Devil May Cry 4 PS3
Devil May Cry 4
Well, I have played this game for more than four times, and I am still exicted with the game everytime when I start off a new game. As you can imagine
here, it is the fourth game of the devil may cry series and it is the first HD devil may cry game that is released.
Devil May Cry 4 is developed by Capcom in 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360 and window platforms. Just like the other devil may cry games, basically you will be controlling 1 character at a time and then fight against enemies in close combat using firearms, swords or other weapons. The main character of this game is Nero, who lives on the island of Fortuna where the island's inhabitants worship the demon Sparda as a god. As the game begins, you will see that he is rushing over to the opera house to see his girlfriend Kyrie perform for the celebration ceremony. When the high priest Sanctus is performing a sermon, he is interrupted by Dante, the main character of the previous devil may cry games, who jumps down from the air and kills Sanctus without any hesitation in front of the audience. The holy knight members try to capture Dante, but they are easily defeated. Then, you will be controlling Nero to fight against Dante, the fight is brutal but is stopped when Nero uses his demonic power. Before fleeing, Dante reveals that the holy knight members were actually demons.
here, it is the fourth game of the devil may cry series and it is the first HD devil may cry game that is released.
Devil May Cry 4 is developed by Capcom in 2008 for PS3, Xbox 360 and window platforms. Just like the other devil may cry games, basically you will be controlling 1 character at a time and then fight against enemies in close combat using firearms, swords or other weapons. The main character of this game is Nero, who lives on the island of Fortuna where the island's inhabitants worship the demon Sparda as a god. As the game begins, you will see that he is rushing over to the opera house to see his girlfriend Kyrie perform for the celebration ceremony. When the high priest Sanctus is performing a sermon, he is interrupted by Dante, the main character of the previous devil may cry games, who jumps down from the air and kills Sanctus without any hesitation in front of the audience. The holy knight members try to capture Dante, but they are easily defeated. Then, you will be controlling Nero to fight against Dante, the fight is brutal but is stopped when Nero uses his demonic power. Before fleeing, Dante reveals that the holy knight members were actually demons.
Nero fighting against Credo
Credo, Kyrie's brother orders Nero to stop Dante and to find out his true intentions. But, suddenly the city is under the attack of some unknown demons. You will start your journey by fighting all those demons while pursueing Dante at the same time. According to a reliable information source, Dante is fleeing to Fortuna Castle. When Nero reaches the castle, he meets Gloria, an order of the sword member. As his quest deepens, he discovers the secret lab of order of the sword member Agnus, who is experimenting with demonic power by harnessing the power from the broken Yamato. If you have played Devil May Cry 3, which was released on PS2 many years ago, then you should probably know that Yamato used to belong to Vergil, Dante's brother. By fussing normal items such as swords and suits of armor, Agnus has created an army of demon and several hell gates under the orders of Sancus. Shocked by this fact, Nero fights Agnus but is fatally wounded by him. But, he manages to turn the tide of the battle after he has unlocked his demonic power by mending the broken Yamato. He destroys the lab while Agnus flees to inform Sanctus. Fighting against the creatures spawned from the hell gates, Nero finds out that Credo is part of the conspiracy. The intense fight between Nero and Credo is interrupted when Agnus shows up with Kyrie. Kyrie loses her faith in Nero when she sees him transforming into a devil. Agnus then kidnaps Kyrie and flees to the headquarter of the order. Credo, stunned by the order's blatant use of his sister, is shaken in his belief and apologizes to Nero, promosing to return once he has investigated Sanctus's true intentions.
A showdown between Dante and Nero
Nero wants to save Kyrie, but he finally has encountered Dante. Nero want to simply pass him, but Dante wants Yamato back. After a furious fight, Dante reveals that it was actually a test to make sure that he could trust Nero with the sword. They trade names and form an alliance. When Nero leaves, Gloria appears and reveals her true identity as Trish. Finally Nero finds Sanctus with an giant statue which is called the savior. Nero battle with Sanctus but Sanctus uses Kyrie as a shield and captures Nero. Credo returns and tries to rescue both of them. But, he fails and is stabbed by Sanctus. By using Yamato and the sword Sparda, along with Sparda's blood (Nero is actually a descendant of Sparda's blood), the saviors awakens and unleashes hell. Dante and Trish appear and promise Credo to save Kyrie and Nero.
Dante fighting against Savior
Agnus unleashes the real hell gate and releases countless demons upon the city. Using the savior to defeat the oncoming demons, Sanctus enacts his ultimate plan. Dante, on the other hand, succeeds in destroying all the hell gates and kills Agnus. He seals the real hell gate and finally takes on the savior. Dante drives Yamato to the savior's chest, where Nero reclaims it inside. Using his demonic power, Nero defeats Sanctus and rescues Kyrie. Then, he acknowledges the power given to him and destroys the savior. Dante is leaving, but he decides to entrust Yamato with him.
Nero getting SSS smokin' sick style while fighting against Bael
The battle system of the game is very simple. When you encounters with some demons on your way, you just have to slash them to open up a new path. However, there is a syslish rank to measure how stylish is your combat. We determine this rank by using different letters and it raises as the player uses a continous stream of varying or difficult techniques. Once the gauge is filled, it rises to the nest one. Keep in mind that when the played is damaged, the stylish rank will drop a few grades or even reset. This ranking system is also used to determine how many red orbs you will be getting when the enemy dies. For the combat adjudicators which you can find throughout the game, they will only break if only a cerain stylish combat rank has been achieved against them. In devil may cry 4, there are 7 different ranks for your combat, namely D deadly!, C carnage!, B brutal!, A atomic!, S smokin'!, SS smokin' style!!, SSS smokin' sick style!!!
