Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360) > Reviews (20)

Devil May Cry

Originally released on the playstation one console this game has always been an adventure type role playing game where you roam around defeating demons to eventually face your own. The devil may cry series are mostly on the playstation console as the first can only be purchased on the playstation one and the third can only be purchased for the playstation two (sorry I don't know about the second one) whereas the fourth one can be purchased on either the xBox 360 console or the playstation three (of which I own the game on both).

Where can this be bought

You can pick this game up for around £5 on PS3 or 360 console pre-owned in Game or CEX or maybe even Game station, otherwise I believe it's around £10 if you want it new. You can also buy this game off of places such as Play.com or Ebay and Amazon, etc... it wouldn't be hard to find this game at all.

Gameplay

I haven't played the previous three games so I can only make comments on this game and wont be able to link it back to it's predecessors like I did with the Crash series (sorry).

In this develish game you play as Nero who is half human and half demon as he has a demon harm which he can morph and which glows blue (it gives him extensive powers/strengths). Nero has a big sword on his back which is probably near enough the same length as he is and he carries around a gun. Now you're probably thinking this is a shooter game or something but it's actually not although you can shoot it's not a call of duty type game it's more role play (thank god!). When you start this game you will always see a video clip before the level actually begins and in between play time on each level where they usually last between 30 seconds and about three minutes. The actual gameplay per level itself would be between 15 minutes and an hour so they're pretty lengthy although there are only 12 levels. In each level you need to defeat demons which you'll know where they're near because Nero's arm will turn blue and you will hear a change in the music and throughout each level you will need to collect red orbs which are blood orbs in the game. You can also collect blue and gold orbs which you use to buy things with. The orbs look like eggs with a tribal-ish face on it. At the end of each level you are graded by how well you did and that's the combo for how many strikes you got in a row before being hit and variations in your moves as well as how much you collected in the game (orb wise).

The story line is that the demons have come and Nero faces Dante who is also half human half demon (and funnily enough they look so much alike in the game). Whilst Nero thinks that Dante is against him - Dante actually wants to help fight alongside him and you do play as Dante in a couple of the levels. The mission is to find out who has started the parade of demons and for Nero it's to save Kairie.

I would say that actually the story is good but sometimes it seems a little offside and it's only really the video that keeps you in track with what is actually going on otherwise it sometimes seems all a little irrelevant but that might just be me being blonde.

What I did like was the gameplay as I wasn't sure if I was actually going to like this game or not and I gave it a chance and do somewhat like this game and it is enjoyable for me as a person and I think it would suit most people in regards to what games that they like. Although, I actually think that the videos in the levels can seem a little lenghty and as though you're not playing too much but you actually get plenty of play.

Graphics

Looking at the graphics for the previous games I would say that the graphics have definitely improved but it weren't all that bad in the beginning as they were actually pretty good graphics for it's time and probably exceptional for about ten years ago but not for this day and age. I do think the graphics are really good and they are very much similar to graphics of games such as Assassins Creed and Call of Duty as well as Bio shock. I don't think that I can actually knock this game for that to be honest as they slightly exceed my expectations.

Sound

Sound can be annoying when it comes to games because it can become really repetitive but it's not too bad in this game to be honest and it's barely noticeable but you recognise when there are demons near by because the music does change although I don't think the music is going to be to everyone's taste.

Difficulty & Complexity

I wouldn't say that this game was difficult although I would say some parts can be particularly annoying to do and this makes it harder to complete the game but it's only on various levels. On the other hand I don't think it's a complicated game to understand although one level in particular is quite hard to figure out and I ended up looking online for a guide for that level because it was actually hard to figure out what I wanted to do. However, the game will be at whatever difficulty you choose and it starts at standard and goes up to expert and demon hunter and they are that hard that I didn't attempt because I'm a sore loser.

Longevity

This game is probably about 15 to 20 hours in gameplay to complete although if you want all of the trophies you would be looking at 40 to 80 hours so it all depends on what you want to do really but I'd say the length of the game is pretty decent even though it's actually average if you just want to complete the game and then be done with it.

Multiplayer

There aren't any multiplayer functions on this game so I wont make any comments because I can't.

Value for money

I think I paid £5 for this game used because I tend to like to buy them used unless I want to collect as a keepsake. I think that this is good value for money to be perfectly honest as the story, gameplay and length of gameplay are all really good and it's worth getting if you like adventure and role playing type games.

Conclusion

Overall I'm going to rate this product four out of five stars because I think there's area for improvement but I wouldn't say it's a bad game in fact I was actually impressd because I expected a bit of a boys game and I'd say it's probably more unisex than I originally anticipated... Obviously there's no cute little puppies or kittens and bunnies but it's not a complete lad game. I would recommend this to a friend because I think that it is a good game and it's more suited to people who aren't interested in shooter games but still probably want to use weapons. I also think that in this game is good value for money.