Stylish and action packed...
Devil May Cry 4 is an action-packed beat em up game by Capcom for the Playstaion 3 and Xbox 360. The PS3 version utilizes the power of blu-ray and HDD space as it is uploaded to the hard drive. The major downside to the game is the install time as you will probably be waiting about 25 minutes for it to complete before you can begin and will become tired of the main theme song when you finally do start. Other than that, the game is simply breathe taking.
It features Nero, a new protagonist in the series, as well as the charismatic son of Sparta Dante. You begin as Nero who with the power of his demonic arm, is assigned to find and confront the mysterious Dante by the religious sect The Order of the Sword. Throughout the first few levels Nero begins to discover some hidden motives by the organization and eventually learns their true agenda. Along the way Dante tells Nero that the organization cannot be trusted and that his possible suspicions could be accurate. But can he be trusted? Of course he can! Nero then determines whom his true foe is once someone whom he values most dearly is abducted. Without going into detail half way through the game you control Dante and continue with the main story arc.
Throughout your adventure you gain certain color-coded orbs to purchase special moves and items to help you dispose of foes with ease. The moves that Nero and Dante pull off are absolutely amazing and animated very well as there is no dip in frame rate at all. You will perform acrobatic, sword-slashing, gun-toting, demon-possessed moves and will not be disappointed. Graphically the game looks great as facial animations and environments are modeled really well. Character models will not disappoint as the Bosses are huge (making battles feel epic), Nero and Dante are fluid with all their movements and the fem fatale will catch everybody's eye (to say the least).
The audio leaves a little more to be desired, but this has always been common to the series. Every time a foe is present you'll begin to hear the same battle-themed rock music and know it's time to decapitate somebody. The gameplay mechanics are sound as you will pull off all moves at your disposal easily and with little to no trouble at all. There are two difficulty settings (human and devil hunter) and can complete the game within 11 hours.
DMC4 is a good follow up to DMC3 and will provide for difficult moments, but not to the point where you're ready to throw the game out the window. It's leagues better than DMC2 but not as good as the original (which is common for most things). If you enjoyed any of the first three installments or like pulling of stylish combo moves that are great to look at, then I strongly recommend Devil May Cry 4.
