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Lopen posted...

It's generally only used in desperate situations in cutscenes, either on pure reflex or because the dude just got desperate.

pure reflex - yes.
dude got desperate - no.

at least, not Dante at this point.
despite everything that went down in 4, the only time DT is ever remotely used in cutscenes is when Nero's punching him in the face and he's auto-regening.

the rest just didn't warrant it. there's a huge improvement in his devil powers by then too, easiest reference point is him shrugging off getting stabbed through the chest in 4, whereas in 3 that was fatal and he needed DT to survive. that is one of the problems with Dante really, that we don't actually know what his power level actually is in the 4th game since he never is actually challenged. the idea that he'd use it recklessly also doesn't make sense since if he's using it, that ain't reckless, that's just not playing around anymore and ending things quickly.

honestly if you're looking for an idea of where he's at by 4 it's... probably going to be Pachinko (since apparently that counts here) as that did change some cutscenes to have more DT used and more powers shown.


or we can go to 2.
which isn't very good either mind you but hey.
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