Stupid Devil May Cry Retcon: Why is Dante Half-Angel?

WHY? WHY WHY WHY? Look, I have to say that while I haven't been the biggest fan of the changes that I've seen for the new DmC, I like to think that I've been reasonable in my criticisms and have chosen to wait for the game's release before making any final judgments.

But this was too much. Why is Dante, now a half-angel?

Because when you look at this badass, or his new redesign, the first you think is "Half-Angel".

For those of you who don't know what Devil May Cry is or the backstory, let me explain. Devil May Cry was an 3-D hack-n-slash beat-em-up developed by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya, who later went on to create the phenomenal Bayonetta. It was originally meant to be Resident Evil 4 (yeah try to figure that one that) but eventually became its own game which was released in 2001. Let's not suger-coat this, the game was fantastic and revolutionized the 3-D hack-n-slash beat-em-up. Without it, games like God of War, the 3-D Ninja Gaiden games, and even Bayonetta would not exist.

The game starred Dante who is the son of Sparda, a legendary demon who helped humanity drive back an invasion of demons. Sparda got it on with a human woman and Dante was born from that as a HALF-DEMON and HALF-HUMAN.

The second game in the series was a bitter disappointment. This was made up for with the outstanding Devil May Cry 3, the best and most difficult game in the series (seriously it is really hard), and one of the best games on the PS2. Devil May Cry 4 was good but pulled a Metal Gear Solid 2 on us by having a new playable character.

So that's the history of the series and a bit of Dante's backstory in nutshell. So back to the retcon at hand.

So what's wrong with this retcon? Well, let's go to Devil May Cry 3, which had the best story of the series. Part of what made the story engaging was the conflict that Dante has with his brother, Vergil. Vergil managed to be a very complex villain and the conflict between the two also represented the conflict inside of Dante.

What I mean is the conflict between his demon-half and his human-half. His brother embraces his demon side while Dante is still struggling. As the game goes on he finds a greater sense of purpose and further embraces his human side along with his desire to protect humanity the way that his demonic father did.

That's what made Devil May Cry 3's story so excellent. The conflict between Dante and Vergil was a great bit of symbolism for the conflict that Dante was having with himself and showing how he became the person he is in the original. Mix it with being an absolutely badass action game and you had one of the best games of last gen.

I want this game to be good. I'm not hating on it, I'm just really worried about it. The change of the look of the character is something that I could tolerate as long as it was a prequel to show how he came to look like he did by Devil May Cry 3 which is the first chronologically. But the change in backstory has me really annoyed and I just couldn't let it go.

I'll hold my breath until the game comes out but, I do not like that direction.