Gorgeous, fast-paced, tricky and just awesome!
Yes, I am a total newcomer to the Devil May Cry series, and even though I've heard many good things about the games, I still had not tried any of them. So, when I saw there was a demo for DMC4 on Playstation Store, I thought that now was the time. I downloaded the game, installed it, and started playing immediately.
It was not very long, but the game was really fun to play and it looked fantastic! Soon thereafter I checked the release date and booked a copy from my local EB Games store. I fetched it from the store on the release date and I went home to play.
The game starts with it needing to install around 4gigs of game data onto the hard drive and, needless to say, it takes quite a while, but for the newcomer the wait can now be used possitively; Namco has included a resume of plot developments of the earlier games, so that the newcomer and the veteran alike can be informed/reminded of the previous events which have led up to DMC4. It takes about one third of the time, which the ps3 uses to save the game data, to see the aforementioned feature and afterwards it will be shown again and again, untill it's done saving to the hard drive.
After the saving had be done, I got to dig into the good stuff. The game starts out with a nice tutorial which pits you, as the main protagonist, Nero, against Dante, from the previous DMC games, in a one on one fight. There are quite a few cutscenes which split the tutorial into parts, which helps the story progress even though it's a tutorial. You will soon have an insight into the basic controls and you're now ready to go on further.
I won't tell anymore of the plot, as that would be ruining the experience, but the game is a blast to play and it has taken some effort for me to put it aside and come here to review the game... So all I can say right now is that the game is the best game I've played for quite some time and I think it is a must buy!
Gorgeous, fast-paced, tricky and just awesome!