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It's just not good.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't get it. This game is just bad. A friend gave me his copy after he beat it. He loved the game. Maybe it's because I just finished Metal Gear, GTA4, Uncharted, Mario Galaxy, Bioshock & Ratchet but I can't get into this at all. Despite the okay graphics, it just feels dated. It's boring, generic and repetitive, with dull storytelling. The menus and presentation are atrocious. Maybe I'm missing something, a lot of people liked Assassin's Creed too, and well that was terrible. There are so many better games you could be playing than this, if you must, rent it, but don't spend money on this.

Good gameplay not much else

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: March 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I guess I'm getting old (32) but since purchasing the PS3 a year and a half ago I haven't found one awesome game.

The cut scenes are boring unless your into japanese anime (ani-ghey). They are excessively long.

The actual gameplay is decent it is pretty much like a fighting adventure game. the puzzles are pretty weak and gets repetitive (jump puzzles mostly). there is a lack of content and mostly you just replay all the same levels to unlock stuff.

wish i didn't get this one!!! it will be going up for sale very soon.

More of the same

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I just finished DMC4 and can't say I loved it. The graphics are great, but that is tarnished with so many screens being displayed with a fixed camera. The controls are solid and intuitive with all of the various combos being simple to pull off. Also, the difficulty settings are great. You can go masochisitc like DMC2 or you can make it a one button masher and play all the way through.

The main issues with DMC4 are story and reptitiveness. You've played these games and they have changed very little, regardless of the character you are controlling. When I booted up DMC on PS2 for the first time, I was blown away. The second stage after the tutorial starts out and there is immediate sense of Deja Vu, not awe and excitement. I also have a problem with the story. Unlike Drakes Fortune or Heavenly Sword, the story didn't compel me to finish, and since the game played identical to previous installments in the series, I only finished just to justify the money I spent on it. Not a good reason to play through a game.

DMC4 has some positives, just not enough to make it worth more than a rental.

Pros/Cons

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: February 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pros:
- Beautiful, next gen graphics
- Same old addictive combat system
- Gorgeous cut scenes
- Accessible difficulty
- A few neat boss battles

Cons:
- Nothing really new in terms of gameplay
- Short
- Easy
- Backtracking/Boss repeats

DMC3 with next gen graphics

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The title says it all which is good and bad. The combat system is essentially the same as DMC 3 but tweaked, ok the whole game is essentially
the same as DMC 3 except for graphics which do not disappoint. Really that is a double edged sword, DMC vets like myself may be a little disappointed by the same old style but newcomers may love it. Honestly I skipped or did not pay attention to the story line on any of the games because its just so corny but the gameplay made up for that. This time around though the graphics are the only thing that has really changed- the bosses are kinda weak in that a 2 year old can figure out how to finish them off, gameplay is
REALLY WEAK considering it has not been changed so what does that leave you with? I know some people will disagree but really think has it changed at all from the standard hack and slash gameplay? Then comes dante which really feels like an afterthought, they just threw him in to make the die hard fans happy but kinda feels weak compared to nero. Honestly I am very disappointed with this game considering how awesome the original DMC was then how DMC 3 upped that so much(I pretend DMC 2 doesnt exist at all it was blasphemy to the DMC name) then comes this which feels dull and uninspired. All I have to say is rent it first(its totally worth the rent) if you can look past these things or are new to the series you probably will have a blast. Now im not saying this game sucks or anything like that just it really feels like capcom has ONLY upped the graphics and thats it.

Really Exciting at First... then boring... then they change the main character!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 18
Date: February 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

By the time I really got into the game they change the main character. All the combos you've spent hours and hours perfecting go away and you start playing as another character. It just annoyed me so much that I sold the game.

Excellent Graphics, lame story

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really expected a little more out of this game after playing the demo, but unfortunately this game is not that great. It does not offer any new gameplay elements that an older generation console could not also do. The story is pretty lame, such as when Nero can not get a control panel to work, so he gets an idea and steps back from it. He shoots it with his gun, the light changes from red to green, and then it works as he expects it to. Stupid!

The graphics are very good, especially the in game graphics. Fans of the series may enjoy this game, but new players should play one of the true next gen games like Uncharted: Drake's Fortune instead with a way better written, more compelling story.

