"This tie-in comic to the all-new game universe, takes place 3 months before DmC Devil May Cry
and reveals the unmissable backstory of Dante's twin brother Vergil and the mysterious Kat! "_____________________________
For those who haven't both played the game and read this little comic, the review will act as a
spoiler or might not make sense to you at all.
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Overall I give it a B- rating. I thought it was good with a rather interesting story to explain what
was going on with Dante before the events in the game. Remember when the first DmC trailer
came out and it showed Dante chained up in some dark room while being interrogated by a man
demanding to know his name? If not here's a refresher
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhoNEu…The trailer shows him, while being interrogated, to be very young. The game doesn't show that
cutscene whatsoever like it's shown in the trailer, but the comic fills in that gap completely and
explains the trailer cutscene. Makes a hell of a lot more sense now in my opinion. The comic fills
in quite a few gaps actually and because it fills it in so nicely, I'm guessing the comic is considered
canon from the company? Or at least mostly canon.
I loved how they portrayed an actual gentle side to Vergil, 3-4 examples shown of him holding Kat
when she's injured, still stuck in astral form, or holding her in general. It didn't feel out of character
and it was very nice to see this other side of him that I believe is just as possible for his personality
in the game.
It fits his personality because DMC 3 Vergil is a rational thinker. He comes off a lot more cold and stiff,
but the personality they gave him for DmC comes off as much more feeling oriented with natural genuine
smiles and laughter that you practically never saw DMC 3 Vergil do. So those moments of him comforting
Kat or at least gently holding her in the comic? I felt that was pretty fitting and real. I'm a feeling
oriented personality myself, I know a feeliac when I see one LOL.
Despite that fact however, here's the main three issues I have with it:
--Vergil's devil trigger actually changes his personality?--I like the concept idea of this, that the demonic nature of the devil trigger would make him more
aggressive and meaner in personality. However, this is contradicting to the game entirely. If the devil
trigger were to affect the personality of its user, making them darker in choice and action, than Dante
would be affected too. But clearly as we see in the game, his personality seems to go unaffected and
he uses his devil trigger a hell of a lot more than Vergil ever does. Stating that Dante wanting to kill his
brother at the end of the game while in devil trigger mode, is not a prime example to debunk this. Dante
was just simply very pissed off. In fact, if the devil trigger were to affect him in personality negatively
then he would have most likely completely ignored Kat's plight to let Vergil live and then go about killing
his brother…but he didn't. He let Vergil live and actually helped him to stand back up without attacking
him further.
So yeah, I have a pretty big issue with the comic's concept of a devil trigger affecting personality since
clearly that doesn't happen in the game.
--Comic Book, Kat vs Game Version, Kat--In the game I get the sense that Kat is, not necessarily mousy, just rather withdrawn and shy. She has
her set beliefs, but she's not one to verbally or physically force her opinion on people. Two examples that
immediately come to mind is when Dante is brought to the order and Vergil is trying to persuade him to
join their cause. The persuasion isn't working and Kat tries to say something, but Vergil interrupts her with
a simple hand gesture. She backs off without hesitation and stays silent. Another example is at the end of
the game when Vergil and Dante are arguing and she again tries to jump in, but then Vergil yells at her and
her response? Back off immediately and sit and huddle into herself upon the ground. She backs down without
a hint of a fight or anything, like some loyal/willing dog (for lack of better words).
In the comic book? She comes off a lot more brash with a punk kind of attitude, doing things like holding Vergil
by the jacket panel when she was pissed about him being the cause of her going to jail, or cussing and
overall showing a much more extroverted, opinionated brashness. I know art and words can be interpreted
in many different forms, but if you read the comic book you'll see what I'm talking about. I just get a different
vibe altogether about Kat in the comic book than how she is in the game.
--Kat and Vergil Romance--Sighs. As much as I'm all for the idea of Vergil having a romance, it didn't feel quite right the way it was presented
in the comic book. Although Vergil is more feeling oriented this time around in the game series, it still didn't fit
quite right for him. The romance felt almost rushed and out of character, both for Kat and for Vergil. They seemed
to just kind of haphazardly fall into it. What was even more irritating is at one point Kat says, "Oh Vergil, stop. The
sentimental card won't work with me, but I like seeing you so human, at last." *kiss*
First of all, whether Kat was speaking metaphorically or not, her statement is kind of ridiculous since Vergil isn't
even human. But yeah, yeah I know…she was speaking metaphorically. And Vergil? Sentimental? LOL Right. Maybe
a little bit, but only with his brother. I guess what gets to me is, if their feelings tie together so closely and at such
a quick rate, even if Vergil erased their memories, wouldn't their feelings resurface naturally again in the game
anyway? Just because you erase a memory, doesn't mean you're devoid of going through that same memory all
over again. History can be repeated. So…yeah, the comic romance between the two feels rushed and out of place.
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And that's it folks. Despite the contradicting, misrepresented discrepancies, I thought the comic book was overall
pretty cool and worth owning. It fills in gaps and I'm all for gaps being filled since Capcom brilliantly failed on filling
in gaps the first time around with the series.
