quote Pox Americus

well isn't this game suppose to be a prequel or sequel or something for the first dmc?

quote Fyrestorm

This thread is for discussing what characters you would like to be able to control in this game, in what capacity, and what role or roles you'd like to see them in. Now, obviously we have our half-red, half-naked half-devil Dante, as a given, but who else do you want to use to mow down demons? Would you like Lucia to make a return to player character status? Do you think Trish deserves another try, and in a larger role than an extra costume? Should Lady have her own move-set, perhaps even her own missions? And what of the ever asskickuolous Vergil turned Nelo?

Me, personally, I have some thoughts on what to do. Now, ideally, it would be nice if Dante, Vergil, Lady, Lucia, and Trish all got their own story arc, complete with unique missions, like DMC2, only more diverse, rather than just being alternate costumes (looking at you, Trish), or running through an identical story (Vergil, don't give me that glare, you know you're guilty). However, while the new disc design is powerful, I don't think we can really expect such things without turning each story into a shallow, short shadow of a real DMC experience.

However, I did have an idea which I'm kind of proud of. Now, Dante as we know is the man of the game, the big shot with all the story. However, these other characters do play vital support roles to the story that flesh it out and make it all happen. So, I thought to myself, how do you give these fun, important characters, playable roles and missions, without them just being cheap shadows of Dante's, or just hoping for the near-impossible? And I looked, and I had what I think may have been a revelation, there before me lay the answer.

Secret missions.

Just think about it, rather than doing secret missions as Dante, you could come across other characters and optionally take control of them to perform some important but not vital side quest. Clear an infested building, collect a rare item, you know, the usual secret mission stuff. In this way, the option to play the characters in situations tailored to their fighting styles, giving a truly unique game-play experience, could be fit into the game, with real rewards (Blue Orb Fragments for Dante is the classic prize), but without creating some impossible jumble of distracting, for player and developer, alternate story modes. I really think that would be awesome, just imagine it, you're exploring around a level, and come across Lady. You speak to her, and she mentions a nearby nest of demons she's going to clear out. You can either choose to take control of her, and try and wipe out the demons with her comparatively weaker arsenal, and in return get something useful like a Blue Orb Fragment for Dante, or just keep going if you only want to play on the main story. In this way you could really flesh out the game, diversify the playing experience (optionally, for the player), let the support characters strut their stuff under your control, and generally allow them to do what they are there to do, help out Dante (and hinder at times, heh), but without him needing them, more or less, which is usually the idea, that he's a go it alone bad-ass.

Anyway, that's an idea I had, anyone else got anything to add, share or say ?

quote DMD SS player

Vergil AKA Nelo Angelo died on ission 17, Lady is probably long gone by now Trish would be in DMC4 possibly but I doubt Lucia.So the only way thay would have them in the game is to not follow the storyline but just eye candy and your fun.