A little disappointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The graphics and actions in this game are awesome. However, the story is really lacking. It resembles the modern Castlvania games too much, but not in a good way. The writer has a difficult time getting me interested in the development of the story. In other words, I feel so indifferent towards the characters I wish not to help them but leave them be. Another thing I find very frustrating with this game is that the camera will turn you around when you enter a new location. For example, if you are heading North, once you are in the new area you are facing South or any other random direction. The confusion lies in this doesn't happen all the time. As a result, it makes you disoriented when you know clearly in your head where you are supposed to go. The map is also a bit misleading. At times, it shows a closed up area that I am able to go through. Sigh! I was totally captivated by the graphics when I played the demo. When I actually played the real game, I feel such disappointment.

DMC 4 Beat, But Player Feeling More Beaten Down By Repetitiveness

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I must admit it has taken me awhile to complete DMC4 (mainly due to GTAIV coming out and me being held hostage by it), but I finally completed it last night. After the largest (4GB, 30 minutes) install I had witnessed, I easily got into the action and controls of the game through its Stage 1 tutorial-style level. I wasn't blown away with the graphics at first (as the other DMC's were all great looking on the PS2), but once outside of the church, it was breathtaking. Even the textures in the real-time cutscenes were rendered so wonderfully (pay attention to the detail in the clothing).

The game features 20 stages, with a majority played as Nero and some played as Dante. (I don't believe this is a spoiler as anyone reading articles up to the release would know that.) The stages are varied from castle interiors, to snowscapes, to jungles, etc. Each of these locales pushes the PS3's graphics and audio.

Nero's controls are simpler than Dante's but just as easy and/or hard, depending on timing, and unique in some regards. His devil empowered hand and its attacks are perhaps the most unique, as he can grab enemies close or from afar and throw them to the ground. (I found it a quick and easy way to dispose of many enemies. Very useful with fighting some boss characters as well.) For the most part though, Nero and Dante have many similar moves, except for Dante's four styles of fighting, which greatly double or triple his move set. (Ironically, I still found myself using only one of his styles--Swordmaster.)

The variety of enemies is very good and many are introduced as if they are mini-bosses who are very tough until you learn their attacks, how to avoid them, and their weak spots. (There is one made of electricity which is very difficult at first.)

The boss characters are all very unique and different and some require multiple attempts to defeat, though if it takes more than 2-3 times, I'd be surprised. However, herein lies the only problem with DMC4--the boss characters and the last 40% of the game.

POSSIBLE SPOILERS (though I doubt it).

Once you start playing as Dante, Stage 11 or 12, I believe, the repetition begins. You literally play the game backwards from where you left off with Nero, encountering all of the same levels and bosses. (New cutscenes are the saving grace.) Ironically enough, some boss battles were more difficult with Dante than with Nero. I felt the lack of creativity and the repetition of having to fight the same bosses (and the bosses don't even attack differently) a second time as Dante was very weak. (Not to mention, when you play as Nero again in the last few stages, Nero has to fight ALL of the bosses AGAIN--come on, this isn't the 80's or 90's with "fight the same boss charactes over and over." It may not seem like a substantial gripe, but when you pay $59 for a game, you want 20 stages of original material, not 12-14 stages of original, before you have to go back through all of it. (Going back through is what repeated playthroughs and difficulty levels are for.)

All in all, DMC4 is a great addition to the series and looks beautiful on the PS3 (and being the first cross-platform game I have played where PS3 owners didn't have to settle for a subpar version with framerate issues).

This is definately a game to add to your collection, IF you don't mind a game where they kind of took the easy way out for creating about 30% of the stages by using serious repetition.

Fun game, a little toooo graphic

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's a really great game. the graphics are really realistic, a little too realistic on the females part. They made the females really skanky. You don't get to play as dante much, but you do get to play as nero. Obviously because the game is more about nero than dante and i thought it was supposed to be the other way around. It doesn't seem anything like the anime and the secret missions can get frustrating at times. Overall it's a good game to rent, but I wouldn't buy it only because they went to far with the females. It's NOT something for someone under the age of 18 that's for sure and people thought asassins creed was too much.

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