Devil May Cry 3

[Megalith]

The latest issue of PSM has info on the lastest installment of the DMC series. A few of the features include:

• The game is a prequel.
• The series producer Tsuyoshi Tanaka wants to return to the visual style of the first game.
• Many of the games stylish action features will not be in the E3 demo to avoid spoiling the surprise.
• The core of gameplay in DMC3 revolves around a new feature called the "style system". You will be able to chose a specific style at the beginning. Gunslinger, Swordmaster, Trickster, and Royal Guard are the four styles revealed thus far. As you progress through the game, you can distribute points into categories related to the style you are using. Each style has its advantages and disadvantages.
• How Dantes Demon powers will work is still a secret, but he gradually remembers powers as you progress through the game.
• DMC3 is currently planned to last about as long as the first game and it will be just about as puzzle focused.
• Tanaka admits that DMC2s large open level design meant that most players could use guns for the entire game.
• In DMC3, the levels have been designed to test long range and melee fighting skills equally.
• DMC3 has a brand new 3D engine
• This allows for new special effects. For example, an enemy might form from sand, spew sand when hit, and return to sand when you kill it.
• The environments are much more destructable.
• Shadows and lighting are much more realistic
• Weather effects
• DMC3 will be mission based (like the others), but will feature intro movies to each mission and completetion movies that move the storyline along.
• Some missions have no bosses, and some have multiple bosses.
• A new mysterious female character whos involvement is unknown at the moment.
• Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus) is directing the cutscenes

And a few screen shots:
http://pic.ihaha.cn/uploadImages/2004517281832588.jpg
http://ranobe.com/up/updata/up2223.jpg

Sounds promising. Seems like it'll fix everything DMC2 ruined. Also, it is supposed to make it to E3 too.

[Frozen Sky]

Well i hope it's better than DMC 2

[crusher]

Yeah I've seen some scans and stuff. Sounds very promising.

[Nitramuse]

When will it be released?

[Megalith]

Originally posted by Nitramuse
When will it be released?

So far, there is no release date. But expect it to be announced at E3.

[((KvN))]

Yeah, hope it's way better Than DMC2. That one killed almost everything... Thnx man for the info!

[Harmony]

Hehe, the director of <I>Versus</I>? Awesome, that movie was zombie martial arts-tastic! No, but I never played the second game, didn't hear particularly positive feedback on it, but I loved the first, so hopefully this one'll be good

[crusher]

He's also the director of the sequences in Twin Snakes. So that will be good.

[SA-X]

i liked DMC1 but DMC 2 sucked, i just hope it is better than them. Hopefully it is a lie about it bein the same length as DMC1 cos that woz too short

[Hao]

So in which systems will it be released? I hope its not a PS2 exclusive.

[crusher]

PS2 exclusive. I'm positive about it. As the other DMC games.

[spyderbyte]

I loved the first DMC, but I thought #2 blew! I lost all faith in the series.

Only DMC 3 can heal me....

[crusher]

DMC2 wasn't that bad in my opinion. It had some really cool stuff.