Devil May Cry 4 demo released today! [Archive]

Damien_Azreal

01-24-2008, 03:51 PM

Yes, the DMC4 demo was released this morning over Xbox Live and I think it's also on the PS3 network as well. But I can't confirm.

So, anyone with a 360... go and play it, and please... let me (a huge DMC fan who doesn't own a 360) know if it's as good as it looks. :)

Also, mods... I searched and couldn't find another DMC4 thread. If there is one please add this to it.

Amakou

01-24-2008, 04:47 PM

I'm downloading it right now.

I played the DMC games out of order (1, 3, 2) So I still have a bitter taste of 2 left in my mouth, hopefully this will cure that.

~Amakou~

Damien_Azreal

01-24-2008, 04:51 PM

I've played all the previous ones (and own them) in order and loved them. While DMC2 was a bit of a letdown, the overall gameplay was pretty solid. A weak story, Dante not acting like we remembered him and some horrible bosses made it a bit meh.

But the first game was pure awesome... loved every second of it. Third title tried to recreate that felling and while it did well, it never really made it.
Being overly difficult at times and with again a rather dull story filled with some useless characters... it was still fun.

I'm really looking forward to DMC4, as long as the PC port is good and stable.

Hudson

01-24-2008, 05:04 PM

Well Capcom is handling all ports from here on out personally, and Lost Planet was pretty good (with some really nice PC exclusive additions and enhancements), I can only see good things for PC Capcom in the future :love:

Bring on that R.E. 5 love :D

Damien_Azreal

01-24-2008, 05:06 PM

Here's hoping. :)

I so want a quality DMC4 and RE5 port. I'm still hoping one day they bring Dead Rising to PC.

Amakou

01-24-2008, 05:11 PM

Download finished, I'm about to play it...more soon...

~Amakou~

Amakou

01-24-2008, 05:47 PM

The Lowdown

To begin with,

What's in the demo?
2 "missions". The first is limited to 10 minutes for no apparent reason, and if you run through as fast as I did, you get to where the second one starts, because there is some overlap, but the second isn't timed. The second contains a fight with some ice-demons and then a boss-fight with a large fire-y centaur.

Gameplay
The gameplay is very DMC1, except for the addition of the demon arm that Nero has. It allows for some advanced grabs and navigation around the levels-- After you get a power-up for his arm, you can grapple to a certain point when you stand on a special crest. And when you are fighting enemies, you can grab them with the arm and throw them onto the ground, or swing them around. Other than that, gameplay has not changed.

Graphics
The graphics are very good, but not the best ever, considering the 360 has seen the graphics of Gears of War, and the animations of Assassin's Creed, it's hard not to compare. However, the impressive part of DMC4 is the amazingly smooth, consistent framerate. The character models are also very well done. Environments are good.

Pros:
-The gameplay hasn't strayed from the formula that made it great
-Nero has some personality
-Demon arm is pretty cool
-Framerate is amazingly smooth
-Character models look excellent

Cons:
-The 10 minute time limit on the first "mission" in the demo, it's absolutely pointless
-Nero's personality feels ripped directly from Dante, so one may wonder why even have a new character

Definitely one to look forward to.

Hope that helps.

~Amakou~

Damien_Azreal

01-24-2008, 05:57 PM

Thanks. :) Yes, that sounds great.... now... bring on the PC port!

Amakou

01-24-2008, 05:58 PM

Thanks. :) Yes, that sounds great.... now... bring on the PC port!

You should email them for a PC Demo. :p

~Amakou~

Damien_Azreal

01-24-2008, 06:08 PM

Why not right, I e-mail damn near every other developer. :p

CommanderZx2

01-24-2008, 06:16 PM

According to Game it retails in 14 days time here in UK.

If they haven't made a PC demo yet, I'm not sure I see a point in them making one at all.

Damien_Azreal

01-24-2008, 06:22 PM

Does it retail for all three platforms on the same date? I'm willing to bet the PC version comes later.

CommanderZx2

01-24-2008, 06:49 PM

Does it retail for all three platforms on the same date? I'm willing to bet the PC version comes later.

I don't know, but Game says the PC version releases on the 8th of February.
http://www.game.co.uk/PC/~r332584/Devil-May-Cry-4/

Aegeri

01-24-2008, 08:22 PM

The gameplay is very DMC1, except for the addition of the demon arm that Nero has. It allows for some advanced grabs and navigation around the levels-- After you get a power-up for his arm, you can grapple to a certain point when you stand on a special crest. And when you are fighting enemies, you can grab them with the arm and throw them onto the ground, or swing them around. Other than that, gameplay has not changed.

