$24.99Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition Style Over Everything
Chain flashy demon-hunting combos across a gothic city, switching between five fighters whose styles all play differently.
Is Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition worth it?
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition is worth it if…
- you want a fast action game where getting better means looking cooler, not just surviving
- you like learning deep combat systems with moves and tricks that keep surfacing after dozens of hours
- you want to play as five very different characters, from a rookie knight to a rocket launcher specialist
- you enjoy stories that take their demons seriously and their dialogue considerably less so
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Style is the score
This is a game about fighting beautifully, not just winning. Every attack feeds a style meter, so the goal is to keep a combo alive: launch a demon into the air, juggle it with your sword, finish it with a gunshot, and keep moving. Guns and swordplay blend freely, and each of the five characters fights differently. Nero's Devil Bringer arm yanks enemies across the room and into your combo. Dante can swap fighting styles on the fly. Lady fights at range with the Kalina Ann rocket launcher and a grappling wire, while Trish's sword Sparda attacks on its own while she works in tandem. It is difficult by design, and learning to make it look easy is the whole point.
Knights, demons and a suspicious hero
The story takes place in Fortuna, a castle town on a distant coast where the Order of the Sword worships the demon warrior Sparda and hunts all other demons. You play as Nero, a young knight sent to catch Dante, the assassin who killed the head of the Order, while demons start pouring into the city. The cutscenes are staged with real drama, the tone swings between gothic gloom and outright comedy, and the characters carry it with more charisma than the plot strictly needs. One fair warning: the second half sends you back through familiar ground, and that backtracking is the part players agree has aged worst.
