In fact Dante is introduced as a bad guy when he murders Sanctus, the High Priest of the Order of the Sword - a group of religious demon-hunters, of which Nero is a member.Īfter a brief tete-a-tete tutorial with the now antagonist Nero has to pursue Dante across all creation, through the city and its outskirts, killing demons and gigantic, absurd demonic entities. Story-wise, as mentioned you now predominantly play as Nero. This is tough, but once you do it's incredibly satisfying, especially when you unlock the PC-only Legendary Dark Knight mode (see 'The Dark Knight begins') and have to mince your way through gigantic crowds of enemies. A new introduction is Nero's Devil Bringer -that's his big demon arm - which he can use to grab enemies from a distance or pound them with close-range moves.Įventually, you'll have to get the hang of not only rolling out of the way of attacks, but grabbing enemies with the Devil Bringer to keep the stream of combo-increasing moves coming. Your goal, apart from tearing demons to shreds, is to rack up combos by hitting enemies with as many different moves as possible in a constant string without getting hit The better you get, the more red orbs and proud souls you receive, which can be traded for new moves and items at certain times during levels. You control the game using either the keyboard (don't expect to use the mouse for anything but menus) or an Xbox 360 controller, locking onto enemies, slashing them with your sword or blowing them up with your gun - which, of course, has unlimited ammo. It takes the greatest pleasure in how over-the-top it can be, and that's just a part of what makes it such outright fun. The big difference between these and other JRPGs has always been how the DMC games have given us a wink and a nudge to say that they realise how silly they are - and DMC4 takes this up to amorphous out-of-this-world barmy. The point of these games has always been to chop and slash your way through hordes of monstrosities, interspersed with cutscenes of classic Japanese anime stupidity. DMC4 is ridiculous, enjoyable and uplifting unlike any other title.įor those new to the series, in the past titles you've played as silver-haired smart-arse Dante, the son of the famous goodly demon Sparda who rebelled against his own army to save humanity, but now you control another chap called Nero.

This means the game looks great, it's graphically scaleable, you can use a keyboard to play it and, to top it off, it plays like the entire PC development team was briefed with a PowerPoint presentation with the title 'Hell Yeah!' while drinking Red Bull and listening to Nine Inch Nails' 'The Perfect Drug'. Amazingly though, Devil May Cry 4 is a slick, PC-enhanced title, not a hastily shoe-horned mess. There Is a reason we've given so much space to this Capconi stunner something that previously seemed destined to arrive mangled during the trip from console to PC.

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