Where's the backtracking? There are a ton of specifics given in here that are easy to disprove once stuff starts showing up.
Maybe I am a big DMC fan and I can see the lines of questioning/answering done for this leak... but I can already where they are going. I see stuff like "no stamina bar" and I think this is some dude worried they are going to turn DMC into some ARPG to cash in on the Souls/Nioh hype, turning it into something that it isn't.
The parts that rubbed me wrong:
- The game is slated to release some time in the fiscal calendar year of 2019. That means sometime between April 2018 and March 2019. Original plan was to release it inNovember 2018 but the date MIGHT have been pushed back to early 2019.
This seems like an overly safe statement, that the leaker wants to say 'it's going to have 2018 release!' But they are giving themselves an out. Releases are pushed back all the time, but we don't often get unrevealed pushback dates. This might just be my ocd, but the statement is kinda backtracks/Safe for my taste.
- Originally DMCV was intended to be announced at PSX but after receivingfeedback on their E3 press conference, Sony decided to scale back on PSX and instead scale up E3 2018. DMCV was an unfortunate casualty of this choice and thus it's unlikely that DMCV gets officially revealed in 2017.
Same thing here, lots of unlikelys and back scaling going on for an unrevealed event, it gives them the option to say 'told you so!' At psx, or told you so! At e3, or 'ya they pushed it back again yada yada' after its a no show at e3. Annoying to me.
- There will be a demo for the game sometime before release.
This is kinda a given
- Game has been in development for 2 years as of today. When it will release it will have been in development for 3 years at least. That is actually the highest time a DMC game has been in full production for. Pre-production started as early as 2015 around the time that DMC4SE finished releasing. There have been no development hiccups and as stated, the development has in fact been progressing smoothly.
'As early as 2015' seems non commital and very 2018-3 = to me.
- There is some form of Playstation exclusivity involved. Sony is paying for some of the funding for the game but the extent of it is not known. Could be completely PS4 exclusive, console exclusive or timed exclusive. If the game is announced publicly then it will be at a Sony event, which is why many peoplethought that it was going to be at PSX.
This entire portion sounds like tales from my ass. 'It could be anything! See what sticks!'
- Trailer has been ready for a while now. The initial trailer is 1 minute 50 seconds long (they may add new cuts to trailer to make an extended version since some time has passed from when it was made). It is mostly focused on story, characters and cutscenes. A city like setting is shown in the trailer not that different from Fortuna city in DMC4.
Backtracky. 'It's this long, but might be more or less. Could be anything at this pont' Srsly.
- The overall game is supposed to be"ambitious" for a DMC title with a broader appeal.
With no point of reference, anyone could be saying it's 'ambitious' I mean did director say this? Artist? Leaker making shit up?
- Longest cutscene runtime of any DMC game yet.
This seems like somthing off the back of the box of an uncharted game or ffxv.
I'm a huge fan of the franchise, and all the above are my opinion only. I've read through it multiple times now and I guess it just rubs me wrong, honestly could be my jaded heart after the last decade of waiting? I don't know.