It's a very different sort of game you can play with her, but not a bad one. Lady relies primarily on gunplay, where she can switch between dual pistols, a shotgun, and a rocket launcher at the push of a button, but her close up attacks are lackluster.
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Trish is the more deliriously fun of the three, offering some truly insane sweeping moves with her scythe, and a series of electrical hand-to-hand moves if she tosses it away like a boomerang. The mid-game switch to Dante is still here, but you have the option right from the word go to start the campaign as Lady, then switch to Trish for the Dante levels, or completely run the campaign as Virgil. The game does provide respite, since the Special Edition no longer binds us to Nero for the duration.
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Removing that factor only highlights its weaknesses.Īnd make no mistake, while the original PS2 'Devil May Cry' titles have all aged to some degree, '4' is awash in steps backward from all of the third game's flexibility when it comes to movement, creativity and chaotic enemy placement, all hamstrung by the game's static camera angles, which already felt retro and weak in 2008. 'Devil May Cry', at its weakest, skates by often on sheer force of cool. It's a fact that extends to gameplay, where Nero has one good gimmick to his name-the Devil Arm, allowing him to snatch enemies from half a football field away-but the rest of his demon-slaying options, even after upgrading, are woefully ineffective, and lacking Dante's panache. If Dante is Nine Inch Nails, Nero is Linkin Park. Nero is Dante with the volume turned down all of his tics, but none of the charm or lackadaisical wit. The game's biggest problem is still Nero, who is essentially the Raiden of 'Devil May Cry', but in fact even weaker, since even Raiden had discernible personality traits.
It's still got a unique feel, when all's said and done, though it is, now, one we've seen, and lived long enough to see copied. The aesthetic is definitely a plus, a constant stroll through the ancient and decadent places of worship that makes keeping your eyes on the work to be done difficult.
Two generations of sword/gun action titles are built on the bones of 'Devil May Cry', and its basic structure is copy-pasted here, and still makes for a intellectually rewarding devil's dance of mayhem once one settles into a groove with the various combos and upgrades at their disposal. What points 'Devil May Cry 4' earns are primarily from the solid foundation. But even without the burden of expectation, and with Capcom showering a lot of current gen love on it, it is still, inescapably, a deeply flawed title. 'Devil May Cry 4' already had its work cut out for it back in 2008, having to follow up what is still, to this day, the strongest game in the series.
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