Johnny vs. Devil May Cry 4 (AD-FREE)
Added 2023-07-14 15:14:27 +0000 UTCCon season is over, so I'm back to making videos. Let's resume the DMC adventure with the fourth entry!
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That's what makes DmC so frustrating though. Mechanically, it's just Nero from DMC4 with a few changes. It's solid. But god, the story and the way they handled pre-release coverage was some of the absolute worst. I've never seen a marketing campaign that was more condescending and at times, eerily problematic, towards its own target audience than DmC's. Ignoring just the fact that Tameem spent every second talking down DMC fans like we're all idiots, he also made a lot of blatantly bigoted remarks in the process. He was blatantly homophobic when he called OG Dante a "gay cowboy" as though that was some killer insult (Something DMC5 makes fun of by giving Dante a cowboy hat), he slut-shamed all the female DMC characters by calling them all "prostitutes with guns", and he even had this whole presentation on how Japanese characters aren't as cool as Western ones (Racist much?). And you wanna know what his source for what a cool, masculine Western guy should be? Fight Club, a movie that is a PARODY of modern masculinity. Yes, DmC was largely made by a guy who didn't understand Fight Club and thinks Tyler Dearden is badass and cool. It all makes sense now, doesn't it? Add his pretentious "Our story is Shakespearean and deep" attitude and you'll see the kind of person Tameem is. Hell, one time someone made one criticism of the game online towards him, not even a big one or in a mean way, and Tameem personally responded with a butthurt, salty response and kept claiming the game was perfect and didn't need any fixes. Which is ironic when DmC: Definitive Edition would eventually exist.
Inhuman Paradox
2023-07-23 02:01:57 +0000 UTCOh boy. Next is DmC. I hope you go, however briefly, into the utter mess that was that game's pre-release. Like when Tameem tried to say "Oh sorry our Dante isn't a gay cowboy" and then try to use Fight Club as an example of what they wanted to make their cool new Dante like (Yes, Tameem is the kind of guy who missed the point of Fight Club. Tyler Dearden isn't cool the point of the movie is he's a loser). Or when he blatantly slut-shamed every female DMC character as being "prostitutes with guns" in his attempt to hype up the supposedly progressive characters in DmC (Y'know, the game that has the line "The world is your b*tch and so am I. All that's left is to bend it over and f*ck it". I'm not kidding, that's a line in the OG release of DmC. They cut it from the DE). Or how game journalists hardcore simping for Tameem spent every waking second saying anyone criticizing the weaker framerate compared to DMC4 was a "loser" and how we should all have loved DmC for "new ideas" and how the fanbase was going to kill the sales of a game should sell trillions for how amazing and bold and so much better than that "dumb" Japanese series it was. In fact, there was some blatant anti-Asian racism prevalent in journalists hyping up DmC, there was a strong, strong attitude of "This one is more western so it's better". Ugh.
Inhuman Paradox
2023-07-23 01:51:58 +0000 UTCDid he sneak a teaser for more final fantasy? I'm stuck on the whole gun blade thing and I can't for the life of me figure it out. Edit: I freaking knew it, I honestly thought he was done with final fantasy for the time being because he's said before he doesn't wanna burn himself out and the fact that 11 and 14 MMORPGs means a lot of extra time writing the scripts and extra attention to detail lest his comment sections will get on his ass.
Rodolfo Zorrilla-Rivera
2023-07-17 18:10:01 +0000 UTCI'm so glad to see Johnny copper one of my favorite entries in the series. I was also surprised and delighted to see him cover Dante's cameos in other games as well as the manga and even the anime which was where I personally got my introduction to the series. Still I can't wait for the next review. Here's hoping it will finally be the one where I get a shout out since I'm a ten dollar patron.
Heather McKnight
2023-07-17 12:26:15 +0000 UTCAlways a good time watching a Johnny video
AlexDBZMovies
2023-07-15 17:31:52 +0000 UTCTbh whenever I think of Jonny Young Busch’s performance, I’ll always think of Hajime Hinata from the Danganronpa series
Jeremiah Deleg
2023-07-15 16:39:32 +0000 UTCYou got SuperCrazy right, that matters
Cezar SuperCrazy
2023-07-15 16:21:23 +0000 UTCAs for DMC: Devil May Cry, this will be your best source: https://youtu.be/sfDKhSPSqNA
The Role Playing Gamer
2023-07-15 15:03:59 +0000 UTCI like the DMC reboot’s GAMEPLAY. I have played them all, except 5. DMC5 more than likely is the best one in every way though.
Nason Villanueva
2023-07-15 04:32:12 +0000 UTCGreat review Johnny! Really interested in seeing how your opinion of the series as a whole evolves once you get to the reboot and 5. On the topic of DMC4, I feel like it’s telling about the plot as a whole that it’s easy to forget some stuff, because it just isn’t focused on. Like you mentioned with Nero’s status as “Sparda descendent”. The one in particular that always sticks out to me is that you can easily miss the fact that Trish (As Gloria) *gave* the Sparda Sword to Sanctus and his cronies, and you kinda just have to make guesses as to the reasons why, because she… doesn’t really do much else, and it’s basically never brought up outside Dante mentioning “getting the swords back”.
MirageReplicant
2023-07-15 01:38:21 +0000 UTCGreat video as always John, and honestly while I see why people thought of Dialga's cry for that song, I immediately thought of Hippopatas's cry haha
Dialga236
2023-07-15 00:27:52 +0000 UTC1:16 god knows FFXIV is hogging up enough gpu...I remember the first ramani session lmao
Mr. Xarxes
2023-07-14 23:19:24 +0000 UTCOh for the love of, I've been called wrong before pronouncing it like Cee-zar! Tell the owner of Czar to make up their mind.
Juan Ortiz
2023-07-14 22:21:03 +0000 UTCA new review AND Sgb is back?? You spoil us Johnny!
MysteriousMrE
2023-07-14 20:15:58 +0000 UTCYou mention Johnny Young Bosh being a Power Ranger, and you are not wrong, but after all the anime I watched and games I played, I'm more used to him being a voice actor at this point.
Jurf Rokstar
2023-07-14 16:39:49 +0000 UTCIt's pronounced (Cee-zar) but close enough 👍
Cezar SuperCrazy
2023-07-14 16:30:39 +0000 UTCYour episode thumbnails have been sick lately!
ian!!
2023-07-14 16:04:40 +0000 UTCpog
Teemu Kailasto
2023-07-14 15:34:19 +0000 UTC
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