DEVIL MAY CRY CHARACTER DESIGN COMMENTARY: DANTE 1
This is my opinion on Dante's design from the first Devil May Cry game. I will probably do other characters as well.
The Devil May Cry franchise has it's roots in Resident Evil. Dante has many similarities with Leon, one of the main characters, specially in Resident Evil 4.
Since it is the first game of the franchise, it's visual identity was not consolidated yet. A mix of genres is what makes the first Devil May Cry so unique.
With that being said, I like his design. It is a product of early 2000's dark and "vengeful" aesthetic. Despite living in a dark world, his crimson coat, white hair and piercing eyes, Dante makes quite a bold figure.
There are different kinds of fabric, and many details such as belts and buttons across his attire.
There was no way of knowing where the franchise would go in the future, or if there would even be future games. The entire creative team did what they could with the resources they had, and delivered an iconic experience.
Combining readability amidst the fights, a design that fits his story and good graphics for its time, DMC 1 Dante conquers an 9/10 in my design ranking!
I had a dream I posted about thinking that Reboot Dante is hot, and everyone in the fandom began cancelling me 😭😭
Why are my dreams so mean what did he do to you
[DM FOR READY-TO-POST PICTURES & WORDS FOR HAMMAD’S CAMPAIGN SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HIT POST]
Hammad is one out of 9 members of his family. He is the eldest boy and the sole provider of his family at the young age of 24 since his father has been battling heart disease, and consequently suffered a debilitating heart attack.
[TW: Close by sounds of heavy artillery shelling and bombing.]
Months ago, at the start of the war, the neighborhood that Hammad and his family grew up in, where they created and held so many cherished memories and bonds, was besieged.
For days, Hammad and his family were trapped, terrified, between the once stable, now crumbling, walls of his home that once brought comfort and privacy to him now threatened to crush him beneath the rubble and the violent shelling of bullets and bombs whistling past their ears through the air and decimating anything it came in contact with.
His family sat, hungry, terrified, praying to live, watching the sun make its rounds past the plumes of black smoke rising from crumpled homes that once lined their block. This is only a fraction of what Hammad has been forced to endure for the over 550 days.
He watched his beautiful home be destroyed — the memories of his childhood, destroyed; the hard work he and his family put into creating their home, destroyed; the pride he and his family had of their home, destroyed; comfort and security, destroyed.
So Hammad pitched a tent. In the face of exposure to harsh elements, forced conditions of unsanitary environments where disease and sickness spreads rapidly, and deprived of the most basic necessities with skyrocketing costs for flour, clothes, and shelter, Hammad persevered to keep his family alive and as safe as he could. He cared for his father as best he could, but his heart disease requires an operation that none of the besieged or otherwise destroyed hospitals of Gaza can do.
Faced with extreme hunger, thirst, displacement, and now the tent burnt down leading to more exposure to the harsh elements, Hammad’s father’s condition has only worsened. The resilience and strength Hammad has constantly and consistently shown only goes so far in the face of the lifeblood of his family suffering under such dire conditions, and I cannot bear for Hammad to have to endure the heartbreak of losing his father.
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XAVIER'S BIRTHDAY HIGHLIGHTS
Okay so I finally watched "Timeless Days: Xavier's birthday event" and I want to share my favorite moments.
Spoilers from now on! Proceed carefully!
JEREMIAH HAS A 3D MODEL NOW?? Look at him!!
Why does he look so defeated here it looks like he's about to cry
This is literally
"MC: Who is burning down my kitchen?
Xavier: Making breakfast for my beautiful spouse"
This is Amal and her family. My children are living under bombardment in the war 😭 Please consider them your children and help them 🙏🙏 Stand by my side to save and protect my children. They haven't gone to school for a year 🙏😢😢 Donate to save my children's lives 🍉 🙏🇵🇸 We live in very difficult and desperate circumstances, and what is worst of all is that the fear that haunts me increases day by day. Help me provide them with basic life needs. @gazavetters is verified, my verified number in the list is (#55)
Another important campaign!
WHY IS SYLUS LIKE THIS
What is the need for him to compete in professional boxing?
Like imagine you spend your entire life learning and competing in boxing championships just so THE MAFIA BOSS FROM YOUR CITY defeats you 😭😭😭
I know that a big part of his personality is "I'm good at everything and have eyes everywhere" but maybe TONE IT DOWN A LITTLE??
Imagine MC going to his house and there's an entire wing dedicated to his trophies and prizes, and they get more unhinged with time:
Boxing? Makes sense. Coding? Creating? Both of these because of Mephisto. Management? He is a boss after all. And then there's sowing, painting, pottery and MC is just there like 🤡🤡
Hey lovelies. Buckle up, because the infamous Oracle of Stars event is making a return, and I cannot stress this enough: THIS IS A TRAP. Whether you’re a veteran who remembers the pain from last year or a new player tempted by the pretty art and soft ASMR, read this before you spend a single diamond.
Oracle of Stars is a gacha wheel event that first dropped in Feb 2024. It was instantly hated by much of the player base due to:
Absurd costs
No pity system
Terrible drop rates
A frustrating and predatory design that punishes unlucky players It’s back and unfortunately, nothing has improved.