Amen. Do not fix what isn't broken. Do not fix what isn't broken. Do not fix what isn't broken.

Etc.

Graphics
The graphics are very good, but not the best ever, considering the 360 has seen the graphics of Gears of War, and the animations of Assassin's Creed, it's hard not to compare. However, the impressive part of DMC4 is the amazingly smooth, consistent framerate. The character models are also very well done. Environments are good.

After playing Mass Effect, I must admit, a consistent Framerate really can help a game a lot.

Can't wait until this comes out, I just hope my 360 is back before then (Yes, RROD, right before the one game I've been waiting for since forever comes out. CURSE YOU 360 GODS).

ZuljinRaynor

01-24-2008, 09:35 PM

Thanks. :) Yes, that sounds great.... now... bring on the PC port!

Actaully, the 360 and PS3 versions are the ports. Commander has the info somewhere, but he's the one who told me that.

Edit: I'm 17 but I can't download the demo on Live!, wtf?

Boo Boo Juice

01-24-2008, 10:10 PM

I downloaded the PS3 version in only 2 hours! The 360 download took me a grueling 10-15 minutes though...

I downloaded the PS3 demo from the japanese network because people told me it was faster. I tried and it took just as long as it does from the US network. Not only that after the 2 fricken hours it took to download the game only displayed in 480i. I played the 360 demo a lot and just don't like using the 360 controller for the game (never though I'd say that about a game). I guess its just because I played it so much on the PS2 that I prefer that style of controller. As a matter of fact I have a ps2-to-ps3 controller converter and I am pretty excited to use it for this game.

Back to the actual game though.

I've beat every DMC out there and I'm almost done with DMC3SE. So far playing as Nero is really fun. My friend thinks he is more fun than Dante. I'm not too sure yet. The Devil Bringer is a very nice addition and can lead to some really nice combos. I'm having trouble obtaining that SSS combo though. They made the combo system a LOT tougher in this game than the previous games. Which I am happy about. Note: I don't mean to give the impression that you get to play as Dante. You don't. The entire demo is Nero's show.

Graphically I think its one of the best looking games. I think its the artwork that compliments it all though. In terms of the art direction this is some of the best. Controls are the same as previous DMC games. X (or square) shoots, Y (or triangle) does your melee, B (or circle) does strong attack/devil bringer.

Based on the demo the enemies are ridiculously easy. That usually changes once the actual game hits though. I won't lie though. Berial kicked my ass about four times before I actually got all the timing down and beat him.

I'm really excited about the game though. I can't wait to play the final product.

Cleric

01-24-2008, 11:35 PM

Good lord, I have a new favorite game already.

It seems like it will be very well balanced - the fights were easy enough to be fun but hard enough to challenge your skills. The Devil Bringer makes combos even more intense (and longer). But most of all, it still feels like a DMC game, which rocks my socks. Very responsive, silky smooth framerate, beautiful graphics (the architecture in particular) and animations . . .I could keep going and going.

And Berial . . .yikes. That's a terrific boss fight that's made better by those flame effects. Wow.

-Nero's personality feels ripped directly from Dante, so one may wonder why even have a new character

We'll find out once we know the story :p I'm guessing he and Dante have something in common (not just looks).

Actaully, the 360 and PS3 versions are the ports. Commander has the info somewhere, but he's the one who told me that.

Are you sure the PS3 version is a port? From what I've heard, the game was being made for PS3 exclusively until Capcom decided to widen their cross-platform agenda.

Karthik

01-25-2008, 12:19 AM

Are you sure the PS3 version is a port? From what I've heard, the game was being made for PS3 exclusively until Capcom decided to widen their cross-platform agenda.

"We started developing this on the PC on the MT Framework -- the internal Capcom engine. The PS3 specs were not finalized at that stage when we started developing it, so we did start to develop it on the PC.
By developing it on the PC, it's very easy for us to work with the graphics and the gameplay, and see how the game is going to play. Actually, we're still continuing to develop it on the PC, as well as being able to check how it runs on the 360 and the PS3."
Source (http://gamasutra.pair.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16611)

It sorta makes sense cause technically speaking today's PC are so powerful that you can simulate a 360 and parts of PS3. The 360 uses the same development tools as the PC and PS3 on the other hand uses a modified GeForce 7 with OpenGL support. Besides it's much easier to scale down than to scale up.
It's also the same reason why Sega decided to use standard PC components for the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 5 and Virtua Tennis 3.

