For those still concerned with talk of "liberties" being taken with the series, don't worry too much; Capcom have been visiting Ninja Theory on a monthly basis to ensure they don't do anything too far off the beaten track. At the same time, though, the publisher is allowing Ninja Theory to play to its strengths -- technical knowhow and storytelling -- to create a potentially very good character action title. Like Enslaved before it, too, author Alex Garland is once again performing "story consultant" duties, so there's someone who (theoretically) knows what they're doing steering the narrative in a coherent direction.

All in all, Devil May Cry is looking pretty good, though it's up against some stiff competition. Its key concept of flipping between the real world and parallel demonic/angelic dimensions has been done rather well already by Bayonetta, so it'll be interesting to see what tricks Ninja Theory has up its sleeve, yet to be revealed. At least it's not possible for the story to be any more incoherent and nonsensical than that of Sega's title.