Dante's personality

[Xianying]

I started this series from DMC 2 and even now I still wonder how did Dante's personality change so much. The Dante I remember is cool and rarely talks but the Dante I seen lately even on DMC 5 is quite hyper and talkative lmao. Makes me miss the old Dante so much like how he said "Don't speak, just die." to "Yeah, lets go all the way to hell." in a cool tone. If capcom ever decides to remake DMC 2, I hope they keep his cool and silent personality.

[Kaelus Von Sestiaf]

There's a widely accepted fan theory (with a lot of extra material that also suggests it being true) that DMC 2 Dante (and to a lesser extent, Anime Dante!) was stoic and aloof because of depression, the game being set after DMC 1 where he saw his brother Vergil as a mind-controlled demon slave and was forced to kill him (or thought he killed him). This is why he's so silent and gloomy and tries to keep his distance from Lucia and co.

This is further implied by DMC4, where the first few minutes where we see Dante, he's exactly that. He's cold and silent and ruthless, but as the fight with Nero progresses, he regains his smart mouth and starts throwing jokes and being cocky, presumably because he started to realize Nero was Vergil's son, and the prospect of finding family again was enough to help him overcome his depression.
Thus he's back to wacky woohoo pizza man throughout the rest of the events of DMC4.
Or so the theory goes. I like it, at least, and it fits within the narrative of DMC.

So that's why DMC2 Dante was so joyless and flat and unfun. Thank god that in every other game he's got a much more interesting personality and dynamic. For Calm, Cool and Collected characters, we've got Vergil.

[alex_ionut1976]

Everyone knows DMC 3 Dante is the best. He is young, wild, (S)hirtless, (S)exy and (S)moochable.

[Xianying]

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Everyone knows DMC 3 Dante is the best. He is young, wild, (S)hirtless, (S)exy and (S)moochable.

I still prefer the DMC 2 Dante. Imagine the DMC 2 Dante in DMC 5, he will be like when he rides the Cavaliere and instead of the screaming, he says "Yeah, let's go all the way to hell." in a cool way or when the time Vergil is back, Dante will stay silent and after Vergil finished talking, Dante just replied "Don't speak, just die." That will be so cool.

[Kaelus Von Sestiaf]

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İlk olarak alex_ionut1976 tarafından gönderildi:

Everyone knows DMC 3 Dante is the best. He is young, wild, (S)hirtless, (S)exy and (S)moochable.

I still prefer the DMC 2 Dante. Imagine the DMC 2 Dante in DMC , he will be like when he rides the Cavaliere and instead of the screaming, he says "Yeah, let's go all the way to hell." in a cool way or when the time Vergil is back, Dante will stay silent and after Vergil finished talking, Dante just replied "Don't speak, just die." That will be so cool.

That'd be so lame.

[Punished_Stallion]

this is such a stupid thread lol

[tv]

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This is bait. [/quote]

[dprog1995]

DMC 2 Dante is more mature than the cringy DMC 5 Dante.

"A false coin for a false god!"

The only problem of Dante in DMC 2 is this that the writers never explained that why his personality was changed compared to the end of DMC 1 Dante.(They could have just said that Trish broke up with him and that made him depressed)

[Toasty]

İlk olarak dprog1995 tarafından gönderildi:

DMC 2 Dante is more mature than the cringy DMC 5 Dante.

"A false coin for a false god!"

The only problem of Dante in DMC 2 is this that the writers never explained that why his personality was changed compared to the end of DMC 1 Dante.(They could have just said that Trish broke up with him and that made him depressed)

Not really, when things are serious he stops to being "funny" (look when he saw Vergil and when he explained to Nero that Vergil is his father or when he saved Trish)

[Xianying]

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İlk olarak dprog1995 tarafından gönderildi:

DMC 2 Dante is more mature than the cringy DMC 5 Dante.

"A false coin for a false god!"

The only problem of Dante in DMC 2 is this that the writers never explained that why his personality was changed compared to the end of DMC 1 Dante.(They could have just said that Trish broke up with him and that made him depressed)

Not really, when things are serious he stops to being "funny" (look when he saw Vergil and when he explained to Nero that Vergil is his father or when he saved Trish)

He still looks funny to me though even when he's serious. DMC 2's Dante on the other hand will still look cool even when he's not serious like the time when he said "a false coin for a false god" and then "Show time".

[ZombieK]

Maybe just because he lost his brother and feel sad

[Scott Memelord]

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I started this series from DMC 2

Bait detected. lol

[HELL BOUND]

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İlk olarak Nyaruko-san tarafından gönderildi:

I started this series from DMC 2

Bait detected. lol

Dante's motorcycle in DMC2 is better than the one in DMC3 and DMC5

[Kyrovan]

Sorry, but I'd take DMC1 Dante before DMC2 Dante.

[Xianying]

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I started this series from DMC 2

Bait detected. lol

How so? I started the game when a friend introduced me but didn't tell me that you will have to play the prequel so I took it like it's those same title new version kind of games like dynasty warriors. I didn't start from dw 1 either. started from dw 5.

[Umrite]

I am kinda surprised if you're serious. Dante's personality in DMC2 is a product of a different developer team not understanding his character. Finding it cooler than DMC5 Dante is subjective but it cleraly wasn't what was invisioned for Dante by the directors that worked on the games.