So much potential, so little realized.
I'm not going to do a full review but this is what I feel could of made it 2x as good as it was.
1) Dante's/Sparda's back story is never really explained. Sparda is mentioned a few times but to anyone who hasn't played the games it's just a name to them and it could be quite confusing.
2)No mention of Vergil. Why? For me the defining moment of DMC is when the two brothers have their final face off in the third game or even any of the battles in the third game. He's a perfect opposite of Dante. Obviously anyone who has played the games knows that Vergil decides to remain in the demon realm where his father grew up and is then 'recruited' by Mundus and the series is set after the events of the first game.
Even if it was a flashback to where they battled or even just them growing up together with their mother but nope, nothing.
3) For me this was the biggest mistake of the entire series: Dante NEVER uses his 'Devil Trigger'. I mean come on, that power was MADE for anime! Imagine the amazing colours of his glowing red power emitting from his body and his incredible speed. I watched the whole thing expecting maybe in the final episode that something would push him too far and he would be forced into using it but yet again, nothing.
4) My final and less significant point: There is a lack of all major items from the games. Such as the two amulets that the brothers share, Sparda's sword which Dante kept after the first game or force edge which Dante was left with after Vergil stayed in the demon realm.
That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the anime, I thought it was okay but could of been 2x as good had they included some of these points. 6-7/10.
I'm not going to do a full review but this is what I feel could of made it 2x as good as it was.
1) Dante's/Sparda's back story is never really explained. Sparda is mentioned a few times but to anyone who hasn't played the games it's just a name to them and it could be quite confusing.
2)No mention of Vergil. Why? For me the defining moment of DMC is when the two brothers have their final face off in the third game or even any of the battles in the third game. He's a perfect opposite of Dante. Obviously anyone who has played the games knows that Vergil decides to remain in the demon realm where his father grew up and is then 'recruited' by Mundus and the series is set after the events of the first game.
Even if it was a flashback to where they battled or even just them growing up together with their mother but nope, nothing.
3) For me this was the biggest mistake of the entire series: Dante NEVER uses his 'Devil Trigger'. I mean come on, that power was MADE for anime! Imagine the amazing colours of his glowing red power emitting from his body and his incredible speed. I watched the whole thing expecting maybe in the final episode that something would push him too far and he would be forced into using it but yet again, nothing.
4) My final and less significant point: There is a lack of all major items from the games. Such as the two amulets that the brothers share, Sparda's sword which Dante kept after the first game or force edge which Dante was left with after Vergil stayed in the demon realm.
That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the anime, I thought it was okay but could of been 2x as good had they included some of these points. 6-7/10.