Barely at my top 10 - Devil May Cry 4

Here it is folks, the newest addition to the series... Devil May Cry 4! This has been the most top selling action series for Capcom. Released on the Sony PS3, it is a next generation video game. Most of the next generation games are accompanied by so much hype. These games are in development for a long time and hopefully the wait, excitement and anticipation was worth it. It looks promising and the action value looks awesome. And like all games, Devil May Cry 4 has its own ups and downs. I don't know about you but it is quite a disappointment for me.

This review will not be a spoiler. So if you're a gamer that is quite skeptic about this game, read it and decide.

Characters: 9/10

The game offers a new playable character, and that is Nero. Nero's the new protagonist instead of Dante, don't worry though, you can still be able to play you most favorite overpowered Dante. Nero's quite a cool kid, quite stubborn but nonetheless a very enjoyable character to play. Unlike Dante, he uses Devil Bringer, a devil Arm. Cool huh? He's got a revolver gun and a sword and has his own “Devil Trigger” transformation... a wannabe Dante? Hmm not quite. His Devil Bringer acts differently every boss making it unique. And like Dante, he has his own cool moves and signatures.

Graphics: 8/10

Being released in a next generation console, Devil May Cry 4 has graphics worthy of praise but some aren't that good. The game bosses and the normal monsters are great. There are new ones and some comebacks but with better graphics of course. The enemy designs are cool, detailed and looks scary and odd (well that's how it should be anyway). The background looks good, looks like real ones.

Although the graphics are generally great, I don't like some of them, especially the character designs (except for Nero). Nero's character design is good, he looks like Dante in DMC3. What I don't like is Dante's human character form, his shoulders are rather bigger and he looks older than he is supposed to be. I also don't like the ladies. Kyrie, Nero's love interest, doesn't have that “sweet-sexy” design, in fact her body looks like a man! (lol) Lady's character design also looks awful, I don't mind being sexy but her body figure is just ridiculous. She has way too curved body that she looks like a duck! (lol) Another is Trish, she looks... old, enough said. Anyway, this is all just preference.

Gameplay: 10/10

If you've played with the old games, well you pretty much know what to expect except for some new additions (well of course it should have, if not then this is game would be rubbish). You'd expect a lot of new fighting style from Nero. His Devil Bringer brings a lot variety in his moves. His Devil Bringer allows you to smash enemies like flies, blow them away like they were nothing, cool huh? His sword and gun moves are Dante-like but pretty cool anyways. His Devil Bringer strengthens by powering it up instead of getting a new weapon. You can learn a lot of combos in a lot of variety too. What's best is that you can reset your points so that you will be able to learn a different one, you will also not lose points by doing so. Its really a nice addition as we can't do this in the old games.

As for Dante, well he's still the same... overpowered, but thats what makes him really fun to use. He still has the same mechanics and with new weapons. Wait till you see his Pandora's Box... really wicked weapon.

Sound: 6/10

Average. Heavy metal background music sounds cool but like the past games, its repetitive.

Replay Value: 5/10

I give this a bad one. Fighting the bosses all over again isn't really my type, it's frustrating and its nothing like Rockman. Also when you play it over, you will realize that there wasn't really an exploration elements at all. Well, its like the past games but in DMC4, it's more claustrophobic. The huge environment is literally “virtual”.

Story: 8/10

Its good. Nothing mind boggling but its enough to keep us hooked up. Still has the same entertaining quips and smart comments. The whole story is just about Dante and Nero. DMC isn't really a story type of game, but more on action... but I guess you already know that.

Well, this ends my review of the game. Strong points are its gameplay as usual. Graphics are good, just the character designs I don't quite like. Anyway, buy it or rent it, it's a good game nonetheless.

Links and some sources:

http://www.ign.com/

http://www.gamefaqs.com

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Pictures are not mine, I still haven't captured my own images. :p