.
Considering how little of a fuck Matt has been giving these last few years they probably should have split sooner.
Love the guys but man if he didnt cear he *really* showed it.
Ooh, why they broke up?? No more magic?
Great job on this video and thank you for showing some 2bfp/castle super beast stuff. Those guys love DMC more than anybody else and that love is what got me into the games and now they’re some of my favorites.
This was so worth the wait, and it had such a weight to it that...damn, it helped clear some of my own issues with the story or gameplay and just...bittersweet just as you said. It's a great love letter and while I would love for more stories in this universe I could rest easy if this was the final send off (even if I don't quite think so yet).
So as they say; This is your legacy, and it was one hell of a Jackpot!
I love that you can max act off of Nero’s air taunt.
Trickster is a good way to counter the fury’s as Dante.
Now thats how i like to spend a hour of my day in plain old devil may cry style
Fucking amazing video i love my dmc collection alot more now
I was waiting for this for a long time from ya, Fox. Thank you.
I honestly found your channel thanks to this awesome franchise and in my opinion 5 exceeded all expectations I had for it