Pros & Cons
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- Excellent and rewarding combat.
- New characters freshen the game.
- Highly optimized for PC.
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- Story campaign is repetitive.
- Evasion is more complex than it should be.
- Unwieldy targeting system.
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition ($24.99) takes everything that made the original 2008 release an impressive action game and expands on it. The game includes the Legendary Dark Knight enemy horde mode that was added to the original PC port, as well as three new playable characters, improved visuals, and subtle gameplay tweaks. Some of the weaker aspects of the original release, like the repetitive story campaign, remain and slightly tarnishes an otherwise brilliantly polished title. Overall, Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition is a rock-solid action game that is well worth picking up for fans of the series and action buffs alike. It's one of the best PC games you can buy, and is also available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Returning Combat
The Devil May Cry games are challenging action titles with a focus on style and combat flourishes. They give you the tools to not only defeat your enemies, but also to utterly dominate them, and the ever-present Style Gauge judges your performance to encourage aggressive and varied offense. Two mechanics that debuted in the original DMC4 flesh out the combat: Style-switching and the Exceed System.
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