A Definite Contender for the GAME OF THE YEAR 2008
So, Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in the Highly Popular DMC Series. This game has a new character called Nero who is amazing.
Story - The Story is not great like DMC 3 and that's the main reason that it is rated below it. Very simple story. You begin with the young guy named Nero with his girlfriend Kyrie in the Church where the Prophet is giving the Speech. Suddenly Dante makes an appearance and gives a headshot to the Prophet. Oh BTW don't feel sorry for the prophet. He is the MAIN BOSS at the ending and is really powerful. Yeah the Cinematics are typically Devil May Cryish type which is the only thing I find IRRITATING about DMC Games. You just can't see what's going on and that's where i prefer games like Prince Of Persia or God Of War.
Graphics - Holy Shhhh. The best graphics of 2008. Owns Assassin's Creed and Beats Call Of Duty 4. Based exactly on Half Life 2's textures this game clearly gives an idea what HL 3 should look like. The shadows as criticized by the Critics is true. But its a small thing. The WATER is the best thing i have seen in any game. The graphics seriously puts a challenge to Sony's God Of War 3. POPs taken a different route called cell shading. So out of competition.
Music - Annoying at first, but when you get used to it it is really good. Suits Devil May Cry. Don't expect any EPIC music as DMC always gives less importance to music. The Boss Music especially the Dragon Female Boss is cool.
GAMEPLAY - The most important aspect for any game.
Platforming - One area where Prince Of Persia owns both this and God Of War. DMC has done absolutely NOTHING to improve upon their platforming. You by mistake come close to any edge you fall down without grabbing. I can understand Kratos is too heavy to do that but Dante and Nero should do that because they have the Strength of Kratos and Agility of the Prince. Still luckily the levels aren't hard so you can ignore this part.
Puzzles - The Puzzles are pretty good though not as good as previous DMCs. Some Puzzles are little Frustrating and BORING especially the Gyro Blades Puzzle. Hell, I don't care about puzzles as this is not Puzzle oriented like Prince Of Persia. Lets move on to the Combat.
Combat - Yeah, this is the THING that makes me give this game a 10/10. The Combat of this game is so GREAT that it really Overshadows the Bad Points. You start out with NERO and NERO has that Left hand that Devil Bringer. You can Grab with that Hand and he performs some BREATHTAKING moves shown in Superb Angles. He also has Guns like Dante but really Weak Guns. Sword Combos are ok but DT is the Best.
Dante - yeah our Original STUD. We get to control him in the second half. When you are Nero you get to kick Dante's Ass Twice. But you never get to kick Nero's Ass which is little Disappointing. So it doesn't have that Legacy Of Kain kind of Two Characters kicking each others A**.
Dante's Sword combos are AMAZING as ever but even Better. He also has this Gauntlet like thing which he performs to do karate. He gets it from one of the Bosses. The Best thing is the Pandoras Box. Yes this is even better than God Of War's Pandoras Box. You get to be a Whole Lot Of Artillery Tank. Didn't Understand? Play the Damn Game.
The Orbs are Back and the Gold Orb over here, unlike in DMC 3 makes you Alive at that instant and makes the game TOO Easy. There are loads of Combos to unlock using Proud Souls. Yeah these are different from orbs and you get it depending on how you complete each level. You have Rankings ranging from D to S for Completion Time, Stylish points and Orbs Collected. This is really SILLY because you go on to complete the Level in a Hurry you get S for Completion and Ds for the Combos and other Stuffs. You work you a** off for the Orbs and Combos you get a D in Completion Time. And When the F did D, S, S Average to D. Seriously DMC guys need to learn some Math. Those are some Frustrating parts if you really Care about the Ranks. I don't So lets move on.
Bosses - What can i say? The first boss BERIAL itself made me fall in love with this game. Bosses of DMC 4 are the Best EVER in History. I have played 100s of games and the bosses really are amazing. Maybe i feel it due to Next Gen graphics and also maybe POP 4 and GOW 3 aren't out yet. But i can say atleast SO FAR its the Best.
Overall, Gameplay wise DMC 4 has made some SERIOUS Improvements and poses a Serious Threat to the Prince Of Persia 4 and God Of War 3.
CONCLUSION - After playing the Disappointing and Repetitive Garbage called Assassin's Creed I went into depression and didn't want to try any Action Adventure. THANKS A LOT to DMC 4 that it has brought my interest back. This may not be the Best in Series OVERALL, but Gameplay wise its easily ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE Period Watch out Prince Of Persia 4 and God Of War 3!!