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Great Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you enjoyed the original Devil May Cry or Devil May Cry 3, you will love DMC4. The graphics and gameplay are awesome. Need I say more?

very good mix of the familiar and the new

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 20
Date: February 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

You start off playing the new protagonist Nero. the general gameplay is similar to parts 1-3, but not quite as punishing in difficulty as part 3. it meets a nice medium between frustration and extreme thrills.

the storyline, as far as im concerned is the best yet. its filled with interesting twists and turns. ***SPOILER*** in the beginning Dante is you're enemy.. eventually you end up controlling him, and he remains the main character for the second haf of the game.

its very nice looking graphically, retaining the same style as previous entries in the series. there are deffinitely better looking games out there though. the textures and lighting just arent that impressive after games like Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, and Gears(more than a year later it still looks amazing) and i know they could have made the environments more interactive and destructible after playing stuff like Stranglehold.

basically if you're a fan of the first three, get this now. all fans of action gaming should at leased give this great game a rental. deffinitely my favorite in the series.

8.75/10

Amazing.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is my first Devil May Cry game and god damn this is one sweet game. I have played through Ninja Gaiden on Normal and Hard, and after playing the demo of the game on the marketplace I went out and bought this game today. Lets have a look.

STORY:
This is a little confusing for me as none of the previous games are explained. Basically theres a church session going on and Dante crashes the party by killing the priest. Everyone is like what the heck and Nero and Dante get in a huge fight. You go from the town into a HUGE castle and you try to uncover the mysteries of what is going on in the city.

CONTROLS:
Honestly they are very tight except for the lock-on button. They should have made it right trigger instead of right bumper for ease of use. You will have to learn to quickly lock-on/off in order to succeed in this game as well as switch styles back and forth with Dante (you play as him halfway through the game). Also dodge is a little ehhhhhhhhh too.

GAMEPLAY:
Extremely intense. Boss battles are loads of fun and the puzzles aren't mind-bogglingly hard. Some of the platforming is tedious (the waterfall cavern thing after the city level comes to mind, Mission 03 I think?). The Devil Bringer grappling parts where you have to do it back to back 7 or 8 times gets very tricky and irritating when combined with the pretty irritating static camera angles. The combat is visceral and intense and your jaw will drop to the floor at some of the moves you can pull off (especially as Dante... @_@). If you liked Ninja Gaiden on the PS3 or the XBOX, you will LOVE the gameplay of this game. You can buy items with the red orbs you find scattered around the castle, or learn new abilities/skills by using the Pride Souls you earn by getting good ratings on missions and stuff. A lot of moves to learn here. Combos are very fun to make and it is very easy to learn how to string combos from devil bringer to guns to swords and back and forth again, but it is very hard to master doing so.

GRAPHICS/PERFORMANCE:
Very very good texture work both indoors and outdoors, in combat and out of combat. Runs at a very smooth 60fps and this game looks jaw-dropping on an HDTV. Very consistent. Never saw any visual lag at all whatsoever.

SOUND:
Voiceovers are a little pathetic. The voice of the researcher guy in Mission 06 was pretty melodramatic. Also some of Nero's one-liners are cheesy ("SLAM DUNK!!" comes to mind). The slashing and gunshots and footsteps and roars are all very well done though and I salute the developer for that.

REPLAYABILITY:
There are hidden missions scattered ALL over the game and there are hidden life gems and stuff around the castle. There is also the Devil Hunter difficulty which is more difficult but I hear you get to play around more with Dante so I will check that out when I get there. The achievements are difficult to get so if you are looking for a game to get an easy 1000 gamerscore on you are looking at the wrong game. Levels are replayable to get better ratings on them (and Devil Hunter points to submit to the Capcom servers and stuff). There is a lot of stuff to do here after you beat the game.

VERDICT:
If you are an action game fan or another person like me waiting for a game to tide you over till Ninja Gaiden II comes out in April, do yourself a favor and buy this game, you will love it. If you like any kind of hack-n-slash games or any action game at all you will like this game.

I will post updates soon on the game as I am not completely done with it yet.

Very Stylish

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pros:
+Very stylish and fun gameplay
+Incredible looking cutscenes
+Beautiful graphics and environments
+Top Notch Boss Battles

Cons:
-Forgettable soundtrack
-A lot of backtracking
-The series still has a few camera issues
-Annoying voice overs and bad dialog

The Devil May Cry games have always been fun, stylish and beautiful. Devil May Cry 4 easily delivers in those three areas. The game is a lot of fun to play, and that's good enough to distract from the game's short comings.

