Devil May Cry 5 Lets You Spend Real Money To Upgrade Characters

[Arion]

Gamespot Article

During our demo we encountered the Divinity Statue, which acts as a shop where you can trade in orbs collected during combat and exploration, and in that menu we discovered that players will have the option to spend real money to accrue more orbs if they wish to expedite the upgrade process and beef up Dante earlier than usual.

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"With giving people the ability to purchase Red Orbs, it's something we want to give people as an option. If they want to save time and just want to get all the stuff at once, those people can do that. But on the other hand I don't feel you have to get all the moves, " said Itsuno. "You should be able to play it the way you want to play it."

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I had a suspicion this was going to happen after DMC4SE but still disappointing. Hopefully the game is still balanced so it doesn't feel too grindy to unlock everything without spending real money.

UPDATE: From one of the producers of the game



It's good to hear the game is still balanced like the old games. Even so, the inclusion of micro-transactions at all just makes, what is otherwise a spotless game, appear slimy.

 

[TheInfinityGauntlet]

Uh

Yuck

 

[lucebuce]

Game is officially trash.

MAGNUM TRASHOPUS

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I'd prefer it not exist at all, but if it's very optional I guess I can deal.

Kill it though.

 

[Rezsolution]

I'm just glad DMC5 is even a thing. Still ew tho.

 

[KillstealWolf]

Eww, when the option is there, that question of "Did they make the grind worse to encourage spending real money" always springs to mind because of it.

 

[Mr. Fantastic]

Yikes, hype deflated a bit

 

[vestan]

yikes

 

[Doc Kelso]

Kinda view this in the same way I view using items in these games. It's for people that aren't very good and need an additional crutch, but the game is balanced around never using it.

Or that's what I hope.

 

[Ferrs]

Dont really care. I'll never use it and I know I won't need it too.

 

[Techno]

Meh, I'll be using a trainer anyways.

 

[Dalik]

zzzz This is a non-issue, just play the game and dont buy anything, you'll get everything in a few hours anyway

 

[Kyoufu]

If it doesn't interfere with the game's core design then I don't mind.

 

[Neoxon]

It's basically the same as DMC4:SE, so you could basically ignore this & not miss out on anything.

 

[Wing Scarab]

Eww, when the option is there, that question of "Did the make the grind worse to encourage spending real money" always springs to mind because of it.

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That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[silva1991]

Oh come on Capcom.

 

[KiLAM]

And you also get 100k red orbs for buying deluxe edition according to steam page

 

[Dahbomb]

We had this feature in DMC4SE. You arent going to get good paying more money anyway.

 

[Kinsei]

Hopefully it's reasonable to get everything without spending money. This quote doesn't make that look likely though.

But on the other hand I don't feel you have to get all the moves,

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It's an action game. Of course you have to get all the moves.

 

[Seyavesh]

hopefully it's the same as dmc4se where that kinda shit is totally pointless because the gain rate on orbs/proud souls is insanely high anyways

 

[Normal]

So just like DMC 4:SE then.

 

[Nikus]

DMC has always been grindy, it always took me more than one playthrough to unlock everything, but I guess now people are gonna feel like it's a new thing to get people to spend money.

 

[Septimus Prime]

Doesn't an earlier game have this feature too?

MTX makes lots of money.

 

[mrmickfran]

They allowed this stuff in DMC4SE, it was completely optional.

Not sure why people are immediately screaming "yuck" when they can just ignore it.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Outside of mobile and NBA 2K, I've honestly never played a game with an option like this that felt at all balanced to make me want to drop money. And I've played some of the "worst" examples like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Shadow of War. I'm not nervous at all.

 

[Neoxon]

So just like DMC 4:SE then.

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Exactly

 

[Caiops]

Just like DMC4:SE

 

[JumpCancel]

If you hate microtransations, don't engage in them. The practice is pure greed.

If it's balanced like it is in DMC4SE, you can still purchase all the moves fairly quickly. There is no artificial padding to make you learn towards spending real money.