Dr. Kill

01-25-2008, 02:42 PM

Never played any of the others (although I've watched my friend), but I still might give it a look.

Damien_Azreal

01-25-2008, 02:54 PM

I love DMC.... so I'm definitely picking up part 4 for PC. :D

hiob

01-25-2008, 05:17 PM

I'll probably buy a gamepad if the PC version is as good as the console versions.

ZuljinRaynor

01-25-2008, 05:44 PM

So jealous. I can't play the demo. :(

Damien_Azreal

01-25-2008, 05:49 PM

HA!!.... oh wait.... neither can I.

Oh well. I don't think I would want to play a Devil may Cry demo, that's just no the type of game where a little bit is enough. You just want to keep playing.

ZuljinRaynor

01-25-2008, 05:50 PM

Yeah, that's true. It's a game you just want to keep playing. I know when I (tried to) play DMC3SE (for PC) that you just keep wanting to cut those guys up. :p

Aegeri

01-25-2008, 06:07 PM

If my 360 isn't back when this comes out, there will be murder.

MURDER.

FrozeN91

01-25-2008, 06:29 PM

I hope the port will be just as good as Lost Planet or better. I thought the LP-port was great!

Damien_Azreal

01-25-2008, 06:41 PM

Well, the LP port was easily the best Capcom port so far. ;)

It was a pretty good port, it had some minor control and performance issues. But nothing huge.

Cleric

01-25-2008, 11:38 PM

Source (http://gamasutra.pair.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16611)

It sorta makes sense cause technically speaking today's PC are so powerful that you can simulate a 360 and parts of PS3. The 360 uses the same development tools as the PC and PS3 on the other hand uses a modified GeForce 7 with OpenGL support. Besides it's much easier to scale down than to scale up.
It's also the same reason why Sega decided to use standard PC components for the arcade version of Virtua Fighter 5 and Virtua Tennis 3.

I see, my mistake. As long as the game stays the way it is (locked in framerate and spot-on gameplay), I'll be happy.

Damien_Azreal

01-25-2008, 11:59 PM

Any confirmation on the PC release date? CommanderZx2 pointed me to a site that indicated that it would release at the same date as the console versions.

But a few other sites I've been to list the PC version not releasing until April. Any word on a set release date?

Boo Boo Juice

01-26-2008, 03:20 AM

I was at gamestop and they told me that the PC version is released the same day as the PS3 and 360. Then again, this is gamestop we're talking about here.

I played the demo a lot more. When I first started it up I was thinking, "I don't know if I like this as much as DMC3". I can now say that I enjoy this game more than DMC3. The combo system is more refined. The things you can do with the devil bringer is amazing. I can't wait to see where else this will lead. I've beaten an entire area of enemies while in the air. It was a great feeling. Also, the Exceed system is great. Timing your exceed presses in the middle of combos to do more damage adds more depth to an already deep combo system.

Damien, if you love DMC then I promise you'll enjoy DMC4. I'm having a blast with the demo and its set on easy. We all know that DMC is not meant to be played on easy :P

Karthik

01-26-2008, 07:15 AM

Nope, the PC version will only ship in Spring. Capcom has stated that a few times.

Damien_Azreal

01-26-2008, 07:47 AM

Damien, if you love DMC then I promise you'll enjoy DMC4. I'm having a blast with the demo and its set on easy. We all know that DMC is not meant to be played on easy :P

Thanks. :)

I still have my PS2 hooked up to the TV in the bedroom, I'm thinking of playing DMC again.

Damien_Azreal

02-04-2008, 02:44 PM

MegaMustaine

02-04-2008, 06:49 PM

Well after playing the demo, I would call it DMC 3.5. It was DMC3 with slightly better visuals, which for me is a good thing. :)

Aegeri

02-04-2008, 07:35 PM

This is fantastic. My 360 is lost in transit and now I have no 360 at all and neither the post office or Microsoft wants to take responsibility.

I. Have. Never. Been. Angrier.

Edit: The post office is being extremely helpful though in all honesty and it helps that the NZ post office realizes that sending mail from Dunedin to Auckland in New Zealand does not take 10 days, which is more than suspicious. My 360 picked the best time ever to drop dead and now it's looking like I won't even get it back.

Edit2: Plot thickens!

Edit3:

The following products were shipped:

Devil May Cry 4: Collector's Edition - Games - Xbox 360 - New

God.

Dammit.

