Not having much experience with the Devil May Cry franchise prior to the 4th installment, I have to say this is one of the best all around gaming experience on next-gen consoles. In an age were younger gamers are in need of beautiful looking games, this title is no slouch.

Devil May Cry might have redefined action gaming when it first stomped onto the PS2 in 2001, but since then the slashy-shooty series ha...

Extremely pretty; Crushing difficulty scaled back; Dante's new weapons are ridiculous

Re-fighting bosses over and over gets old; Action-packed cutscenes demand interaction; 22-minute install on PS3 Seriously

Name: Devil May Cry 4 Genre: Action Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3 (Reviewed on PS3) I have an awkward love/hate relationship with the Devil May Cry series. The first title was amazing, but the series lost its focus as it progressed.

I played an early demo of Devil May Cry 4 at the Tokyo Game Show in 2006. The wait was long but after I finally got my 10 minutes with the game I walked away impressed and excited to see what Capcom would do with the game between then and release.

Devil May Cry 4 delivers on every front possible. With great voice acting and immensely addictive gameplay elements that will rarely get old as long as you change it up from fight to fight, it is one of the definitive must buys for the PlayStation 3.

Devil May Cry sequels have been nothing if not inconsistent. As brilliant as the original game was, the second DMC was universally reviled, and the third game was deemed too tricky by all but the most hardcore.

Devil May Cry 4

In Devil May Cry 4 Capcom's gun-slinging demon hunter Dante is back, but this fourth chapter introduces a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles.

franchise has millions of loyal followers around the globe and has, in the first three titles, achieved well over 7 million units sold. This loyalty can be put down to a number of factors, but primarily due to the entire philosophy behind the game.

I have long found the Japanese concept of style to be amusing. It always seems to be extremely over-done , yet meticulously precise. Most animoo and Japanese games possess a surfeit of style, so much so that my drab, accountant's mind rebels at all the concentrated ridiculum.

Slick animations; Gobs of style; Fun boss fights

Crappy music; Rice-paper thin storyline; Cheer up; Emo Nero