 

[Zombegoast]

DMC4:SE did this.

 

[Azusa]

What stops the player on PC to use cheat engine and get unlimited red orbs? Is the game always online or what?

 

[SRTtoZ]

Paying for cheat codes.

 

[Deleted member 1105]

They allowed this stuff in DMC4SE, it was completely optional.

Not sure why people are immediately screaming "yuck" when they can just ignore it.

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Because every time microtransactions are even mentioned on this forum you get a wave of people rushing to post "yikes".

 

[SubvertedTrope]

 

[Son of Sparda]

4SE had this and the game gave you a ton, I mean A TON of red orbs. They even added more orbs to the game compared to vanilla 4 while keeping the cost of the moves the same.

I think by just playing the game you'll be completely fine.

 

[Vert1]

Heh. This is what happens when GameShark no longer exists.

 

[Principate]

Let's just hope they weren't aggressive on this aspect.

 

[Vertpin]

Please remove this Capcom.

 

[FallenGrace]

Eww, when the option is there, that question of "Did the make the grind worse to encourage spending real money" always springs to mind because of it.

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this.

 

[mas8705]

As long as progression in DMC5 is the same as it has been in other titles, I don't see this becoming a big issue. Of course if it turns out that it take so long to upgrade your characters and they dangle the Microtransactions over your head every so often, then we can have a problem.

Best examples I can think of for the best and worst ways to do this would be Assassin's Creed Origins and Shadows of War from last year. One game allowed you to play at your own pace and gave you the option of getting stuff if you really wanted it while the other can make you feel like you are hitting brick walls so many times that it is practically demanding your money. All I can say is thank you Origins and you're dead to me Shadows of War (even after you removed it and had to rebalance the game because of it).

 

[Araujo]

"With giving people the ability to purchase Red Orbs, it's something we want to give people as an option. If they want to save time and just want to get all the stuff at once, those people can do that. But on the other hand I don't feel you have to get all the moves, " said Itsuno. "You should be able to play it the way you want to play it."

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[Nauro]

You could already do this in DMC 4 Special Edition.

Capcom are the guys who are asking for £2.50 to edit your goddamn character in MHW, how did you not expect them to try and rip us off.

Thankfully it's just "shortcut" microtransactions.

 

[Deleted member 36578]

That SUCKS. I reeeeeaally hope the entire game was designed before this was implemented. If the balance is out of whack because of being able to purchase them this could be really awful.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I have a feeling that this will look worse than it really is, but its still frustrating.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

Good thing I am getting this on PC.

 

[ChaserX]

There's the Capcom we know and love(hate)

 

[Kaz Mk II]

I wonder how many players actually use features like this. I get wanting to beat the game quicker if you don't have time but in that case you'd just put it on a lower difficulty right?

Bravely default did this too, and let you buy more of the OP timestop move that is normally on a cool down.

Doesn't effect my hype but that better be the only form of gameplay effecting micro transactions.

 

[Dahbomb]

What stops the player on PC to use cheat engine and get unlimited red orbs? Is the game always online or what?

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These games are balanced around having max equipment and you get that in ressonable time. It doesnt matter much for higher difficilties that you can do this this isnt an ARPG.

 

[RockmanBN]

I hope this isn't aggressive to the point where they want you to buy it instead of doing the lengthy grind.

 

[MBS]

It's an option after all. And I expect it to be as balanced as it needed to get a good chunk of upgrades from the first playthrough. Not worried tbh.

 

[Imitatio]

Blergh. If we're criticizing other games for giving players "the option" to purchase stuff, then DMC 5 is no exception.
Didn't even know that shit like this was also included with DMC4:SE.

Here's hoping Activision doesn't fuck up Sekiro, so I can get that one instead without feeling guilty. This is just one more reason to not bother with DMC 5 at launch.

Eww, when the option is there, that question of "Did the make the grind worse to encourage spending real money" always springs to mind because of it.

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