I like this game, but for me it just does not manage to get the same charm that 3 did. First of all, maybe it is just me, but the game looks kinda bizarre. Idk if it is the lightning or what, but that is not really my problem with the graphics, I think that the locations you visit in this game are mostly not very inspired. DMC3 was located in a tower. It was kind of repetitive, but it had so much personality and it was so cool to see our character slowly going higher and higher only for the tower to grow even more. I apreciate the variety of scenarios that 4 has, but none of them are really memorable imo. Specially that forest, it is so boring and it felt like the biggest part of the game, altho it may be for the sometimes extremely confusing level design.
The other part where it somewhat lacks comparing it to the previous entry is the characters and the overall mood of the game. I like Nero, but I think that as a main character he is just a bit boring, mainly because he is just a very nice boy. This game feels much more serious and is a direction that I don't think really serves well because the plot is really simplistic.
I think that what carries this game and what kept me playing is the gameplay. It is my favorite dmc in terms of gameplay for now. I was scared that by two characters being the protagonists it would be too hard to get used to both move sets, or that one of them would be much more polished by the other, but at the end I think it really was the right decision as in previous titles it got to a point where you where just way too comfortable and there was little variation, although here it does, too, feel overly repetitive due to the re-use of levels and bosses. I even tried playing with Trish and I really like how it plays, however, I at first tried to play with Trish without knowing that the story only displayed with Dante and Nero. Why is there no message to prevent players like me to play the game with a different character and completely miss on the cinematic? I think that's just dumb.
Overall, DMC4 is a good game. Probably a great option for fans of hack & slash, but if you are not I don't think you are missing much by not playing it.
The other part where it somewhat lacks comparing it to the previous entry is the characters and the overall mood of the game. I like Nero, but I think that as a main character he is just a bit boring, mainly because he is just a very nice boy. This game feels much more serious and is a direction that I don't think really serves well because the plot is really simplistic.
I think that what carries this game and what kept me playing is the gameplay. It is my favorite dmc in terms of gameplay for now. I was scared that by two characters being the protagonists it would be too hard to get used to both move sets, or that one of them would be much more polished by the other, but at the end I think it really was the right decision as in previous titles it got to a point where you where just way too comfortable and there was little variation, although here it does, too, feel overly repetitive due to the re-use of levels and bosses. I even tried playing with Trish and I really like how it plays, however, I at first tried to play with Trish without knowing that the story only displayed with Dante and Nero. Why is there no message to prevent players like me to play the game with a different character and completely miss on the cinematic? I think that's just dumb.
Overall, DMC4 is a good game. Probably a great option for fans of hack & slash, but if you are not I don't think you are missing much by not playing it.