Dante and Nero in their devil trigger mode
We also have different gauges for the character throughout the entire game. A very good example is the vitality gauge, which represents the health of the player remaining. This gauge is very common among all other games too. In devil may cry series, we have this devil trigger gauge, which shows how much demonic power you still have. Demonic energy is used to enter devil trigger and it is necessary to use certain powerful techniques. In this game, you can control Dante and Nero at different parts of the game. Their devil trigger have some major differences. One good example is that Nero's devil trigger can be used to counter the attack of enemies when it is used at the correct timing. When you know that you are certainly going to be damaged, you can counter it by using your devil trigger by stunning all enemies close around you. Whereas for Dante's devil trigger, you can't do so, however, when Dante is in devil trigger mode, you won't get stunned when you are under attack of enemies. Both devil trigger have difference uses and you actually need to enter this mode in order to use some powerful techniques.
Different gauges in the game
Royal gauge represents the amount of 'anger' collected through successful blocks by royalguard style in Dante. This amount stored will affects the power of the release attack. This gauge will become empty once you have used the release attack. In devil may cry 4, it is a small bar found just below the styles switch. Ex gauge is a new gauge unique for Nero's sword, red queen. It shows the level of blade's charge, which is possible thanks to the special fuel-propellant injection system. It affects Nero's sword moves, the more it is charged, the stronger they will become. The gauge can be filled using the exceed system and you need to buy certain skills so that your sword can be charged to max. Disaster gauge is also exclusive to devil may cry 4 which determines the strength and length of the pandora's gunslinger style attacks. It is filled by successfully using pandora's normal attacks, and depleted by using its gunslinger attacks. Once the gunslinger style is upgraded through the shop, the length of the gauge will increase.
Dante switching into swordmaster style while fighting against Credo
Since devil may cry3, we have been introduced with Dante's different styles of attack, which are trickster, swordmaster, gunslinger, royalguard, quicksilver, doppleganger and dark slayer. In devil may cry 4, we only have 5 styles and they are trickster, swordmaster, gunslinger, royalguard and dark slayer. They work almost exactly the same as the ones in devil may cry 3. For example, trickster is pretty much the best styles among all others, allowing you to evade and retreat from oncoming enemy attacks. After leveling up, it can be used on the offensive side from time to time. The air trick technique is a good example which allow you to instantly teleport to an enemy's location with ease, allowing you to land a quick hit before they can even blink. Swordmaster, basically as it sounds, it the style used to unleash your powerful sword attacks. It will allow you to unlock some extra exclusive attacks as well, and they are really great in racking up your style meter to obtain a higher style rank. Gunslinger, on the other hand is used to carry out some stylish gun moves. It will add some extra moves to your gun attacks, but at the same time allowing you to unleash pandaro's most powerful attacks. Royalguard allows you to block and counter enemy's attacks, as well as earn youself some style points in the process. When you have successfully blocked an attack, you will build up a royal gauge. You can harness it and deal out as a concentrated and potentially deadly attack upon your foe. Dark slayer, is an additional style that you get in the later game, after you have completed mission 18. It offers some different techniques and can be used to increase your style rank.
Dante using gilgamesh in swordmaster style
The major difference between the style system of the 2 games is that Dante can switch between his styles at any time in the game by pressiong the direction pad in devil may cry 4. In devil may cry 3, you can only choose your style in the beginning of the mission and you have to stick to it throughout the entire mission. This is not the case in devil may cry 4 and you can actually benefit from this new feature by combining all different styles together to perform some really powerful and stylish attacks. Some pro players can even come out with different fighting styles such as the jump cancel, which allows you to fly in the air throughout the entire fight. It is enabled by pressing jump and style button continously at the correct timing while fighting. You can see this jump cancel feature in the video below which is done by as skillful player called Brea. When Dante is changing styles, he calls out the name of the style and flashes its respective color and if Dante is standing still, he will perform a special action related to the selected style. After obtaining Yamato, he can switch to the dark slayer style by selecting a style already in use.
Nero in bloody palace
One great feature of the game is the bloody palace which can be unlocked once you have completed the entire game in devil hunter mode. In devil may cry 2 and 3, bloody palace has 9999 floors. In this game, bloody palace has only 101 floors, with bosses fought on every twenty floors. You will encounter Dante on the 101st floor, but if you are using Dante, an all-black dante will be fought instead, considered by some to be the doppelganger's apearance in this game. The enemy groupings in each floor are set and you can only travel through one floor at a time. Besides, you have a finite amount of time in the palace, although time bonuses can be obtained by defeating all the enemies, defeating them with a higher stylish rank or clearing an entire floor. You will obtain additional bonus if ever you manage to clear the floor without taking any damage. This feature provides some interesting fights especially when you wish to train or test your skill.
Devil May Cry 4 wallpaper
Personally, I like this game very much, since it is the first HD devil may cry game. The story line is good too, but it is not as good as the one in devil may cry 3. One disappointment about this game is that we don't have the trophies system for the game. The game was released in 2008 and the trophy system was only introduced in the same year. However, you can still connect to the PSN and upload you stylish rank and compare with other people's rank. Another reason is that there is love element included in the game. Kyrie is taken and Nero is trying his best to rescue her, he even resorts to his demonic power to do so. We can also see friendship element between Dante and Nero at the end of the game when Dante has finally entrusted Yamato to Nero. If you wish to buy the game, please click here.