Karthik

02-04-2008, 10:06 PM

Gametrailers review is up.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30212.html

A score of 8.6, not bad. Said combat is great, boss fights and visuals are amazing. Dialog and voice acting is meh... story it pretty average and jumping, some controls and camera angles are frustrating.

Now.. that's good enough for me. Where's the PC version? ;)
Saw the review and oh my God, the shadow being refection of the trees were horrible. It was so "2004". Hopefully they'll fix it up on the PC version....heck maybe will make some DX10 exclusive graphical addons, charge 10 dollars less therfore PC version FTW.
Though the bad part is the game will be almost unplayable on keyboard and low end spec machines will run the game like crap. So overall, both console and PC version have their strengths and weakness. So I guess both factions can get along just fine.

MegaMustaine

02-05-2008, 01:35 AM

Saw the review and oh my God, the shadow being refection of the trees were horrible. It was so "2004".

I have yet to play the full game, but from playing the demo I can say that I was very unimpressed with the graphics. It looks like just an upgraded DMC 3. This isn't to say that it is bad looking, but it doesn't look next gen to me either. Doesn't matter though because the gameplay kicks ass. I just hope the full game is much harder than the demo.

Boo Boo Juice

02-05-2008, 08:03 PM

I have yet to play the full game, but from playing the demo I can say that I was very unimpressed with the graphics. It looks like just an upgraded DMC 3. This isn't to say that it is bad looking, but it doesn't look next gen to me either. Doesn't matter though because the gameplay kicks ass. I just hope the full game is much harder than the demo.

The demo was set to the easy difficulty setting. The full game will be much harder.

Aegeri

02-05-2008, 08:45 PM

I have game.

No 360.

Sad panda.

Thriller

02-05-2008, 10:15 PM

Tried the PS3 demo with a friend. Was a bit... Lolz?
Really, really, bad. :confused:

MegaMustaine

02-06-2008, 02:00 AM

Tried the PS3 demo with a friend. Was a bit... Lolz?
Really, really, bad. :confused:

What didn't you like about it? Have you ever played any of the other titles?

Droid

02-06-2008, 04:41 AM

This is fantastic. My 360 is lost in transit and now I have no 360 at all and neither the post office or Microsoft wants to take responsibility.

I. Have. Never. Been. Angrier.

Edit: The post office is being extremely helpful though in all honesty and it helps that the NZ post office realizes that sending mail from Dunedin to Auckland in New Zealand does not take 10 days, which is more than suspicious. My 360 picked the best time ever to drop dead and now it's looking like I won't even get it back.

Edit2: Plot thickens!

Edit3:

God.

Dammit.

You would never have these problems if you had bought a PS3.

/vigorously fan flames :p

PS: I'm kidding/trolling by the way, for those with no sense of humor. Yes, I have no life and I'm that bored. :(

Thriller

02-06-2008, 09:34 AM

What didn't you like about it? Have you ever played any of the other titles?No, but I´ve heard they where popular so I kind of expected something good.

First, the graphics wherent all that tech-wise, but thats not something I care too much about. But I also thought the graphics where kind of "grey" and boring. Second, I got really annoyed by the story (yeah, it was a short demo, but the way those 10 minutes unfolded just felt.. of). Third, it felt too linear and forced.

All in all it felt like playing something like Soul Calibur, but against AI instead of friends. Walk/jump along a predefined path, see exits close, fight 3 new monsters, keep going, exits close down, fight 3 more pretty much the same way... Judging by the reaction here, it felt like I was playing a whole other game, but my friend told me it was indeed DMC4 and we then agreed to never play it again. ;) Maybe the demo was just bad, I dont know.

Damien_Azreal

02-06-2008, 10:19 AM

Devil May Cry is popular for it's combat, hack and slash gameplay and varied environments. A demo isn't always a good thing as it's hard to display the variation in worlds.

Story in a DMC game is also something you can't force into a ten minute demo. It just won't work.

If you can... hunt down a copy of Devil May Cry on PS2... the first one. And play it. :) It's more than worth it. The second title is nothing special and can be skipped without missing any plot or anything.
The third is one that must be played... it simply must be. :)

Aegeri

02-06-2008, 12:40 PM

You would never have these problems if you had bought a PS3.

/vigorously fan flames :p

PS: I'm kidding/trolling by the way, for those with no sense of humor. Yes, I have no life and I'm that bored. :(

It's a fair comment and you're right in every respect. If there is anything pushing me to buy a PS3 at the moment, it's the unreliability of the 360 hardware.

