The worst camera on videogames

[Diabolicus]

Seriously guys the camera in this game sucks

[The Boss]

I'm guessing the OP was born around let me guess 2001-2003?

[Coleco_84]

The camera in DMC1 is great, in DMC2 it was a disaster.

But camera angles in japanese games were an issue in the early 2000s

[A Fat Chimp]

I would consider the camera to be poor by today's standards.

Plenty of times where I would do the Ifrit combo when I wanted to do the fireball because the camera changed at the wrong moment.

If the games were remade with the option to use a third person camera that follows you, then I would enjoy them far more. That system has a lot of potential flaws as well, but it's a lesser evil for me.

[Coleco_84]

Originally posted by A Fat Chimp:

I would consider the camera to be poor by today's standards.

Plenty of times where I would do the Ifrit combo when I wanted to do the fireball because the camera changed at the wrong moment.

If the games were remade with the option to use a third person camera that follows you, then I would enjoy them far more. That system has a lot of potential flaws as well, but it's a lesser evil for me.

The game is 17 years old, dude.

Its still a competent camera.

[A Fat Chimp]

Originally posted by Coleco_84:

Originally posted by A Fat Chimp:

I would consider the camera to be poor by today's standards.

Plenty of times where I would do the Ifrit combo when I wanted to do the fireball because the camera changed at the wrong moment.

If the games were remade with the option to use a third person camera that follows you, then I would enjoy them far more. That system has a lot of potential flaws as well, but it's a lesser evil for me.

The game is 17 years old, dude.

Its still a competent camera.

It's age shows. I feel like a fair number of players that pick it up will feel at least a bit annoyed by certain sections, because of the camera.

These systems have evolved, and the bar has been raised. Especially since God of War did such a great job with their fixed / rail cameras, the flaws in DMC1 stand out so much more.

[NutcasE]

Ok playing DMC after all these years after playing with games with infinitely better cameras I can confirm that the original DMC has the worst camera of all times. Its a Resident Evil 1-3 camera put on an action game and those are two things that just dont match. Its a set camera that stays until you move certain amount and when you do your controls can do 90 degree to full on 180 degree turn which is horrible carbage and can mess you up so badly in both combos and boss battles in an action genre. put it simply DMC is not a bad game but I can see why you would become frustrated about this camera. Its literally the wrong type of cam on this genre. its a survival horror camera on a action slash game.
post edit: the camera is also horrible when it doesnt focus on the boss. How are the players expected to counter the bosses strategy when you have no idea what the ♥♥♥♥ the boss is doing when the camera is too busy discovering the secrets of the walls and corners and sceneries of the places and areas.

[Blue Candle]

Originally posted by NutcasE:

Ok playing DMC after all these years after playing with games with infinitely better cameras I can confirm that the original DMC has the worst camera of all times. Its a Resident Evil 1-3 camera put on an action game and those are two things that just dont match. Its a set camera that stays until you move certain amount and when you do your controls can do 90 degree to full on 180 degree turn which is horrible carbage and can mess you up so badly in both combos and boss battles in an action genre. put it simply DMC is not a bad game but I can see why you would become frustrated about this camera. Its literally the wrong type of cam on this genre. its a survival horror camera on a action slash game.
post edit: the camera is also horrible when it doesnt focus on the boss. How are the players expected to counter the bosses strategy when you have no idea what the ♥♥♥♥ the boss is doing when the camera is too busy discovering the secrets of the walls and corners and sceneries of the places and areas.

I wont say its the worse camera of all time (looking at you bubsy 3D) but it being the worse camera in a good action game I can accept.

[Just Holding W]

Originally posted by The Boss:

I'm guessing the OP was born around let me guess 2001-2003?

I was born in 1993, played DMC3 when I was like 12. The camera in the first game is absolute trash and annoying as ♥♥♥♥. This is my first time playing it, and it is making me want to put both DMC1 & 2 down and just go straight to 3 & 4.

[Wal]

lol the main boss battle for me in dmc1 is the camera angle, capcom is insanely lazy they didnt fix the camera angle in a "REMAKE". What is funny is some people say " the camera angle shows what u need" yes yes it shows me the interior body of the boss and that is what i need exactly

[Wal]

i own this game on ps4 , and holy god of input delay/lag , holy ♥♥♥♥!

[Wal]

Originally posted by NutcasE:

Ok playing DMC after all these years after playing with games with infinitely better cameras I can confirm that the original DMC has the worst camera of all times. Its a Resident Evil 1-3 camera put on an action game and those are two things that just dont match. Its a set camera that stays until you move certain amount and when you do your controls can do 90 degree to full on 180 degree turn which is horrible carbage and can mess you up so badly in both combos and boss battles in an action genre. put it simply DMC is not a bad game but I can see why you would become frustrated about this camera. Its literally the wrong type of cam on this genre. its a survival horror camera on a action slash game.
post edit: the camera is also horrible when it doesnt focus on the boss. How are the players expected to counter the bosses strategy when you have no idea what the ♥♥♥♥ the boss is doing when the camera is too busy discovering the secrets of the walls and corners and sceneries of the places and areas.

dude i speedrun RE3 alot, the problem is in RE3 there is just auto aim and u spam the ♥♥♥♥ out of the boss, but in DMC there are specific frames u have to jump or hit the boss in order to beat him specially in dmc1 DMD , it is just so bad with these camera angles, and capcom should took their time and fix it , atleast in DMC1 cause i love this game , but the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up input lag/delay and the camera angle is unplayable at some point

[A Fat Chimp]

Originally posted by Wal:

lol the main boss battle for me in dmc1 is the camera angle, capcom is insanely lazy they didnt fix the camera angle in a "REMAKE". What is funny is some people say " the camera angle shows what u need" yes yes it shows me the interior body of the boss and that is what i need exactly

Capcom isn't to blame, it's not a remake. It's literally just a port.

What can be blamed though, are the inconveniences to the original. Worse textures, for example.

[alsoave88]

Call me crazy, but I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love DMC1's camera. Does it always give you the best view of your opponent? No. But does it look ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool? Yes it does. Zoom in, zoom out, rotate, etc...always moving. After DMC1 the cameras are mostly static (almost always centered on the player), and the game looks less spectacular. Looks sterile. Bring back DMC1 camera, please. And I beat DMC1 on all difficulty levels multiple times and Special Bonused most missions blah blah. I feel like if I didn't know what DMC was and saw someone playing DMC1 and someone else playing 3, 4, or even 5, I'd say DMC1 looks way more stylish.

And sidenote - anyone else agree that hitting enemies in DMC1 feels way different from all the others? You feel so much impact in DMC1, barely anything in the sequels. Compare DMC1 stinger to the rest. They don't even compare. DMC1 forever duuuudddddeeessss

[Forgot7en]

But DMC4 made the camera almost perfect. Why do you want to go backwards?

[Fukurou]

DMC 1 has the worst camera I've ever seen in a video game.
Minesweeper aged better than this camera.
my blind classmate can point me to the boss better than this camera.
my alcoholic father is more stable than this camera.
a tetraplegic cameraman with both of his hands smashed can give me better shots than this camera.

I can't even imagine what kinds of games the people that are defending this atrocity play.