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Originally Posted by Shadow5YA
In DMC4, essential skills like Skystar for mobility and evasion on Dante and Ex/Max ACT for Nero's offense are locked behind orbs.
It's not that the microtransactions are predatory, since we lack information on the details like pricing to make that judgment.
The bigger issue is that the orb system itself is outdated and grindy, but instead of fixing the progression system to be more convenient and less grindy, they just throw a price tag on it and expect players to pay and cover for its flaws. With 4SE you could give Capcom and Itsuno the benefit of the doubt since they were more or less remastering an old game, but with DMC5 being an entirely new entry, there's no excuse.
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Outdated? Collecting resource for progression is still as recent as the last Soulslike game. And by all accounts of people who have played the demo said the number of Orbs you earn per mission have drastically increase, not to mention the inclusion of Orb generating equipment like the Faust Hat.
It's well accepted that Dante's moveset wasn't well thought up for the game, but referring to Max Act as an 'essential skill' is a bit much. It's essential for high level play but not something for newcomers to worry about, hence why it's locked behind progression. The basic Ex-Act that you get for free is enough to get started.
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I think a lot of people just have a misconception about power progression in DMC either because they are thinking of it in terms of an RPG or they just haven’t been exposed to a time before Dark Souls (lol)
1) DMC still gates their power progression through story mode. Meaning the Devs have control over what kind of power you will have at any given time in the game. Meaning you physically can’t get that OP devil breaker until they want you to get it.
2) because you can buy whichever skills of a power (provided you unlocked it in the story) they would have to design each encounters assuming you have any and every available power at your disposal. Meaning even if you have real impact with Balrog as soon as you get it, it’s all being factored into their plan.
Essentially if the Devs are doing their job it’s impossible for you to progress beyond what they have intended.