Devil May Cry has never really been much for story. It has always been about style and being cool all around. Devil May Cry 4 definitely succeeds. The cutscenes are beautiful and stylish. Easily some of the best you'll see on the XBOX360. Unfortunately, it's hard to get passed the shortcomings of the production values, though. The voice acting isn't all that great. The one-liners and such get annoying. Some of the dialog is even laughable. Devil May Cry has always been cheesy with its dialog, but here it's more annoying than anything else. But the action is solid, especially in the gameplay.

The Devil May Cry series has been known for two things. Insane difficulty and its combat system. There are two difficulty levels to choose from. Devil May Cry 4 isn't nearly as hard as Devil May Cry 3, though, and for that, those who mastered the third installment will have no trouble plowing through this one in two or three days.

You'll spend most of the game playing as Nero. The new character in this game. You won't be able to play as Dante for a long time but Nero is likable at least. He has a Devil Bringer which he can use to perform combos on some of the demons you'll face throughout the game. But he also has a gun and sword. If you're familiar with the other Devil May Cry games, then the combat system here is similar. You can pull off some great looking combos, juggle enemies, slam them down to the ground and much more. When you kill enemies you'll collect orbs which will allow you to do things like power up your weapons, health and learn better combat abilities. You'll also be able to go into Devil Trigger mode which will enhance your abilities. Fans of the series will find themselves right at home as Devil May Cry 4 presents a lot of familiar gameplay. The bosses are easily the most rewarding part of the game. They're a challenge and they look brilliant in design.

The combat system isn't enough to hide some of the games shortcomings, however. The biggest problem to the gameplay may actually be the camera. It's just not easy to work with. The view changes often and sometimes you're faced with an abrupt view of the area. In 2008, jumping from one platform to another shouldn't be such a taxing task. But the camera in Devil May Cry 4 makes it that way. There are also many moments when the view changes so suddenly that you're running in the wrong direction. The view also gets obscured a lot. There's also a lot of backtracking and treading familiar territory throughout the game. While backtracking isn't that annoying, the camera makes many of the games moments more frustrating than they have to be. It's just a good thing the game is incredibly fun to play.

Devil May Cry 4 is easily one of the most beautiful looking games ever made. The environments are gorgeous. The enemies are incredible looking and the bosses are amazing. Everything about the game's visuals are fantastic. It runs smoothly as well, even when there's a ton of action going on. The art design may be the best part. There are moments when you might just want to stop and look at how much detail has been put into each and every environment. The music, while good, is quite forgettable. And in spite of the fantastic cutscenes, the voice acting isn't very good at all.

Devil May Cry 4 is a solid entry to the series. It's great for anyone who has enjoyed the Devil May Cry games in the past. However, despite all that the game doesn't address the problems that have been rampant through the series: Bad Camera and too much backtracking. This shouldn't turn any avid fan away, however. It's worth a try.

Wow factor times 10

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is almost perfectly orchrastrated from start to finish. In fact the only reason it didn't score 5 stars from me is because I'm sick of games that don't allow you to save your progress when you want. Several times I lost progress because the wife needed something done or I had to leave.

Regardless, the graphics and gameply were superb and set the pace for how I believe all gaming experiences should be. The movies and voice acting were top notch and play like watching an actual movie, which by they way you can pretty much due from the library after beating the game. A+ and thanks Capcom! Never too hard and never too easy there is always a good balance of fun and strategy.

You start off as Nero, a sort-of outcast, someone who likes to think for himself rather than being controlled (by religion) arriving late for Kyrie's singing performance. Queue Dante who true to his demanor makes a grand dramtic entrance followed by a performance that will have you questioning whose side he's on.

While you begin the game as Nero you'll later switch to Dante's perspective furthering the story along. The movies before and after each boss fight will keep you talking and smiling long after turning off your XBox. My peronal favorite is the movie after Dante defeats Belial and receives the Lucifer.

The games weapons almost take on a persona of their own as you play thru and learn to master their skills and exploits. Just wait till you get Pandora's Box! One piece of advice would be make sure you acquire the Air Hike (for both Nero and Dante) and to max out Nero's Devil Trigger Grab.

There are really only 2 complaints that I have for DMC 4. One, as I mentioned before is the lack of saving except for after a mission has been completed and the second is that the game was pretty short, approximately 10-12 hours of gameplay. However I did not play through all the side missions and I my original pass-thru was on the Novice setting. Having said that, unlike many of the other titles out there this one has me anxious to get home to my XBox.

