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Speaking to Hideaki Itsuno, director on the game from Capcom, we asked why this system is necessary in a game like Devil May Cry 5, and the reason given was a familiar one: itâs about giving players options to play the game as they wish. "With giving people the ability to purchase Red Orbs, itâs something we want to give people as an option. If they want to save time and just want to get all the stuff at once, those people can do that. But on the other hand I donât feel you have to get all the moves, " said Itsuno. âYou should be able to play it the way you want to play it.â
It was a bit surprising to discover that such a feature exists in Devil May Cry 5, but itâs not the first game in the series to feature themâthey were also a part of Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition.
We also asked Itsuno about how presence of microtransactions will impact the learning process of playing the next Devil May Cry as our experience with these types of action games has taught us that gradually unlocking and learning new abilities is a far more natural means of developing your skills and earning higher performance ranks in battle.
âItâs interesting because from a game design point of view thereâs two different things we think about when we set the prices of the moves, skills, and abilities [which can be purchased with Red Orbs],â he explained. âThe first thing is the stuff that we feel people should want to get first is made cheaper. So people will think, âOh this is cheap so Iâm just going to buy this.â But then for the stuff thatâs going to be harder to use and master, we make that more expensive. Partly because of you save up for that youâre not going to be able to buy as many skills, so youâre going to have the time to learn it. So you have to make the decision between going for the cheaper stuff or saving up, getting the thing that has a lot of application but youâll have to spend time learning and perfecting.â
