Description
Devil May Cry 4 is the second sequel to the original
Devil May Cry game, and this time the player gets cast as Nero, a member of the Order of the Sword who worships Sparda, in addition to playing as the previous games' protagonist, Dante.
The game follows the story of Nero in which witnesses the assassination of the leader of the Order of the Sword, Sanctus, by no other than Dante. The murder causes chaos and Sanctus' deputy, Credo, orders Nero to go after Dante, who is heading for Fortuna Castle.
Nero is equipped with a sword (Red Queen), a revolver (Blue Rose) and powers from his Devil Bringer arm that works like Dante's Devil Trigger. They also give Nero special abilities: pulling and pushing enemies, slamming them on the ground and zooming across areas. Overall gameplay with Nero is still hack-and-slash but with fresh attack styles and techniques.
Dante joins later in the game for some levels of his own. His gameplay stays mostly intact with the four attack styles: Trickster, Sword Master, Gunslinger and Royal Guard.
The Windows version adds the Legendary Dark Knight mode with a large number of enemies on the screen along with the Turbo mode at a faster speed. The cut-scenes run at 120 frames per second while the console sequences are run at 30. Network ranking is however not supported.
Alternate Titles
- "惡魔獵人4" -- Taiwan title
- "DMC4" -- Common abbreviation
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The Press Says
| IGN UK |
Feb 05, 2008 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GamingEvolution |
Feb 26, 2008 |
8.8 out of 10 |
88 |
| GameTrailers |
Feb 04, 2008 |
8.6 out of 10 |
86 |
| Futuregamez.net |
Feb 20, 2008 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| USA Today |
Feb 08, 2008 |
  |
80 |
| Gamer 2.0 |
Feb 28, 2008 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
| Good Game |
Feb 11, 2008 |
7.5 out of 10 |
75 |
| Netjak |
Feb 25, 2008 |
7.2 out of 10 |
72 |
| G4 TV: X-Play |
Feb 05, 2008 |
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60 |
| Game Revolution |
Feb 20, 2008 |
C+ |
58 |
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Trivia
According to the game's director
Hideaki Itsuno, the Windows version is not a regular port of the console title. Instead, both versions were developed simultaneously, but the Windows game required more testing due to the wide variety of hardware. Taking this into consideration, the console versions were prioritized and released earlier than the Windows version.
