Random brain farts on tech, games and gunpla: Devil May Cry 4 review

Overall-8/10

Gameplay-8/10
Good
-non stop stylish action
-lots of replay value
-zomfg, dark knight mode mayhem
-turbo mode for ~2x speed action
-boss fight ftw
-sacarstic jokes from dante
Fugly
-bad navigation in menu
-boss specific combo from nero alittle overpowered
-Bad camera angles
-long loading breaks the momentum of this fast action game

Visuals-9/10
Good
-Great cutscenes
-stylish animation
-performs extremely great,max setting at 4x AA, and never drop from the v.sync cap
Fugly
-ingame cutscene much lesser quality than cutscene
-load,load,more loading!

All right.My confession, i have not played any prior DMC at all.So i m not a dante fan, noob at the weird keyboard control for such a fast console action and i seriously do not know how this 4th sequel compare to its predecessors.
Style.Thats the first obvious and only thing i notice in this game.Average storyline, average controls, bad loading, bad camera angles but the stylish action make me come back for more despite its irritating flaws.You get to play 2 characters, dante and nero.I did my homework and know nero is new to the franchise, while dante is the old dick in the block.Since i have no emotional attachment to the old dick, i actually prefer the new comer more.They look surprisingly similar which cause me to be confused at the start of the game with fast action cutscenes.Of course i didnt choose nero because hes younger, but the devil grip. Unlike Dante which is a evade/slash/shoot affair,nero offer some nice opportunites to use the devil grip to pull yourself towards/behind the enemy, or throw enemy specific specials which you must figure it out yourself.It make this rather repetitious gameplay some life.
Visually, its impressive for the little resources it uses.I place my bet its a upgraded Lost planet engine as they bear similarities, minus the disgusting motion blur and overbright.Dark knight mode, which is unlocked after completing the game once, push you to the edge of sanity by giving you more than 10x the amount of enemies.And surprisingly , my 1 generation old rig can still hold up the hellish amount of polygons charging towards my ass.
Although its dumb, and all you need is fast reflexes to beat this game, its still worth it.Its also a good example how to port console games.Within the time lag, capcom added new modes and improved graphic engine for the pc version.With the high replayability nature of this game, you can be assured that you wont regret buying this game.

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