None of these major new advances in the game’s presentation will be anything new to players who picked up the PC port of Devil May Cry 4. The game more or less looks exactly the same as it did in when it originally released seven years ago, although the developers have managed to squeeze some extra performances out of the game using the next gen hardware. Thankfully, most of this pizazz has carried over into the game next generation remaster but at a bare minimum. Running on Capcom’s proprietary MT Framework engine, it presented beautiful and pristine worlds while running at a fluid 60 frames per second. When it initially released in 2008, Devil May Cry 4 was an amazing looking game. Most of this new content is inserted into the game as “what-if” scenarios, and don’t add anything major to the game’s storyline beyond a few minutes of new exposition for Vergil and his time in Fortuna before Dante and Nero’s escapades in the region. Lady, who makes her playable debut, fights primarily with guns. Trish, who has not been playable since Devil May Cry 2, is also now playable with her own unique moveset. Vergil, who remained absent from the franchise since Devil May Cry 3, is now fully playable in this special edition. Instead, it adds a load of new content from a gameplay perspective. It includes barely any new story elements, beyond some vague additions to Vergil’s storyline in the franchise, but nothing beyond that from a story perspective. The Special Edition of Devil May Cry 4 is a re-release of 2008’s Devil May Cry 4. While I might be inadvertently making the game seem empty and hollow, it really isn’t.
The action is front and centre to everything and the story really only manages to propel the characters from set piece to set piece.
The storyline of Devil May Cry 4 isn’t anything to write home about, but such is the standard for this kind of game.
Nero, doing what he presumes is best, makes it his mission to take down the mysterious assassin. During a ceremony, he witnesses the high priest being murdered by Dante, the protagonist from the first three games. It follows Nero, a young man who hunts demons for The Order of the Sword that worships the Legendary Dark Knight, Sparda. Devil May Cry 4 takes place between the events of the original Devil May Cry game and the second one.