Transcend Death is the correct answer.

The game to me is another Valkyria Chronicles: a product with a standout cartoony aesthetic that garners the game more love than it honestly deserves.  The game's a fun romp, but we're honestly playing a pretty average RPG.  Next to say, Chrono Trigger or Phantasy Star IV, this game is blatantly inferior in storytelling, character development, gameplay mechanics, etc.

Still having fun though, anyway.  Can't say it'll get a replay anytime soon.

Game is fun, though I have to say the "comedy" routine during a certain segment in the game was particularly awful.  The game has limited voice acting, and I can't believe they dedicated that much of it to so much unfunny.  You know those moments in movies or TV shows where it cuts in to the tail end of a joke and everyone is laughing and allegedly are having a great time?  It was like that, except you were there for the entire five minute routine from start to finish and everyone in the scene is laughing hysterically, and you, the onlooker for this piece of entertainment media, is left completely bored wondering where the funny is.  There had to be something lost in translation.

Good god, I seriously can't get over how bad that was.  Why.  WHY.

A fascinating quote from an individual in the Final Fantasy thread.  It's interesting how well it applies here!

Thanks for the mention.  For those that haven't ordered yet, it's about $37 when you include shipping based on current exchange rates.

So after almost seven years since the game was announced, we learn that the protagonist is not cool.  Meanwhile, there is still no game to show.

Swell.

Time to buy a Wii U Deluxe.

It's OK, you're not the only one not feeling this game.  The demo locking up certainly didn't help with my decision either.

Trailer is out.  It is remarkably uninspiring and dull.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jNT5cMwxw0

Yeah, poor Kamiya.  I just can't for the life of me figure out why people don't take his stuff more seriously.



Oh.

I just realized another thing I really like about DmC.  In an era where action games are being flooded with QTEs, there are none to be found in this game.

And I am very pleased with that.

And they most certainly did make something above average.  You may not like the direction they took, but they have made an excellent action game.  Go play Dante's Inferno or Blades of Time if you want to see what an average action game is like.  There's a lot of them.

Another traditional DMC is unlikely to happen.  That team was busy working on Dragon's Dogma, which is probably why DmC was handed off to Ninja Theory.  They're now working on Dragon's Dogma 2 for next-gen consoles (which I am really excited about).