One side note is make sure that you keep Kyrie alive during the credits for an additional "secret" ending involving Dante.

- Dan.

an absolute waste of time and money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 18
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed the first few levels of Devil May Cry 4 only to find that i was tricked into thinking that this was a game that i could enjoy and worth my sixty dollars. Unfortuanately, I was wrong. the games difficulty jumps from an entertaining challenge to insanely stupid difficult by about the sixth stage, and from this point on you get to endure nothing less than complete frustration over what, in my oppinion, comes down to broken controls. you have little to no control over the camera which leads to the majority of your enemy encouters having you swinging at enemies unseen off screen, yet they have no problem attacking you from unfair vantage points. every time you go through a doorway or under an archway the camera switches its angle leading you to run right back in the direction in which you just came, disorienting to say the least. But, most frustrating of all is the jumping mechanic which i am not even going to take the time to describe less than saying it is pitiful and enraging. to top it all off you are graded at the end of each mission on how well you performed without taking into consideration that the controls in this game are completely broken and cheap. I coul probably have forgiven most of these issues if this game had come out twelve years ago as video games performing in a 3d environment were new but in this day and age of videogaming controls this nonfunctional are unforgivable in my oppinion. but hey, at least the graphics look good.

Another series addition

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Devil May Cry series is notorious for it's pace of game play. Not often can one fulfill their ADD/multi-tasking craving with a video game but once again, DMC pulls it off.

The game plays rather similar to the previous ones. Flashy and incredibly fluid movements. Nero plays a lot like Dante but a bit more constricted. While his system is very interesting, he works as more of a "knock your enemy down and press B" to win in any fight. Don't get me wrong, the game play as Nero is still quite fun and actually my preference, but they could have done something a little more diverse.

Playing as Dante is a blast. You can change to any of the four stances (Trickster, Gun Slinger, Blade Master and Royal Guard) at any time during game play. You'd expect it to be the same old thing playing him like in the other games but with the new weapons established and the quick combos you can pull (teleport, slash, smash, teleport, blast) it makes it all the more interesting.

Over all, I give the game a four point five, simply due to the fact that Capcom kept the same looping rock music for all fights in the game; and the game is rather short (I beat it in ten hours but I was a huge DMC3 addict). This game is a definite "must own" for ones action-game library.

AMAZING

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

To be totally honest this is my first DMC game i played
In short:
Great graphics
Awesome story
Entertaining through the game

*one thing i love is that instead of constant button mashing, u actually have to think about what u r pressing

Devil may cry 360 style....Oh man!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

To be quiet honest, this is the first time I played devil may cry. Never played the previous ones before but was interested. So I just purchased this for my xbox 360 and man oh man is it fun. The graphics are wonderful, especially on my sony dlp 1080p hdtv. The combos are nasty in this game and I love the whole matrix movement in the air while reloading some clips into a hellish monster. After I beat this game I shall purchase a the other previous ones for my ps3. Always supporting xbox 360 first.

Back with a vengeance

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Capcom's Devil May Cry series makes the leap to next-gen with Devil May Cry 4. Fans of the series will come to find that Dante has taken a back seat with this installment (although there are segments where you play as him) and you will spend a majority of the game in the shoes of Nero; an ultra cool, ultra stylish antihero with a demonic arm. If you've been playing the games in the series for any substancial amount of time, you won't be disappointed with what you get in Devil May Cry 4. Nero is an awesome character with an even more awesome array of moves and techniques to take down baddies, all of which is made the better by the incredibly sharp controls. The game itself is simply gorgeous to behold, from the in-game graphics to the beautifully rendered cut-scenes, along with great character animations; all of which more than make up for some repetitive looking environments. The combat of the game is addictive, thrown in with some great, fun boss fights as well. The only real drawbacks of Devil May Cry 4 is that the platforming elements that appear in the game just don't really fit in well with the rest of the game, seeming as more of an afterthought. The puzzle elements aren't anything special either. It should also be noted that Capcom has downed the difficulty factor as well. Anyone who first played Devil May Cry 3 when it was first released will remember how unbelievably hard the game was before it was re-released, and fans should be happy to know that this installment is nowhere near as hard, but its not a breeze either. All in all, Devil May Cry 4 is a beautiful, bloody, and addicting action game that nicely updates the series for the next-gen, and despite some moments of repetition, the game succeeds mightily.

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