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There’s not a lot I can say that’s bad about DMC4. It’s got action, comedy, romance, a strong storyline and great cut-scenes. The very first thing you see in this game is Nero (you) destroying a group of demons…with one of his arms in a cast… and without a sword… I mean c’mon, if that’s not cool I don’t know what is.

Not long after that the game introduces Dante, a demon hunter by trade, by watching him kill the city’s religious icon, His Holiness. Nero, seeing this happen, decides to take him down….with a HUGE dropkick to the face! What follows is a nice little battle between Nero and Dante with a bit of a tutorial in between the cut-scenes. Now, I’m not sure if I’m the only one, but I kept on losing track on who’s who for Nero and Dante both have the same hair, carry big swords and guns and wear really cool clothes (SEE: above picture).

Once you get full control of Nero you run outside and get caught up in the first of many battles. It may take you a little while to get the controls right and learn which combos work best (Eg. Not just standing there going BUSTER, BUSTER, BUSTER. repeat.). While you only have a few combos to begin with you can buy more at the end of each level. The main trick to battles in DMC4 is find out which set of combos work best with each other, which ones just roll into another.  Your gun ‘Blue Rose’ is specially made by Nero himself to fire out two bullets almost simultaneously but even with that awesome advantage it is still the weakest weapon in your arsenal (can you believe that two bullets to the face is the weakest attack?). A main advantage you have over your demonic enemies is your arm… No you don’t go around bitch slapping demons, Nero has a demonic appendage! With it you can grab enemies from a distance, slam them into the ground over and over again, hold them up as a shield, throw them into another demon or even do special attacks on bosses which look so F****N awesome.

Nero’s main goal is to save his unofficial girlfriend, Kyrie. What no-one realizes is that His Holiness isn’t so holy, being a demon himself. The game then revolves around unraveling the conspiracy, saving Kyrie and slaughtering some demons along the way.

At about the half-way mark in the game you get to take control of Dante, which just confuses you until you get used to his controls and how best to put his skills to the task at hand (it’s alright though, he looks exactly the same as Nero). With him you have less skill, however, you get new weapons such as Pandora, a suitcase which can transform into 666 (maybe we over exagerated that it’s 6 in-game) weapons. He also has 4 different fighting styles, Sword master, Trickster, Gunslinger and Royal guard.

With all this in mind DMC4 makes for an excellent game. It has great battle scenes, plenty of chuckles and, of course, an army of demons to kill. Happy hunting

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