To people who like Nero more after DMC5, how come?

[ThePHiLsTeR [¬º-°]¬]

I hear some people are liking Nero now when they previously didn't like Nero from DMC4. Can ya'll explain this? I'm just curious because I always like Nero. I just want to know what's different now.

Thanks! Cheers.

[Bankai9212]

Well for DMC4 it was unexpected to play a game where you weren't dante. Plus his gameplay style and character isn't the best. Since DMC5 isn't as rushed as 4 he's more fleshed out and has more combat variety.

[Ferindar Wolfe]

Nero's also grown more as a character. A lot of people were turned off by him being an angsty teenager in 4. In 5, he's toned down slightly, plus he is just so damned fun to play.

Gameplay wise, he's not too different in 5 than he was in 4, aside from a new combo and the Devil Breaker mechanic with the bionic arms that do different abilities. But those minor changes are very noticeable when you try to go back.

Plus, you can Exceed and even MAX-act his air taunt, which is OPAF

[willy bammy]

In the first game he just felt like a mini Dante whose only motivation was "they took muh girlfriend."
This game he comes into his own more and is more personally involved with the story.

[Kibarussell]

I loved Nero in DMC 4 both gameplay and character wise (at least before the whole girlfriend thing came up) but in 5 he is a hell of a lot better. More variety with his new devil breakers, his DT design is badass (though I wish he got back his demon arm because it looked cooler), and he is a lot more mature than he was in 4.

[Psycho Mantis]

I mostly just didn't like the way he played in 4, or his personality, but he's definitely one of my favorites after 5. Maybe I'll redownload 4 and see if this changed my mind on things.

[IlluminaZero]

Nero was my least favorite character to play in my first playthrough of DMC5 but the finale fight was all hype. Especially his ♥♥♥♥ YOU devil trigger

That said I actually do enjoy playing Nero and suspect that from a meta-POV V is going to drop off a bit in the higher difficulties. I also find it narratively interesting that; regardless of whether you prefer to play Dante or not, Dante is objectively THE most powerful character in first playthrough thanks to his devil trigger monopoly.

That said Nero REALLY needed to get over his obsession with Dante calling him "dead weight." I mean for ♥♥♥♥♥ sake by the time the main game has begun its been over a month.

[Takoita]

Nero started out as a cocky cool guy in a franchise already full of cocky cool guys. After the intro, it takes to about 4's finale for him to show some personal elements that are his own. That's a hell of a disadvantage, especially since Dante - an already established audience favourite occupying a very similar niche - has some nice showings in his own scenes there (however curtailed his part of the game turned out to be).

Here, while I feel there are more parts where dialogue writing is eh, there are also scenes that show him off a bit more as his own character, as well as running commentary during missions and boss fights. IMHO, he comes off as more human in his character interactions, despite his super duper -ness, and that adds to him.

[IlluminaZero]

I do want to add that once I started to be more non-chalant about breaking Nero's Devil Breakers he also became a lot more fun as well. Punch line is bae

[TyresTyco]

Blue rose actually is freaking good this time.

[Lancelot]

I like Nero of DMC5 very much. I feel that this Nero is more realistic. The Nero of DMC4 is too beautiful to be true.

[Starry The Star]

DMC4 Nero was rather dull only using the Devil Arm to make him Stand out. Now, he uses something we can actually learn to like, the Devil Breakers. Plus, they are the most diverse form of combat and the most unique that i have seen in the series. I also did not like how DMC4 Nero was rather whiny and too serious. Though he was not initially, I now find him to be my favorite character. Being a decent challenge to get SSS ranks and also a bit more rewarding with music, and many more.

[ice]

Nero being the only thing that stops an unstoppable force (Dante) from colliding with an unmovable object (Vergil) is the most important thing that ever happened in this series.

[Heru Ra Ha]

Just gonna point out that I like what he became, some odd stranger comes to him and he offers him a meal. :D

Nero earned his place, fun to play... so many diverse combos with the devil breakers which add so much variety to him with only 1 weapon and a gun. His taunts are nice and cool guys dont look at explosions :)

[InmaDjinn Samalik]

DmC happened and showed people worse. Nero's at least a nice guy.

[Kerrack]

For the same reason people initially hated Raiden in MGS2.
We expected to be playing as the previously established main character, not a whiny emo femboy crybaby.
I have nothing against whiny emo femboy crybabies, but when literally *all* of the pre-release footage *and* the demo disc had Solid Snake as the playable character, it made it a bit hard not to feel like I had just been directly lied to.
As for why I like Nero more now?
Two words.
ROCKET.
PUNCH.