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DMC5 lets you select between 2, or all 3 characters for certain missions

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Definitely a series first, character selection at the pre-mission menu definitely sounds as a measure they went with to avoid backtracking (a common issue with past games) so you can now play certain (key?) missions with 2, or even with all 3 protagonists.

Via Matt Walker on DMC Era Discord:

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Be amazing if you can tag characters in and out on the fly, would make for some awesome combos.
 
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Does this imply that in the mission shown in the TGS trailer, where you clearly see Lady and Trish in-game alongside Dante, they'll be the playable characters? It would make no sense to have Nero or V there as they seem to be on their own separate missions at the time.
 
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But do you have to upgrade them all separately, do they share upgrade resources? If they do share them you might as well choose your favorite and stick to it, otherwise, cool
 
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Booga said:
Does this imply that in the mission shown in the TGS trailer, where you clearly see Lady and Trish in-game alongside Dante, they'll be the playable characters? It would make no sense to have Nero or V there as they seem to be on their own separate missions at the time.
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No. It means that for certain missions, Dante, Nero and V are all present in the story, and you can choose between them in those cases.

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But do you have to upgrade them all separately, do they share upgrade resources? If they do share them you might as well choose your favorite and stick to it, otherwise, cool
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If 4SE was any indication, they will have the same "pool" of orbs.
 
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Booga said:
Does this imply that in the mission shown in the TGS trailer, where you clearly see Lady and Trish in-game alongside Dante, they'll be the playable characters? It would make no sense to have Nero or V there as they seem to be on their own separate missions at the time.
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They just come along
 
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Maybe they will make good on that crap Arkham team up with Vergil in 3.

Like I bet one boss fight at least could have some co-op mechanic.
 
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One of the best looking games coming out gets even better. Itsuno the gawd.

Also with the possible coop stuff this could lead to interesting possibilities.
 
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Does the story react accordingly or we talking about story missions where all 2 or 3 characters fight together and the player chooses one of them?
 
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It sounds like they'll be going beyond the usual 20 or so missions compared to past DMC games?
 
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That might explain where the online coop comes from.

Though I could still see them handling it Bayonetta 2 style by having a completely separate mode for it.
 
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Sesha said:
No. It means that for certain missions, Dante, Nero and V are all present in the story, and you can choose between them in those cases.



If 4SE was any indication, they will have the same "pool" of orbs.
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Yeah...if you think they made entire fighting styles/systems/movesets for Trish/Lady exclusively for DMC4 SE and they won't toss them in as playable to some degree, you are only kidding yourself. It seems pretty obvious by the way they are included directly in-game that they'll be playable for certain missions.

Why would they even bother putting them in the level with your character to clutter shit up is they served no purpose? Also as the trailers and gameplay have shown, Dante, Nero and V kind of meet up and break up a lot through the story, it makes sense to have stand-ins for them in certain levels.

Am I the only one this seems obvious to? This isn't even really something i am hoping for, it just seems obviously to be the case. How has this not crossed anyone's mind yet?
 
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Booga said:
Yeah...if you think they made entire fighting styles/systems/movesets for Trish/Lady exclusively for DMC4 SE and they won't toss them in as playable to some degree, you are only kidding yourself. It seems pretty obvious by the way they are included directly in-game that they'll be playable for certain missions.

Why would they even bother putting them in the level with your character to clutter shit up is they served no purpose? Also as the trailers and gameplay have shown, Dante, Nero and V kind of meet up and break up a lot through the story, it makes sense to have stand-ins for them in certain levels.

Am I the only one this seems obvious to? This isn't even really something i am hoping for, it just seems obviously to be the case. How has this not crossed anyone's mind yet?
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I was thinking the same thing too.
 

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It's obvious that they are going to be DLC.

I wouldn't be surprised if further down the road they released a character pack with special missions for Lady, Trish, and Vergil. They would make hand over first money with that DLC.
 
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Lady & Triss >>>>>>>>>emo looking new guy.

Still, maybe he'll be awesome when the game comes outs you never know.
 
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MBS said:
I was thinking the same thing too.
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Yeah it just seems ridiculous to have 2 NPCs running around getting in Dante's way. If the playable characters for that level were V, Nero and Dante, there would be 5 characters running around engaging in combat on screen. This is DMC not Smash bros. I highly doubt that they aren't there for a reason.

Not to mention in the trailer Trish and Lady are clearly on the mission with Dante, and clearly have move sets for combat. if they went through the trouble to do in-game renders and mo-cap for all these moves with zero intention of using them, it would just be an incredible waste of money that results in nothing more than a cluttered mission with too much crap to distract you.

As someone else mentioned, it may be DLC, but I think it is just a surprise announcement for closer to launch.
 
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Booga said:
Does this imply that in the mission shown in the TGS trailer, where you clearly see Lady and Trish in-game alongside Dante, they'll be the playable characters? It would make no sense to have Nero or V there as they seem to be on their own separate missions at the time.
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in the leaked footage other characters were just running around with you similar to sections in bayonetta, I guess you just pick one of those
 
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MBS said:
I guess you won't be able to switch real-time while in mission, only before starting it.
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Guessing it's like RE5/6 where the other two are AI controlled if there are no other players.

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Yeah...if you think they made entire fighting styles/systems/movesets for Trish/Lady exclusively for DMC4 SE and they won't toss them in as playable to some degree, you are only kidding yourself. It seems pretty obvious by the way they are included directly in-game that they'll be playable for certain missions.

Why would they even bother putting them in the level with your character to clutter shit up is they served no purpose? Also as the trailers and gameplay have shown, Dante, Nero and V kind of meet up and break up a lot through the story, it makes sense to have stand-ins for them in certain levels.

Am I the only one this seems obvious to? This isn't even really something i am hoping for, it just seems obviously to be the case. How has this not crossed anyone's mind yet?
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They will be playable eventually, just not at launch.

DLC most likely.
 
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BadWolf said:
Guessing it's like RE5/6 where the other two are AI controlled if there are no other players.



They will be playable eventually, just not at launch.

DLC most likely.
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Maybe Trish/Lady will be unlocked after you beat the game, Vergil DLC makes more sense like past games as it would definitely print money for them.
 
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MBS said:
Maybe Trish/Lady will be unlocked after you beat the game, Vergil DLC makes more sense like past games as it would definitely print money for them.
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I think it will be like DMC4SE and all three will be DLC.

The launch product has 3 fully fleshed out characters, that is more than enough compared to other action games.
 
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