MegaMustaine

02-06-2008, 04:01 PM

In regards to Thriller's post:

I think you would not like the game then. The demo is very representative of the final product. The story is cheesy and passable just as it always has been and the game is about action. DMC is a linear series with an average adventure system tied in with what I would like to call an awesome combat system, and if you don't like the combat system I would say just pass on the title all together. The game is about going from one room to the next and being locked in until you kill all of the enemies and if this isn't your style I would definitely recommend not picking it up. As for me I will probably own it within the next few months.

Boo Boo Juice

02-07-2008, 12:38 AM

I just picked the game up on ps3 today and I'm having an absolute blast with it. I'm only on mission 5 or 6, but everything has been great so far. There is one blue orb fragment that taunts me though! I will get you eventually...

Anyway, the combat is as deep as ever and with Nero's devil bringer arm it just makes it that much more fun. Especially when you start getting all the cool upgrades to it. I've run into a couple of new enemies now and the White Knights are super fun to fight.

I can't wait to play some more tomorrow. Damn work.

Aegeri

02-11-2008, 03:54 AM

Boo Boo Juice

02-11-2008, 11:16 AM

This game is terrific. Now that I have a functional 360 and I've been playing it, the game has really endeared itself to me. I did get annoyed that I found an unwinnable secret mission that cost me an entire missions worth of gameplay (no air hike = sad panda). Overall though, absolutely love it.

What secret mission is this? I just finished the game a couple of days ago. I've completed half of the secret missions so far.

I'm currently playing through on "Son of Sparda" difficulty right now and its much better than "Devil Hunter". Personally, I think this is what the difficulty should have been set as the normal difficulty.

The only thing I've really gotten annoyed with so far in the game is that damn dice game. If you're not there yet, you'll soon learn to hate it. Once you figure it out though its not a big deal at all.

Aegeri

02-15-2008, 12:29 AM

I cannot emphasise this enough: If you don't hate Blitz by the time you get to Dante Must Die, you are inhuman. They suck more ass than any enemy I can possibly imagine ever.

1) Invincible until you remove the lightning

2) DT on the drop of a hat.

3) You take damage if you swipe them with melee weapons (see point 1).

4) They teleport around REALLY fast like they are on crack.

5) Their suicide [red lightning] attack is just brutal on DMD.

Whoever came up with such a brutally unfair and completely non-entertaining enemy deserves a kick to the jugglies.

Edit: Ha, not only did I finish the mission once I smacked that stupid blitz down, I completely annihilated the Frog and got an S ranking (S, S, A) without even taking a hit from the boss. The only health I lost all mission was to that stupid Blitz. I CURSE YOU BLITZ, FROM THE DEEPEST MOST WRETCHED PLACE IN MY LOINS.

Damien_Azreal

02-24-2008, 09:00 AM

I just did some looking around... now places are showing a June release date for DMC4 for PC. :mad: Dammit.

:(

TBZ

04-24-2008, 09:22 AM

Some news for the PC version was released yesterday (CommanderZx2 brought my attention to it)

"The company has also said that PC players will be able to enjoy a PC demo, available for free sometime before the actual game launches this summer. Contained in the demo will be a handy "benchmark mode" so that you can test your PC's performance (up to 120 fps) against the game's graphics engine to make sure that the action will run smoothly on your rig before you buy." (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3167536)

More info in the link :)

Damien_Azreal

04-24-2008, 09:24 AM

Yeah, I saw that info a few days ago. Seems good... as long as it turns out better than DMC3 and RE4 for PC did... I'm sold.

hiob

06-05-2008, 11:06 AM

PC demo and benchmark have been released. :woot:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53000

avatar_58

06-05-2008, 11:10 AM

As a noob to this series, what can I expect if I install that demo?

Damien_Azreal

06-05-2008, 01:52 PM

Having played the 360 version, I'm now off to download the PC demo and give it a go. Will post impressions in a bit.

boglito

06-05-2008, 01:54 PM

Technically the game seems to run very well (on my slightly high-end system). For some reason it doesn't seem to support my saitek controller out of the box, though. The demo is afaict the same as the one for ps3, and the game seems a little fun, if I could get used to the camera-movement.

Damien_Azreal

06-05-2008, 03:39 PM

Well, the game looks fantastic. Bright, textures are crisp and lighting is great. Hard to tell if it looks better than the 360 version, but I had the settings maxed and it ran silky smooth.

But, again... Capcom does not give us any mouse support. Controls are odd and hard to get used to, even remapping them... without mouse support it makes the keyboard feel cluttered and a bit much.
The game, even for a PC port, was focused at the Gamepad.