DmC director: Westerners focus on graphics

Western developers focus on graphics before gameplay, according to DmC: Devil May Cry director Hideaki Itsuno.

Itsuno believes there are some marked differences in the way Japanese and western developers approach games.

He told Siliconera: "Given our experience, it seems like with the west and Ninja Theory they focus on the visuals stuff at the beginning and then build the gameplay on top of that.

"Whereas at Capcom Japan, we focus on the game logic and getting the systems down in the beginning then we gradually build the visuals on top of that.

"I think this speaks to the differences in the core of how western games are developed compared to games in Japan."

Itsuno added that developing DmC was about merging the two different approaches together.

"We've been trying to find a hybrid system where we take a best of both worlds approach. It hasn't been easy, but I think we're happy with the results we have."

Capcom released a new gameplay trailer for DmC yesterday.