No more free spins: In the original release month, we got 1 free spin every 48 hours. That’s gone now. Zero free attempts. You pay for every single spin.
Each spin costs 100 diamonds, or 1,000 for a 10-spin.
What you can get: - A random 4★ Memory (with very low odds) - An accessory (cosmetic, very niche appeal) - Oracle Dice (used for shop redemptions)
Mechanics: - If you land on a Memory you don’t own, you get the full card. - Land on it again? You get shards to rank it up. - If you land on an accessory, it disappears and turns into a dice space for future spins.
Didn’t get lucky? You’ll need to redeem with Oracle Dice. Here’s how that works:
Each 4★ memory in the shop costs 880 Oracle Dice.
At worst, that’s 17,600 diamonds if you had to spin until you reach that amount.
Even if you count the milestone rewards (which give you a few free dice here and there), you’re still looking at around 15,000+ diamonds to get just ONE 4★ memory.
Let’s say that again: 15,000–17,600 diamonds for a single 4★ with no pity or guarantee.
Accessories can also be redeemed with dice, but they show up in milestones too (up to the 150th spin), so if you really want them... still not worth it, honestly.
This is the real kicker. The drop rates are appalling:
4★ Memory: 0.33%
Accessory: 1%
Oracle Dice ×100: 4%
Oracle Dice ×50: 12%
Oracle Dice ×20: 15%
Oracle Dice ×10: 50%
Oracle Dice ×5: 15%
That means:
You have a 1 in 300 chance to get a 4★ Memory per spin.
Most of your spins will give you only 5–10 Oracle Dice, which isn’t even 1% of what you need to redeem the memory.
Accessories (at 1%) are also stupidly rare, and once you get one, it’s gone from the wheel and replaced with dice, reducing your chances even more.
Take it from someone who was there during the first Oracle of Stars:
You feel punished for bad luck. There is no mercy mechanic. No pity. No safety net.
No free spins make this inaccessible to F2P players entirely.
You can’t select the character or memory you want. It’s all RNG-based.
It’s deceptive. Beautiful card art and nice voice lines lure players in, but once you start spinning, it’s a massive diamond sink for nearly nothing.
We were begging for pity or better odds last time. The devs didn’t change a thing.
Quotes from across the fandom:
“No pity, no guarantee, no free attempts, can’t select a character… all for a random 4★. It’s a scam.”
“Don’t do it girlies. Stay strong. Save your dias for real banners.”
“As someone who got burned by this last year: DO. NOT. PULL.”
“Just read the story on YouTube. Don’t support this predatory design.”
And honestly? They’re right.
SAVE your diamonds. There are far better uses coming:
Myth reruns
New Myth releases
Upcoming Wedding Multi
Zayne: Master of Fate banner (coming soon and confirmed)
These banners have pity, guaranteed pulls, and a selection of characters. Oracle of Stars has none of that.
But is it worth gambling that much for a random 4★? Absolutely not.
Friendly reminder: This event is a SCAM. Please do NOT waste your hard-earned diamonds.
Save yourself the pain. Read the story online on YouTube. Wait for banners that respect your time and effort.
We’ve been here before. Don’t let history repeat itself. Stay strong, Hunters. 💔
#290 ON GAZAVETTERS
Hello, I'm Wasim from Gaza, in Al-Mawasi specifically... My family and I were displaced from Rafah after hardship, bombing, displacement, and hunger.😭😔
Now we have been away from our city and our beautiful home for 9 months. We have lost our house that my father built stone by stone and he worked 24/7 to build this house. But the occupation destroyed it, and no house remained in my beautiful city remained intact.😭💔💔
We are now living in a tent or semi-tent, which does not protect us from the cold of winter or the rain. Our lives are very difficult.😔😭
Thanks to your donations, we have been able to buy food and flour, and now I am asking you for help to buy a tent that will protect us from the cold of winter. We do not know what it means to sleep because of the extreme cold.🥶
@gazavetters
My family consists of many children, women and elderly people and we are suffering from horrific conditions.. Our house was bombed in the northern Gaza Strip and we were displaced to the southern Gaza Strip to Al-Zawaida and the family was scattered in tents and shelters in the central camps...
The conditions are very tragic as children suffer from the spread of diseases and the elderly suffer from difficult conditions and lack of treatment...
There is no water, no food, no electricity in the Gaza Strip...
We would never ask for help and donations but the miserable conditions in the Gaza Strip forced us to do so ...
For more than a year, we have been oppressed and persecuted in the Gaza Strip, and we have been subjected to violent, barbaric bombing...
I appeal to the people of human conscience and the free people of this world to help us.
Your help, no matter how small, means a lot to us because it contributes to saving us...
Please donate to us or share my campaign On your blog and for your friends...
This campaign is legitimate and I am ready to provide all evidence...
Old Wyll Ravengard ilustration.
Can you find Mizora in the image?
I'm Apricity and welcome to my blog! I post mainly about Love And Deepspace and I main Xavier and Caleb.
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