Only PS2 fanboys would like devil may cry more then Ninja gaiden. Let's compare-
BATTLE 1- CAMERA
NG -camera is fine 90% of the time with an additional 8% being remedied by hitting one button ~VERSUS~ DMC- camera is unadjustable and sucks for every boss fight in the game + about a 3rd of the stages, often times you will fight enemies blindly without anyway to see them except moving around alot.
Winner- NG by a heavy margin. There was only a single spot in the entire game where the camera got on my nerves- in stage 6 when you leap out of that one cavern that requires a triangle jump. That was it.
BATTLE 2- ARTWORK
NG - pretty generic but still somewhat cool looking character and enemy designs that look decent on paper and in game. DMC- Dante has an awesome character design, trish looks like a retarded mongoloidian reject from silent hill in game though... still it had cool loooking enemies and bosses. Specifically the megma spider is a much cooler enemy then the generic dragon in Ninja gaiden.. even if said dragon was enourmous.
winner- DMC , Ryu looks cool but most of his foes are by the book enemies compared to the cool looking original designs found in dmc.
BATTLE 3- GRAPHICS
NG- 60 FPS with AA , super high poly great texture. Hell, its one of the best looking games this generation, its also a 2004 game. DMC- Aged like most older PS2 titles, it looks like ass even though it runs at 60 FPS. It does throw alot of stuff on screen at once but still...
Winner - NG- this battle was a bit unfair really 2004 xbox VS 2001 PS2...
BATTLE 4- MUSIC
NG- I really liked the soundtrack in this game , it was almost ambient most of the time becoming intense when nessecary. DMC- I liked the main theme but most of the games soundtrack was cheese.
Winner- NG- but you know, barely.
BATTLE 5- GAMEPLAY
NG- like a killing intensive zelda title mixed with soul calibur. The game can be called difficult but only if you refuse to learn how to play it properly . Once you get 'it' you don't lose 'it'. DMC- a simple mindless shooter, its gets the job done but its pretty mindless, in particular the griffon boss can be defeated easily by simply shooting it for 5 minutes , and the few enemies that seem difficult can be overcome by simply putting different equipment on....
Winner- NG- yeah, I'll happily take finnesse over button mashing any day of the week , plus I'm replaying ninja gaiden despite just finishing it yet I got so sick of devil may cry by the end that I nearly didn't complete it and when I did I actually laughed at how bad the ending was and the whole storyline in general.
BATTLE EXTRA- supporting cast
So in Ninja gaiden we get ayane from DOA and an impossibly busty barbie doll with a huge axe compared to a cross eyed silent hill reject who marvels at the color of fricking sky. On an extra extra note, the storylines in both games are pretty lame so they shouldnt' even be compared on that level.
